how do you install a plugin

[bmnasser]

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]

You’ll have better results looking elsewhere, this forum is for development of channels.

[drzoidberg33]

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]

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.

[drzoidberg33]

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!