Roku Developer Program

[hasu]

I want to develop channel for Roku. I have downloaded Roku SDK after registered account and started to develop with brightscript. But later on, I knew that I must have Roku devices to develop channel. SDK doesn’t provide simulator for testing or development and it doesn’t provide service in other countries except USA and Canada.
1. Do i need a roku box to develop a channel for Roku?
2. Is roku box and its services available in india ?
3. Is there any web tool or simulator for development and testing?

Thanks

[RokuJoel]

Hi,

1. Do i need a roku box to develop a channel for Roku?

Yes, you do.

2. Is roku box and its services available in india ?

We don't sell them or support them in countries other than USA, Canada, and UK / Ireland. The devices themselves should work anywhere there is a standard wireless or ethernet connection. You may be able to buy them on Ebay, Amazon or Craigslist. Probably a UK version of the player would have more compatible electrical function.

Some channels will not function outside of their designated regions. When you link the device you would see the Rest Of World channel store.

3. Is there any web tool or simulator for development and testing?

No, there is not. Source code must be loaded onto the device in a Zip file, the device compiles and executes the code, there are no emulators.

- Joel

[EnTerr]

"RokuJoel" wrote:
We don't sell them or support them in countries other than USA, Canada, and UK / Ireland. The devices themselves should work anywhere there is a standard wireless or ethernet connection. You may be able to buy them on Ebay, Amazon or Craigslist. Probably a UK version of the player would have more compatible electrical function.

India apparently uses different plugs than US or UK, so a travel adaptor will be needed. But there will be no issue with the wall-wart, since it's universal 100-240V, 50-60Hz - as most are this century

[TheEndless]

"EnTerr" wrote:
But there will be no issue with the wall-wart, since it's universal 100-240V, 50-60Hz - as most are this century

FWIW, that's been debated. The US version of the adapter for current generation players only states 120V support. While it may work at 240V, it's probably safest to go with an adapter that's actually marked as such.

[EnTerr]

"TheEndless" wrote:
The US version of the adapter for current generation players only states 120V support. While it may work at 240V, it's probably safest to go with an adapter that's actually marked as such.

True that, i stay corrected - the newest hardware incarnation, the 1-2-3 US models of 2013 have 12V DC warts that are marked for AC 100-120V 50-60Hz. Thank you for pointing that out. RokuCo hardware dept strikes again with out-of-the-box thinking. There might be a reason like tad more efficient switching supply. I wouldn't try it on 2x the voltage.

Previous models were powered by 5V DC from world-widely mains adapter.

[TheEndless]

"EnTerr" wrote:

"TheEndless" wrote:
The US version of the adapter for current generation players only states 120V support. While it may work at 240V, it's probably safest to go with an adapter that's actually marked as such.

True that, i stay corrected - the newest hardware incarnation, the 1-2-3 US models of 2013 have 12V DC warts that are marked for AC 100-120V 50-60Hz. Thank you for pointing that out. RokuCo hardware dept strikes again with out-of-the-box thinking. There might be a reason like tad more efficient switching supply. I wouldn't try it on 2x the voltage.

Previous models were powered by 5V DC from world-widely mains adapter.

The original Roku 3 adapter had a model number that, based on specs online, supported 240V, but it was labeled 120V only. I believe the official explanation was that they didn't test it at 240V, so they erred on the side of caution with the labeling.

EDIT: Here's the Roku response: viewtopic.php?f=28&t=54982&start=15#p374246