SpencerT Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 I'm assuming this is normal behavior, but I would like to program around it. My problem is that, unless I launch a mini app from the C4 ui, the "watch" and "session" context displays don't reflect the roku app i'm using. For example: Action 1: Launch netflix mini app from c4 app or neeo. Result: netflix is loaded, I have full control. Roku apps driver: lua shows "current app # 12 (netflix)" Sessions: netflix is displayed as the active session in that room. Action 2: Launch vudu mini app from c4 app or neeo. Result: vudu is loaded, I have full control. Roku apps driver: lua shows "current app #13842 (vudu)" Sessions: vudu is displayed as the active session in that room. Action 3: while watching vudu, go to roku home screen from app or neeo, select netflix from roku home screen. Result: netflix is loaded, I have full control. Roku apps driver: lua shows "current app # home screen (roku)", then "current app # 12 (netflix)". Sessions: vudu is still displayed as the active session in that room. In short, if I use the roku on screen display to select an app, the roku apps driver clearly knows what app I'm in, but the "watch" and "sessions" context do not update to show what app I'm currently using. The apps are not important in the above example. If I use the onscreen to select anything, the context for watch and sessions are not updated (i.e. hulu, paramount+, etc) Behavior is same whether I use Neeo's, SR260 or Android app. Behavior is same on stand alone rokus and roku TV's. Each player has it's own mini apps. Each roku driver is set for passthrough mode. I would assume I can program around this, but there doesn't appear to be an action or variable for the roku apps "current app" where I could force the UI to display what the roku knows I'm using. I never really cared about this before, but I'm having an issue with the way I've implemented announcements. My matrix doesn't duck during announcements so we briefly pause video (if it's being watched) while the matrix and prepro flip over for the announcement, then resume when the announcement is complete. If I'm not careful about making sure I'm in the correct mini app, on resume, it will launch whatever mini app is being displayed (even if that's not what I'm actually watching. In the example above, that would take me to vudu even though I'm actively watching netflix. I thought I remembered seeing a post about this in the past, but I'll be damned if I can find it again. Appreciate any guidance. Thanks, Spencer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Why are you changing mini apps on the pause? Just do pause and play on the Roku and it will all work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpencerT Posted January 25 Author Share Posted January 25 3 minutes ago, msgreenf said: Why are you changing mini apps on the pause? Just do pause and play on the Roku and it will all work Not changing them. If I'm in something other than the selected mini app (because I went there from the Roku home screen), the pause takes me to the mini app. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Pause shouldn’t change the app you are in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpencerT Posted January 25 Author Share Posted January 25 I'll play with my programming on the pause then, maybe I'll send the pause to the device directly vs pausing the room. Pause to the room definitely switches me to whatever mini app is showing in watch (even if it's not what I'm watching). That being said, do you know of a way to force the context to change based on what app the Roku sees me in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpencerT Posted January 25 Author Share Posted January 25 No joy. The un-pause still takes the Roku to whatever mini app is displayed after the announcement completes. I suspect it's something with the sources switching, which leads me back to the original problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 That shouldn't be a problem... something odd is going on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpencerT Posted January 26 Author Share Posted January 26 Thanks. I just assumed it was normal. I'll ask my dealer to look at it when things slow down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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