AllowRemoteStreaming necessary for connecting remotely with the Android Client?

[mmortal03]

What does having the setting AllowRemoteStreaming set to true actually do, and does it need to be set to true to connect remotely with the NextPVR Android Client from the Play Store?

[sub]

Pretty sure it does need to be set true for remote access. You also need to have pin changed from the default 0000

[mmortal03]

Pretty sure it does need to be set true for remote access. You also need to have pin changed from the default 0000

Weird, but after further testing, it may not need to be set to true. I've got it set to false, and NextPVR Android Client still works (made sure to reboot the server with the updated config file, and configured the Android Client from scratch to make sure).

The problem was that I was using a 12-character alphanumeric PIN (not the password, to be sure, that's separate), and, while this worked fine with Kodi, it did not work with the Android Client. Not sure if it's the number of characters or the upper/lowercase letters or what.

Maybe you have an idea what the PIN character limitations are? Once I know, I can go in to all my Kodi instances and change it to something else that's still secure, but also works with the Android Client.

[mvallevand]

Weird, but after further testing, it may not need to be set to true. I've got it set to false, and NextPVR Android Client still works (made sure to reboot the server with the updated config file, and configured the Android Client from scratch to make sure).

Maybe you are running a reverse proxy.   I tried to remote today with Kodi and when it is false, I couldn't connect. The logs had

2025-03-11 14:17:25.203 [DEBUG][17] Remote connection not allowed. Pin login failed.

A reverse proxy to NextPVR can make it like you are running on localhost.

Martin