When my wife tried to use the Apple tv with plex connect back to my iMac sometimes it fails. In terminal I CTRL-Z to end and then run sudo Plecconnect.py but it tells me I am already running something on Port 53. I am running Vanilla Mountain lion on the imac and the plex server runs on my mini that also runs Mountain Lion. I have looked everywhere for what might be using port 53 but it seems that it might be plex connect stuck....The only option I have at that point is it restart my iMac. Any suggestions on a fix for this?
When my wife tried to use the Apple tv with plex connect back to my iMac sometimes it fails. In terminal I CTRL-Z to end and then run sudo Plecconnect.py but it tells me I am already running something on Port 53. I am running Vanilla Mountain lion on the imac and the plex server runs on my mini that also runs Mountain Lion. I have looked everywhere for what might be using port 53 but it seems that it might be plex connect stuck....The only option I have at that point is it restart my iMac. Any suggestions on a fix for this?
Thanks
Open terminal and type 'jobs'.
ou will see the running job that you've put in the background by ctrl-z
To get this running job back to the foreground, you should type 'fg'.
Now plexconnect is running in the foreground of your terminal and you can shutdown plexconnect with ctrl-c.
Not certain of your specifics but I have all my movies attached to an external drive off of my iMac with an appleTv (via wifi setup) in the living room. Mac OSX has a bad habit of dropping connection due to its thinking all the allotted sharing slots are full. Guess this sharing bug has been around for some time and Apple still hasn't fixed it. If I lose connection I go back to the iMac turn off sharing and then turn it back on which fixes the issue. Definitely a PITA for sure :angry:
You may also, on a Mac, open up Activity Monitor (in Utilities folder) and quit all python processes you find. That will kill Plexconnect and open up your ports without having to reboot the computer.
