Channels & viewing

[jtgostars]

Whenever I open the YouTube TV app on my new Roku it opens to what ever live show/channel or recording I was viewing last and starts streaming it. It doesn't matter when I was last watching on YouTube TV; yesterday, 2 days ago, 3 days ago etc. even if it wasn't marked for recording. Why would I want to continue watching something, i.e. the news from 1,2,3 or more days ago?

Before I upgraded to the newest Ultra it would open to the "Home" screen without any live channel or show being streamed just the standard static home screen.

This does not occur on my other older Ultra Roku in my bedroom and YouTube TV indicates there is no setting that would cause this.

[RokuTakashi]

Hi, @jtgostars

Thanks for posting, and welcome to the Roku Community.

We understand your concern regarding YouTube TV, and we're here to help. We'll provide you with a troubleshooting step that you can perform to resolve the issue.

Please refer to the instructions below:

1. Navigate to the channel tile on the Roku home screen, press the star (*) key on your remote, and choose "Remove channel".
2. Next, restart your device from Settings > System > Power > System Restart (If you do not see a Power submenu, skip to the next step).
3. Once your player/TV starts up again, go to "Streaming Store" on the Home screen, and add the channel back once more.
4. You may also refer to this link: How to resolve a channel playback issue | Official Roku Support

If the issue persists after performing the provided troubleshooting step,it is advisable to contact the channel provider's support team directly for further assistance. They may offer a potential workaround or indicate whether an update to their application on the Roku platform is required. It is important to note that the majority of channels available on Roku are developed and maintained by the respective channel providers.

We hope this helps, and let us know if you have further concerns or inquiries. 

Thanks,
Kash

[StreamerUser]

@jtgostars 

The YT/YTTV apps (2.24.229/2.24.91) on the 4850 support the Instant Resume feature of RokuOS, which allows apps to save their current state without closing when "exited" via Home, such that when the app is re-launched the app returns to the previous state (VOD playback goes to the content details page, Live playback goes directly back to the playback point).

The YT/YTTV app versions/builds on other models do not currently support Instant Resume.

The behavior you are experiencing is correct/by design for Instant Resume - this is not a bug.

[jtgostars]

In that case I will be rolling back to my prior ultra Roku. My opinion is that this is a very annoying feature. Maybe because I am not an avid TV watcher am not interested in continuing with a show I was watching in the past, especially the news or a live sporting event. I could see this as possible functionality if I closed the app while watching recorded (DVR) content but not live streaming.

I think you are going to find I am not alone in not wanting this type of behavior as it really makes no sense as it works today

This probably is also why I am seeing the Hulu app open to a profile that was last used on a different Roku box (4660X) as opposed to the last profile used on the Ultra 4860X although in that case it would be probably more of a Roku server issue in managing different OS's on different devices by the same person