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Mar 23, 2014 Setting up PlexConnect on your Mac via a launch daemon is great, and allows PlexConnect to run without user intervention, and without the need for the Terminal window to be running on the desktop. But, if you are making any changes to the PlexConnect files that require a restart of PlexConnect, you don’t always want to reboot your Mac entirely to apply the changes you made.
Until now, the only way to run a Plex media server to your Apple TV was to jailbreak it. However, a clever workaround called PlexConnect gives you complete access to your Plex media server, no.

Overview

Jun 21, 2014 Plex, PlexConnect and OpenPlex are running on Mac OS X 10.10.5 Yosemite beta 2. On July 30, 2015, Apple released Mac OS X 10.10.5 Yosemite beta 2 (build number 14F19a, “pre-release”). Jan 28, 2020 Install PlexConnect on Apple TV 3. PlexConnect is the only full-featured app that was created to work on iOS 8.4 (Software Update 7.4) and can be easily installed on jailbroken ATV3. Open terminal (on Windows use PuTTY) and login to Apple TV. Ssh email protected password: alpine. Install python and git libraries on ATV3.

Installing PuTTY Release in Windows – (step 2)Select the product feature you want to be installed in your system and click on install. Install PuTTY Files (Step 3)Click on Finish to complete the setup and close the dialog box. Installing PuTTY in Windows – (step 1)Click on next and then select the path for the installation.

PlexConnect can be installed in jailbroken ATV2's and ATV3's. However:

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ATV's do not have fast processors. Computing intensive tasks (such as image rendering) can take longer in the ATV than in a separate, more powerfull, computer. If you have a large Plex library and you are satisfied with PlexConnect installed in a separate computer think twice before moving to a jailbreak situation
python for ATV does not include PIL/pillow, therefore you can't use fanart
When the ATV becomes unstable (this can happen for unknown reasons) and you decide to reset the ATV to factory settings you can't use the ATV menus. You need one USB cable and an appropriate tool, such as iTunes. After the reset you may decide to jailbreak the ATV again, or not

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Plexconnect

Installing PlexConnect in ATV has significant advantages:

There is no need to have a separate computer to run PlexConnect. The ATV will be autonomous and you will be able to use PlexConnect, YouTube, Netflix, etc. either locally or remotely
Installation process is stable. In all other platforms PlexConnect's installation process can be impacted by new operating system versions. Issues such as conflicting tcp ports, python version, autorun at boot, and generating certificates are among the known issues that have occurred in the past

Different users have different requirements, it's up to you to judge what's best for your installation.

Jailbreaking the AppleTV 3

Please check if your ATV3 is at firmare 7.4 level. If not, you can download it from here (it's the Sept/2019 version). To install it in the ATV3 you need one USB cable and an appropriate tool, such as iTunes.

After loading iOS 7.4 you can jailbreak using the process explained here (do not install more apps because the ATV may become unstable, just follow the process up to step 15).

Install PlexConnect to acess Plex via the iMovie Theater icon

In order to avoid any interference with the jailbreak process it is recommended to setup PlexConnect to not use trailers. Using the following instructions PlexConnect will be installed to use iMovie Theater instead.

Take note of AppleTV-IP's address, you will need it to login via SSH. Userid is root and default password is alpine (you may change it after the jailbreak).

Then it's time to install certificates. If certificates are not properly loaded you will see a 'no available' message when trying to access Plex.

To use PlexConnect it's highly recommended that you login PlexConnect to https://plex.tv to benefit from secure connections, Plex Pass, and be able to access remote Plex servers. 2001 232 rinker special edition manual. If not you have to authorize the ip used by the ATV3 to access Plex Media Server as explained here.

A note about certificates

PlexConnect now includes sample certificates that can be used to parametrize and test the ATV3. It is suggested that you replace them by your own certs. Here is a possible template:

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Do not use the ATV3 to generate certificates. They will not work.

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