"cdkelly" wrote:
We are trying to decide what version(s) of Firmware our channel will support so I have a few questions.
What is the policy for pushing Firmware updates? Do all connected devices that support new Firmware updates get auto-upgraded?
We would like to get a picture of what the Firmware percentages are for currently active Roku players on the market. From this http://blog.roku.com/blog/2011/12/21/software-update-3-1-available-for-first-generation-roku-players... blog post, it seems that supporting below 3.1 would not be necessary as that is available even on older Roku 1 devices. Is that an accurate assumption?
What is the current best-practice as far as Firmware versions to support?
Firmware version-wise, Roku platform is quite homogenous - when new version is considered ready, it is pushed to all compatible players within a few days. There is no way to "opt-out" so virtually every Roku player connected to open internet has the latest fw. Roku blog does not always announce the new versions and information on the changes is skimpy. In theory new firmwares should not break your working brightscript code.
Currently the older (MIPS) platform is running build of 3.1 and the new (ARM) platform players are on 5.1, with 5.2 coming any day.
