I’m unable to surf channels because Plex continues recording the channel even after clicking the back button. I’m using Plex on Apple TV and I don’t see any button to stop channel playback. Since I have only 1 tuner, switching channel gives me an error. When I checked the logs on xteve and telly, I can see that ghost stream (previously stopped) continues to be streamed to Plex, due to Plex’s auto-recording feature. The auto-recording feature allow users to continue Live TV playback in another device but I have no need for this feature.
My current method of channel surfing:
Step 1: When I’m watching a channel, I click the back button and end up on the channel list screen.
Step 2: In the channel list screen, I again press back button to access the sidebar menu.
Step 3: I have to click the ‘Up’ button to go to any of the other tabs (such as Movies, TV Shows or Home)
Step 4: I have to again go to the Live TV and DVR tab.
Step 5: Select any other channel that I want to watch.
As you can see, I have to go through five steps just to change a channel, since I have only 1 tuner.
Solution 1: Give users the option to disable auto-recording of the channel which is currently being played. When the channel is being switched, the previous channel will stop playback and new channel will start playback.
Solution 2: Add a ‘Stop’ button to the video player. This stop button would stop the playback as well as the auto-recording feature of Plex.
Both the solutions above combined with the support for changing channels using ‘Up’ or ‘Down’ button would be great.
Server Version#: 1.30.1.6562
Player Version#: 4.98.2
Tuner Make/Model: telly
Guide/Lineup name: Custom
Using XMLTV?: Yes
Channel number/Name: All Channels
