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This a quick demo on Lock for Plex a channel plugin generator for plex media server Lock
for plex enables you to generate plugins which allow you to lock sections of your plex media
server and unlock it later using a password pin you can get Lock for Plex via the Chrome
webstore using the Google Chrome Browser Let's head on over to the plex media server library
and see what we would like to lock and how we can achieve this using Lock for Plex
Here there is a scary movies section and well it's not for everybody. I'd like to be able to
lock the scary movies section There are three ways of letting Lock for Plex connect with
your plex media server choose the most convenient method that works for you once connected you'll
see a few customizations let's name the plugin something that will distinguish it from other
channels and make it easy to understand let's call it scary stuff You can also use custom
images to change the look of your channel all you need to keep in mind is that the name
you give the channel needs to be unique in order to generate multiple channels
The second step lets you choose the sections you'd like to lock, lets select the scary
movie section The next feature enables you to get notifications via Pushbullet whenever
the above-selected sections are either being locked, unlocked or if there is an attempt
being made to unlock the sections Let's head on over to pushbullet.com and sign in for
free and generate an api key you can download pushbullet for all your smart devices and
sign in with the same account to get notifications for this feature to work plex media server
machine needs to be connected to the internet to send push notifications to your devices
the auto lock feature allow you to set the number of minutes in which the sections will
be automatically locked once you've unlocked them lets set it to one minute so we can see
this feature in action once we unlock the section this is where you choose your four
digit password pin the final step allows you to choose where your plex media server currently
stores your data if you have not customized where plex media server saves your data you
do not need to change this lets generate and download the plugin the plugin will download
to your default Google Chrome download folder the download page has some installation instructions
which will help you get started after exiting the plex media server navigate to the chrome
download folder cut the file and paste it into the plex media server plugins folder
and unzip the file and start plex media server
I'm going to leave the pushbullet website open and share my android phone screen to let you observe the notifications after launching
plex media server go to channels and on clicking the scary stuff channel we see both the open
and close icons lets lock the scary movies section by clicking the close icon going back
home you will now notice that there is no scary movies section you can see the notifications
both on the pushbullet and on my android phone letting me know that the scary stuff section
has been successfully locked lets unlock the scary movies section and see how the auto
lock feature works just click on the number to select the password pin you set while generating
the plugin on clicking the fourth digit the password pin will automatically enter going
back we now see that the scary movies section can be seen lets go ahead and play a movie
lets check for notifications while we wait for the auto lock feature to take effect the
movie will continue to play the push notification lets us know that the scary movies section
is now locked however the movie continues to play and will continue to play till the
end what this means is that once unlocked you can play any movie on any plex client
within the time that you set the movie will continue to play and you don't need to manually
go and lock the section thank you for watching