PlexConnect On Windows 8 And OS X 10.8.4: Plex Media Server On Apple TV 2 And 3 Without Jailbreak

First, it makes no difference where you are based.

Second, ‘…/PlexConnect-XML_templates’ is ‘PlexConnect’! Maybe you are meaning the Plex Media Server folder: It is on …\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server. But this shouldn’t matter. It is important to start the Plex Media Server before you start PlexConnect!

Third, maybe I stated it not clearly in this post (I will correct it): You have to edit ‘Settings.py’ with a text editor (e.g. Notepad) as follows (Windows only!): Look for ‘ip_dnsmaster’ and substitute the following ‘8.8.8.8’ by the fixed (!) IP-address of your Windows PC. Safe it, start Plex Media Server, then PlexConnect and then it should work.

Settings.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import sys
from os import sep
import ConfigParser

from Debug import * # dprint()

“””
Global Settings…
PMS: plexgdm, ip_pms, port_pms
DNS: ip_dnsmaster – IP of Router, ISP’s DNS, … [dflt: google public DNS]
IP_self: enable_plexconnect_autodetect, ip_plexconnect – manual override for VPN usage
HTTP: ip_webserver, port_webserver – override when using webserver + forwarding to PlexConnect
HTTPS: port_ssl, certfile –
“””
g_settings = { \
‘enable_plexgdm’ :(‘True’, ‘False’), \
‘ip_pms’ :(‘192.168.178.10’,), \
‘port_pms’ :(‘32400’,), \
\
‘enable_dnsserver’:(‘True’, ‘False’), \
‘port_dnsserver’ :(’53’,), \
‘ip_dnsmaster’ :(‘8.8.8.8’,), \
‘prevent_atv_update’ :(‘True’, ‘False’), \
\
‘enable_plexconnect_autodetect’:(‘True’, ‘False’), \
‘ip_plexconnect’ :(‘0.0.0.0’,), \
\
‘ip_webserver’ :(‘0.0.0.0’,), \
‘port_webserver’ :(’80’,), \
‘port_ssl’ :(‘443’,), \
‘certfile’ :(‘./assets/certificates/trailers.pem’,), \
\
‘loglevel’ :(‘Normal’, ‘High’), \
‘logpath’ :(‘.’,), \
}

class CSettings():
def __init__(self):
dprint(__name__, 1, “init class CSettings”)
self.cfg = None
self.section = ‘PlexConnect’
self.loadSettings()
self.checkSection()

# load/save config
def loadSettings(self):
dprint(__name__, 1, “load settings”)
# options -> default
dflt = {}
for opt in g_settings:
dflt[opt] = g_settings[opt][0]

# load settings
self.cfg = ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser()
self.cfg.read(self.getSettingsFile())

def saveSettings(self):
dprint(__name__, 1, “save settings”)
f = open(self.getSettingsFile(), ‘wb’)
self.cfg.write(f)
f.close()

def getSettingsFile(self):
return sys.path[0] + sep + “Settings.cfg”

def checkSection(self):
modify = False
# check for existing section
if not self.cfg.has_section(self.section):
modify = True
self.cfg.add_section(self.section)
dprint(__name__, 0, “add section {0}”, self.section)

for opt in g_settings:
if not self.cfg.has_option(self.section, opt):
modify = True
self.cfg.set(self.section, opt, g_settings[opt][0])
dprint(__name__, 0, “add option {0}={1}”, opt, g_settings[opt][0])

# save if changed
if modify:
self.saveSettings()

# access/modify PlexConnect settings
def getSetting(self, option):
dprint(__name__, 1, “getsetting {0}={1}”, option, self.cfg.get(self.section, option))
return self.cfg.get(self.section, option)

if __name__==”__main__”:
Settings = CSettings()

option = ‘enable_plexgdm’
print Settings.getSetting(option)

option = ‘enable_dnsserver’
print Settings.getSetting(option)

Settings.saveSettings()
del Settings