Roku Developer Program

[jeremywhcc]

I'm trying to side load various test channels and it won't go past the screen Installing Application, Please Wait.  I have no issues side-loading the helloworld.zip file but anything else I try won't install.

[Baradanikto]

How have you built the application you are trying to load?

[jeremywhcc]

I've tried installing the template that is given by Roku for transitioning from direct publisher to scene graph as well as some other pre-made templates for testing.

Here is the link to the one I have been using.

https://github.com/rokudev/scenegraph-master-sample

[renojim]

Are you trying to sideload the whole scenegraph-master-sample-master.zip file?  That file contains many examples that you have to build/zip before you can sideload them.

[philanderson777]

So for example you can isolate just these files only for the video sample

https://github.com/rokudev/scenegraph-master-sample/tree/master/VideoPlayer

if you zip just those files and subfolders/files that should be accepted by the Roku TV

Don't include the parent folder in the zip (VideoPlayer) but just the files within the folder, and below.

Hope that helps

[jeremywhcc]

I took just that video player folder and zipped it. Tried to upload and same thing happens: "Installing Application, Please Wait..."

[philanderson777]

interesting.  did you zip the videoPlayer folder or highlight the contents inside the folder and zip that?  the latter is the correct course of action

[jeremywhcc]

I have tried both with no success. Again I have no problem with the basic hello-world.zip folder so I know I'm having some success side loading, it is just any other folder I try doesn't work.

[Baradanikto]

That message can indicate that the code is trying to load a feed file and has thrown an error.  Don't assume that the Roku samples are error-free.

If you have a valid content feed file, you may want to try the Wizard software I've written to create a channel.  It's available from the GitHub site in my signature.

[philanderson777]

do you have the actual zip file you are running and can you post it here? thanks.