Plex Unsupported AppStore
For all of you Plex users out there who don’t know about the Unsupported AppStore, let me fill you in. First off, if you use CouchPotato or SAB or any of the HTPC apps that I endorse on this site: the Unsupported Appstore has plugins for Plex that allow you to interface with them directly from your Plex. No other device needed to connect to add your new movies or TV shows, all right through your HTPC. EASY PEASY. Plus for all the adult content lovers out there, there are multiple plugins that allow the streaming of pr0n! So now on to installing it the Unsupported Appstore on your HTPC!
Installing Plex Unsupported AppStore
- Download the bundle from here
- Extract the files and copy them to the appropriate directory below
Windows: C:\Users\YourUsername\AppData\Local\Plex Media Server\Plug-ins
Mac: /MacHD/Users/YourUsername/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-ins
Accessing the Plex Unsupported AppStore
After you copy it into the directory above, restart your Plex and Plex Media Server and relaunch. Now go into your Applications in Plex and you should see Unsupported Appstore. Now you select the app you want and hit install, and BAM! Here’s a list of some of the plugins in the Plex Unsupported Appstore!
List of Apps in the Plex Unsupported Appstore Currently (as of November 9 2011)
- CouchPotato – For accessing your CP install, requires some minimal install
- SABnzbd – For accessing your SAB install, some configuration required
- Sick-Beard – For accessing your SickBeard install, some configuration required
- Newzworthy – Lets you search for NZB’s manually to download via index sites (requires some configuration)
- unRAID – For managing your unRAID from within Plex
- 4Tube – Pr0n
- Facebook Feeds – Lets you access your Facebook feeds right from within Plex
- HDBits Subtitles – Download Subs automagically
- IceFilms – Pretty popular plugin for streaming content from IceFilms.info (see our post on IceFilms for XBMC)
- Library Updater – Forces a library update within Plex
- Rdio – Streams music from Rdio.com
- WorldTV – Lets you stream video from TV channels around the world
- XNXX – Pr0n
- YouJizz – Pr0n
- eporner – Pr0n
- xHamster – Pr0n
- RedTube – Pr0n – Thanks to Flow for the update! 🙂
I can’t seem to find an “Applications” section of Plex (I am running the latest Windows server and client). I see a Channel Directory, but the UnsupportedAppStore plugins don’t seem to be anywhere in there. What am I doing wrong? Thanks
Depending on the Application you install it will go to various locations. For instance, if you install one of the video plugins, it will go to the video section, etc etc. Let me know if you know what I mean or need further help!
I was able to find them and install them using the iOS app (it had a tab called Applications). But i can find the apps in the Windows client on my computer (any of the p0rn apps and the HTPC apps). I also can’t find the place to install te unsupported apps on the windows client.
I found the issue. In the windows plex server, I needed to check “disable compatibility checking”. Then I re-added the latest unsupported-AppStore bundle, and restarted everything. Thanks!
Thanks for the tip Mark!
Has Icefilms been removed? I just downloaded the version posted above hoping to get Icefilms and I can’t find it in the list. Thanks!
Make sure you check for updates to the Unsupported Appstore. Let me know if you still don’t see it.
Cant seem to see ice films there thanks
Strange, you are the second person who has mentioned that. Maybe they took it down, I am looking into it!
Thanks for the great tutorials, i read this site like a bible now!
An interesting note to add to this article is that In Mac OS X ‘Lion’ 10.7, Apple has hidden the ~/Library folder. To access this folder in Lion,
From the Finder, choose Go > Go to Folder…
Type ~/Library then press Enter and the ~/Library folder will open.
It took me a while to find this information, just thought i’d make it easier on anyone with a newer mac mini or whoever has the latest update from Lion.
Great work, and thank you again for all the information on htpc’s
Thanks for the readers tip Ruben. Glad you like the site, spread the word!
Hate to ask this but how do I expand this “bundle” file on my mac? The link in the article downloads a 3MG file, doesn’t seem likely that all the programs you mention can be compressed to 3MG.
Thanks for all the great info thug. Love the site and loving Plex.
You’re welcome Erik, glad you enjoy the site.
You don’t need to expand the bundle, that is the file! You just have to drag that puppy into the destination listed above and you’re good to go!
The icefilms plugin can be downloaded as its own bundle here: https://github.com/icefilms
bad link, here’s the right one https://github.com/giticeplex
I installed the unsupported app store and the icefilms app into plex and can browse content on icefilms. However, once I choose the item I want to watch and the count down finishes. I receive an error message, when I try to play the video. Any idea why this would happen?
Not sure B, I would suggest checking on the Plex forums. There is a post for unsupported apstore, I would post there. My IceFilms has been slow lately for some reason, but not completely erroring.
thanks, I’ll keep looking.
Find Icefilms on unsupported appstore but when I hit install nothing seems to happen. I installed another video feed and it shows up under install but not Icefilms.
Hello?
Sorry Bud! Have you tried to remove and re-install?
No. Everything else I tried installed. Do you mean remove icefilms? Or to remove the whole unsupported appstore?
Remove Icefilms and try to re-add it. Also, note that Icefilms isn’t great right now with Megaupload down and Rapidshare limiting free user bandwidth to 30kbps
OK that got it. I have to say that “Let Me Watch This” channel rocks! Must be what Icefilms was like before megaupload went down. Thanks.
