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BR560
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RoUrlEvent not retrieving videos from server?

Hello! I am trying to retrieve videos from a server to play on my Roku channel. I've called every function on the urlEvent to see what the issue is. I'm not getting any errors on the telnet, so I'm not sure why the videos aren't coming through. There are other files I have that connect to the server, but this is the main one that should be getting the videos. Here is the snippet of code:

function queryVideo( id, parameters = Invalid )

path = "/videos/" + id
path = path + "?" + uriEscape( "include[source]" ) + "=" + uriEscape( "true" )
request = createRequest( path )

if parameters <> Invalid
request = request.where( parameters )
end if

if request.query()

print "queryVideo: waiting for message"
while true

message = wait( 0, request.getMessagePort() )

if type( message ) = "roUrlEvent" then
event = message.getInt()
print "Event message: "; event
videoContent = message.getString()
failure = message.getFailureReason()
if videoContent = "" then
print "Failure reason: "; failure
else
print "Video content not empty"
end if
print "Failure reason: "; failure
print "Video content: "; videoContent
responseCode = message.getResponseCode()
print "Get response code: "; responseCode
' stop
response = createResponse( message )
if response.isSuccess() then
print "Response is successful"
resource = response.getResources()[0]
if resource <> Invalid then
resource[ "sources" ] = response.getResourcesByName( "video_sources" )
return resource
else
return Invalid
print "Invalid"
end if
else
print "queryVideo failed"
return Invalid
end if
end if

end while

end if

return Invalid

end function


Everything is sent to the proper URL, and the telnet notifies me that a resource has been returned. Here is what I get:

queryArtifactArtifacts: waiting for message
queryArtifactArtifacts: returned 1 resources.
queryVideo: waiting for message
Event message: 1
Video content not empty
Failure reason: OK
Video content: {"$this":{"name":"videos","type_name":"video","ids":[124189]},"videos":[{"type_name":"video","id":124189,"created_at":"2015-06-04T19:39:02.929295Z","updated_at":"2015-06-09T00:36:45.615637Z","content_type":"video/mp4","filename":"NA_MTO_DGR_206-BXX.mp4","size":null,"storage_key":"cnU1ZinATsG6zWFx4HcS_NA_MTO_DGR_206-BXX.mp4","height":null,"width":null,"duration":"580","picture_id":"125465","codec":null,"codec_long":null,"color_and_chroma":null,"profile":null,"level":null,"bit_rate":null,"frame_rate":null,"display_aspect_ratio":null,"sample_aspect_ratio":null,"audio_codec":null,"audio_codec_long":null,"audio_channels":null,"audio_bit_rate":null,"audio_sample_rate":null,"audio_channel_layout":null}]}
Get response code: 200
Response is successful
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RokuMarkn
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Re: RoUrlEvent not retrieving videos from server?

Sorry, I don't understand what the problem is. You are making a request for a URL and correctly retrieving it. All the code you've posted seems to be working fine. But what does "videos aren't coming through" mean? Do you have a VideoPlayer somewhere else in your code that's not working?

--Mark
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BR560
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Re: RoUrlEvent not retrieving videos from server?

"RokuMarkn" wrote:
Sorry, I don't understand what the problem is. You are making a request for a URL and correctly retrieving it. All the code you've posted seems to be working fine. But what does "videos aren't coming through" mean? Do you have a VideoPlayer somewhere else in your code that's not working?

--Mark


I meant that the videos from the server do not play when I click them. The screen just says "Retrieving" and never ends up playing the video chosen. My videoScreen file seems to be working perfectly fine as well since it does not give back any error messages in telnet. Everything seems to be connected from what I can see.
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RokuMarkn
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Re: RoUrlEvent not retrieving videos from server?

Ok, but you didn't post any code or messages from your VideoScreen, you posted a function that downloads a text file and the messages that result from a successful download. This has nothing to do with playing video.

Do you see any messages on the debug console when you click a video?

--Mark
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BR560
Visitor

Re: RoUrlEvent not retrieving videos from server?

"RokuMarkn" wrote:
Ok, but you didn't post any code or messages from your VideoScreen, you posted a function that downloads a text file and the messages that result from a successful download. This has nothing to do with playing video.

Do you see any messages on the debug console when you click a video?

--Mark


Whoops, I just assumed the issue was with the code I posted, since, no, I do not get any error messages on the videoScreen when I click a video. Here is the videoScreen code:

function createArtifactVideo( artifact, relatedArtifacts )

ArtifactVideo = {

initialize: initializeArtifactVideo
populate: populateArtifactVideo
show: showArtifactVideo

screen: Invalid
port: Invalid

artifact: Invalid
relatedArtifacts: Invalid
artifactVideo: Invalid

index: Invalid
lastIndex: Invalid

}

ArtifactVideo.initialize( artifact, relatedArtifacts )

return ArtifactVideo

end function

function initializeArtifactVideo( artifact, relatedArtifacts )

m.screen = createObject( "roVideoScreen" )
m.port = createObject( "roMessagePort" )
m.screen.setMessagePort( m.port )

m.relatedArtifacts = relatedArtifacts
m.populate( artifact )

end function

function showArtifactVideo()

m.screen.show()

while true

message = wait( 0, m.port )
if type( message ) = "roVideoScreenEvent" then
print "Video Screen message: "; message.getMessage() " and Index: "; message.GetIndex()
if message.isScreenClosed()
print "Screen closed"
exit while
lastIndex = m.relatedArtifacts.count() - 1
for index = 0 to lastIndex
if m.relatedArtifacts[ index ].id = m.artifact.id then
exit for
end if
end for
if ( index + 1 <= lastIndex ) then
m.initialize( m.relatedArtifacts[ index + 1 ], m.relatedArtifacts )
m.show()
end if
end if
end if

end while

end function

function populateArtifactVideo( artifact )

if artifact <> Invalid then

m.artifact = artifact
m.artifactVideo = queryVideo( artifact.provider_uid )

' stop

content = artifactToContent( artifact )
content[ "streamUrls" ] = ""

' content = {
' streamUrls: "http://videos.boxxspring.com/" + video_sources.storage_key
' streamBitrates: [ 0 ]
' streamQualities: [ "HD" ]
' streamFormat: "mp4"
' }

' if content.streamUrls <> invalid then
' print "video URL is valid"
' else
' print "video URL is INVALID"
' end if

m.screen.setContent( content )

end if

end function


The telnet shows ithe sending/retrieving of the URL -- nothing is broken. So confused! 😐
Thanks!
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