This does not happen often but 2 days ago I lost internet connection - this renders PC unavailable. Just wondering if there would be a way to prevent this?
The Problem is that if the ATV looses internet it only displays Computer and Settings, so there is no way to get into Trailers (or other hijacked application). There is no way around this.
If this is not the situation you are seeing then you will need to post the Full Log etc as per the Pinned "Read Before Posting" thread specifically the How to report a problem section.
Your aTV (at least on lower iOS revisions) should keep all of its icons loaded since the storeFront (apps) was loaded from apple. If you rebooted or lost power to the aTV then it should go back to the two icons (computers and settings). You could create a temporary hotspot with say a cell phone (set the DNS to auto) and load the storeFront then switch your DNS back over to your PMS host then you should be able to still access your local PMS content without internet. It is involved but I don't see why your aTV would lose its icons unless apple has changed the way the storeFront works on higher iOS revisions to reload the storeFront when it gets a new ip address.
https://forums.plex.tv/topic/133278-plexconnect-on-local-network-without-internet-access/
Thanks guys.
Sorry to hijack but didnt want to start a new thread so soon after this.
I have moved to a new country, and I have no fixed internet (far to expensive) but I still have my server that has PlexConnect on it (Ubuntu 14.04) and worked happily for the last couple years.
I connected my ATV3 via wifi to my phone, loaded up the apps etc, then plugged in ethernet on a switch with the server connected. Manual IP address for the server and ATV, at first, everything worked fine.
2 days later it stopped loading (I use iMovie, it just sat there spinning), I restarted PlexConnect etc, nothing. Checked the log file whilst running, lots of requests about time?. I checked the date settings on the ATV and they are on manual.
Any ideas on what I can do to optimize this to work reliably? I plan to be here for a few years, likely without good internet for that time but PlexConnect is my preferred method of watching Plex as its so simple for my wife. Everything is on UPS so little chance of losing the connection also.
I would assume that when you do run into troubles you would need to re-do the temporary hotspot to get everything working again. Im not sure why it would drop out after a period of time, I personally don't use this method but if you do figure out a way to get it to work without internet permanently by using the temporary hotspot it would be a great feature for other users with the same dilemma to access their content. I did notice having a jailbroken aTV2 using the launchctl method using it locally it does work but you do pay a premium on sites like eBay or amazon for a aTV2:
https://forums.plex.tv/topic/88905-plexconnect-on-atv2jailbroken-launchctl/page-18
I modified @baa's method and created a simple one liner for the 2nd method he designed (PlexConnect button (PlexConnect.app)) in a attempt to simplify this for users by not requiring sftp but only ssh per the last post in the link for this method. Its still a work in progress and I'm trying to work with @baa to see if it could be implemented and it works but it still needs to be simplfied and he is better at getting everything properly coded if he desires to ditch sftp and go with pure ssh.
I wonder if PlexConnect could cache the response it gets from Apple and serve that from the cache when internet connection is not available. Or is that not technically possible?
I wonder if PlexConnect could cache the response it gets from Apple and serve that from the cache when internet connection is not available. Or is that not technically possible?
PlexConnect doesn't get the response... aTV and Apple server do their own thing here. Since that stuff is transferred encrypted plus secured by an Apple owned key, it's not easy (hm, rather impossible?) to grab, store and replay later.
Thank you very much for your answers. I'll leave on a raspberry although unfortunately xml generation is very long.
Besides, would it be possible to cache the xml?
Technically I guess caching would be possible...
But PMS actually tries to prevent that, flags "no cache", in order to always show the most current watch-state and stuff.
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