Disclaimer, I swear I googled the bejesus out of this before posting!

My server is up and running. Out on the internet, I can access it through a web browser and browse my libraries just fine. On the Android app, I can browse libraries on my friends server just fine.

But using the Android app, I'm unable to browse libraries on my own server.

When I click on a library in the panel on the left, for example TV shows, in the library pane there are three options.... Recommended, library, categories. The recommended option displays new and recently added stuff, some continue watching, etc... Anything I click on plays just fine. The library option, which will allow me to browse the whole library alphabetically, produces a cannot connect to server message, as does the categories option.

I don't think it's my server, because I can browse the library just fine on a laptop through a web browser or on my phone's web browser.

I don't think it's the app on my phone, cuz I can browse libraries on my friend's server just fine.

What on Earth is going on?

I recently got a TV Box with Google TV and downloaded the Plex app from the play store.

It works fine but has anyone noticed how poorly it's integrated with Google TV? Plex does not appear on the continue watch section for instance, there's other small issues.

It's very annoying, am I missing something?

I'm a relatively new user and I'd like some advice about how to collection/smart collection and playlist/smart playlist.

My library has about 300 movies and as it grows it will become to much to scroll through.

How do you guys break your library down so that it is manageable?

Thanks for the advice.

Presently I run a plex server off my main computer, when I can afford it I want to set up a NAS.

I have a 2 gigabit connection to the house, and am tired of using their tri-band rent-a-router. would like to have more control and remote access to it (If needed). And later ability to add mesh remote wi-fi extenders.

Is there any specific routers out there in this speed (and RF band) range that you recommend? Is there custom firmware that are recommended?

Any help is appreciated.

Is Infuse a solution for local access when the internet is down, or would it still require internet?

What exactly is Plex? Is it some kind of streaming app - like stremio - or is plex for projecting our own files onto the tv and watching them?

I have an LG C1 tv that I’ve been streaming to from a home server on windows. I’ve been using the Native app, and have the PC set up with Plex, Radarr, Sonarr, Prowlarr, Overseerr, and Kometa, and I’m currently using FileFlows to convert my h.624 files to hevc MKVs (or MP4s for DV). I’ve got it connected to a Denon AVR s760h with a 5.1 setup, and have been streaming over home WiFi to the native app.

Should I get an ATV+ or Shield? I want to make sure I’m not losing quality in video or audio. Could someone help me with the benefits or suggest other areas for optimization?

Hey guys, so I recently spun up plex again after the hetzner block and using emby for a while. I’m finding anything I mark as watched doesn’t get added to the continue watching. I have to actually go into the episode and play it past the threshold for it to appear.

It used to be I could just mark it as watched and it’ll show. Are there any settings I need to change to bug fix this?

I have a lot of sports and wrestling events in one of my libraries, and I find it cleaner just to add the same background to like titles instead of using unique stills like I do films or TV. Is it possible to add a background to multiple titles in a library at once, or do I need to do it one at a time?

So my remote access was down and i didnt know. Upon googling i found out tautulli which i had installed for years has notifications that you can enable by simply check marking it

Wtf? Amazing

Ever since the latest Plex update I can no longer play music from my library either using Plex or Plexamp. Plex wont start playing music when I push play. Plexamp just skips every song when I push play. I checked all the settings on the server but I couldn’t see anything wrong.

loading season 2 of Jujutsu Kaisen and each episode just says "Episode one, two" etc.. Everything seems appropriately named in the files.. Ive also tried using "prefer local metadata" and still same result. What am I missing?

Suddenly MPEG2 (remuxes from DVD) look like they're underwater. The movement kind of lags and they literally look like they're walking underwater.

This is new. The same files I'm seeing this on have been fine in the past.

Does anyone else have this problem? Any suggestions on a fix?

I have 2 copies of a movie. One is in HDR the other is in DV. I am unsure of how to put these two together so it has DV with HDR10 fallback. I've seen other files with this. I just can't seem to crack what I'm missing.

Hello,Recently I purchased a projector (BENQ W2710, love it!).

I use it exclusively to watch movies I have on plex - mostly 4k rips. The project doesn't have smartTV features, so I've been using my macbook pro connected via HDMI.

This is inconvinient, so I started to explore other options. Seems like the only two reliable options are ATV and Shield Pro (please correct me if I'm wrong - happy to spend less to achieve the same result!).

