Roku Private Listening Java App

Overview

RPListening is an Open Source desktop client for Roku Private Listening coded in Java.

Supported Operating Systems:

• Mac OS
• Linux
• Windows (in the future)

The latest (beta) release can be found here.

Dependencies

The following dependencies are required to run RPListening:

• Java 11.0.9 or later with JavaFX installed
• FFmpeg

Compiling

git clone https://github.com/wseemann/RPListening.git
cd RPListening/RPListening
./gradlew customFatJar

The resulting jar file can be found in build/lib

Running

RPListening can be run with a UI and without. To run with the application with a UI simply run the jar file or execute the following command in a terminal:

java -jar RPListening-1.1.jar

To run the application without a UI:

java -jar RPListening-1.1.jar -i <Roku Device IP Address>

For example:

java -jar RPListening-1.1.jar -i 192.168.1.64

If you don't know your devices IP address you can find it using the following command in a terminal:

java -jar RPListening-1.1.jar -d

⚠️ WARNING FROM ELSHNKHLL:

AFter following all instructions to the letter it didn't work on my MAC. After pressing [Start] button 🎧 symbol apeeared on TV but no sound came of my speakers. In order to make it work, i was forced to run FFPLAY on separate terminal manually, in a folder with the file roku.sdp containing following text.

v=0
o=- 0 0 IN IP4 127.0.0.1
s=-
c=IN IP4 127.0.0.1
m=audio 5153 RTP/AVP 97
a=rtpmap:97 opus/48000/2

Here is my command line:

ffplay -hide_banner -loglevel debug -protocol_whitelist pipe,file,udp,rtp -vn -nodisp -nostats -i roku.sdp