Channel 9 Forums - Coffeehouse - A Roku Channel for Channel 9 http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 Forums - Coffeehouse - A Roku Channel for Channel 9 http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums en Sat, 25 May 2013 09:44:17 GMT Sat, 25 May 2013 09:44:17 GMT Rev9 15 -15 -1 Coffeehouse - A Roku Channel for Channel 9 Are there any Roku users out there?  I love my Roku.

 

I wish there was a Channel9 Channel for my Roku.  Anybody have any idea to create something like that?

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-Josh

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I'd love a c9 video channel on it.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/553885-A-Roku-Channel-for-Channel-9/ca07e6cbdf4d4aceb55f9deb00655694#ca07e6cbdf4d4aceb55f9deb00655694 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 07:24:12 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/553885-A-Roku-Channel-for-Channel-9/ca07e6cbdf4d4aceb55f9deb00655694#ca07e6cbdf4d4aceb55f9deb00655694 DCMonkey 15 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/DCMonkey/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - A Roku Channel for Channel 9 Out of curiousity, I went and signed up for the Roku Developer SDK to see what would be involved... and in the forum, the first thing I see is your post and the reply about using the MP4 feeds...

 

It would be interesting to know what the optimal bitrate/resolution would be for the Roku, as our MP4 files are intended for portable devices and are probably much lower resolution than the device supports. If you can find specs, post them here...

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Duncanma said:

Out of curiousity, I went and signed up for the Roku Developer SDK to see what would be involved... and in the forum, the first thing I see is your post and the reply about using the MP4 feeds...

 

It would be interesting to know what the optimal bitrate/resolution would be for the Roku, as our MP4 files are intended for portable devices and are probably much lower resolution than the device supports. If you can find specs, post them here...

After a bit more digging around, I think the advice you received (that Roku doesn't support WMV so you should use the MP4 files) is not necessarily accurate. I've seen some posts say 'Roku supports WMV playback, but not live streamed WMV' and as far as I know, netflix is sending WMV content to the Roku...

 

 

[update] Yep, it definitely supports WMV ... you should download the SDK and give it a whirl making a 'channel' that displays and lets you pick from our WMV High feed on the home page...  http://channel9.msdn.com/Feeds/RSS/WMVHigh/Default.aspx

 

I'm a bit busy myself, and I don't have a Roku Sad

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Duncanma said:

Out of curiousity, I went and signed up for the Roku Developer SDK to see what would be involved... and in the forum, the first thing I see is your post and the reply about using the MP4 feeds...

 

It would be interesting to know what the optimal bitrate/resolution would be for the Roku, as our MP4 files are intended for portable devices and are probably much lower resolution than the device supports. If you can find specs, post them here...

I have the HD box. I think it listed up to 3.0Mbps on the secret menu. By default it tries to autoconfigure the bitrate but I found that it unreliably measured my (unreliable?) 3 MBps DSL and then constantly tried to step down the bitrate, rebuffering each time. I currently have it set to 1.5MBps.

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Duncanma said:
Duncanma said:
*snip*

After a bit more digging around, I think the advice you received (that Roku doesn't support WMV so you should use the MP4 files) is not necessarily accurate. I've seen some posts say 'Roku supports WMV playback, but not live streamed WMV' and as far as I know, netflix is sending WMV content to the Roku...

 

 

[update] Yep, it definitely supports WMV ... you should download the SDK and give it a whirl making a 'channel' that displays and lets you pick from our WMV High feed on the home page...  http://channel9.msdn.com/Feeds/RSS/WMVHigh/Default.aspx

 

I'm a bit busy myself, and I don't have a Roku Sad

I think it's the CDNTwo channel that doesn't support WMV in RSS feeds.

 

I may have to play with this SDK Smiley

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/553885-A-Roku-Channel-for-Channel-9/4d8faa6075f94f4e89409deb0065575d#4d8faa6075f94f4e89409deb0065575d Fri, 04 Jun 2010 09:17:59 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/553885-A-Roku-Channel-for-Channel-9/4d8faa6075f94f4e89409deb0065575d#4d8faa6075f94f4e89409deb0065575d DCMonkey 15 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/DCMonkey/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - A Roku Channel for Channel 9 @spottedmah:Mediadfly is the "gateway" to RSS feeds.  Add your RSS feeds to Mediafly then go to the Mediafly channel on your Roku box.  I don't have a Roku device, but I have looked into what it takes to bring internet video into these set-top boxes, and I have used Mediafly on my smartphone. I'm waiting to see what the Boxee Box has to offer.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/553885-A-Roku-Channel-for-Channel-9/5e456a0fa5c34adb8382a179012ea61e#5e456a0fa5c34adb8382a179012ea61e Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:21:54 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/553885-A-Roku-Channel-for-Channel-9/5e456a0fa5c34adb8382a179012ea61e#5e456a0fa5c34adb8382a179012ea61e Duncan Mackenzie 15 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Duncanma/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - A Roku Channel for Channel 9 @Duncanma: Count me in.

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However, this channel seems not to have all of the content -- for example there are only three episodes of The Defrag Show listed when I browse the content on my Roku.

I'd also be interested in a Channel 9 channel for Plex Media Server (plexapp.com) The Roku would pick this channel up too if you have Plex Media Server installed on a PC via the Plex channel on the Roku .. and the bonus would be that, in addition to Roku devices, it would make it available to any DLNA terminal in the house (provided a Plex Media Server is present with the C9 channel installed).

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, Duncanma wrote

Old thread, but I'm still curious about how many Channel 9 watchers are also Roku users. I've still made no progress on making an app beyond downloading the SDK. Just too low on the priority list I guess.

I am!  I also downloaded the SDK and then did promptly nothing with it.  Big Smile 

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I'd love to talk to the guy behind that app. It is a nice enough app, but he has hardcoded the shows and episodes into it, instead of pulling from the site. We could make it a lot better if he was interested. No idea how to get ahold of him though.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/553885-A-Roku-Channel-for-Channel-9/b596911f3230446aabefa17a004c3829#b596911f3230446aabefa17a004c3829 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 04:37:30 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/553885-A-Roku-Channel-for-Channel-9/b596911f3230446aabefa17a004c3829#b596911f3230446aabefa17a004c3829 Duncan Mackenzie 15 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Duncanma/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - A Roku Channel for Channel 9 How come the Roku doesn't just support standard RSS feeds?

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