Plex with ATV Version 5.3 ? does it work ?

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Hi, just got an Apple TV in the post today, trying to get this running without any luck.. Version 5.3 in about

a couple of quick questions after waiting for the light to go solid on the ATV, I install the fresh cert, do I need the ATV connected to a TV at this point ?

the reason I ask, when I re connect the ATV to my telly, and open trailers, it just opens as normal, (aka just bog standard apple trailers.) I'm not getting unavailable at this time etc as some other are, nor plex

 

I can see on the ATV that the profile i installed is in profiles

20:37:58 PlexConnect: ***
20:37:58 PlexConnect: PlexConnect
20:37:58 PlexConnect: Press CTRL-C to shut down.
20:37:58 PlexConnect: ***
20:37:58 PlexConnect: started: 20:37:58
20:37:58 PlexConnect: IP_self: 192.168.0.6
20:37:59 DNSServer: started: 20:37:59
20:37:59 DNSServer: ***
20:37:59 DNSServer: DNSServer: Serving DNS on port 53.
20:37:59 DNSServer: intercept: ['trailers.apple.com', 'atv.plexconnect'] => 192.
168.0.6
20:37:59 DNSServer: restrain: ['mesu.apple.com', 'appldnld.apple.com', 'appldnld
.apple.com.edgesuite.net'] => 127.0.0.1
20:37:59 DNSServer: forward other to higher level DNS: 8.8.8.8
20:37:59 DNSServer: ***
20:37:59 WebServer: started: 20:37:59
20:37:59 WebServer: ***
20:37:59 WebServer: WebServer: Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 80.
20:37:59 WebServer: WebServer: Serving HTTPS on 0.0.0.0 port 443.
20:37:59 WebServer: ***
20:37:59 PlexGDM: ***
20:37:59 PlexGDM: looking up Plex Media Server
20:37:59 PlexGDM: ***
20:38:00 PlexGDM: servers discovered: 1
20:38:00 XMLConverter: PlexGDM - PMS: 192.168.0.6:32400

which looks ok ?

DNS on ATV is the same as my router 192.168.0.1 - my pc ip is 192.168.0.6 posts 80 and 443 are open in my firewall



Any ideas ? I would love to get this working on my new ATV as I use plex on my ipad and it's great but it would be super nice to have some 5.1 sound

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If I've read your post correctly then you need to change the DNS on the aTV to point at your computer.

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DNS on ATV is the same as my router 192.168.0.1 - my pc ip is 192.168.0.6 posts 80 and 443 are open in my firewall
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You need to update your DNS on your aTV to 192.168.0.6 (the ip of the PC running Plex Connect).  If the PC get's it's IP via DHCP (automatically), you might want to either set your router to give the same one via registration of PC's MAC Address or hard code an IP outside the ones being handed out by DHCP on the PC.  This will save you issues if the IP on the PC changes.

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Thanks that got it.

Will follow your advice jerry

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