Captions not staying on English on Paramount+
So started watching another evening of SEAL Team on Paramount+ and noticed everytime an episode starts it automatically changes to Deutch. No other Paramount+ show does this nor any other app. All ot...
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THIS appears to be an attempted hack. I tried to send an email to support to report this issue; the short and sweet was that nothing short of factory reset would fix the issue.
There were no power issues, the system is powered from an UPS. It appears to be a stream injection. Every Roku on the network was affected. No other apps on Roku except Paramount Plus on Roku was affected. Android TV was not affected, Paramount Plus on Android TV was not affected. Paramount Plus on the computer was not affected. None of my other computers, systems, or networks were affected.
Hello, I have solved a problem that I had on Paramount Plus only by doing a factory reset. Not ideal, but I expect it could occur again.. According to Paramount Plus this issue has happened with other customers, as well as myself. Of course, it took a while to recognize that this was a Roku issue and a Paramount App in Roku issue.
Just before the error appeared, I noticed that the Brand and Ad section before a show starts streaming was severely affected. Lately there have been 60%+ complete failure followed by Error during this stage of streaming. On one occasion after the Error appeared, the Roku completely froze requiring a complete power off reset of the system. After powering up, the error appeared.
Multiple shows were affected in Paramount Plus. The first show I tried to watch was permanently affected until factory reset. Star Trek - The Next Generation. (STTNG) Both audio and (CC) closed captioning was affected. Independent of the Roku setting, which was correct, STTNG was in German (audio and (CC)). Other show's primary language was not affected in Paramount Plus. Many other shows had (CC) affected, and the language that appeared seemed to be related to what other languages were available other than the language chosen. Shows in the primary language only may have not been affected at all, because of how Paramount lets Roku handle these choices, it was not possible to determin which if any languages were available in most of the shows. No other app in Roku appeared to be infected.
Just before the error appeared, I noticed that the Brand and Ad section before a show starts streaming was severely affected. Lately there have been 60%+ complete failure followed by Error during this stage of streaming. On one occasion after the Error appeared, the Roku completely froze requiring a complete power off reset of the system. After powering up, the error appeared.
Multiple shows were affected in Paramount Plus. The first show I tried to watch was permanently affected until factory reset. Star Trek - The Next Generation. (STTNG) Both audio and (CC) closed captioning was affected. Independent of the Roku setting, which was correct, STTNG was in German (audio and (CC)). Other show's primary language was not affected in Paramount Plus. Many other shows had (CC) affected, and the language that appeared seemed to be related to what other languages were available other than the language chosen. Shows in the primary language only may have not been affected at all, because of how Paramount lets Roku handle these choices, it was not possible to determin which if any languages were available in most of the shows. No other app in Roku appeared to be infected.
I wrote this because I needed a way to contact Roku and inform them of the issue. It was impossible for me to determine the exact source of the exploit, and my home system and network did not appear to be affected. I suspect the start up stream in Paramount Plus or the Ad start stream service to be the part of the program affected.
Simply, for myself, this is a one off at this time; I would like to report it as such. Only Paramount was affected, none other... they are obviously not going to do anything about it, since they are acting like it is a Roku problem. And, it is, but it only affected Paramount on Roku. This is a critical point. However, it is my personal opinion that it appears that the issue is with Paramount Plus' interface with Roku that has been affected, and therefore both Roku and Paramount Plus will need to fix it.
I have recommended to Paramount Plus that they do what most other apps do which is to create separate primary audio language and (CC) language options within the app itself. I do not use every app or ROKU and do not know if other apps that rely on ROKU for this choice have been affected. Paramount Plus is the only app I use that relies on Roku for this interface, and it was the only app I use that was affected.
Since it is one time, I am simply reporting the issue to ROKE... however, I would like a response from ROKU as the fastest and easiest way to report issues like this. I am a retired scientist, tech, troubleshooter, computer analyst and troubleshooter, and spent much of my life troubleshooting many systems and situations.. IOW I am a Metrologist with an extensive computer background.
The issue interfered specifically with one program "Star Trek - The next generation" (STTNG) other programs I checked were unaffected with primary language (audio).
STTNG (CC) closed captioning was affected, it was always in German
Simply, for myself, this is a one off at this time; I would like to report it as such. Only Paramount was affected, none other... they are obviously not going to do anything about it, since they are acting like it is a Roku problem. And, it is, but it only affected Paramount on Roku. This is a critical point. However, it is my personal opinion that it appears that the issue is with Paramount Plus' interface with Roku that has been affected, and therefore both Roku and Paramount Plus will need to fix it.
I have recommended to Paramount Plus that they do what most other apps do which is to create separate primary audio language and (CC) language options within the app itself. I do not use every app or ROKU and do not know if other apps that rely on ROKU for this choice have been affected. Paramount Plus is the only app I use that relies on Roku for this interface, and it was the only app I use that was affected.
