Hi & thanks for taking time to reply, much appreciated.
It’s out of plex’s control… and also out of sony’s control… who’s in control!?
Response from sony cs last week,
With reference to your enquiry, we certainly appreciate your feedback on this matter and we will definitely pass it across to the relevant teams, but as mentioned previously, we are afraid that we do not have control over third party applications.
Can’t plex find a new provider to update the app on sony tvs. Sony has hundreds of apps in their store, I’m sure they’re not all going to get binned.
so at the 30. Jun 2019 i can use my TV in the Sleepingrom as a door stopper. No Plex, Netflix, youtube and all other apps i got installed. Nice…
And again will be a former global player go to my blacklist… I have payed a lot of money for this TV and from now on i will never buy a Sony product again!
My advice is don’t rely on the “smart” part of SmartTV and purchase an over-the-top (OTT) box such as Roku, Amazon Fire, etc. OTTs are much less expensive to replace while you keep your expensive TV for its primary purpose.
folks, devs here they dont care. is simple as that. they blame sony/viewd but does nothing to resolve a problem that only interferes with plex.
They don’t want to waste a minute on a player that is not brand new.
Pretty much all my problems I posted here get the typical response of “it something else” and do nothing.
And that response from the dev “is a viewd problem, no eta” is a “we don’t care and will do nothing”. Its a easy response to only post on this every a few weeks blaming sony.
Excuse me coming in so late but this greatly disturbs me, unless I am misunderstanding. I have a HD Bravia TV, not that old, but not Android. I have got by using Plex through the Opera/Vewd link which is a minor irritation, and if that’s how it’s gonna be from now on that’s OK. Before I learned about that option I could use the Plex app on my phone and cast it to the Chromecast on the TV. I guess I can still do that.
But if I correctly understand what I’m reading here: (1) the Opera/Vewd Plex option is definitely going to stop in a couple of months (2) other apps I use on the TV like Netflix, Lightbox, Youtube, Vimeo etc. are also likely to stop working then (3) my only option is to buy a new TV.
Set [Authentication] to [Normal and Pre-Shared Key]
There should be a new menu entry [Pre-Shared Key]. Set it to 0000 . If you choose anything else, you need to change that pass on the curl command below.
Next you can install the app called “HTTP Request Shortcuts” and add a new shortcut.
When adding a new shortcut select “From cURL command” and paste the follow:
Remember to change the “YOUR_TV_IP” to your current tv ip. And if you changed the 0000 pass to anything else. change it to in the end of the curl command.
Save it as “Open Plex” or the name you want, (and also you can set the icon image the same as Plex) and if you hold your new shortcut you can add it to your home screen as a new app for a one click open plex with no ads or app opened in the phone
What model? Also note that “[Home Network Setup]” is at the very bottom of the [Network] menu. Do not confuse it with the configuration for the cable/wifi at the top.
