PlayOn Install Guide for Mac
This article was written by: Steven Artlip (Steve519)As many of you know, PlayOn allows you to stream content from sites that include Netflix, Hulu, CBS, YouTube, ESPN and more on your television through your PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 or your HP MediaSmart TV. Now one of the problems with PlayOn is that it only supports Windows PC’s, this is bad news for us Mac users, well, bad news until now.
Platform Nation is here to show you how to install PlayOn on your Mac through Parallels Desktop and how to get it working in a step-by-step guide, so lets get right into it so you can enjoy watching some great and free content through your gaming consoles.
Step 1. You need to go to their site, themediamall.com/playon.
Step 2. Now you need to get the file to download, just click either of the links that will bring you to the registration page.
Step 3. Its registration time, feel out all the required fields and hit submit.
Step 4. Download the file. Your about half way done with the whole process now.
Step 5. So I just downloaded the file to my Parallels desktop. Find the file and open it and just install it. There is nothing special you need to do here.
Step 6. After install PlayOn will be running in your taskbar, right click it and select settings. The only thing you should have to do is put in your info under User Management. You might also want to change your performance setting if you do have any streaming issues to medium, its located under the Advanced Settings tab.
Step 7. Now this is the most important step. You must go to your configuration area on Parallels. Under the network option it most likely is preselected as Shared Networking, you need to change this to Bridged Ethernet. After this is done restart Parallels.
That is it, you should be setup and good to go. If configured correctly you will see PlayOn as an option under your videos area on the XMB if using a PlayStation 3. And if you’re using a Xbox 360, select Videos under the Media tab, and you should see PlayOn, if not, hit the X button to select video source and it should pop up.
Now have fun with PlayOn, it is an awesome piece of software that I know I will continue to support.
If you have any issues with the install, please don’t hesitate to ask here on this post or ask at the official PlayOn support area of MediaMall’s forums, themediamall.com/forum.
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Awesome program. this would be how i watch the GVUs.. and the SNL VP debate was hilarious! New TV shows up very quickly once air on regular TV so if you miss an episode check this out…
there are even movies in Hulu you can watch for free! and Alf, Doogie Howser M.D., A-Team… the list is endless!
Very awesome, just what the Dr. ordered
good stuff!
I found some typo's by the way…
Can the same thing be done if you’re running VMware Fusion on a Mac Os X. I tried this but I get a none defined error during installation of a Windows.NET file.
all you have to do is go to your VM settings, and under network select bridged as your option, then it works perfectly
Hi, this sounds very nice. Do you know if it will work without Playstation, but with one of Samsung’s DLNA compliant LCD TV’s?
And also, after installing PlayOn with Parallels, will it work in the background without further actions, or do I need to open both Parallels and PlayOn every time I want to watch something from Hulu, for example?
Thanks a lot.
I gotta tell you that you almost had me hooked. That is until I realized that I had to use Windows for this to work. I am one of the few, or many, that use a Mac to get away from Windows. The idea of having to dual boot constantly sounds like a major pain.
followed your tutorial, and on my xbox getting a “no videos found” message when i click on any of the video sources, hulu, youtube, etc. is there a specific setting i likely missed?
I am running this through an xbox360 and an Imac w/Parallels.
When I try to view NETFLIX instant movies, the TV picture goes skewed and I cannot watch!
Help me please
A couple quesitons. First thing, I’m using VM Fusion. Would this affect the use of playon.tv? Second, trying to hook it up to my wii, and it says that it does not recognize any PC. Any suggestions?