Emby server keeps ATSC 3.0 tuner in use after stopping Live TV

[madbrain 0]

I just bought an HD HomeRun connect 4K, and set it up with Emby. After I stop watching an ATSC 3.0 channel (KPIX 105.1), the tuner remains locked by Emby server to that channel . Task manager network tab shows that data is being streamed from the HD Homerun to emby server, at a rate of about 4 Mbit/s.

Questions :

1) is this a known bug ?

2) is there any work around ?

3) I assume restarting Emby server would do release the tuner, but I don't see a way to do that. What's the official way, short of rebooting ? I didn't see Emby in the list of Windows services.

The HDHomerun has only 2 ATSC 3.0 tuners, so a leak of 1 tuner is really problematic, especially if one is using multiple applications with the tuner (as is the case for me).

 

[Luke 42083]

Hi there, can you please provide a specific example?

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Thanks.

[madbrain 0]

2 hours ago, Luke said:

Hi there, can you please provide a specific example?

How to Report a Problem

Thanks.

Luke,

Specific example : I setup Emby client on my Galaxy S22 Ultra. I watched channel 105.1 (KPIX) ATSC 3.0 from my Emby server which is connected to the HD Homerun.

I stopped watching TV on the phone after a few minutes.

It's now the following day, and the HD homerun home page shows :

And if I click on tuner 0 :

192.168.100.144 is the static IP of my Emby server (Windows system).

 

[madbrain 0]

Also, here is what task manager shows on that Emby server  - approximately 4 Mbps of download throughput. It's been streaming from the HD Homerun all night, even though there is no Emby client watching TV at the moment.

[madbrain 0]

Restarting the Emby server from the admin UI caused the system bandwidth to go to zero, and freed the tuner on the HD Homerun admin side.

I tried reproducing the problem, but this time the tuner didn't leak - it was freed as soon as I exited from the Emby app on my phone.

Odd. And unfortunately random bugs like this are the hardest ones to fix...

[ebr 16187]

16 hours ago, madbrain said:

I stopped watching TV on the phone after a few minutes

Hi.  Exactly how did you do this?

[madbrain 0]

10 hours ago, ebr said:

Hi.  Exactly how did you do this?

Hitting the back button in the Emby app on the phone.

 

[Luke 42083]

@madbrainplease attach the emby server log from when the problem occurred:

How to Report a Problem

Thanks.