Updating PlexConnect on a Windows machine without Git

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Hi All,

 

I just cant find an online tutorial which explains git to me well enough that I get my head round it so I am looking to write up a simple tutorial on how to update plexconnect on a windows machine for myself and friends who use plexconnect but not git. This is what I've pieced together from the wiki pages, would someone be kind enough to give it a once over and let me know whether it's ok or if anything needs changing?

 

This has been created for someone who already has plexconnect installed on their PC and is only looking to update to a newer version.

 

thanks up front guys!

 

Create the Certificate

Download PlexConnect master from https://github.com/iBaa/PlexConnect/wiki/Install-Guide and extract to to "C:\Program Files" or "C:\Program Files (x86)". Run the following commands in a cmd prompt window. This will work with a default OpenSSL win32 install, but you need to run cmd with administrator privileges (right click run as administrator):

C:\OpenSSL-Win32\bin\openssl.exe req -new -nodes -newkey rsa:2048 -out C: railers.pem -keyout C: railers.key -x509 -days 7300 -subj "/C=US/CN=trailers.apple.com" -config C:\OpenSSL-Win32\bin\openssl.cfg

Next run this:

C:\OpenSSL-Win32\bin\openssl.exe x509 -in C: railers.pem -outform der -out C: railers.cer

And finally run this (the word “type” is part of the command, paste this entire command into your cmd prompt)

type C: railers.key >> C: railers.pem

3 files should now be in the root of your C: drive (trailers.pem, trailers.key, and trailers.cer). We’ll be using them shortly.

 

Add the Certificate to PlexConnect

Place the trailers.pem and trailers.cer files into the following folder:

\assets\certificates railers.pem

You're now finished generating the SSL certificates.

 

Install the certificate to your AppleTV

  1. Go to the AppleTV settings menu.
  2. Select “General” then scroll the cursor down to highlight “Send Data To Apple” and set to "No".
  3. With "Send Data To Apple" highlighted, press “Play” (not the normal “Select” button) and you will be prompted to add a profile.
  4. Enter (without the quotes): "http://trailers.apple.com/trailers.cer"
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When "updating" you don't have to renew the certs... just grab the ZIP and copy the content over your existing files.

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Oh really? So just download the master plex zip file and extract over the existing one? When I tried that last time I got trailers not available error and ended up doing a fresh install. I guess I did something wrong somewhere.

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i think baa means u don't need to update the ones already on your ATV  :)

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the master-zip does not contain certificates, thus it cannot overwrite them either.

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Cheers for the answers guys. No idea how I cocked it up last time then. As always I seem to have made an easy job difficult :smiley:

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