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- | (coming soon) | + | There is a public and free (no ads either) Roku channel that anyone can download to access the content stored on their Xirvik seedbox. This is important - you can only watch whatever media you have own your server, there is no other content at all. |
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+ | If you prefer text rather than video, or for advanced topics: | ||
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+ | Install and use will be very familiar to Roku users. First, install the channel as any other channel: You can go to the channel repository in your Roku and type " | ||
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+ | Then go to your Xirvik dashboard and go to Media -> Roku. A simple dialog will appear asking you to enter an activation code.\\ | ||
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+ | Go to your TV, select the Roku input if you haven' | ||
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+ | Something to keep in mind is that the server will deliver the media files as they are, without any kind of on-the-fly conversion (transcoding). This ensures smooth playback (network conditions permitting - in general, if you can download your files faster than what it takes to play them you will be OK, for example if you can download a one hour video in 20 minutes then the speed is good enough) and low server load. | ||
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+ | However, it comes with the tradeoff that some files may not play correctly if they' | ||
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+ | A dialog will ask you for the output directory. Default (same as input file) is OK, or you can have a directory for the Roku conversions, | ||
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+ | After a few seconds or minutes, depending on the length of the video, you will have a Roku ready file you can stream directly. |
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