roVideoPlayer does not like some m3u8 files

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Hi Everyone,

I’m trying to resolve particular issue where roVideoPlayer for some reason does not play some .m3u8 files… Here is to examples:

This file works:

http://playertest.longtailvideo.com/ada … ylist.m3u8

This one does not:

http://d1musuutpb8y4q.cloudfront.net/Te … _av-p.m3u8

Can it be video encoding issue?

Thanks,

Peter

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The second is an MP4, not an .m3u8, so your StreamFormat should be set to “mp4”. If it’s set to “hls” that could explain why it doesn’t play.

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Sorry made a mistake since I’ve been trying to figure it out all day… Edited my prev. post… Here are 2 files again

works

liveURL = "http://playertest.longtailvideo.com/adaptive/captions/playlist.m3u8

does not work

liveURL = "http://d1musuutpb8y4q.cloudfront.net/Test/index_678_av-p.m3u8

Than you

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It looks like the second one requires some sort of authentication. I get 403 errors when requesting the individual segments.

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Ok this one plays in Safari…

http://livestream-f.akamaihd.net/i/4434 … _av-p.m3u8

does not play on Roku

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That one also gives me a 403. I’m guessing you’re logged in somewhere in Safari, which is allowing you to play it there.

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It was client’s video… They moved it off the server since they are very particular about they content… I will post another one once get new once from them since it’s only they m3u8s that do not work…

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where can I download roVideoPlayer?

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https://developer.roku.com/developer, download SDK, it’s in there somewhere in examples (IIRC)

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Oh, you are referring to the Roku VideoPlayer folder package for making your own channel. I though “roVideoPlayer” is a specific channel to download already created in the Channel Store.