visionLabs Roku

visionLabs Roku is a private Roku app scaffold for viewing home security cameras on a TV.

The current starter path is Frigate-backed, with Roku reading a static inventory of cameras that are managed by Frigate instead of embedding raw camera credentials in the app.

The first playback strategy is snapshotFirst, which lets the Roku app render a useful camera wall before the direct live stream endpoint shape is finalized.

Product direction

• Brand family follows the user's existing Labs naming pattern.
• V1 uses a static packaged camera configuration.
• V2 adds in-app camera and layout editing.
• V3 moves camera metadata and layout persistence to a backend service.

Technical direction

• Roku SceneGraph app
• Camera feeds delivered from Frigate in a Roku-friendly format, ideally HLS
• Static JSON config for the first prototype
• Future backend for editing, persistence, and auth

Project layout

• manifest - Roku channel metadata
• source/main.brs - app entry point
• components/MainScene.xml - initial SceneGraph UI
• components/MainScene.brs - scene behavior
• config/cameras.json - static Frigate-backed starter camera config
• docs/FRIGATE_SETUP.md - notes for mapping cameras through Frigate
• docs/ROADMAP.md - delivery phases and constraints

Notes

Roku is not a great target for raw RTSP feeds. With Frigate in the middle, the clean path is to let Frigate manage discovery, auth, and stream brokering, then expose a Roku-friendly live feed format from there.

Next steps

1. Set the real Frigate base URL in config/cameras.json
2. Map the four starter cameras in Frigate using the same IDs as the Roku config
3. Verify that Frigate snapshots load at /api/<camera>/latest.jpg
4. Render the snapshot wall on Roku
5. Choose the direct live stream path for full playback
6. Add edit mode and persistence strategy