controku 1.1.0

Control Roku devices from the comfort of your own desktop

Controku is a library and GTK3 application that allows you to control Roku devices from the comfort of your own desktop.

Dependencies

• PyGObject (GUI only)
• appdirs (GUI only)
• requests
• SSDPy

Note for Windows users

SSDPy, the library used to discover Roku devices on the local network, has problems on Windows that make device discovery impossible on the platform. Windows users will need to use the Roku device's IP address as a command line argument, or manually add it to the cache at C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\benthetechguy\controku\Cache\devices.json with the syntax [{'name': 'device name here', 'ip': 'ip address here'}].

Keyboard Control

Instead of just using the mouse, you also can press the following keys:

Key on keyboard	Key sent to Roku device
Backspace or B	Back
I	Info
Escape or H	Home
WASD or arrow keys	Up, Down, Left, Right
Enter, Space, or O	Select/OK
, or R	Rewind
. or F	Fast Forward
/ or P	Play/Pause
[ or -	Volume Down
] or +	Volume Up
\ or M	Mute

Note: Using the arrow keys unintentionally highlights different buttons in the GUI, and pressing enter or space can activate one of them. To prevent the activation of an unintended button like power or home, it's recommended to instead use WASD for direction buttons and/or use the O key for Select/OK.