For Mac: Do not change anything as it is describe for OS X! Safe it, start Plex Media Server, then PlexConnect and then it should work. Notepad) as follows: Look for ‘ ip_dnsmaster‘ and substitute the following ‘ 8.8.8.8‘ by the fixed (!) IP-address of your Windows PC. Download PlexConnect: For Windows only, you have to edit ‘ Settings.py‘ with a text editor (e.g.Download Python from here and take care to install the 2.7.5 version because PlexConnect will not run with a 3.X version.It is very important to download it first, save it on your windows 8 PC and run the installation as administrator! There is a Windows 8 store one for $2.99, too (but I was not willing to spend the money… -)). Version 0.9.7.28.33′ from the Get Plex! site. Download Plex for Windows, named ‘ Windows XP SP3 or later.However, you should take care on the following important hints to get PlexConnect running on Windows 8 (Pro): Installing PlexConnect on Mac OS X 10.8.4 on my MacBook Pro Mid 2012 works as described on github. A detailed ‘How-To’ for Mac OS X, Windows (XP, Vista, 7 and 8) and Ubuntu is already on github. Users simply have to fiddle with their Apple TV’s network settings to route traffic through a computer running a python script that swaps Apple’s movie trailer data with data from a Plex media server.

The hack, called PlexConnect, uses Apple’s own movie trailers app as a kind of trojan horse to bring Plex to the Apple TV. Recently, three Plex enthusiasts ( Baa, roidy and f00b4r) were able to bring the media center solution Plex to the Apple TV, and their clever hack doesn’t even require users to jailbreak their device! PlexConnect is running on Mac OS X 10.8.4 Mountain Lion and on Windows 8 Pro on an Apple TV 2 or Apple TV 3 with the Apple TV software 5.2. For example, I reported about getting Whatsapp running on an iPad without jailbreaking it. Therefore, I’m always looking for some hacks without the need of a jailbrake. Update: PlexConnect Still Works On Apple TV Software 6.0 Beta (5.4 Seed 3, iOS 7) After UpdateĪs you may know, I’m not really a fan of jailbreaking my iPhone 4S or my iPad 4th generation with retina display. Update: PlexConnect Running On Apple TV 6.0 Update Update: PlexConnect Running On Apple TV 6.1 Update Update: Plex On Apple TV Without PlexConnect Or Jailbreak via AirPlay

Update: PlexConnect Running On Apple TV 6.1.1 Update Update: PlexConnect Running on Apple TV 7.0 Beta 1 And Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite Update: OpenPlex App Installs And Manages PlexConnect on Mac OS X Update: PlexConnect Running On Apple TV 6.2 Update

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