
If you experience any problems (which you almost certainly will ) just report back here. If the UI does not come up again, you probably have to restore your ATV! Restart the GUI and hope that it comes back Install the plugins (and its dependencies like beigelist by DHowett) with In that ssh session, you need to add new cydia sources usingĮcho “deb. (I strongly suggest you change the password using the passwd command!!!)

Ssh will ask you for your password, which (if you did not change the default) is alpine. Start your ATV and log in to your ATV using ssh For the sake of the following instruction I assume thet the IP-Address of your ATV is 169.10.11.12, and that you can log in using ssh. If you not use this, the plugin will still work, but the image-quality might not be on par with what you expect.įirst off: you need to Jailbreak your Apple TV. This will also increase the image quality on other iOS devices, however you will need a potent Mac for the encoding! So If you still feel like installing use the following two commands in a Terminal on the Mac running your Media Server:Ĭp ~/Downloads/ffmpeg ~/Library/Application\ Support/Plex/Plex\ Media\ Server.app/Contents/Resources/ This part is optional, but if you feel like experimenting a lot, you might want to install a testing built of ffmpeg, that enables higher bitrates for the (currently) highest available quality (which is the only quality your ATV will use). Since those changes are considered ‘beta’, you need to tell your PMS to download beta plug-ins, by enetering the following URL in a Safari running on the same machine as the media server: After that start Plex and check for updates in the PlexOnline section. Consider this the last warning!!!īefore you install the actual plugin you need to prepare the Plex Media Server (it needed some tweaks before it would talk to the ATV). Use the software at your own risk and don’t blame anyone except yourself if your ATV blows up in the process. The following explains how you can install (and later on update) the plugin on your (Jailbroken) ATV. Plex is a popular media centre client for Mac OX and iOS devices and if you have Plex server running in your home, you can stream the media on your Apple TV after following this guide. It is to remind you that one app, nitoTV, has been successfully ported to Apple TV and Plex Client is the second app to join this category. Head over to this post to learn how to jailbreak TV with PwnageTool. How to Get the Cydia Working on iOS 4.2.


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