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Getting started with THEOlive on Roku

Usage​

  1. Follow our Getting Started guide to set up THEOplayer in your Roku app.
  2. Add a THEOlive source to your player's source.

Add a THEOlive source​

After setting up your THEOplayer on your App, set its source to a SourceDescription containing a THEOliveSource. You'll need a THEOlive channel ID:

m.THEOsdk.source = {
    "live": true,
    "sources": {
      "src": "your-channel-id",
      "type": "theolive"
    }
}

Please note that the playlist feature cannot be used with THEOlive. On Roku the THEOlive source falls back to the HLS stream.

Configure THEOlive​

On the player configuration object, you may add extra configuration using the theoLive property on the player configuration. For instance, if you would like to provide an external ID to track the session, you may add it to the theoLive configuration:

playerConfiguration = {
  license: "<YOUR_LICENSE_HERE>",
  theoLive: {
    externalSessionId: "my-unique-id"
  }
}
m.player.callFunc("configure", playerConfiguration)

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