Roku LT Operating System open source distribution

40 pointsposted 3 hours ago
by dpmdpm
(blog.roku.com)

11 Comments

phantomathkg

an hour ago

The good thing is, it is not written in Brightscript.

aturek

39 minutes ago

Brightscript could have been worse!

And much, much better, as well

krackers

2 hours ago

>that is already used in our industry-changing Roku remote controls.

Why does a remote control require a RTOS?

topspin

an hour ago

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

25 minutes ago

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.

SpecialistK

2 hours ago

Voice command handling, I would suspect.

LoganDark

2 hours ago

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.

jgalt212

2 hours ago

Please someone make a Roku remote with a physical keyboard.

snailmailman

41 minutes ago

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.

relyks

an hour ago

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.