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Old 12-05-2014, 15:07
stylo
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Bought a NowTV box over the weekend, and sideloaded PlexRARflix onto it without problems. Installed the Plex software on PC and all runs fine.

Have just been flicking through the 'Video' menu on a Sony KDL-32EX403 (without the NowTV box attached) and found 'Plex Media Server' amongst the options.

Now, I can't remember ever seeing that in the menu options.
Has the PC software itself put it on the TV, has the TV updated itself via a download, or has Plex always been in the TV's menu but I haven't noticed it?.

Just curious really, and apart from the Sony not showing any thumbnails like the Plex through the NowTV box, streaming works fine on it.
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Old 12-05-2014, 16:03
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The PC software will not have put itself on the TV. I very much doubt the TV runs anything remotely resembling Windows in the first place and secondly I doubt it has any mechanism for installing software other than possibly from some Sony "app store"

What is far more likely is that the Plex software is advertising itself over the network using a standard Media Streaming protocol (eg DLNA) that the Sony has noticed and understands so it has added it to the list of options.

I get something like that on my TV with my Humax PVR and cocktailAudio music player. When either of them is running icons for them appear on the TV as sources of media to play. In my case they appear in the same menu as the HDMI and SCART input source selection.
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Old 12-05-2014, 16:40
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Ahh right, thanks for the explanation Chris.

It's not something I've really played with before, but wish I'd found it earlier!.
We've got 2 of these TVs in bedrooms, so the function will come in handy.

The NowTV box was for use with an old Sony 40" LCD (no fancy stuff on it and only one HDMI socket) so the Plex software has enhanced 3 TVs in one go

Thanks again.
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