diff --git a/lib/player.js b/lib/player.js
index 21bbc523e6..f7931cd748 100644
--- a/lib/player.js
+++ b/lib/player.js
@@ -4343,7 +4343,7 @@ shaka.Player = class extends shaka.util.FakeEventTarget {
    * @export
    */
   isLive() {
-    if (this.manifest_) {
+    if (this.manifest_ && !this.isRemotePlayback()) {
       return this.manifest_.presentationTimeline.isLive();
     }
 
@@ -4381,7 +4381,7 @@ shaka.Player = class extends shaka.util.FakeEventTarget {
    * @export
    */
   isAudioOnly() {
-    if (this.manifest_) {
+    if (this.manifest_ && !this.isRemotePlayback()) {
       const variants = this.manifest_.variants;
       if (!variants.length) {
         return false;
@@ -4422,7 +4422,7 @@ shaka.Player = class extends shaka.util.FakeEventTarget {
    * @export
    */
   seekRange() {
-    if (this.manifest_) {
+    if (this.manifest_ && !this.isRemotePlayback()) {
       // With HLS lazy-loading, there were some situations where the manifest
       // had partially loaded, enough to move onto further load stages, but no
       // segments had been loaded, so the timeline is still unknown.
@@ -4680,7 +4680,7 @@ shaka.Player = class extends shaka.util.FakeEventTarget {
    * @export
    */
   getVariantTracks() {
-    if (this.manifest_) {
+    if (this.manifest_ && !this.isRemotePlayback()) {
       const currentVariant = this.streamingEngine_ ?
           this.streamingEngine_.getCurrentVariant() : null;
 
@@ -4736,7 +4736,7 @@ shaka.Player = class extends shaka.util.FakeEventTarget {
    * @export
    */
   getTextTracks() {
-    if (this.manifest_) {
+    if (this.manifest_ && !this.isRemotePlayback()) {
       const currentTextStream = this.streamingEngine_ ?
           this.streamingEngine_.getCurrentTextStream() : null;
       const tracks = [];
@@ -4949,7 +4949,7 @@ shaka.Player = class extends shaka.util.FakeEventTarget {
    * @export
    */
   selectTextTrack(track) {
-    if (this.manifest_ && this.streamingEngine_) {
+    if (this.manifest_ && this.streamingEngine_&& !this.isRemotePlayback()) {
       const stream = this.manifest_.textStreams.find(
           (stream) => stream.id == track.id);
 
@@ -5042,7 +5042,7 @@ shaka.Player = class extends shaka.util.FakeEventTarget {
    * @export
    */
   selectVariantTrack(track, clearBuffer = false, safeMargin = 0) {
-    if (this.manifest_ && this.streamingEngine_) {
+    if (this.manifest_ && this.streamingEngine_&& !this.isRemotePlayback()) {
       const variant = this.manifest_.variants.find(
           (variant) => variant.id == track.id);
       if (!variant) {
@@ -5156,7 +5156,7 @@ shaka.Player = class extends shaka.util.FakeEventTarget {
    */
   selectAudioLanguage(language, role, channelsCount = 0, safeMargin = 0,
       codec = '') {
-    if (this.manifest_ && this.playhead_) {
+    if (this.manifest_ && this.playhead_&& !this.isRemotePlayback()) {
       this.currentAdaptationSetCriteria_ =
           new shaka.media.PreferenceBasedCriteria(
               language,
@@ -5229,7 +5229,7 @@ shaka.Player = class extends shaka.util.FakeEventTarget {
    * @export
    */
   selectTextLanguage(language, role, forced = false) {
-    if (this.manifest_ && this.playhead_) {
+    if (this.manifest_ && this.playhead_ && !this.isRemotePlayback()) {
       this.currentTextLanguage_ = language;
       this.currentTextRole_ = role || '';
       this.currentTextForced_ = forced;
@@ -5273,7 +5273,7 @@ shaka.Player = class extends shaka.util.FakeEventTarget {
    * @export
    */
   selectVariantsByLabel(label, clearBuffer = true, safeMargin = 0) {
-    if (this.manifest_ && this.playhead_) {
+    if (this.manifest_ && this.playhead_ && !this.isRemotePlayback()) {
       let firstVariantWithLabel = null;
       for (const variant of this.manifest_.variants) {
         if (variant.audio.label == label) {
@@ -5527,7 +5527,7 @@ shaka.Player = class extends shaka.util.FakeEventTarget {
       presentationTime = this.startTime_;
     }
 
-    if (this.manifest_) {
+    if (this.manifest_ && !this.isRemotePlayback()) {
       const timeline = this.manifest_.presentationTimeline;
       const startTime = timeline.getInitialProgramDateTime() ||
           timeline.getPresentationStartTime();
@@ -5555,7 +5555,7 @@ shaka.Player = class extends shaka.util.FakeEventTarget {
    * @export
    */
   getPresentationStartTimeAsDate() {
-    if (this.manifest_) {
+    if (this.manifest_ && !this.isRemotePlayback()) {
       const timeline = this.manifest_.presentationTimeline;
       const startTime = timeline.getInitialProgramDateTime() ||
           timeline.getPresentationStartTime();