milkmichigan

Just released an update overhauling the UI a bit. Hopefully minimal issues but feel free to comment here or on the Github if something has broken and I will do my best to fix it. I hope to continue to work on the style/UX of the app but this seemed like a good start.

Release notes here: https://github.com/bananaoomarang/bombermin/releases/tag/v2.0.0

Should be available by the same link as in the OP.

Unfortunately have not been able to reproduce the crash above. It's weird because that looks like a pretty modern TV with the latest version of the Roku OS so in theory it should be pretty similar to me.

OK so I just pushed an update (1.5.0) that:

1. Lowers the default video quality

2. Allows user to select their preferred video quality (so people should be able to try and see if the lower options help with the Roku issues)

Should hopefully help the situation there.

Also fixed a couple of things that were bugging me:

1. Titles should now appear for 'resume watching' and 'recent' videos on the main Browse view

2. Hosts should now show up when you click on a video before choosing to play/go back

Hey, sorry just seeing this now. I am now aware of the video speed issue (I think this must be the same thing): https://github.com/bananaoomarang/bombermin/issues/12 sounds like a pretty wide spread issue so apologies!

Should be able to work on a fix soon, will update here when I do.

@mrfluke: No problem glad it is of use!

That sounds like a good idea but might be a little bit of work to implement. I will create a note here to look into it. One of the next features I want to do (somewhat related) is 'autoplay' so it will play the 'next' video in a series when you finish it.

@mrfluke: unfortunately if they don't show up I think it's likely they just aren't organized/tagged the 'new' way so the API isn't returning them, have made a note to look into it though!

@mrfluke: one other feature for getting to older stuff that might not be obvious is you can change the order of shows to be oldest first like:

1. Go to 'shows'

2. Open a show

3. Click up

Then you can click an option to re-order the show for oldest episodes first. Useful for something like Endurance run where there are so many old episodes.

I recently wrote a replacement for the official Roku app mainly to get a basic search function, might be worth a look in your case: https://www.reddit.com/r/giantbomb/comments/gccoz1/new_unofficial_roku_channel_released_bombermin/

Can be installed with this link: https://my.roku.com/add/JTMHRXP.

You can't get to specific shows or games from the search page yet properly, it just works for individual videos but it's useful if you know what you are looking for.

Been working the past week on building a new Roku app for Giant Bomb as the official one lacks a couple of features. Just released an initial version and thought I would post here in case anyone else is interested!

Right now it is pretty bare bones but includes modes for browsing shows + a basic search function. The two major things it has over the official app now are search (yay!) and pagination for shows (even though the latter is pretty janky it just about works :)). It also should save your position in a video across platforms (tested switching between videos on the main website and Roku for instance).

Fair warning: I have only tested on my device ('4k streaming stick') and also never developed a Roku channel before so it might be pretty buggy. I have submitted it to Roku for publishing but I believe anyone can install it with this link: https://my.roku.com/add/JTMHRXP.

The code for the project is hosted here https://github.com/bananaoomarang/bombermin so if you discover a bug or have a feature request etc I would appreciate if you open an 'issue' on the repo (or even better a pull request with code :P)