android app locking stream to device with password

[stewart]

i was using (G) as a sample it dose the same if a device is set to pg or (m) it does not work its a HUGE hole in the android app. you are not understanding what im saying maybe i know more about your app than you do lol anyone keen to try and explane it to them better because im tell you it does not work and is a huge security problem.

[Peter]

When a device requests a file from the Mezzmo server the content rating of the file is checked against the current content rating settings for that device, if the file's content rating is above the content rating set for the device then a 403 forbidden response is returned to the device. If in the Mezzmo android app you have used the PIN in settings to unlock the content ratings then the file will be able to be streamed to the device regardless of the content rating set. We have tested both of these scenarios here using the same setup you have described and the only way to stream the R rated file to the device is if the PIN is entered, please check to see if you have http://www.mezzmo.com/wiki/doku.php?id=mezzmo_android_bypass_content_rating_r estrictions&s[]=pin the PIN set. You can try exiting the Mezzmo android app then change the PIN in Options in Mezzmo then run the Android app again to see if the file still plays on the device when played from the android app.

[stewart]

Werd then because if i have say a media device set to (pg) in the device manager and i have the cellphone app set to (R) in the device manager. Then i tell the phone to stream a video that is (R) to that media device that is set to (pg) it will play on that device ????

[Peter]

Can you please enable diagnostic logging http://www.mezzmo.com/wiki/doku.php?id=using_logging&s[]=diagnostic then after restarting your Mezzmo media server try repeating this by streaming an R video to the pg device then send us the logs so we can investigate what is happening.

[stewart]

Can you please enable diagnostic logging http://www.mezzmo.com/wiki/doku.php?id=using_logging&s[]=diagnostic then after restarting your Mezzmo media server try repeating this by streaming an R video to the pg device then send us the logs so we can investigate what is happening.

Hi again looks like its working now tried on all tvs and works. Not shore why it was not working before must of been somthing i was doing. ONE think tho i still would like to lock out the devices accept the device they are using eg there app (tablet or phone) and there tv in there own room. I can just see my younger kids sending a (g) or (pg) to my older kids tv with a rating or (r) just to annoy them. Eg if my 18yo is watching a move and one of the younger kid sends a lower rating to the 18yo tv using there tablet or phone it will play on there tv stoping the move they are watching i can see a fight happening lol.

thanks

[Peter]

Glad to hear it is working, your idea for locking the app to only send content to a specific device is interesting. We could add a password or pin to lock the device list to only allow certain devices to be selected but this would not prevent using another app to play a file to the TV and interrupt the playing content. We may consider adding something like this.

[stewart]

maybe lock the tablet or phone to the device on the server side so only that phone or device will work with that tv or with itself