Thanks Joel. I've been experimenting using rss feeds from blip.tv The rss feed I'm looking at is at
http://blip.tv/iball/?skin=rss, but I'm sure any blip tv feed would be very similar. I've tried going through the mrss_template_1.1.2 source files, but haven't had any luck so far in editing the files to point the channel to the blip tv rss feed. I suspect it's a fairly simple edit to make it work but everything I've tried hasn't worked. Remember...I'm new to this so even the simple stuff can trip me up until I understand how it's supposed to work. Once I get a working model then I think I'll have more luck in tweaking and modifying the files to make things work the way I want. Basically, I just need a working example(s) with a bit more descriptive comments on what each function is doing and suggested changes that might be useful.
It's probably easier if you just pull up the link above and take a look than for me to post the file that the link creates. Any advice or help is appreciated! The Roku is a very nice product and I love the fact that it's an open platform. The trick is figuring out how a newbie can best take advantage of the platform.
TIA!