Say I have a Synology with my media on it, connected to a Mac mini running plexconnect and PMS. I want to take the ATV with me and connect it to a TV and run plex-connect, what are the various things I need to do?
- Go into PMS and add the IP of the remote location to the 'allow without auth'
- Disable GDM in settings.cfg of plexconnect
- Set the ip_pms = to the Mac mini external IP (i.e. the IP I would be accessing MyPlex from if I was viewing remotely)
You can load it by disconnecting your atv and using the above link with your mac mini or have a webserver host the file and serve it up to your atv without disconnecting your atv.
I think the minimum requirements to get myplex to work at a remote site are as follows. Im going to start at the local location where the device hosting pms is.
Open port 32400 and forward it to the device hosting pms
Bring the appletv with you to the remote location and do the following.
Login to your home pms and enter the remote ip into pms under allowed without auth for example 10.10.10.10/255.255.255.0
Have a device hosting plexconnect with the same trailers.pem as the one on the atv and set the settings.cfg to ip_pms = your home ip or dyndns, enable_plexgdm = false
Point your atv dns to the device hosting plexconnect
Login to myplex via plexconnect on the atv
You could also just run plexconnect with the above settings and login to myplex but that would leave you with just your shared & local content as far as I know.
If it is your server you would have access to all of you media files. Also you do not need to open any ports if your router supports UPNP properly - you can test this by trying to logging to MyPlex on your PMS.
You can load it by disconnecting your atv and using the above link with your mac mini or have a webserver host the file and serve it up to your atv without disconnecting your atv.
I think the minimum requirements to get myplex to work at a remote site are as follows. Im going to start at the local location where the device hosting pms is.
Open port 32400 and forward it to the device hosting pms
Bring the appletv with you to the remote location and do the following.
Login to your home pms and enter the remote ip into pms under allowed without auth for example 10.10.10.10/255.255.255.0
Have a device hosting plexconnect with the same trailers.pem as the one on the atv and set the settings.cfg to ip_pms = your home ip or dyndns, enable_plexgdm = false
Point your atv dns to the device hosting plexconnect
Login to myplex via plexconnect on the atv
You could also just run plexconnect with the above settings and login to myplex but that would leave you with just your shared & local content as far as I know.
Still having a problem understanding the bolded section above. PMS is running on the home iMac. If I'm half way around the world, how do I "login" to it?
If you install a program like teamviewer, you can have remote access to your computer from anywhere where you have internet access. Whether it's a laptop, smartphone or tablet, teamviewer (free for personal use) will allow you to control your computer as if your home. That is of course if you leave your computer on or you have the ability to Wake on Lan remotely.
Another thought is that I believe you can manage your PMS thru Plex/Web once you log in with myplex.
This is NOT how MyPlex works! You do not try and login to you PC, this is all done transparently through logging into MyPlex and is the whole point of us implementing this. Please stop confusing users - the whole DYDNS thing is an unsupported configuration and should be clearly deprecated from any MyPlex questions.
I was just telling @mschlotz how to login and configure pms from a remote site. I not trying to confuse users, im just answering questions. As far as I know there is no tutorial on how to setup myplex at a remote site. From what I understand you cannot just bring an atv with you on the road and myplex is going to work since you need a device hosting plexconnect with you. Plexconnect obviously needs to be running @ the remote site for you to login to myplex. Anyone can set up plexconnect anyway they please I have no control of that, im just looking at all the various options to get plexconnect to work at a remote site which was the whole point of my original post. I dont care how everyone decides to run plexconnect such as it being pointed at the remote site pms, the local pms at home or no pms at all. I get how myplex works im just exploring different configurations that would allow plexconnect to feel more like it does at my home such as library, channels, etc which would be a more on the go option for me. I know its not required its just a personal preference that to me seems more of a complete plexconnect feel since I would be able to access all of the content pms has to offer and the tabs would be the same as if I was at home. The only reason I use dyndns is because I don’t know my ip address and it changes from time to time, once again this is a personal preference and is not required but for the configuration I am choosing to use it suits me well. Some users will have basic plexconnect configurations others will have more advanced thats on them. If you can explain how to setup plexconnect at a remote site better then I attempted in my previous posts please let us know. I didnt mean to confuse, im just not a basic user and want access to everything on the go that pms can deliver if that requires a few basic extra steps then so be it, the final outcome would be reward enough to me.
