
In Power change Blank screen to Never to disable the auto-lock. Open System Preferences (power icon in upper right -> tools looking icon in lower left of menu). Reboot after install completes (it should ask you to do this). It is much more convenient to set it to auto-login when you create the user so you don’t have to type in the password when you reboot the device. The autostart.sh is in the Configfiles share and the others are in the PMPConfig share It is easiest if you turn on SMB sharing and access the shares. If you are coming from a previous embedded installation, you should grab autostart.sh, nf, mpv.conf, and inputmaps. I’m going to assume that the reader is familiar with Linux install, setup, and use so I’m not going into extensive detail in these steps. Not only do I have a powerful playback appliance for Plex but I also have a computer where I can use a browser or any other application where I would want the computer displayed on a TV.
So I went through the steps to install PMP on an Ubuntu installation.
Running the embedded version of Plex Media Player requires several compromises when a better experience can be obtained by using a full OS install.