# Play Videos Straight to roVideoPlayer

**URL:** <https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/play-videos-straight-to-rovideoplayer/7500>\
**Category:** Archived\
**Tags:** roku-developer-program\
**Created:** [October 20, 2015, 8:15am UTC](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/play-videos-straight-to-rovideoplayer/7500 "2015-10-20T08:15:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![pdineshkumar55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@pdineshkumar55](https://forum.developer.roku.com/u/pdineshkumar55)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 8:15am UTC](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/play-videos-straight-to-rovideoplayer/7500/1 "2015-10-20T08:15:22Z")

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Hi Everyone,

I need to create a channel without any screens. Parsing the JSON, the video need to start to play in roVideoPlayer.

This is my requirement. And this is my sample code.

```auto
Function Main() as void
    
    videoPlayer = CreateObject("roVideoPlayer")
    port = CreateObject("roMessagePort")
    videoPlayer.SetMessagePort(port)
    LoadJSONFile(videoPlayer)
   
End Function

Function LoadJSONFile(videoPlayer as object) as void
    jsonAsString = ReadAsciiFile("pkg:/json/sample1.json")
    m.json = ParseJSON(jsonAsString)
    LoadUrl(m.json.Videos,videoPlayer)
End Function

Function LoadUrl(feedData as object,videoPlayer as object) as Dynamic

contentList = []
  for each video in feedData
      contentList.Push({
        Stream: { url: video.Url }
        StreamFormat: "mp4"
      })
  end for
  
  PlayVideo(contentList,videoPlayer)   

End Function

Function PlayVideo(contentList as object,videoPlayer as object) as integer
    
    videoPlayer.SetPositionNotificationPeriod(10)
    videoPlayer.SetContentList(contentList)
    videoPlayer.Play()
    
    while true
        msg = wait(0, videoPlayer.GetMessagePort())
        if type(msg) = "roVideoPlayerEvent"
            print msg.GetMessage()
        end if
    end while
End Function

```

When I tried to run the channel, It was showing only Loading screen. But in debugger, it is showing “startup progress” and “start of play” events.

So, What I need to do the display of video without any pre-screens.

Please anyone help on this.

Thank you,  
P.Dineshkumar

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**Author:** ![belltown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8edcca/32.png) [@belltown](https://forum.developer.roku.com/u/belltown)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/play-videos-straight-to-rovideoplayer/7500/2 "2015-10-20T14:51:37Z")

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You need roVideoScreen instead of roVideoPlayer.