Roku Direct Publisher

[29234j]

Hi,

I try to do a DP Live TV channels, in the "preview" (on roku website), my channel appear to working fine with 1 entry and logo, description, title, everything seems perfect.  But when i try it on my "actual" Roku, the channel is empty, except i have 2 "tiles": "Search" and "About" that do nothing.

Here's my JSON

{
  "providerName": "NEWSPRO",
  "lastUpdated": "2020-04-03T11:44:28+00:00",
  "language": "en",
  "liveFeeds": [
    {
      "id": "898287319",
      "title": "1MUSIC",
      "content": {
        "dateAdded": "2020-1-11T22:21:37+00:00",
        "videos": [
          {
            "url": "https://edge126.rcs-rds.ro/utvedge/musicchannelhq.stream/index.m3u8",
            "quality": "SD",
            "videoType": "HLS"
          }
        ]
      },
      "language": [
        "en"
      ],
      "thumbnail": "https://www.hirepatrickcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/maxresdefault-800x450.jpg",
      "brandedThumbnail": "https://www.hirepatrickcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/maxresdefault-800x450.jpg",
      "shortDescription": "1Music Channel",
      "longDescription": "Music videos channel from Hungary.",
      "tags": [
        "live"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Any hint about what's wrong ?  Thanks in advance.

[37mediagroup]

Were you currently streaming when you submitted it, & for some time thereafter?  Roku needs to 'see' an actual video source, otherwise that ID is removed.  Even streaming a basic jpeg graphic on the feed will suffice.

[Baradanikto]

While I don't think this error will result in your problem, you should be aware of it.

2020-04-20 13:56:35.8132 ERROR '898287319' contains an incorrectly formatted 'dateAdded'. Setting date to today's date.

The date format is actually {YYYY}-{MM}-{DD}T{hh}:{mm}:{ss}+{TZ}.  Additionally, you may want to investigate this post from Partner Success:

Why doesn't live content show up in my Direct Publisher channel?

 

Pam

• 5 months ago

 

• Updated

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Issue

Live stream does not dynamically appear in Direct Publisher channel. 

Environment

Direct Publisher 

Answer

Make sure you have validityPeriodStart (and optionally, validityPeriodEnd) enabled in your Direct Publisher feed.