Plex is a subscription-based media center tool to stream and organize your multimedia files. It can handle all your movies, music, shows, web series, podcasts, etc. It supports lots of online services, and YouTube is one among them. The Plex app supports lots of channels by including third-party channels as plugins. So, you can use YouTube on Plex and thereby stay tuned with the trending videos, music, and more other entertainment contents. Therefore, it is possible to browse and stream the YouTube contents on Plex upon using your same YouTube account login credentials. So, you will get access to your YouTube playlist, subscribed videos, etc., from within the Plex app.
Plex, PlexConnect and OpenPlex are running on macOS 10.12 Sierra. On June 13, 2016, Apple announced macOS 10.12 Sierra on WWWDC 2016. I positively tested it with an Apple TV 3 running on Apple TV 7.2.1 software. I succesfully installed OpenPlex using wahlman.j’s workaround on macOS 10.12 Sierra. The new macOS 10.12 Sierra got a bunch of new features like, e.g., Sire on Mac, improved Photos. For Mac OS X: PlexConnect On Windows 8 And OS X 10.8.4: Plex Media Server On Apple TV 2 And 3 Without Jailbreak; For Windows: Installing PlexConnect On Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 After Apple TV Update; Finally, I am very delighted that the latest Plex, PlexConnect and OpenPlex are still running on Mac OS X 10.10.3 Yosemite beta 1 without any issues.
Get Plex Pass as it lets you sync your YouTube contents across the devices. So, you can stream a YouTube video on your PC and continue it on any other device with Plex Youtube Plugin. Get into the article to know about installing YouTube on Plex media server in detail.
How to Install YouTube on Plex
The instructions given below will help you install the YouTube app on Plex.
Preliminary Requirements:
Get WebTools.bundle from GitHub. Click on the link here to get the WebTools.bundle.zip and extract it on PC as WebTools.bundle. To move the file, you should find the Plug-ins folder in the following directory.
Windows PC – %LOCALAPPDATA%Plex Media ServerPlug-ins
Mac OS X – ~/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-ins
Linux – $PLEX_HOME/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-ins
NAS devices – Go to Plug-ins directory in the main server data directory
Step 1: Firstly, launch Plex Media Server on your device.
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Step 2: From the sidebar, choose Plugins options.
Step 3: After that, click on WebTools from the list of plugins installed.
Step 4: Now, you will see a URL. Just type the same on the web browser – for instance, http://10.1.11.2:88600.