'Roku Developer: MP4 streaming optimization question(s)

We're new to video, but are tasked with building a Roku Channel which will allow the user to view existing MP4/MOV files. They are being stored on Azure cloud storage with an CDN.

The MP4's are made with an AVC1 codec, and video content type of video/H264.

A few questions:

  • Is there anything we need to do on the cloud storage provider to ensure streaming is working?
  • It seems like Roku might be downloading the entire video prior to playing, is that expected behavior for this file type?
  • Should we convert these to some other file format? The Roku developer documents simply list out the supported types, and MP4 is one, but are some preferencial to others?

I realize this is somewhat open ended, but if anyone else has any tips it would be very helpful.

Thanks for your time!

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