Have a device hosting plexconnect with the same trailers.pem as the one on the atv and set the settings.cfg to ip_pms = your home ip or dyndns, enable_plexgdm = false
Point your atv dns to the device hosting plexconnect
Login to myplex via plexconnect on the atv
So I still need to have a laptop or something running plexconnect with me?
What exactly is the plexconnect running on the Mac-mini doing in this case? Is it necessary to have that running?
There's no way for the ATV to connect through the internet to my Mac-mini / plexconnect?
This is NOT how MyPlex works!
You do not try and login to you PC, this is all done transparently through logging into MyPlex and is the whole point of us implementing this.
Please stop confusing users - the whole DYDNS thing is an unsupported configuration and should be clearly deprecated from any MyPlex questions.
I don't think he's talking about MyPlex. Just think about it for a second.
Currently, in order to hijack trailers, we have to configure atv setting to MANUAL DNS which points at the hosting computer's IP.
What Wahlman is doing is, instead of pointing at the computer's IP only, he's attempting to point it at his DynDNS. This then will ultimately allow him to take the ATV anywhere, point it at DynDNS enabling him to access his server anywhere.
Personally I think this would be freaking awesome. Only downside is you would need something to host plexconnect wherever u bring your atv.
So I still need to have a laptop or something running plexconnect with me?
Yes you would need something to host plexconnect at the current location to forward to your plexconnect at home.
What exactly is the plexconnect running on the Mac-mini doing in this case? Is it necessary to have that running?
This plexconnect is where your main library is hopefully. It will be forwarding all of it's content to wherever your remote plexconnect and ATV is located. So it is absolutely necessary to have this running.
There's no way for the ATV to connect through the internet to my Mac-mini / plexconnect?
My point us that the original question was about MyPlex.
I do not want users getting confused about unsupported solutions that open security holes into their network, eg opening the PlexConnect DNS server to the world allows attackers to not only break into your network but also then use it to attack other users and websites if their choose to (we have seen this happen when users are running it in a DMZ).
Users that know what they are doing can utilise their own much more configurable DNS servers and secure them.
If anyone wants to start a thread about such an unsupported and potentially dangerous configuration then they are free to if the above is made clear and they then link to that thread but they should be looking to keep such talk to that specific thread.
Also to be clear an ATV and some device running PlexConnect will allow you to access (minus channels) ALL you content on your remote server (you do not need to be running a PMS there)!
FYI if your ATV is jailbroken then you can even host PlexConnect on that itself you may want to search for the thread I created ages ago with how to set this incredibly portable solution up.
I appreciate people trying to push the envelope but let’s not confuse users, be aware of security risks and keep threads on topic (if needed point them to the appropriate thread).
This is NOT how MyPlex works!
You do not try and login to you PC, this is all done transparently through logging into MyPlex and is the whole point of us implementing this.
Please stop confusing users - the whole DYDNS thing is an unsupported configuration and should be clearly deprecated from any MyPlex questions.
Ok, this would make sense. So what are the steps, assuming I'm in a hotel with my aTv and laptop?
1. Assume I run plexconnect on the laptop but what are the setting changes required? Does this also require knowing what my home pc (running PMS) ip is?
2. What changes are required on the aTv?
3. Are there any changes needed to settings in plexconnect via the aTv access?
The thread was created the same guy who's talking about the DynDNS method. He probably didn't mean Remote MyPlex but instead remote Plexconnect
Well it is good you know what he meant because he didn't.
I not going to argue the point any further but will remove future posts where MyPlex threads are hijacked (posting a link to alternative configuration threads will not be moderated but users should be made aware where they are nog supported or there are security risks).
We are arguing? I didn’t see it that way or intend it to be as such. This is just a simple discussion about plexconnect and myplex and various configuration options secure or unsecure at a remote site. If nobody ever kept an open mind and pushed the limit and tried various things we probably would never have plexconnect on the atv in the first place. Also putting ip addresses into allow without auth on pms is a security hole? I think everyone needs to take it down a notch and not take cheap shots at each other when all everyone is doing is looking for information that is unclear at best. Its obvious im not the only one with these questions as well. Just because I want to run things in a “unsecure” way doesnt mean anyone has to follow what im doing. Im not holding a gun to anyones head and forcing them to run plexconnect the exact same way as I am, as I said before thats on them. Its just a custom way to run plexconnect be it unsecure or not. I understand how myplex works and thats great for the basic user to keep things secure. Im not the basic user I want all the tabs to have my home configured pms content not just myplex.
you may want to search for the thread I created ages ago with how to set this incredibly portable solution up.