There are plenty of examples of how to play video on a Roku in the RokuSDK, the simplest being the simplevideoplayer exmaple. So your parameters might be "vidurl=" if you wanted to send multiple bit rate videos. Print "launched without input parameters" Print "This channnel was launched with Launch Parameters!" RoInput is not really well documented, here is an example that demonstrates both roInput and launch parameters (launch parameters are keywords you include in an http POST): function main(params as object) Here is an Open Source YouTube project referenced in that second thread.Īny unofficial project that plays video's from YouTube is subject to DMCA takedown by YouTube should they decide your project does not fit with their goals. If you want to play URL's from your device (android/IOS) you would need to run a web server on the device to serve videos to the device. Your channel would then send the URLs to a video playback compoenent which would initiate playback from Youtube or whatever source you send it. In terms of how to do airplay style video playback on Roku, you would use the External Control Protocol to launch a channel with the URLs of the video you wish to play back, or once your channel is launched, us the ECP in combination with the roInput component to send the URL's to your channel. They played with it and thought casting was cool (which it is) but then stopped using it because they really just wanted a handheld remote.There are discussions on how to extract the mp4 URL from YouTube here and here A couple of million techies bought it because it was cheap $39 and it was by Google. It was Google’s answer to Apple TV & Airplay. The built in Roku TV OS maybe adds $5-$10 to the cost of a TV as it just licensed software and a better on-board SoC CPU.Ĭhromecast seems to be a failed experiment. I assume extra 256MBs of memory allows the latest Netflix to run unlike the Roku2s. The new $50 Roku Streaming Stick(2014) still uses the slow and discontinued Roku 2 CPU (BCM2835/600MHz) w/ 512MB. “ Alternately, I’d simply get a “dumb” TV … and add over-the-top capabilities via the relatively inexpensive and clutter-free Chromecast or Roku Streaming Stick.” A way to catch up and compete with their bigger competition. I think Roku TV OS will become to TV manufacturers what TiVo OS has become to Cable operators. The best ideas are always pretty simple.” - Gizmodo It’s pretty much Roku pre-installed on a TV. “ So really, there’s not all that much to explain about the experience. Downloaded it on the tablet and also added it as a Roku channel. Alternately, I’d simply get a “dumb” TV … and add over-the-top capabilities via the relatively inexpensive and clutter-free Chromecast or Roku Streaming Stick. The app is just a glorified version of the remote and doesnt let me navigate to the QNAP DNLA files without having a TV monitor to watch. The Roku 3 remains my go-to streamer, besting Apple TV, Fire TV, TiVo, and Xbox One. And, if I were in the market for a budget smart set, for kitchen or office usage, I’d probably go with the Vizio – that also comes in a smaller 28″ size. Which, I suppose, is at least a step up from the yet-to-be-released Roku Antenna that requires you flip inputs between apps and TV. In fact, there’s no guide at all (as far as I know) – just a sidebar of tuned channels. But Roku’s very fine universal search doesn’t incorporate current or upcoming OTA programming. In fact, highlighting the TV tile will even live-preview whatever’s being broadcast (as will any other input tile, such as a STB wired up via HDMI). In fact, they seemed to have overlooked some very interesting cord cutter interplay.Īs with LG, “TV” is an app. Yet, at launch, the Roku TV doesn’t much compel me. Of course, no one comes close to Roku’s breadth (even if the vast majority of their 2,000 over-the-top “channels” hold no appeal). And that pricing is extremely competitive, with the 32″ TCL running a mere $229. While that’s pretty darn good for a 720P smart TV with WiFi, CNET wonders if budget sets from Vizio might provide better picture quality, given local dimming… along with providing their own raft of apps. I took a super brief look at Roku TV back at CES, but CNET is now out with a more thorough once over as pricing and timing have been revealed.
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