Roku Developer Program

[rsromeo]

Hi-

Is there any way to test an app offline without an internet connection but instead being connected to a local server? It seems that the player always seeks the internet connection at start up. Is there a special mode we can put the box in to bypass that and test offline?

Thanks.

[destruk]

I thought it tested the box every time it starts loading a stream? You can run the roku 'offline' with the USB channel and a USB stick connected, or you can set up your own LAN server with chaneru or a few other 'steam from pc' solutions. Or you can set up your own Apache client and write a channel to pull video from the apache directory.

[rsromeo]

What I'm looking to do is run a Roku app offline. I'm not looking for just an offline streaming solution. I want my Roku channel app to work offline without internet using local server connection. Instead of the player pointing to my usual URL, I want to change it to my local server's IP. This is necessary to demo the channel at trade shows. I need a fully functional channel working off a local connection rather than internet.

[dynamitemedia]

That i agree is a great feature, in fact i would use this and just delete all the channels and use only my private channel.

what would be nice is to have roku start up a channel right away, so if i plug in or lose power would automatically start the channel back up, i want to use as a sort of digital signage solution

Great post rsRomeo

[kbenson]

Isn't this just a manner of coding your channel to fall back to a local IP you've defined, or submitting a special private version that uses a local IP? Worst case, you could just side-load a version that uses a local server, right?

As for the channel load on start, I'm pretty sure Roku has stated before it doesn't fit with what their target audience desires, so I doubt they'll put much effort into it.

[rsromeo]

Thanks guys. I figured it out. I actually had the Roku pointing to the local IP but it wasn't making the connection. So then I thought perhaps, it was the firewall blocking me. So I turned off the firewall and bingo! It Works like a charm now - thanks!