Import your Direct Publisher feed into your new SDK channel as described here:
How To Import Videos
Direct Publisher feeds with unusual or non-standard formatting may need to be manually edited before they can be imported.
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If your Direct Publisher channel is already in (was built using) Instant TV Channel
In your Instant TV Channel account, select your Direct Publisher channel, then select Theme along the left side of the page.
On the Theme page, change the Theme Parameters selector from "Direct Publisher" to "Custom SDK".
Scroll down to the bottom of the Theme page and set SingleItemListBypass to "True".
From the menu along the left side of the page, select Content.
If you do not already have a Grid in your channel, right-click on the top-level yellow folder (the "Example Direct Publisher Channel" folder in the screenshot below) and select New Grid.
Right-click on the top-level yellow folder again and select Expand All Folders.
If required, add more Grid Rows by right clicking on the "New Grid" folder and selecting New Grid Row.
Rename each Grid Row by left-clicking on the Grid Row folder,
then editing the GridRowTitle parameter to that it matches the orginal Direct Publisher Category name.
One at a time,
drag each video out of the original Direct Publisher category folder and drop it into the Grid Row.
To drag the final video out of a category,
it will be necessary to add a temporary place-holder video.
This is because it is not possible to have an empty category or folder.
Create the place-holder video by right-clicking on the category folder, then select New Video or Audio.
After moving all of the videos the new Grid Rows,
right-click on each of the original Direct Publisher category folders and select Delete.
Right-click on any remaining "New Video or Audio" items and select Delete.
Package your new SDK channel and upload it to your Roku Developer Account for publication, as described here:
How To Create a Roku Channel
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Please see this
quick walk-through
for further information about how to build a Roku SDK channel using Instant TV Channel.
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Instant TV Channel
Instant TV Channel is a cloud-based tool for Roku developers and content providers that shortens development time and eases maintenance after deployment.
