# How It Works

## Roku VOD & Live Stream — Overview

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flowchart TD

    CHURCH(["⛪ Church"])

    subgraph SERVER ["  Media Server  "]
        SYNC["🔄 Nightly Sync<br/>downloads new videos<br/>from YouTube & website"]
        LIBRARY[("📼 Video Library<br/>100+ sermons & studies")]
        SCHEDULE["📅 Weekly Schedule<br/>what plays when"]
        STREAM["📡 24/7 Live Stream<br/>continuous broadcast"]
    end

    subgraph ROKU ["  On Your Roku TV  "]
        APP["🏠 ABCC TV App<br/>main menu"]
        VOD["🎬 Watch a Sermon<br/>browse · pick · play"]
        LIVE["📺 Watch Live<br/>current broadcast"]
    end

    CHURCH -->|"videos published on YouTube & abcc.org"| SYNC
    SYNC --> LIBRARY
    LIBRARY --> APP
    LIBRARY -->|"plays according to"| SCHEDULE
    SCHEDULE --> STREAM
    STREAM -->|"live channel"| LIVE
    APP -->|"browse playlists"| VOD
    APP -->|"tap Watch Live"| LIVE
```

## VOD — On Demand

1. Open **ABCC TV** on your Roku
2. Browse playlists — Sunday Services, Bible Studies, Youth, Guest Speakers
3. Pick any sermon and watch it

New videos appear automatically the morning after they're published on the church website.

## Live Stream

The channel runs **24 hours a day, 7 days a week**.

The schedule follows a weekly pattern:

| Time | What plays |
|------|-----------|
| Sunday morning | Most recent Sunday service |
| Sunday afternoon | Youth ministry |
| Every evening | Devotional & worship content |
| Overnight | Repeat programming |

Special dates (holidays, events) can be scheduled in advance and override the weekly pattern automatically.