Plex Connet on ATV 2 and Mac : closing terminal ?

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Hello !

 

Thanks ! It's working great !!!

 

But is it normal when i quit terminal on my mac, Plex Connect doesn't work any more on my ATV 2 ?

 

Is it also normal that I can't go any more on Youtube, Vimeo, etc on my ATV 2 ?

 

Thanks !

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if you close terminal, you kill PlexConnect.

if PlexConnect is killed, aTV can't resolve the DNS addresses anymore.

So: yes and yes.

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OK, thanks.

Do you think it's possible in the futur that Plex Connect will always stay enable without the TERMINAL and that it will also be possible to access Youtube on ATV when PLEX CONNECT is enable ?

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You can start PlexConnect in the background - with some hack shown somewhere here in the forums. But being somewhere between nothing and alpha state, it's not yet supported...

As long as PlexConnect is running, Youtube, Vimeo and others do work, don't they?

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I've got it to run invisibly in the background using Platypus http://sveinbjorn.org/platypus. This lets you create your own application using the Python scripts provided, by adding this application to your startup items it will automatically start in the background when booting your Mac.

Also I'm still able to use YouTube and Vimeo while running PlexConnect.

I hope this helps!

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On my ATV 2 with last Apple Firmware, ATV natives apps with internet doesn't work when Plex Connect is enable... Maybe i have to change the DNS to insert the initial one ?

I will wait updates and i hope Plex Connect will be automatic.

Is there an officially blog to follow Plex Connect evolution ?

EDIT : and for me, if i don't launch PLEX CONNECT directly on my ATV2, after a few minutes when i try to launch PLEX by opening the "trailers" app on my ATV, that doesn't work... The ATV keep searching "trailers" and doesn't open PLEX... :(

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By changing the DNS settings in the ATV settings and point it to the computer running PlexConnect the ATV will direct all traffic to that computer. When PlexConnect is not running you'll hit a dead end since your computer doesn't forward the requests to the actual DNS server (probably your router).

With PlexConnect running your computer will direct all traffic to your actual DNS server, only trailers.apple.com should be redirected to your computer running PMS. 

In Settings.py, what value is set at getHostToIntercept() ?

def getHostToIntercept():
    return 'trailers.apple.com'
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See my previous post here for a way to have AppleScript take care of launching and shutting it down for you.  No terminal window need apply.

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By changing the DNS settings in the ATV settings and point it to the computer running PlexConnect the ATV will direct all traffic to that computer. When PlexConnect is not running you'll hit a dead end since your computer doesn't forward the requests to the actual DNS server (probably your router).

With PlexConnect running your computer will direct all traffic to your actual DNS server, only trailers.apple.com should be redirected to your computer running PMS. 

In Settings.py, what value is set at getHostToIntercept() ?

def getHostToIntercept():
    return 'trailers.apple.com'

Yes, that's what i have.

And more over, when i launch PlexConnect on my Mac/Terminal, it directly works great on my ATV on the "Trailers" app but if i wait a few minutes before using Plex Connect on my ATV, that doesn't work anymore... The ATV ca't connect to Plex Connect and constantly searching after trailers... :(

Thanks for your help.

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