Be sure to select plain old Plex and not any of the similar sounding applications like Simple X for Plex. Select the search option in the App Store application and search for Plex. Take full ownership of your data and pay no subscription fees. To start, fire up your Apple TV and head to the App Store by selecting in on the main screen, as seen below. Let me know what you think.Access, share, and collaborate on your files from any devices, anywhere. If you’re running Plex on a Windows, macOS or Linux server, there are other installation packages of PlexConnect, and there are even packages for other NAS OS’s. Sign into your account within PlexConnect to access your NAS content.įor me, since I actively use Apple Trailers, I opted to hijack the WSJ with PlexConnect.Open the Trailers or WSJ app (which is now your PlexConnect app).55 if you’re choosing to replace the WSJ app with PlexConnect.64 if you’re choosing replace the Trailers app with PlexConnect, or.Highlight ‘Send Data To Apple’ (but do not enter it).Configure a “profile” on the Apple TV3.Point DNS of the device’s network connection to the (static) IP of your Synology NAS.Manually install the PlexConnect package using Synology Package Centre.Download the Synology PlexConnect *.spk package.I had it up and running in about 15 mins: The steps to install PlexConnect on your Synology are pretty straight forward.
Once set up, the Trailers or WSJ app (which ever you choose) will be “redirected” to the PlexConnect service running on your Synology. You’re ok replacing the Apple Trailers or the Wall Street Journal ‘app’ with PlexConnect.Your Synology has a static IP address on your LAN.The concept is simple – repurpose one of the unused Apple TV3 ‘apps’ and point it to your Plex server. This little handy project is one of the coolest hacks I’ve seen in recent memory. Since the aTV3 has all the major streaming services (Netflix, Amazon, Crave, Apple), the biggest “reason” to get an Apple TV4 would be to watch NAS media.īut I may have just tech’d myself out of that justification. Also, since the current projector is only 1100 nits, it’s not particularly watchable during the day.Īfter deciding on an amp, I hooked up on older Apple TV3 for the times I want to watch something different than the wife. The theatre space hasn’t been used much since we moved in, mainly because I’ve been searching for an amp, speakers, etc that I want to use for the space. It included a 720p / 1100 nit projector, which I’ve got plans to change out for 1080p / 5000 nit projector in the coming weeks. I recently moved into a new home that came with a pre-wired theatre room.
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