Does PlexPass 0.9.14 break PlexConnect?

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I’m not using PlexConnect at the moment so I can’t test, but I noticed when I was packaging up the latest PlexPass release for FreeBSD that they removed the AppleTV profile (not related to ATV4 which is “tvOS”)

removed file: Resources/Profiles/iOS-AppleTV.xml

I dug around in PlexConnect and found it identifies itself as:

def getXArgsDeviceInfo(options={}):
    xargs = dict()
    xargs['X-Plex-Device'] = 'AppleTV'
    xargs['X-Plex-Model'] = '3,1' # Base it on AppleTV model.
    #if not options is None:
    if 'PlexConnectUDID' in options:
            xargs['X-Plex-Client-Identifier'] = options['PlexConnectUDID']  # UDID for MyPlex device identification
    if 'PlexConnectATVName' in options:
            xargs['X-Plex-Device-Name'] = options['PlexConnectATVName'] # "friendly" name: aTV-Settings->General->Name.
    xargs['X-Plex-Platform'] = 'iOS'
    xargs['X-Plex-Client-Platform'] = 'iOS'
    if 'aTVFirmwareVersion' in options:
        xargs['X-Plex-Platform-Version'] = options['aTVFirmwareVersion']
    xargs['X-Plex-Product'] = 'PlexConnect'
    xargs['X-Plex-Version'] = __VERSION__

    return xargs

so I’m curious if this affects PlexConnect…

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No idea, I am running 0.9.12.19 on Mac, which seems to be the latest. Where did you get 0.9.14 from? I this meant to be the same numbering scheme?

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@baa said:
No idea, I am running 0.9.12.19 on Mac, which seems to be the latest. Where did you get 0.9.14 from? I this meant to be the same numbering scheme?

Yep, 0.9.12.19 is the latest public, if you sign into Plex.tv and go to “Plex Pass Downloads” then the newest Plex Pass version is 0.9.14.0

And yes they have removed the iOS-AppleTV.xml profile :frowning: I’m not sure what this means for PlexConnect.

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Just tested on a fresh OS X install on my test MBP of El Capitan 10.11.2 beta (15C31f) and PlexConnect (hosted on a JB iPhone 4s) still works fine using the latest PP PMS (0.9.14.0). These file extensions played fine on my aTV3 on the final iOS 7.2 (8.3):

.mkv, .avi, .mp4

Out of town using the Jb iOS device while I travel instead of leaving my MBP on as a PlexConnect host. Rather use the $25 4S then my $2000 MBP as a PlexConnect host since all my content is at home anyways. Wear out the cheap host not the $ one.