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Figure 113:
When AirPlaying media, the Plex app becomes a remote con-
trol. In this example, there are buttons to skip backward 30 seconds, play
or pause, stop, and skip forward 30 seconds.
The best part of the Plex app is that, unlike most third-party AirPlay apps, it continues to
work even after the device is asleep. You can start a movie on your iPhone, AirPlay it to the
Apple TV, and then put your iPhone to sleep and back into your pocket!
But there are a couple of things to be aware of. First, the Plex app doesn't AirPlay photos,
whichisdisappointing.Second,abugintheappcausesaconflictbetweenvideosandmusic.
If you're playing a movie and start playing a song, the song will play over the movie, leading
to a huge mess. Be sure to stop playback on videos before playing audio.
Go Native with PlexConnect
The Plex app for iOS is great, but a clever hack called PlexConnect brings Plex natively to
yourAppleTVbyhijackingtheTrailersapp.It'seasytosetupifyou'renotafraidofthecom-
mand line:
1. Download the
PlexConnect
archive.
2. Extract the archive, and move the resulting PlexConnect-master folder to the
Applications folder.
3. Open Terminal. It's in the Applications folder, nested in the Utilities folder.
