Comments on: How to Install Plex on Apple TV 2G

By: Droopy310

Droopy310 — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:14:00 +0000

thanks man

By: varera

varera — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 10:45:00 +0000

In reply to Jesper. the idea is that IF you have Plex server already, you can stream on many devices, and APT is one of them. Say you have mac mini as Plex server/client in your living room. Now with APT you could have Plex in your bedroom too. An alternative is to run Plex server on your NAS directly. Some NAS systems have server applications ported.

By: Pqdy

Pqdy — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 21:42:00 +0000

I followed all the instructions didnt seem to get it work. then after installing and running overflow i found plex was on the atv. however when i run it, its blank. whats the problem? should it just open with all my movies on it or is there some setup I have to do?

By: Pqdypotato

Pqdypotato — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 21:41:00 +0000

In reply to Appletvfan. I followed all the instructions didnt seem to get it work. then after installing and running overflow i found plex was on the atv. however when i run it, its blank. whats the problem? should it just open with all my movies on it or is there some setup I have to do?

By: Am15h2000

Am15h2000 — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:36:00 +0000

Ive got plex on my APTV and the server on my pc, when i play a movie on the tv, all i get is a splash screen and nothing else., any ideas?

By: Johan

Johan — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 07:23:00 +0000

How to enable “Enable a higher Quality (optional)” in Lion?
The instructions work under Leopard…Thanks in advance.
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). 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:curl https://ambertation.de/downloads/PLEX/ffmpeg > ~/Downloads/ffmpegcp ~/Downloads/ffmpeg ~/Library/Application Support/Plex/Plex Media Server.app/C

By: Jesper

Jesper — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 10:21:00 +0000

In reply to Billy Jack. I must be missing something. If I have to run the server in my Mac anyway then what is the point fo having it on an Apple TV? For me the point of this app would be to replace the Mac mini as my media server and use Plex to stream from my NAS. I realize the ATV might not be up for this task however, and it is infuriating that you have to jailbreak it in order to install proper media servers on it. A big thank you to the developers none the less.

By: Johan

Johan — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 04:43:00 +0000

curl https://ambertation.de/downloads/PLEX/ffmpeg > ~/Downloads/ffmpegwhat to use in Lion OS X????

By: Ameer Gittens

Ameer Gittens — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 01:19:00 +0000

In reply to Yogi. Had that problem too, until I disabled "hardware acceleration" and set the a/v sync method to "audio clock". These are found under settings | video | playback

By: Jbenmore

Jbenmore — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 15:08:00 +0000

Getting really poor quality on Plex through Apple TV. Have tried the above higher quality but my MBP just makes a lot of noise when they are entered in terminal. Any ideas?