New iOS/tvOS/macOS client (StreamClient)

[topcat]

Hi

Having issues connecting from Iphone on local wifi

details are correct but just sits on connecting screen

Can you still access Settings -> event log? That would give us some hints about what could be wrong

nothing in the event logs

it just gets stuck on the settings screen

From Safari can you try to access (replacing the xx:xx by your nextPVR IP address):
http://192.168.xx.xx:80/services/service...ormat=json

You should see something like this, confirming the iPhone can access the NextPVR API on port 80:
{"sid":"863471826487216308vigh3uy1r3E37C733C","salt":"E37C733C-4BC5-4CDB-83FC-FB5003222F06"}

Yup get sid and salt

[topcat]

Are you sure about port running NexPVR on port 80?

Martin

on a closed local network yes

[mvallevand]

on a closed local network yes

And you are worried about exposing a non-routeable IP?  That's what I thought was odd.

Martin

[drvolks]

Yup get sid and salt

I'll push a new TestFlight build later today with more logs on the auth flow, we will see where it stops...

[three6zerocool]

Hello.  Great job, really enjoying your client software on AppleTV4k.

I have noticed one strange thing while watching a live tv channel tonight. 'Three' here in New Zealand.  (DVB-T) presently has 'Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone' playing, and I notice that the audio track is the commentary track with audio descriptions, instead of the standard AC3 track. 

Does not seem to be a way to choose a different audio track.  Mind you it only seems to do this for the channel 'Three'.
Just thought I would mention this.

..cheers..

[topcat]

Yup get sid and salt

I'll push a new TestFlight build later today with more logs on the auth flow, we will see where it stops...

Okay logs:

Code:

16:32:20 AUTH /session
Starting NextPVR authentication against http://192.168.##.##
16:32:20 AUTH /session.initiate
Preparing session initiation
16:32:20 GET /services/service?method=session.initiate&ver=1.0&device=NextPVR-Apple&format=json
Request started (attempt 1/5)

[three6zerocool]

Update:

Regarding the New Zealand DVB-T channel 'Three'  and your softweare playing the narration (commentary) track for this channel.
I have discovered that the native NextPVR AppleTV client does exactly the same thing, so guess it is some issue related to AppleTV.?

[three6zerocool]

Update 2:

Regarding the narrator/commentary track been played while watching New Zealand DVB-T channel 'Three'.
The 2nd Harry Potter movie was on last night on that Channel.   I recorded a portion of the movie, and extracted this from the record log, as it was the only reference to salt that I could find.
When I watched the show live,  it played the narrator/commentary audio track.   Also when playing the recording, again it played the same track.


2026-04-04 19:15:16.901 [DEBUG][10] Started recording (26445:1:\\TRUENAS\Recordings\Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets (2002)\Harry.Potter.And.The.Chamber.Of.Secrets.(2002)-0.ts)
2026-04-04 19:15:16.909 [DEBUG][10] Starting thumbnail extraction for \\TRUENAS\Recordings\Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets (2002)\Harry.Potter.And.The.Chamber.Of.Secrets.(2002)-0.ts
2026-04-04 19:15:17.651 [DEBUG][75] Got request [192.168.1.70]: /services/service (session.initiate)
2026-04-04 19:15:17.652 [DEBUG][75] parameters:
2026-04-04 19:15:17.652 [DEBUG][75]   method: session.initiate
2026-04-04 19:15:17.652 [DEBUG][75]   ver: 1.0
2026-04-04 19:15:17.652 [DEBUG][75]   device: NextPVR-Apple
2026-04-04 19:15:17.652 [DEBUG][75]   format: json
2026-04-04 19:15:17.652 [DEBUG][75]   client_ip: 192.168.1.70
2026-04-04 19:15:17.652 [DEBUG][75]   client_local: true
2026-04-04 19:15:17.652 [DEBUG][75]   user_agent: NextPVR/257 CFNetwork/3860.500.112 Darwin/25.4.0
2026-04-04 19:15:17.652 [DEBUG][75]   host_callback: ...
2026-04-04 19:15:17.653 [DEBUG][75]   sid: default
2026-04-04 19:15:17.653 [INFO][75] InitiateSession (device=NextPVR-Apple)
2026-04-04 19:15:17.653 [INFO][75] Culture: en-NZ d/MM/yyyy h:mm tt
2026-04-04 19:15:17.653 [DEBUG][75] SetSessionObject(bd265426f70f497f87a8dcff6a66d3b1, 'child', NON-null)
2026-04-04 19:15:17.654 [DEBUG][75] Device: NextPVR-Apple
2026-04-04 19:15:17.654 [DEBUG][75] SetSessionObject(bd265426f70f497f87a8dcff6a66d3b1, 'child', NON-null)
2026-04-04 19:15:17.654 [DEBUG][75] {"sid":"bd265426f70f497f87a8dcff6a66d3b1","salt":"2681972a-9d51-4b77-b5c8-3644b105e274"}

[three6zerocool]

Update 3:

I found the recording in Streamclient, and then played it, and the audio is the narrator/commentary track.

I then played the same recording on Kodi on my Fire TV Cube Gen 3.  It played the correct audio (no commentary by default)

I then grabbed the NextPVR logs from the NextPVR web interface, and have attached them to this posting, which hopefully will show both playback attempts from each client of the same recording.

Hope this helps?

[McAlsop]

Just found this and it almost completely solves the problems I'm having with the iOS NextPVR app (audio out and skipping/buffering live TV). So thank you so much for this!

I don't see ffmpeg going in the background so I assume there is no transcoding on the server. Is there some way to get a smaller bitrate? It works perfect when I have a good cellular connection, but it's running around 2.5-3.0Mbps constantly (720p) which won't be sustainable at some locations.

Again, thank you for this app!