FIXED: Error with TV Specials not displaying in some cases
Coming in 1.4 - MAJOR update to the HTML5 player including Embedding, Better VAST support and updates to the HLS engine.
I’ve spent the last few months quietly getting this plugin together. It is currently awaiting approval from WordPress, but I wanted to post it here so I could get some qualified feedback.
A few notes:
Install the plugin like any other WordPress plugin
~~It currently only works with Movies and Short Form Video content. I will be adding support for more in the upcoming versions. ~~ Now works with Short-form Videos, Series and TV Specials.
Instructions can be found in WP Smart TV > Settings > Help Documents > View All Documentation
This does not work with YouTube videos, and no I can’t add support for it. It’s against their T.O.S.
Tested with Vimeo Pro and Amazon S3/CloudFront. Should work with most video hosting options
WP-Engine (and possibly other hosts) will sometimes block images from the Roku DP system. Enable Jetpack and turn on “Speed up images and photos” or disable “Mod Security” in Apache.
I’ll update this post when it is in the WordPress plugin director and I will answer any questions in this thread
“ashokiptv” wrote:
Wow Nice Work. Ill test it and provide my feedback
Thanks! I’d love to hear any feedback you have. Btw, the plugin is now officially in the WordPress plugin repository. I updated the OP with the links.
Rats! I just tried to install it on my Wordpress site and I got the following error:
"Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.
Fatal error: Can’t use function return value in write context in /home1/NAMEOFMYSERVER/public_html/NAMEOFMYWEBSITE/wp-content/plugins/wp-smart-tv/lib/rovidx-smart-tv-shortcodes.php on line 117"[/color]
“johnary” wrote:
Rats! I just tried to install it on my Wordpress site and I got the following error:
Rats indeed! My bad, I’ll fix it for the upcoming patch that should be out before Monday.
“johnary” wrote:
Rats! I just tried to install it on my Wordpress site and I got the following error:
1.1.0 should fix the issue. Let me know if you run into other ones.
I have added three movies to my channel. I looked at the JSON file it generated and checked it out with JSONLint. Everything looks good but the Feed Status on the Manage My Channels Roku Dashboard tells me that it is “Unable to download from feedURL.” Not sure if I’m doing something wrong.
“johnary” wrote:
I have added three movies to my channel. I looked at the JSON file it generated and checked it out with JSONLint. Everything looks good but the Feed Status on the Manage My Channels Roku Dashboard tells me that it is “Unable to download from feedURL.” Not sure if I’m doing something wrong.
You might have to turn off ModSecurity on your Apache setup on your webhosting account. If you check your error logs you will probably find 406 Errors. The Roku Servers don’t pass the header information when connecting to your feed so ModSecurity stops the connection. Turn it off and you should be fine.
“DeanLach” wrote:
Wow Rovidx! It’s good to see you’re back. I found your post today.
I’m an old Rovidx customer (from the Wask build a few years ago.) So my question is…I’ve built this huge XML according to the WASK feed format, and as you know this is not a typical, valid feed. It’s missing some elements (there’s no duration or length etc etc.)
1.) Could someone suggest some software for converting an existing MRSS feed to the JSON feed that Rovidx (and Roku Direct Pub) requires?
2.) On a semi-related note, I’m anxious to find out how to use AD ID’s like Amazon Ads, or Admob with Rovidx (and/or Roku Direct Publisher.)
Hey Dean!
Unless you have the skills to code a custom importer, there is no way to currently do this. Plus you will need all the relevant information or DP will throw errors.
It works with any VAST/VPAID compatible feed. Last I checked Amazon Ads where only banner/text ads, so none of those would work. I’ve tested it with DoubleClick for Publishers and it works great.
Not exactly sure, would you mind pasting the full actual URL? The line about “The requested URL /wp-json/tv/roku/” shouldn’t the url be ending with the .json (ex: /channel.json) extension?
You could host the file at myjson.com if you need to push it thru while you’re figuring it out. Their urls work.
Yeah it’s https://www.lifegeni.us/wp-json/tv/roku/
That’s the link I get from the plug-in and when I hit download json I get a file not found error. If it helps, I’m.hosting my WordPress site on Google compute.
