Tvheadend

Hey guys, I have a windows mini computer with nordvpn installed running xteve. On my server, I have tvheaded running. I choose this because tvheadend does not work with my vpn. Unfortunately, my vpn service does not provide port forwarding. That being said, I export the xteve m3u url into tvheadend and it works great.

My question is; Does the xteve program (my iptv provider streams) receive vpn protection? xteve will only work with tvheadend if I have the setting set to "No Buffer(Client connects to the streaming server" The xteve log states that client is connected. I am not sure if the original iptv streams that are being fed into xteve are receiving vpn protection or are they being played directly into the tvheadend without any protection.

The xteve.m3u has completely different urls compaired to the original iptv providers. I can see this within the tvheaded muxes. I

I hope I explain this right and any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks
Lisa