Since it is one time, I am simply reporting the issue to ROKE... however, I would like a response from ROKU as the fastest and easiest way to report issues like this. I am a retired scientist, tech, troubleshooter, computer analyst and troubleshooter, and spent much of my life troubleshooting many systems and situations.. IOW I am a Metrologist with an extensive computer background.
The issue interfered specifically with one program "Star Trek - The next generation" (STTNG) other programs I checked were unaffected with primary language (audio).
STTNG (CC) closed captioning was affected, it was always in German
Many other shows in Paramount were unaffected in Primary (audio) nor (CC). I suspect because they were only available in English, and only provided English closed captioning (CC).
Although primary audio did not appear affected for various other shows in Paramount, all my shows were in English and I do not know what other languages were available for primary language support. I only observed that (CC) was affected in other shows. I think this depended upon which languages were available in CC. Also, I suspect if other languages were available, one of those languages were substituted for English or anything other than the (CC) language chosen.
Although primary audio did not appear affected for various other shows in Paramount, all my shows were in English and I do not know what other languages were available for primary language support. I only observed that (CC) was affected in other shows. I think this depended upon which languages were available in CC. Also, I suspect if other languages were available, one of those languages were substituted for English or anything other than the (CC) language chosen.
IOW, the language chosen for (CC) was affected, the choice affected may have been chosen based on location in individual show being viewed language availability list, however, whatever was displayed it was never the language chosen, but some other, which varied depending upon a factor unknown by me.
Removing and Restoring Paramount Plus did not work. Only Paramount Plus on Roku was affected. Paramount Plus on Android was not affected. Paramount Plus on Browser was unaffected. All Roku devices in my home *were* affected similarly.
Factory reset fixed the issue, whether temporary or permanently is yet to be determined.
I suspect a security problem; however, the type of Roku devices was not a factor, both of mine are different Roku devices.
I have confirmed this issue on the 2nd Roku device in our household; however, it has not been yet factory reset. If I hear back, I will let you know whether I had to force factory reset to resolve the issue, and whether that resolved the issue. I see not reason it won't work at this time.
Removing and Restoring Paramount Plus did not work. Only Paramount Plus on Roku was affected. Paramount Plus on Android was not affected. Paramount Plus on Browser was unaffected. All Roku devices in my home *were* affected similarly.
Factory reset fixed the issue, whether temporary or permanently is yet to be determined.
I suspect a security problem; however, the type of Roku devices was not a factor, both of mine are different Roku devices.
I have confirmed this issue on the 2nd Roku device in our household; however, it has not been yet factory reset. If I hear back, I will let you know whether I had to force factory reset to resolve the issue, and whether that resolved the issue. I see not reason it won't work at this time.
Unfortunately, the issue returned on one device after a Factory Reset. I am going to monitor this, but was giving a few days before doing another Factory Reset on the errant machine. When I do, at first I will only restore Paramount Plus, and save everything else until it behaves.
On my primary device in the main room, the Factory Reset seems to have, so far, worked, and is still working as of last night 11-21-2022 (9pm EST) (I checked for updates on both machines at the time I reset them and neither machine needed an update, nor was one available.) So, they should be identical. I will obtain the information you requested in the next day or so, no time right now, and I'm ready to wash my hands of it; but, will be checking the one that is working every day to see if it mucks up again.
Keep in touch if you find the issue. (A possible culprit is the initial advertisement and Paramount Logo that appears before streaming starts... They have been glitching and failing miserably, meaning they are erroring a lot. Once, the system locked up. I suspect that may have been when the system was compromised. (just a theory).
Will add to this if I discover more.
The problem cleared after factory resets and a few days of both Roku and Paramount looking into the problem, which also fixed other issues for many other people, mine had only this one prior to reset. Both of my devices are now working properly and have been for over two weeks now.
The factory reset was easy and apparently the restoration of my apps and accounts were designed to flow smoothly for existing accounts. Most re-authentications for existing accounts consisted of a scannable QR code which took me directly to the page needed to authenticate my account with each app and used existing Roku information from the device to facilitate a quick recovery of most apps, my personal account, settings and preferences and required no further action on my part other than to sit back, relax and watch a show. Kudos for Roku for a user friendly environment that even after the factory reset had me up and going in a matter of minutes. Literally, no more than 5 minutes to get me back up and where I was before the factory reset... minus issues.
My experience with the bug/hack reported was that hundreds of people were experiencing the problem. We all found a central Topic that expressed generally the problem that everyone was having. One show, but (cc) and the main audio language was affected. For each of us, the factory reset worked, and after a few days, it worked without waiting for Roku and Paramount because the issue was fixed. It was a great community experience, many others including myself responded to other users to help them through the process of the factory reset. Altogether it was a great experience and having been one of the first to have the issue, I was able to receive both communication from Roku community and Paramount Plus via email and appreciate the coordinated effort by both Roku and Paramount support! Kudos to you both.
