Roku app not always ending live TV streams?

[flashls82 8]

I've noticed a few times recently where even after I exit a live TV stream on the Roku app (normal exit, not a crash or anything), the stream keeps going -- I use HLS Proxy for buffering and I can see it still feeding things in an active connection to the Emby server for more than an hour after I've exited the Roku app. I haven't noticed this happening via the web interface or iOS apps. Server admin console does not show the stream playing. I can share logs but there is nothing obvious I see in there since this is really the absence of something happening (closing the stream). Sharing in case this is a bug worth looking at vs. anything idiosyncratic with my setup.

[Luke 42979]

 

Hi there, let's look at an example. Please attach the information requested in how to report a media playback issue. Thanks!

 

[pwhodges 2090]

By "normal exit" do you mean specifically the exit command in the Emby app, or do you include the common Roku method of simply pressing the home button?

This matters, because in the Roku the home button is in fact a crash button - the currently running app is stopped dead without any opportunity even to log the happening, let alone report it to the server, which makes cleaning up more difficult.

Paul

[flashls82 8]

8 hours ago, pwhodges said:

By "normal exit" do you mean specifically the exit command in the Emby app, or do you include the common Roku method of simply pressing the home button?

This matters, because in the Roku the home button is in fact a crash button - the currently running app is stopped dead without any opportunity even to log the happening, let alone report it to the server, which makes cleaning up more difficult.

Paul

I mean hitting stop/back in Roku where the result is I'm taken back to the Emby app, not the home screen.

[ebr 16667]

Hi.  There is no "stop" on the remote but we'll need to look at an example as requested by Luke.  Thanks.

[flashls82 8]

On 7/7/2026 at 8:32 AM, ebr said:

Hi.  There is no "stop" on the remote but we'll need to look at an example as requested by Luke.  Thanks.

This still happens to me consistently (every time, even?), and only from the Roku app. When I watch a live tv stream, the provider stream stays open even after I exit the stream and stay in the app. The only way to end the stream is to disconnect via my IPTV proxy app (Dispatcharr) or restart the emby server (restarting only the Roku app has no effect). On Windows and iOS, exiting the stream stops the stream from the provider as expected.

Edited 57 minutes ago by flashls82

[Luke 42979]

Hi there, please attach the Emby server log from when the problem occurred:

How to Report a Problem

Thanks!