Plex, PlexConnect And OpenPlex Running On OS X 10.11 El Capitan Beta 4

Plex, PlexConnect and OpenPlex are running on Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan beta 4. On July 21, 2015, Apple released Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan beta 4 (build number 15A226f, “pre-release”). I positively tested it with an Apple TV 3 running on Apple TV 7.2 software. Find more about Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan on Apple’s Website. However, I had to re-install OpenPlex like I had to do in beta 2 and beta 3. In the installation note of beta 4 is stated that “After upgrading to OS X El Capitan Developer Beta, applications that write to protected/system locations may no longer function correctly.“. This is most probably the reason for the need of re-installation. There seem to be no big changes to beta 3.

Note: Due to improved OS security, you must disable the System Integrity Protection, also called “rootless”. Here’s the fix (but be aware that you’re loosing security! Re-activate it after Installation!):

1. Disable “rootlees” via terminal command (your Mac will reboot): sudo nvram boot-args=”rootless=0″; sudo reboot
2. Check the deactivation: nvram boot-args
3. Response must be: boot-args rootless=0
4. Install OpenPlex.
5. After installing you can re-activate “rootless” again (your Mac will reboot): sudo nvram boot-args=”rootless=1″; sudo reboot

Important: Apple changed the URL for the WSL app from secure.marketwatch.com to video-api-secure.wsj.com.

Wahlman.j updated OpenPlex to fix the WSJ issue (Changelog):

• Fix WSJ to use new URL in codebase – Credit goes to @rrgeorge for allowing “-” in hosttointercept
• Remove custom fork by wahlman.j of CyberGhost84’s old theme
• Move development theme into custom slot for Wahlman.j’s theme
• Disable preview of wahlman.j’s theme until uploaded to youtube
• Fix myplex & custom certs autoloading when manually or automatically loading custom hoststointercept’s
• Addded custom hosttointercept cert generator
• Added custom hosttointercept Settings.cfg generator
• New hijack icons

The following set up was used for testing:

• Upgraded OS X 10.11 El Capitan beta 4 with a freshly installed OpenPlex.
• Plex (Version 0.9.12.4.1192-9a47d21/ ‘Plex Pass’ only, June 11, 2015)
• PlexConnect (v0.5-dev, December 14, 2014)
• OpenPlex (beta 0.5, June 20, 2015)
• Apple TV 3 / 3rd generation (Model number A1427 – AppleTV3,1 – MD199LL/A)
• MacBook Pro 13” Late 2013

Plex, PlexConnect and OpenPlex are working on Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan beta 4:

Note:

The latest Apple TV 7.2 software is only available for Apple TV 3 3rd generation (Model number A1427 – AppleTV3,1 – MD199LL/A) and Apple TV 3 3rd generation rev a (Model number A1469 – AppleTV3,2 – MD199LL/A).

Plex Media Server was updated on June 6, 2015 (w/o ‘Plex Pass’).

Plex Version 0.9.12.4.1192-9a47d21 changelog:

• Fixes:
  • Enable remux on PPC platforms.
  • Tweak for HTTP request timer (thanks, sa2000!)
  • Improvements to filesystem watching functionality.
  • A rare issue where the transcoded video became extremely low resolution.
  • More improvements to search with non-latin characters.
  • Improved sorting by duration.
  • (Linux) Fix for Ubuntu wuth Kernel earlier than 2.6.33
  • (Sync) Various bug fixes.

PlexConnect v0.5 changelog (major improvements):

• Revamped Audio/Music handling (for iOS>=7.0. That version got a new XML audio player… thanks Beats!)
• GUI improvements: Fanart, Backgrounds… (needs PIL/Pillow library for Python)
• Playlists support (video/audio): continuous play, shuffle, also for TVShow/Season/Episodes
• Save ATVSettings.cfg after changes

Further more, OpenPlex beta 0.5 was updated with some improvements on June 20, 2015, and is available for download as an installer app:

Openplex beta 0.5 Changelog:

Wahlman.j updated OpenPlex to fix the issue with the new WSJ-URL.

• New GUI by CyberGhost84.
• Added boot lock button to app to enable all apps to load @ boot e.g. Plex Media Server and then locks the screen to prevent unauthorized access to your mac while still loading all the apps.
• Removed “mute boot” button.
• Add icon upload video tutorial.
• Simplified hijack tab into one window with Apple TV setup guide.
• Fixed bug in reboot OS X option in WebConnect.
• Fixed bug in myplex loader.
• Fix WSJ to use new URL in codebase – Credit goes to @rrgeorge for allowing “-” in hosttointercept
• Remove custom fork by wahlman.j of CyberGhost84’s old theme
• Move development theme into custom slot for Wahlman.j’s theme
• Disable preview of wahlman.j’s theme until uploaded to youtube
• Fix myplex & custom certs autoloading when manually or automatically loading custom hoststointercept’s
• Addded custom hosttointercept cert generator
• Added custom hosttointercept Settings.cfg generator
• New hijack Icons

If you are new to PlexConnect then follow the work around to get PlexConnect running on your Apple TV:

• For Mac OS X: PlexConnect On Windows 8 And OS X 10.8.4: Plex Media Server On Apple TV 2 And 3 Without Jailbreak
• For Windows 7, 8 and 8.1: Installing PlexConnect On Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 After Apple TV Update
• For Windows 10: How To Install PlexConnect On Windows 10

The latest Plex, PlexConnect and OpenPlex are still running on Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan beta 4 with hijacking Trailers, iMovie and WSJ app! but Keep in mind to deactivate “rootless” before installing OpenPlex.

Stay tuned! 😉