| ▲ | Roku LT Operating System open source distribution(blog.roku.com) |
| 63 points by dpmdpm 5 hours ago | 19 comments |
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| ▲ | FloatArtifact an hour ago | parent | next [-] |
| Open source all you want! It doesn't change the fact that they're spying the contents of your screen no matter what input is being used with Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) technology https://docs.roku.com/published/acrservicepolicy/en/CA |
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| ▲ | riedel 27 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | The original idea of open source or rather free software is to bmactually "own" the code in a way that you can modify it to your needs. Guess this is not the case here, then. But I guess also most of android falls in that category that by now. I guess we should be using better,more attributes when describing open source | |
| ▲ | gricardo99 16 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] | | you can disable this feature by going to Settings > Privacy > Smart TV Experience.
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| ▲ | c0balt 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| That looks neat, the code appears be mostly in C, seems reasonable documented and is hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/rokudev/lt-sdk |
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| ▲ | phantomathkg 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| The good thing is, it is not written in Brightscript. |
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| ▲ | aturek 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Brightscript could have been worse! And much, much better, as well | | |
| ▲ | phantomathkg an hour ago | parent [-] | | How could it be better? Brightscript is a proprietary language that serves nothing but a low power STB. |
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| ▲ | krackers 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| >that is already used in our industry-changing Roku remote controls. Why does a remote control require a RTOS? |
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| ▲ | topspin 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Roku remotes are sophisticated devices. There are many models, so features vary, but among the possible features are 3.5mm audio output, Bluetooth audio, voice command input, Wi-Fi, infrared, battery charger and other things. Clearly a substantial MCU is present and thus, an RTOS. | | |
| ▲ | NDlurker 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Pretty sure they don't have gyroscopes and accelerometers anymore, but they did early on. It was basically a Wii Mote and I played a ton of Angry Birds on my TV. |
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| ▲ | SpecialistK 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Voice command handling, I would suspect. | |
| ▲ | _ZeD_ 29 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] | | to spy on you |
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| ▲ | LoganDark 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I wish they would offer the instruction in text as well rather than only in videos. Videos become stale and can't easily be used as a reference. |
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| ▲ | LeFantome 31 minutes ago | parent [-] | | Get an AI to transcribe the videos for you and then ask it to create a manual from the transcription. |
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| ▲ | jgalt212 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Please someone make a Roku remote with a physical keyboard. |
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| ▲ | zzrrt 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | You can probably do it with a keyboard paired to a server/RPi that emits the keystrokes to the Roku ECP API, if having that second device is acceptable. | |
| ▲ | relyks 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | This might be possible now. I think the better option is having a hardware device that acts a bridge between a bluetooth keyboard and the Roku. | |
| ▲ | snailmailman 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | On my rokus, I am able to use my phone as a remote via the roku app. This includes typing on mobile via my phone's keyboard. Makes logging into things much easier. |
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