Getting Started

Running Stream makes it easy to put your content in a Roku channel. First, navigate to the homepage.

If you’ve got an account sign in, if not, please sign up! We only need your email address and a password. We’ll send you an account verification email, then you’re on your way.

After signing in, you’ll see the main interface. From here you may create multiple channels, but only one may be active at any time. The active channel will be the one displayed when you use your Roku.

1. Type the name for your channel. Choose a name like, “graduation videos”, or “birthday collage”, or “baby’s favorite”, so you can remember the content in the channel.
2. Click “create channel list”. The channel name will appear as a button.
3. Click the new channel name to select the channel, then click “set active channel”.

Your channel will be selected and listed now. Your channel is a list of content, and it can contain videos, audio, or other sublists! Let’s create some now.

Let’s add a set of Pink Panther videos. These are described in the example content page.

1. Click the “add sublist” button, provide the following information:

• Name: “Pink Panther”
• Image URL: https://docs.runningstream.cc/getting_started/example_content/pinkpanther_image.png

2. Click the arrow next to the new Pink Panther sublist to expand the list.
3. Click the “add media” button that’s part of the Pink Panther sublist. This will add media within the Pink Panther list.

4. Provide the following information on the screen then click “Add Entry”:

• Name: A Fly in the Pink
• Image URL: https://docs.runningstream.cc/getting_started/example_content/pinkpanther_image.png
• Media URL: https://archive.org/download/ThePinkPanther-cartoons/The%20Pink%20Panther%20in%20-A%20Fly%20in%20the%20Pink.mp4
• MP4

5. Enter more videos from the pink panther section in the example content page if you’d like.

Congratulations! You’ve made a channel. Now let’s pull it up on the Roku.

Find the Running Stream channel in your Roku channel store, or visit the channel store in your browser and add it.

Once installed, open the channel. The login screen will display.

Select “login”, then enter the email address and password of your Running Stream account.

After signing in, Running Stream will display your new channel! Only one sublist exists, so the channel will automatically open it, displaying your list of pink panther videos. Select one, sit back, and enjoy. Thank the Internet Archive for making these videos available.

Running Stream contains some other helpful features, and has some others planned for future development:

• Automatically Playing Media
• Looping Media