Roku Remote Control

[riban]

Using a Roku Express I observe the following success and issues with remote control within live TV:

BACK - Stop Live TV and return to menu (as documented).
HOME - Returns to main Roku menu and remembers previously selected screen (as documented - but does not actually enter the previous screen, just highlights it in menu).
UP - Shows List of channels then navigates up the list. Does not change channel.
DOWN - Shows List of channels then navigates down the list. Does not change channel.
LEFT - Short Skip back (10 s by default)* (as documented).
RIGHT - Short Skip forward (10 s by default)* (as documented).
OK - Show Info bar and timeline (as documented - but see below).
RETURN - Previous Channel (as documented - but only once - does not toggle between last two channels).
LONG RETURN - Record current show (as documented).
* - Roku native options menu.
LONG * - Nothing.
REW - Nothing - documented as previous channel.
FWD - Nothing - documented as next channel.

After pressing OK, info, timebar and controls are shown. You cannot manually close this. One might expect the back button to close the display. There are controls on the display that the up/down/left/right/ok buttons sometimes access but these buttons also perform their normal actions, e.g. show channel list. One should be able to navigate the status display.

[mvallevand]

Thanks for the report. My test documentation for the remote were created before sub implemented thumbnail skipping or the new OSD in v7 so I would expect some differences. I did tweak the Android handling of keys while the OSD is active and sounds like the Roku needs a look. For the next beta channel update I will spend a little more time on it. The remote without number keys for skipping and channel changing is another reason to use I recommend different UI clients

Unfortunately for you using a RPi4 as a server OSD rendering will be pretty slow as will generating thumbnails on your recordings. You may wish to review how much you use thumbnails too.

Martin