> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.nomn.jp/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Licence and free trial

> Activate a licence, and what the free trial includes

# Licence and free trial

NOMN REMOTE streams only with a licence. Without one, **START** opens the licence dialog and nothing is sent, while the track's own audio still passes through the plugin, so a cue track on which it sits keeps working for the engineer.

The licence status sits at the left of the bottom bar: **Licensed**, **Trial** with the time remaining, **Validating...**, or **Unlicensed - stream off**. Click it to open the licence dialog.

## Free trial

Register at [nomn.jp](https://nomn.jp) for a free trial key. No card is needed, and each email address gets one trial. The trial key unlocks the plugin for 14 days and includes:

| | Trial |
| - | - |
| Direct streaming | free, for the length of the trial |
| Relay streaming | 60 minutes, once per licence and once per email address |
| Listeners on a relayed link | up to 4 |

The 60 minutes count only while the relay is reaching at least one listener, so a paused session or an empty link uses none of it. While some is left, the status line under START shows **FREE HOUR: N MIN LEFT**, and your nomn.jp account page shows the minutes left.

When the free hour is used, the relay stops for that licence. The plugin says **FREE HOUR USED: SUBSCRIBE AT NOMN.JP TO RELAY** and serves a listener directly, and the listener page tells relayed listeners that the host's free hour is used up. Later STARTs on the same licence or email address begin in Direct.[^1]

A fifth listener on a trial link sees **This link is full. It already has 4 listeners.** Before START the **REMOTE LISTENER LINK** caption shows the subscription limit of 50 with RELAY on; once START has made the link it shows the link's own limit, 4 on a trial.

## Subscription

A subscription licence relays to up to 50 listeners per link and is billed by use. See [Pricing](/remote/reference/pricing).

## Receiving and the mixing page

[RECEIVE](/remote/receiving/receive) needs a licence or a trial, as START does. The [mixing page](/remote/receiving/mixing-page) asks for your licence or trial key before it goes on air, and the mix is billed to it.

## Activate a key

1. Click the licence status in the bottom bar (or press **START** while unlicensed).
2. Paste the key into **License Key** and press **Activate**.
3. The plugin checks the key with nomn.jp and stores it on this computer.

The dialog has three states:

| State | What it shows | Buttons |
| - | - | - |
| Unlicensed | "Enter your license key to stream with NOMN REMOTE." | Text entry, Activate, Cancel |
| Trial active | Trial time remaining, a masked copy of the key, and where to purchase | OK, Remove License |
| Licensed | The registered email and a masked copy of the key | OK, Remove License |

**Remove License** clears the key from this computer.

[^1]: A listener whose direct connection cannot form is moved to the relay in a subscription session. Once a trial's free hour is used, that fallback is gone, and such a listener cannot hear the stream. See [Direct and Relay](/remote/streaming/direct-and-relay).


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