HDHomerun tuner status inaccurate for multiple viewers of the same channel

Server Version: 1.26.2.5797
Tuner Make/Model: HDHomerun Prime 3

Hello, I’ve recently noticed that Plex misreports the tuner status when multiple users are viewing the same channel at the same time.

Notice how the HDHomerun Prime only reports a single tuner in use (which makes sense, only one unique channel is being viewed) - but Plex incorrectly reports two tuners in use (one per user) - this can result in Plex “thinking” there are no available tuners in some circumstances when, in reality, there is - resulting in users getting error messages when trying to view Live TV stating “there are no available tuners” when, on the HDHomerun side, that isn’t the case.

Plex probably doesn’t actually check in with the HDHomerun to see tuner status and just assumes that 1 tuner per stream per user - which is incorrect.

Screenshot 2022-06-03 191401
(Two users watching the same channel)

Screenshot 2022-06-03 191324
(Plex’s report of tuner status - note two tuners in use, which isn’t correct)

Screenshot 2022-06-03 191338
(HDHomerun Prime’s report of tuner status - note a single tuner in use)

I see the same thing with an Hauppauge USB tuner. Probably not tuner specific.

Server version 1.26.2.5797
Web client 4.82.1

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