Roku AppID/Media Player not working correctly for some channels

Two Roku channels (EWTN and YouTube TV) do not start correctly using the media_player service (either by AppID obtained from a Roku Get request or from the pull down list of the Media Player). EWTN starts with the home page for about 1 sec then crashes back to Roku main menu. YouTubeTV loads and starts but then displays “Video not Available”

Both channels start normally if I navigate to the menu item on the screen and hit enter. Not sure why or what could be causing the problem. I have tried uninstalling, rebooting roku, reinstalling but behavior does not change. (happens on all of my Roku devices, so this was a shot in the dark)

Anyone experience something similar or have any recommendations? (I am trying to avoid automating the arrow keys to manually select and play the channel if at all possible since the channel layout can change whenever you add or remove channels)

Just wanted to update this if anyone ever sees it in a search. There was an error in the Roku integration that was causing this error to occur. It has been corrected in the 2022.2 release.

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