Is anyone going to write a new channel code for Picasa? The existing one gets API return invalid errors.

It working just fine for me since Sept. 18, 2014. It just stopped running with the same "API return invalid" message this morning (Oct. 15, 2014). Apparently, this has happened several times before. I have no idea what the down time will be (I hope not long)

I have been having the same error for nearly a week on both Roku 2 XS and a Roku 2 XD. Roku, when is someone going to fix this error and stop it from happening all of the time?

I've just send an email to the developer informing him of this issue, which I've verified on my device.

- Joel

RokuJoel wrote:

I've just send an email to the developer informing him of this issue, which I've verified on my device.

- Joel

Thanks Joel. Hope Chris is still around to take action on the Picasa Roku interface....

This might help you while you're waiting for the channel to get fixed: http://forums.roku.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=30575&start=135#p460164

I made up my own version of Chris Hoffman's Picasa channel with re-written registration/authentication code and several other bug-fixes. It works for me. You're welcome to use it.

https://my.roku.com/add/PICASA2

Thank you belltown! Your Picasa app actually works! My kids will be thrilled they can watch our family videos again!

Our Roku has had api invalid return for about a week. Is there a fix for this?

fmdisplay1 wrote:

Our Roku has had api invalid return for about a week. Is there a fix for this?

It looks like the original Picasa channel is having problems again.

However, Picasa2 should still be working. Feel free to use Picasa2 until the official Picasa channel gets fixed. If you are having problems with Picasa2, let me know.

https://my.roku.com/add/PICASA2

The Picasa2 channel cured my problems that I was having with the old Picasa Web Albums channel.

Now my only request is there any way we can get an update to the Picasa screensaver? It seems to be pointing to the old Picasa web albums and I don't see a replacement.

+1 to the plea to get the Picasa screensaver updated also - really missing that feature now the standard Picasa channel appears to be dead for good.

Yes Please! I miss my picasa screen saver!

I plan to add a screensaver to my Picasa2 channel. Unfortunately, it may be a few weeks before I get to it. My computer broke, and I'm waiting for a new one to come from China, so I'm not doing any Roku development right now. Once it arrives and I finish off a couple of other projects, I'll get to work on it.

When I open an album in Picasa2, pause the slide show and attempt to go backward (i.e. from the first picture in the album to the last picture in the album) all I get is the Picasa logo. When I hit the reverse button a few more times, I still get the Picasa logo -- no pictures. Then when I hit the forward button, I get the last few pictures from the album. Seems like a bug.

Also, it would be nice to be able to pause without seeing the slide number displayed on the screen.

Not complaining, mind you.

If nobody else wants to do it, I might take a crack at it. Google Photos is a pretty impressive offering and the old PWA API still seems to be able to get at most of the underlying data model.