Roku Direct Publishing
Hi there, We're new to Roku. It's kinda urgent. We're trying to rent/sell a video on Roku in Channel. What is the best solution to do this without a lot of programming? We have an account on Vimeo....
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Cheap. Fast. Good.
Pick two!
Truth is you're looking at A LOT in coding and development costs, unless you're pretty built in and niche following It'll take a while and many, many rentals to recoup the costs. I'd ballpark it all at $5k-$10k.
Vimeo OTT will build your SDK package once you set everything up.
Another option in the same vein is Zype
Both are content record management solutions and cost about $1-$2k / mo for streaming channel deployments.
Fastest and cheapest way to deploy a Roku Channel is using Vimeo Pro and a json feed file, and then giving the unique code of the channel as part of the receipt of payment. That doesn't scale, but it gets you started for about $200/yr.
Serve your videos from Vimeo Pro as HLS links, and serve the thumbnails and feed file from any website.
