Just updated my atv2 to 5.3 using latest seasonpass and atv black without realising that Plex is no longer available.
Have found instructions on how to install PlexConnect on jailbroken atv but am getting some errors that are causing issues, was hoping someone could point me in the right direction.
Am using instructions contained within PlexConnect however when i come to install pyhton it brings up the following, as you can see i have tried the -f addition
Apple-TV:~ root# apt-get -f install python
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
com.ih8sn0w-squiffy-winocm.p0sixspwn: Depends: firmware (>= 6.1.3) but it is not installable
Depends: firmware (< 7.0) but it is not installable
python: Depends: expat but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libffi but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libxml2 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: sqlite3 but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
This causes problems as when i try to move onto next command it runs into problems as sqlite3 and libffi is not installed
Apple-TV:~ root# dpkg -i python_2.7.3-3_iphoneos-arm.deb
Selecting previously deselected package python.
(Reading database ... 1510 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking python (from python_2.7.3-3_iphoneos-arm.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python:
python depends on libffi; however:
Package libffi is not installed.
python depends on sqlite3; however:
Package sqlite3 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing python (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
python
Apple-TV:~ root#
just try the plexconnect.deb and see if plexconnect works it should upon reboot you should see a new app. Open the new PlexConnect app then goto the top ettings tab then Sign into myplex and you should be good to go.
Had a quick go but no joy. Am thinking of restoring and re jail breaking to start from scratch again. Out of interest why can’t you just change DNS server to point at my existing plex connect server? When I tried it didn’t work
For aTV2 connecting to "external" PlexConnect server, the certs need to be installed on the aTV as well. You never wrote about that, but as far as I understood, you "restored" your aTV - which would kill those certs.
>>"you", "my"
>>Out of interest why can't you just change DNS server to point at my existing plex connect server?
How would it help if "I" ("you" from your point of view) change my aTV's DNS to point it to "your" ("my" from your point of view) server. Just asking...
What's wrong with the guides? They are in the WIKI. And I haven't heard, that anything bad changed recently...
The aTV2 guide - that is true - is not repeated in the WIKI. This thing is kind of "half-supported". For those, that know what they are doing. :-)
>>For the atv2 which in on 5.3 jailbroken firmware can i just install certs and change dns server like i did with atv3?
Yes, there is no difference between aTV2 and 3 for "non-jailbroken" devices. Or if you don't care to have PlexConnect running natively on the aTV2 (jailbroken)
>>If i install plexconnect on my atv2 do i still have to install cert as mentioned here
No - not if you create the additional PlexConnect icon on the aTV homescreen (I think this was referred to as OptionB in the readme...). The new button will only request data on "http" (port 80), no SSL needed. Well, if I am not mistaken - I only had it running next to the hijacked trailers, for development purposes.
However i now get the famous trailer not available.
I have tried to install my cer the usual way using apple config and a USB but it didnt seem to work on my atv2, whereas when i did this method on my atv3 went all ok.
The fastest way to fix this issue would be to restore atv2 to 5.3 since its still being signed http://theiphonewiki.com/wiki/SHSH and follow these easy terminal commands after you sftp over the *plexconnect.deb and *python_2.7.3-3_iphoneos-arm.deb to your atv2 (filezilla). I have installed this on multiple atv2’s and so have others, set your dns to auto not manual. This automates nearly the entire install for you. ssh into atv after you copied over the files and enter these commands after your navigated to the folder where you placed them:
apt-get install git
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
dpkg -i python_2.7.3-3_iphoneos-arm.deb <------copy over python_2.7.3-3_iphoneos-arm.deb to atv via sftp prior to running this command (use filezilla or another sftp program)
dpkg -i plexconnect.deb <------copy over plexconnect.deb to atv via sftp prior to running this command (use filezilla or another sftp program)
Wahlman...just typed up about a fifteen paragraph explanation of the problems I was having following your post #10. Decided to try it for the third time before I clicked "post" and I'm glad I did. Everything worked exactly as you laid out. Thanks a ton!
Wish I understood this stuff better but thanks to guys like you I can limp along enough to make things work :0)
