Setup VH with iLok and Pro Tools for OS X

Submitted by djmichaelwenz on #1

Hi guys, sorry if this is a noob question. I am very interested in being able to leave my iLok at my home studio on my OS X Desktop and being able to access the iLok and open Pro Tools 12 while I am on my Macbook. This would be great as I keep having to drive 30 miles to retrieve it every time I forget.

Now I have installed USB server on my Desktop and I thought I added port 7575 on my AT&T router to be open. I have installed the client app on my macbook and I can see the iLok as a device in the window and I can select "Use" and it appears to be in use but when I go to open Pro Tools it seems as if there was no iLok connected. The way I am trying to connect to it is on my home wifi network as I am on my macbook. I am interested in being able to connect at home and while traveling via hotspot.

Do I need to have a VPN or am I missing a obvious step here? I guess I could get a Raspberry Pi device if I absolutely need to. I also have a USB port on my bridged and 2nd Wireless Router that is in my studio. It is for using a NAS drive but I have not set it up. I don't mind having my computer be a server cause it is on all the time anyways. I just can't keep forgetting my iLok.

Any help is greatly appreciated..... THANK YOU!

Submitted by Michael on Mon, 2016/07/25 - 12:07

#2

At the moment ilok is not working properly with osx 10.11+ (elcaptian or sierra)

Submitted by djmichaelwenz on Thu, 2016/08/11 - 11:49

#3

So I bought I Raspberry Pi as I read a few times that has worked. I have installed Rasbian and now I am lost.... Will this work with Raspberry Pi as a iLok server and running OS X ELCap 10.11....

I was under the impression the USB Server did not work with ElCap. I hope I had it right???

Also I am completely dumfounded how to install VirtualHere on Rasbian? I bought the Raspberry Pi 3 and I am running the latest build. I am a total noob when it comes to Linux. All I want this for is to run my iLok over the web. Can anyone give me some pointers and let me know if this is even possible. I hope I did not mis understand....

Submitted by djmichaelwenz on Thu, 2016/08/11 - 11:53

#4

I download the installers for Pi and it doesn't open properly? Like not recognized extension....I tried both the downloads for Pi?

Submitted by Michael on Thu, 2016/08/11 - 15:49

#5

VirtualHere will not work with elcaptian at the moment.

But anyway linux is not like windows, you need to make a file executable by changing its mode like this

chmod +x ./vhusbdarm

and you need to prepend the current directory as usually linux is not setup to look in the current directory for a file by default.

then you need to run it with extra permissions using sudo and put it in the background as a daemon. You do that like this

sudo ./vhusbdarm -b

then just run the virtualhere client remotely. However el-captian wont work with virtualhere anyway but later on it probably will

Submitted by djmichaelwenz on Thu, 2016/08/18 - 05:14

#6

So after reading this last week I just gave up and my dreams crashed to the floor. I boxed up the Pi for now....

What is the status on getting this to work with 10.11? Is an update in the works or is this something that will happen much later? I am just trying to get a sense of what I am going to do with my investment and I need a USB dongle that can be shared via network ASAP.....

Submitted by Michael on Thu, 2016/10/06 - 11:28

#8

OK apple seems to have fixed support for virtualhere in 10.12.1 (beta) which means you can download that build from the developer section on apple or wait for 10.12.1 to be officially released