Will you be adding all the genres Roku now lists?

[jsonnentag]

I was just going through things and checking every single entry (since no language has been required and the feed check gives an ERROR rather than an WARNING - or something non-critical) about it. Oh, just for into, the Search Feed specification says it is OK to just have an entry at the top that says everything by default is 1 language and you don't have to have language entries for every single item.

Anyway, they now have a pile more of "authorized" Genre options than are available to pick in the Feed Manager. I guess this is a theoretical "bug" since it ought to list everything that is actually available as a valid entry to choose from. (???)

https://developer.roku.com/docs/specs/search/search-feed.md

A list of one or more of the following genres associated with the content item:

action
action sports
adventure
aerobics
agriculture
animals
animated
anime
anthology
archery
arm wrestling
art
arts/crafts
artistic gymnastics
artistic swimming
athletics
auction
auto
auto racing
aviation
awards
badminton
ballet
baseball
basketball
3x3 basketball
beach soccer
beach volleyball
biathlon
bicycle
bicycle racing
billiards
biography
blackjack
bmx racing
boat
boat racing
bobsled
bodybuilding
bowling
boxing
bullfighting
bus./financial
canoe
card games
ceremony
cheerleading
children
children-music
children-special
children-talk
collectibles
comedy
comedy drama
community
computers
canoe/kayak
consumer
cooking
cricket
crime
crime drama
curling
cycling
dance
dark comedy
darts
debate
diving
docudrama
documentary
dog racing
dog show
dog sled
drag racing
drama
educational
entertainment
environment
equestrian
erotic
event
exercise
fantasy
faith
fashion
fencing
field hockey
figure skating
fishing
football
food
fundraiser
gaelic football
game show
gaming
gay/lesbian
golf
gymnastics
handball
health
historical drama
history
hockey
holiday
holiday music
holiday music special
holiday special
holiday-children
holiday-children special
home improvement
horror
horse
house/garden
how-to
hunting
hurling
hydroplane racing
indoor soccer
interview
intl soccer
judo
karate
kayaking
lacrosse
law
live
luge
martial arts
medical
military
miniseries
mixed martial arts
modern pentathlon
motorcycle
motorcycle racing
motorsports
mountain biking
music
music special
music talk
musical
musical comedy
mystery
nature
news
newsmagazine
olympics
opera
outdoors
parade
paranormal
parenting
performing arts
playoff sports
poker
politics
polo
pool
pro wrestling
public affairs
racquet
reality
religious
ringuette
road cycling
rodeo
roller derby
romance
romantic comedy
rowing
rugby
running
rhythmic gymnastics
sailing
science
science fiction
self improvement
shooting
shopping
sitcom
skateboarding
skating
skeleton
skiing
snooker
snowboarding
snowmobile
soap
soap special
soap talk
soccer
softball
special
speed skating
sport climbing
sports
sports talk
squash
standup
sumo wrestling
surfing
suspense
swimming
table tennis
taekwondo
talk
technology
tennis
theater
thriller
track/field
track cycling
travel
trampoline
triathlon
variety
volleyball
war
water polo
water skiing
watersports
weather
weightlifting
western
wrestling
yacht racing

[jsonnentag]

Oh, before I continue going through everything, is the Search Feed generator actually going to require and thus give and fatal error for every episode that doesn't have a language associated with it? It would be nice to know what is considered a critical error and will just stop things from working.

Here's the Search Feed 2.0 specification that says language for every single thing isn't required and is optional.

https://developer.roku.com/docs/specs/search/search-feed.md

I circled the big IF. I want a feed that uses the DEFAULT language and country availability and skips having that for every single episode/video.

[jsonnentag]

Also, do you know how the Rating setup works? The Feed Manager seems to only allow selection of 1, but I am pretty sure I read a while ago from Roku that in order for something to be visible in other countries that country rating had to be listed, which would require multiple ratings to be available. (???)

I think this might be a reference to it: https://developer.roku.com/docs/specs/search/search-feed.md#ratings

Ratings
For each country supported by Roku Search, the rating authorities, ratings, and advisory ratings are as follows:

[rrirower]

1. I will look at adding all genres to the Channel feed manager.
2. The Channel feed manager was written and available well before the demise of Direct Publisher. One of its requirements is that feed files must follow the Roku DP specifications. That specification says that language is required for each Episode. I'll need to investigate using a default language in some capacity. However, this my not be appropriate for all users.
3. As for ratings, the DP specification defined Ratings as an object and not an array. I interpret the Seach doc to say that for each country that the Search process supports, a rating must be specified in the Search feed. It does not say anything about the content feed. Again, I would need to look into how this could be fit into the Channel feed manager.

[rrirower]

Genres resolved in version 1.0.1.3.