Do you have to turn on my iMac (the computer I used terminal) in order for plexconnect to work? Is there a wake on LAN command that works? I have everything working but I would have to turn my computer on before using plexconnect. Sorry if noob question!
CyberGhost and myself designed and coded an app called OpenPlex in my signature that has all the options you require if you want to not use a terminal. Make sure you install git prior to using the app:
Your mac is required to be on all the time for plexconnect to work (I personally set the energy saver in system prefs to never sleep. I would recommend turning off app nap in the pms (Plex Media Center) app (right click and select get info) uncheck that box (app nap if available).
You need to set in Users and groups (login options) to set automatic login to your user for PMS to start up properly and set PMS to also start at login in the menubar of the app it has a option.
You can also use the installer guide provided by the PlexConnect developers here:
Install Guide · iBaa/PlexConnect Wiki · GitHub
We just tried to make it easier for users without terminal experience to install it on OSX with this helper app OpenPlex.
Thanks for the quick reply! I will defitnatly try your method. Here’s my next question…is it possible to use my windows 8 computer for plexconnect. It is running the plex media server with all my files on it and since it’s running all the time. I would rather use that computer for all of my plex programs if possible. Hope that makes sense! Thank you once again!
Yes the windows guides are here:
https://github.com/iBaa/PlexConnect/wiki/Install-Guide
https://github.com/iBaa/PlexConnect/wiki/Install-Guide-Windows
https://github.com/iBaa/PlexConnect/wiki/Install-Guide-Certificate-via-Ethernet
Everything works! Thank you! Next step I’ll create the windows service to start automatically next time! Ps… Is there any other cool tricks that’s coming up that you know of that will be exciting? Just curious.
I know it’s the wrong spot to post but can you install XBMC on the latest iOS version? Thanks
No. Only aTV 2's that are jailbroken. You can airplay mirror from another device but it's just not the same. Xbmc and the native plex app don't run well on atv2's anyways due to the limitation of the aTV hardware. Honestly your best bet is to get a firetv or run xbmc on a htpc/mac/Linux box.
---aTV2 users read below:
History and findings with the jailbroken atv2. The Apple TV 2 has an extremely small memory size comming in at a mere 256mb compared to the still unjailbroken atv3 @ 512mb. I have looked at many logs and found out the culprit was not the apps but the limitation of the ios device itself rebooting due to this. This has since caused me many frustrations and I hope this may help some new or existing users to debug these issues and clear things up.
Step 1. Don't use any memory intensive apps such as xbmc for hd streams, install the plex client app for hd streams app or infuse for hd streams as well.
Step 2. Install PlexConnect since it runs as a native Apple TV app would and I have yet to see a single reboot since the script mainly runs on any desired PlexConnect host then servers up js and XML to the appleTV then just lets the Apple TV do the rest of the work as native apps normally do while keeping the memory usage at a stable state.
Step 3. Make infuse run similar to how PlexConnect does by hijacking an app to allow the app to keep memory usage low to prevent resets or look into making it a official bundle on the plex media server. If the atv3 get jailbroken in the future I would imagine all of these amazing apps alike could feed the 3 or soon 4 since they have more memory stability.
I like infuse, xbmc and plex client a lot and which the Apple TV 3/4 could handle the hd streams consistently but it makes this the Apple TV 2 crash since it uses so much memory unfortunately. This is why the plex client has failed and is a ghost town in the forums due to the Apple TV memory limitation. Which most users now use PlexConnect as a stable alternative. Hope this helps everyone to understand the root issue here as the device.
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