Plex missing

Legacy 2nd gen Apple TV
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I’ve just updated my apple tv 2 to ios 4.4.4. then jailbreaked with seasonpass and installed the atv flash. For my surprise, when I entered the maintenance menu and scrolled the screen down there was not the Plex client option. I restored the apple tv and repeated all the steps and even though the option to install the Plex client is missing. Did it happened to anyone else?

 

I’ve found a topic with the same questions. Sorry I put a repeated topic, but in the rush to solve the problem I did not searched the way I should. One more time, I’m sorry.

2

Could you please give a reference to where you have read the resolution for your issue. I have exactly the same problem. I have also tried to downgrade to 4.4.3 but the problem is still there.

3

Yes Plex is missing in aTV Flash black 1.1.1 You need to install it manually.

Instructions how to get PLEX (0.90 beta 4) on a Jailbreaked Apple TV 2 (4.4.4):

Be sure your Apple TV2 is on

  1. Start Terminal on your iMac
  2. Type: ssh

root@apple-tv.local

  1. Type: alpine (the password)
  2. Type: echo “deb http://www.ambertation.de ./downloads/PLEX/” > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/plex.list
  3. Type: apt-get remove com.plex.client-plugin
  4. Type: apt-get update
  5. Type: apt-get install com.plex.client-plugin=0.0.9.0.0-312c11b0

Now your Apple TV2 should reset and when its starters there is PLEX.

(hint: you can also copy => paste the lines in terminal)

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I get the following when I type the “apt-get remove com.plex.client-plugin”

 

E: Malformed line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/plex.list (absolute dist)

E: The list of sources could not be read.

 

This is from terminal from the previous command:

Warning: Permanently added ‘apple-tv.local,192.168.1.12’ (RSA) to the list of known hosts.

root@apple-tv.local’s password: 

Apple-TV:~ root# echo “deb http://www.ambertation.de ./downloads/PLEX/” > /etc/apt/sourcecho “deb http://www.ambertation.de ./downloads/PLEX/” > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/plex.list

Any ideas of how to get this right? ...or what I did wrong?
 
5

For whatever reason…I tried it again and it worked.

 

Thanks.

6

Great to hear it is working now, didn’t know what was wrong :wink:

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I’ve tried this but it wont work. Typing 'ssh" in terminal results in this:

usage: ssh [-1246AaCfgKkMNnqsTtVvXxYy] [-b bind_address] [-c cipher_spec]
           [-D [bind_address:]port] [-e escape_char] [-F configfile]
           [-I pkcs11] [-i identity_file]
           [-L [bind_address:]port:host:hostport]
           [-l login_name] [-m mac_spec] [-O ctl_cmd] [-o option] [-p port]
           [-R [bind_address:]port:host:hostport] [-S ctl_path]
           [-W host:port] [-w local_tun[:remote_tun]]
           [user@]hostname [command]
mats-macbook-pro:~ mats$

Am I supposed to write root@apple-tv.local after that?

I tried, and got ‘-bash: root@apple-tv.local: command not found’.

Yes, Apple TV was on.

I’m really missing Plex.

 

 

Mats

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Maybe your Apple TV is not on the same (WiFi) network?

9

No, that’s not the problem. But what I really want to know if the respond I got in Terminal is a correct one? And if root@apple-tv.local is a command.

 

 

Mats

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Yes root@apple-tv.local is a command, but you must use it in one command with ssh root@apple-tv.local

Instead of apple-tv.local you can also use appletv.local or 169.10.11.12 (Your Apple TV IP)

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And this:

[-1246AaCfgKkMNnqsTtVvXxYy] [-b bind_address] [-c cipher_spec]
[-D [bind_address:]port] [-e escape_char] [-F configfile]
[-I pkcs11] [-i identity_file]
[-L [bind_address:]port:host:hostport]
[-l login_name] [-m mac_spec] [-O ctl_cmd] [-o option] [-p port]
[-R [bind_address:]port:host:hostport] [-S ctl_path]
[-W host:port] [-w local_tun[:remote_tun]]
[user@]hostname [command]
mats-macbook-pro:~ mats$

 

is that what one should expect after typing ssh in terminal?

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You must not type only ssh, but ssh root(@)apple-tv.local

This are the commands you can use with ssh;

[-1246AaCfgKkMNnqsTtVvXxYy] [-b bind_address] [-c cipher_spec]
[-D [bind_address:]port] [-e escape_char] [-F configfile]
[-I pkcs11] [-i identity_file]
[-L [bind_address:]port:host:hostport]
[-l login_name] [-m mac_spec] [-O ctl_cmd] [-o option] [-p port]
[-R [bind_address:]port:host:hostport] [-S ctl_path]
[-W host:port] [-w local_tun[:remote_tun]]
[user@]hostname [command]
mats-macbook-pro:~ mats$

 

is that what one should expect after typing ssh in terminal?

13

Thanks a lot,

‘ssh root@appletv.local’ did it. Everything else was not recognizable.

Now Plex is back.

 

Mats

14

Your Welcome! Great it is working now!

15

So, I have fireCore 1.5 running on ATV2 with 5.1. Will Plex work using the instructions in the OP?

16

So has anyone figured out just why Plex was dropped from AtvFlash? Is it coz it beats the shit outta Nito and MediaPlayer?

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Are you running the 5.0 firmware?  If so I suspect the reason it has disappeard from the list of 3rd party apps is that at the time of the last FireCore release Plex did not work on the 5.0 firmware.   It still appears for me, but then my ATV2 is still on the 4.4.4 firmware.

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Here is the latest update from thomashw – he is working on it!

http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php/topic/51259-plex-0110b2/?p=379978

I just sent him a PayPal donation to show my appreciation. You can go here to do the same. :slight_smile:

And in the meantime I am using the PleXBMC plugin inside XBMC.  It’s okay, not great, but at least something usable while we wait for an actual Plex app!

thomashw, on 04 Apr 2013 - 21:38, said:

 

Hi guys, I'm sorry for the lack of updates. I have slowly been working on getting Plex to work on the new firmware, but unfortunately it literally means going over each file with a fine-tooth comb and and since the project is large it takes quite some time (and it's not the most enjoyable task in the world!). If you're interested in how we have to do things now you can look here and read the README: https://github.com/lechium/HelloWorld_ATVBlack6 

Also look in the Classes folder at the .xm files - I have to update all of the Plex code similar to those .xm files.

I don't have a timeline for when it will be done, but I hope you knowing I'm working on it gives you a bit of peace of mind.

As for other developers helping out, they're certainly allowed. I know at least one developer was given access to the repo as I was discussing how we should coordinate working together over emails, but unfortunately he didn't reply and I haven't seen anything from him (this was about 6-8 weeks ago).

I'll try to pop back in to answer any more questions you guys have. Let me know.