Basically all the devices we currently have are from Apple, so it would make sense to buy ATV, but I read some concerning feedback on the way it streams sound. I don't fully understand it, and I don't have a sophisticated audio setup - not sure if I should be concerned. But there was even a report on sound being off-sync, which sounds like a huge deal. But then again - if it was a real and prominent issue, I suppose there would be much more reports!

Thanks.

I am currently keeping two versions of each movie. A 4k version and a 1080 version. Is this necessary, or is it only the encoding that matters for different versions? Does Plex also just limit the bitrate if I have a remux version but am unable to stream at that rate? Please give me some recommendations of what you do and what the best practice should be. Also, storage isn't an issue here, but I'm just trying to be as efficient as possible while still having ease of use with different devices.

Anyone know why or what setting i need to change to stop this horrible new poster art from showing? I used to have to only alter 1 or 2 files once in a blue moon.. Now i have to do every single one:

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TIA !

Hello, I have a fairly new (i believe 2023 model) LG tv that mostly runs plex fine, but sometimes it drives me crazy with transcoding. One day I can play a file perfectly, the next day it wants to transcode it for no reason at all, sometimes a reboot fixes it, sometimes not. Generally it drives me crazy that I have a really good setup then I often have to figure out what the hell is wrong with it, the lack of dts support was bad enough on its own.

Would changing to a dedicated tv box solve this issue?

So I've been using the shield pro as a Plex server for a few years now no real complaints but I've been playing with proxmox on a beelink s12 pro and I've installed Plex on it. Ive a few questions

My Nvidia shield I've my metadata going to a 200gb SSD. Should I do the same for the mini pc ?

What settings should I have for my mini pc as I can change ram core use etc.

It would be great to hear from someone else who has the same mini pc and how they find it.

Hello, anyone here use some sort of media server to collect their Mangas and comics? I'm pretty sure plex doesn't have this of Service right?

[SOLVED]

Noticed a little while back.

Accessing remotely via appl.plex gives me the watch histoy checkmarks - also I see the my profile avatar/icon in the top right.

But accessing on local network - no checkmark. Profile avatar/icon also not showing.

I thought it was a cache issue, but cleared it, incognito and other browsers (firefox, opera, edge etc.) all have same result.

Also, I do see the checkmarks on mobile app when connected locally AND remotely, so not sure what's going on there?

Any ideas?

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I have settings to automatically force subtitles on all movies and shows and it works on my pc app of plex but not on my Sony Bravia plex app? Even manually selecting them on and off doesn’t work. Any ideas?

Hello, I've been using Plex for over a year now on Truenas Core and migrated my Plex server on a Truenas Scale recently.

But now all my media is being converted to 360p because of something called relay saying I'm limited to 1Mbps. Saying I need to open port, which I could do but like not to for security reasons.

It never happened to me before, did they change their policy ? I wouldn't mind paying if paid users weren't limited to 2 Mbps...

So at home I have an Nvidia shield, which works great. But on the road, I have my Android Pixel tablet. For the latter device, I'm running into an issue where the audio is silent when trying to play content that has AC3 5.1 audio.

Regardless of if I set my video quality to 'Maximum' or something like '1080p (High)', the issue persists - because Plex is not doing anything with the AC3 5.1 audio.

Under 'Advanced' > 'Player' settings, 'Optional audio support' has AC3, EAC3, DTS, and TrueHD' greyed out and marked as unsupported. In that section, I've also tried setting 'Audio passthrough' to HDMI, Disabled, and Optical - but the issue remains in all three cases.

Only when (during item playback), I go to it's triple dot menu, hit 'Quality,' and then set it to 'convert automatically' does it force the AC3 audio to OPUS, and then it plays fine.

Is there a way in my Plex client settings to get it to play OPUS by default? I don't see anything in Plex client settings to get that to occur by default.

Hello! I had a weird issue with Plex where I get the "connection not fast enough to play" or something like that, which is not right because I am hardwired with Cat6. Further details:

OMV running on NAS connected to Nvidia Shield

I had the same issue trying to play it on VLC, so I know its not a Plex issue but I was hoping someone had a similar issue and might be able to share a solution? Network stuff has always confounded me.

Thanks!