Is let me watch this not working now? All the links say error try again later. Anyone else getting this?
I will test tonight and get back to you.. Oh no..
It works on my Mac Computer plex app where the server is. Just stopped working on the appleTV 2.
I ssh’d back in and updated plex app. Disabled capability checking. Now it works. Thanks.
Hi!
It’s great from you to feature this little and “dark” sideway of Plex here!
Thanks for listing 4 of my 5 Channels, but you forgot to mention my newest baby “RedTube” (you call it Pr0n)… 😉
It’s easy to overlook a new addition, because the Unsupported Appstore isn’t able to auto-update itself and it’s channels/apps. Maybe you could update your article and mention, that the people should “update” the Unsupported Appstore (and Channels) once in a while (1 or 2 times a month of even ofter (if they feel something is broken and awaits a fix)).
Though it’s the best way to get the channels/apps that (at the moment) can’t be released through the official Plex Online.
Cheers,
flow
Hey Flow,
I will update the post later today with RedTube and updated info. Thanks for the comment <3
Let me watch this quit again. Even restored and rejailbroke my atv. When says cabnt access try again later. Any suggestions? Still works on Mac computer and Roku just not ATV.
After re-jailbreaking, did you upload the latest version of the Unsupported appstore?
On the plex client on my mac?
Yes, to get the latest LetMeWatchThis
Do you mean reinstall unsupported appstore? Or just update from within it?
Only one in 10 links work most give me an error code. Have updated server and client on Mac computer. 1channel works in XBMC on aTV but the plex interface is much better
. Same link give me error code on Let Me watch this in Plex. Everything works fine on Roku and computer clients. Any suggestions or should I just give up
YOU ARE AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have been online for 2 days with tech support trying to figure this out and in two minutes I follow your instructions and it finally got it working. Thanks so much!!!!
Haha, glad you got it working 🙂
Hi,
You have been A bigil help so far. I’m 44 years old and this stuff is passing me by quickly. I have installed the unsupported app store and gotten the pluggins/channels I wanted. Icefilms was the big one for me… It seems to have installed correctly but I don’t see it on any of my extenders. I have an Xbox, Roku and a Samsung wifi bluray player all with Plex and none are picking up the new channels. What am I doing wrong?? I am trying to get caught up with things but I’m not very smart when it come to this. Any help would be truly appreciated.
Thanks.
Hi again,
I went back to my computer and it turns out I can’t play anything. When I click on a movie in Icefilms it says “no enabled sourses found”. What am I doing wrong.
Thanks in advance…
I am on a Mac (10.7) and downloaded the bundle. While I am able to easily locate the Plex App Support in library, there is no folder for Plug Ins. Has the configuration changed or do I have to do something different?
Are you still supporting this? Tried to reinstall unsupported App Store now it does not show under applications.
“If you the Applications Menu doesn’t show up on your OSX or Windows Plex client, enable it in the default (Mediastream) skin [Preferences > Skin > Home > Show Applications]. If it still doesn’t show up after you’ve installed the Unsupported Appstore, see below.
If the Unsupported Appstore doesn’t showup after installation, try Disabling Capability Checking in the PMS preferences found in the Advance Section”
Check to see if the unsupported App store shows under “Video Channels” on the main screen.
Played around with it. Uninstalled and reinstalled plex app. Still does not show as application but is under video channels. Great app just the plugins are batty sometimes
Ubuntu: /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Resources/Plug-ins
I’ve been trying to get this to work for hours with no luck. I have windows 7 64 bit. I downloaded the zip file, extracted it to C:\Users\(usernam)\AppData\Local\Plex Media Server\Plug-ins but i cannot see the appstore anywhere. I have restarted reinstalled many times. I read on one forum to look under videos, no luck, i have looked under all available plugsin and no luck. There is no listing to see apps either. Any suggestions? I am dying to get to the let me watch this plugin. Thanks!
I was having the same problem. I was able to fix mine because i had my unsupported folder inside another folder called unsupported, and it didn’t show up in videos. As soon as i removed one of the unsupported folders, and restarted the PMS, it showed up in my video channel.
Is the .bundle folder green in windows explorer? I had this problem, and it has to do with the folder being encrypted. Google how to make it normal (decrypt it) and it should work. Then, restart your server, and it should work. Did for me.
Hope that helps…
– Matt
works super on the samsung smart tv ~~
I installed this but when I try to watch anything (through ICEfilms or Letmewatchthis) it always displays the frown and “This Channel is currently unavailable”. Any ideas? This is on a Windows 7 version running Plex/Web.
Does anyone here have an idiots step by step guide to installing on a Synology NAS?
🙂
Since updating my plex media server, my unsupported app store icon has disappeared and I can’t get it back. I followed the instructions above (extracted the files, copied into the path) and opened server, still no app. I still have the IceFilms app there but nothing will play on it. All the content shows up, and sources, but every source I try says it is not supported HELP!! Do I need the unsupported app store icon in order to use IceFilms on plex, directly from my Samsung TV? How do I get the icon back??
Same here pretty much. Can’t get it to load at all.
I recently installed the unsupported appstore but when I try to watch a movie it always says video may be removed or is in a unsupported format. what do I do?
What format does it need to run the movies in the apps, cannot get the movies to play.