Hi guys,
the help sections say a lot about creating plugins, but it doesnt say how to deploy them on the server?
can someone point out any documentation about that? I am trying with a youtube plugin using the kickstart toolkit. i unzipped the bundle in the plugins folder. should i see it in the media manager web interface? how can i test if it is working at all?
any one can help here?
Gerk
February 9, 2013, 8:18pm
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You’ll have better results looking elsewhere, this forum is for development of channels.
Hi guys,
the help sections say a lot about creating plugins, but it doesnt say how to deploy them on the server?
can someone point out any documentation about that? I am trying with a youtube plugin using the kickstart toolkit. i unzipped the bundle in the plugins folder. should i see it in the media manager web interface? how can i test if it is working at all?
any one can help here?
I recently wrote a guide, will just copy/paste it here for you and anybody else:
1. Extract the contents of the zip file to your Plex Media Server plugins folder. Note, you cannot install this directly to a Plex client, it must be installed to Plex Media Server.
These folders are located in the following locations on different operating systems:
Windows XP, Server 2003, or Home Server: C:\Documents and Settings\yourusername\Local Settings\Application Data\Plex Media Server\Plug-ins\
Windows Vista, Server 2008, Server 2008 R2, or Windows 7: C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\Plex Media Server\Plug-ins\
Linux: $PLEX_HOME/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-ins/
[s]2. Enable "Disable capability checking" in the Plex Media Server settings (Settings -> Channels).[/s] (This step is not required)
3. Restart the Plex Media Server to ensure the plug in is loaded correctly.
The plug-in should now be visible in all your clients.
I hope this helps.
sander1
February 10, 2013, 3:22pm
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2. Enable "Disable capability checking" in the Plex Media Server settings (Settings -> Channels).
Please please please remove this step from your guide. The option is there to exclude certain channels from incompatible clients. We do this for a reason. There are soooooo many forum posts from people reporting "problems" that are not really problems, just incompatible plugins that show up because the user disabled capability checking.
Please please please remove this step from your guide. The option is there to exclude certain channels from incompatible clients. We do this for a reason. There are soooooo many forum posts from people reporting "problems" that are not really problems, just incompatible plugins that show up because the user disabled capability checking.
Noted. I read this in another post as I couldn't really find any official guide on how to install plugins.
Will update above post too.
Thanks!
system
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December 20, 2019, 10:52pm
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