Roku Direct Publisher

Roku Direct Publisher - the easiest way to create a great TV experience. Learn more about how to create a Roku channel and share your experiences with others.

Bumping this so other folks can see...this WP plugin is great!

Updated to 1.3.1 - See top post for more info!

PS: Our email system is currently down, so if you need help use the Support Ticket system!

Use Wordpress to power your Roku Direct Publisher (& other platforms) -> https://rovidx.com

Got a tutorial on this using WP Smart TV.

http://5thingsseries.com/building-a-roku-channel/

Hope this helps, folks!

"DeanLach" wrote:
Wow Rovidx! It's good to see you're back. I found your post today.

I'm an old Rovidx customer (from the Wask build a few years ago.) So my question is...I've built this huge XML according to the WASK feed format, and as you know this is not a typical, valid feed. It's missing some elements (there's no duration or length etc etc.)

1.) Could someone suggest some software for converting an existing MRSS feed to the JSON feed that Rovidx (and Roku Direct Pub) requires?

2.) On a semi-related note, I'm anxious to find out how to use AD ID's like Amazon Ads, or Admob with Rovidx (and/or Roku Direct Publisher.)

Hey Dean!

1) Unless you have the skills to code a custom importer, there is no way to currently do this. Plus you will need all the relevant information or DP will throw errors.

2) It works with any VAST/VPAID compatible feed. Last I checked Amazon Ads where only banner/text ads, so none of those would work. I've tested it with DoubleClick for Publishers and it works great.

-Rob

Use Wordpress to power your Roku Direct Publisher (& other platforms) -> https://rovidx.com

"mkammes" wrote:
Got a tutorial on this using WP Smart TV.

http://5thingsseries.com/building-a-roku-channel/

Hope this helps, folks!

Another great episode Michael! Thanks so much for including WP Smart TV in the show!!!

Use Wordpress to power your Roku Direct Publisher (& other platforms) -> https://rovidx.com

Update to the new version (1.3.5) which will fix that error.

Use Wordpress to power your Roku Direct Publisher (& other platforms) -> https://rovidx.com

Ok, figured out where the issue was. Watch for an update in the next 24 - 48 hours.

Use Wordpress to power your Roku Direct Publisher (& other platforms) -> https://rovidx.com

When I click on the Roku Feed I get this error.

Not Found
The requested URL /wp-json/tv/roku/ was not found on this server.

Apache/2.4.10 (Debian) Server

I checked my permalink settings and I have them set to this:

https://lifegeni.us/index.php/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/

I also enabled WP Super Cache and I have Jetpack installed. Not sure what else I should be doing to get the feed going? Anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

Not exactly sure, would you mind pasting the full actual URL? The line about "The requested URL /wp-json/tv/roku/" shouldn't the url be ending with the .json (ex: /channel.json) extension?

You could host the file at myjson.com if you need to push it thru while you're figuring it out. Their urls work.

Yeah it's https://www.lifegeni.us/wp-json/tv/roku/
That's the link I get from the plug-in and when I hit download json I get a file not found error. If it helps, I'm.hosting my WordPress site on Google compute.