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jbrave's avatar
jbrave
Channel Surfer
15 years ago

video player format question

What is the minimal amount of data I need to send to the video player to get it to play?

I've got an mp4 video, h.264 (according to Quicktime) but when I try to play it I'm getting

showVideoScreen | msg = The format is not supported or the media is corrupt. | index = -5
request failed error: -5 The format is not supported or the media is corrupt.

I threw the vid player together from an example in the Object reference. Here's the tiny bit of data I send to it:


port = CreateObject("roMessagePort")
screen = CreateObject("roVideoScreen")
episode.HDBranded = false
episode.IsHD = false

episode.Stream = { url:playurl
quality:false
}

episode.StreamFormat="mp4"

screen.SetContent(episode)
screen.SetMessagePort(port)
screen.Show()
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2 Replies

  • RokuChris's avatar
    RokuChris
    Roku Employee
    15 years ago
    All you absolutely have to provide is the URL. Roku assumes mp4 if you omit the format. As an example, this works fine...

    Sub Main()
      vid = {
        stream:	{
        	url:	"http://msnbcpod.rd.llnwd.net/e1/video/podcast/pdv_countdown_netcast_m4v-10-25-2010-195641.m4v"
        }
      }
      
      screen = CreateObject("roVideoScreen")
      screen.SetMessagePort(CreateObject("roMessagePort"))
      screen.SetContent(vid)
      screen.Show()

      while true
        msg = wait(0, screen.GetMessagePort())

        if msg <> invalid then
          if msg.isScreenClosed()
            exit while
          end if
        end if
      end while
    end sub
  • jbrave's avatar
    jbrave
    Channel Surfer
    15 years ago
    as it turns out, that was exactly what I did wrong: I use "playurl" as the variable name but used "url" when I called the play sub!