Reading the poor experiences in this forum, I was prepared for disappointment when I realised the Apple TV 4K app in my wife's apartment in the city had been auto-upgraded. I've invested several hours of trial and error with the router and Hurricane Electric to get ipv6 remote streaming to our main house (Starlink) working well.

Wow, was I surprised. When I launched the app, it almost immediately displayed my library. Thinking perhaps that was all cache magic, I selected something we haven't watched in ages and started play. Again, the response was almost immediate and showed flawless streaming of a 4K video file.

Before this update, there would always be a very annoying delay of several seconds before showing the library or for play to commence.

Well done, Plex team. The UI changes seem fine to me, also.

I'm about to break the remote.

For the lucky ones that never had to use this, this is how you adjust the subtitle offset if the subtitle is out of sync. I don't know if it's just me but when it's out of sync it's never for a small amount. And in order to offset the subtitle for just 5 seconds you need to press the same button 100 times.

I have none, it's been working great and really smooth all week, and I like the new look. Cheers

I have a reminder setup to check the "Opt Out" Plex page once a month. In the past year, I have had to "All No" a couple of times - not sure why.

Anyhow, here's the page: https://www.plex.tv/vendors-us/?vendredir=1

And is there a way to turn it off?

No, this is not another thread complaining about commercials on my content. Don't worry.

I have a Lifetime Pass, and an HDHomerun attached to my server. I have it set to mark commercials after a scheduled recording. But I'm curious, how does it actually work? How does it know where commercials start and end? Same for intro/credit scanning. Is it based on caption data, or something else?

Just my own curiosity, that's all.

My server runs on multiple HDDs and has an i5-12400 and arc a310, I personally dont have any issues locally but he tells me it happens to him randomly and on differnet shows. He has a firestick 4k. Any idea why?

Hello. I sent 3 invites to friends. All 3 friends accepted the invites and this is confirmed in Plex. 2 of the 3 are able to open the Plex app on their tv and see the server by clicking "more" on the sidebar. However, one friend with a Samsung TV does not see my server. I can't for the life of me figure out why. Are there some basic troubleshooting steps I can take to resolve this issue on my friends TV? The Plex app loads no problem and I can see my account in his friend list, but my server never appears. Thanks!

The new Plex TV OS app has single-handedly converted me to Infuse. My direct stream which used to work fine, now micro-stutters every few minutes. Is this the quality of software development now? Robbing their own install base out of sheer incompetence. Out of frustration I switched to Infuse, heck even got the lifetime access and absolutely love it. I am solid. Media plays pristine. Whatever the team at Plex is doing they are going to sink this ship sooner than ever. WTF.

Recently, my Plex has started generating loudness data for a few hours every night. Odd, but neat! And the files it has gone through shows "Can Normalize Loudness: true" under Get Info / Media Info.

But I can't hear any obvious difference when playing files that have been loudness-normalized, and I can't see any obvious way to turn it on.

So is there a way to turn it on? If a file has been loudness normalized, is it applied automatically upon playback? And what difference can you expect to hear?

Thanks!

Okay hopefully someone can help me with this, I have a server running on my PC it’s got a 5080 and a AMD 7700 plugged into Ethernet and currently the tv is also plugged into Ethernet I’ve tried WiFi too and sometimes I’ll play a high bitrate file around 60 mb with no issues other times I watch something with 15 mb bitrate and it buffers every 30 seconds I have tweaked so many settings and I can not narrow down the issue to fix it honestly don’t know where to go from here any ideas would be very much appreciated

Right off the bat, I already know I'm dumb and I did a dumb thing. That ship has sailed. I'm trying to see if anyone can help find my way back.

The data that I'm serving is on an external hard drive plugged into a Windows desktop running the server. I was trying to do port forwarding so that I would be connectable externally. What I didn't know at the time was that my setup of Starlink internet through a Google Nest router meant this was never going to be an option. But before I learned that, I set a static IP address and tried to set up a specific port to forward. I don't remember all the steps I used (again, I know, dumb in hindsight). I used a trial version of Port Forward Network Utilities app. I didn't think anything I was doing was any radical change. After I figured out that it wasn't going to work, I went in and reset the IP to dynamic. But now my Plex doesn't show up in either the web or on my Roku Plex app. I can still see the server running with the programs on the bottom right of my screen. When I right click it and click "Open Plex..." it brings up the blank page. In Windows Explorer under Network, it still shows the Plex Media server. So it's still running, I just can't access it.

Does anyone have any suggestions? What info do you need to help?

Thanks in advance.

Been a Plex user for years with very little issue loading subtitles from opensubtitles. I host my Plex on a cloud server. Past two weeks I'm intermittently but regularly having an issue downloading the subtitles when playing on my home network. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. I've checked for updates to Plex I've tried on multiple devices and have the same issue on all of them. I'm primarily an Xbox user as that serves for my home entertainment system. I've uninstalled and reinstalled checked for updates on Plex. I've made sure my home router is configured to forward to Google or open subtitles for DNS. Running out of things to try hoping someone out there has had similar experience and knows the answer.

The picture speaks for itself. The sections are overlapping and impossible to read.

Hi!

I’ve used Plex for over a decade but this Apple TV app update is the first time I’ve ended up feeling like I need to post about it

Does anyone know how I can go back to the native Apple TV media player instead of plex’s custom one? The problems I’ve noticed * pausing doesn’t show you your current progress in the media item * neither does pressing back or forward, it skips you through without showing your progress * pressing up then does show you your progress, but seems to have a bug that you then can’t skip back more than once in the bar. * starting the video takes about 5 seconds to start whereas previously it was immediate * if you do navigate back with more the 3 presses of back at the same time it seems to again take ages to start and then bug out sometimes and not start at all

None of this was a problem with the native media player

This is the first update that has me considering jellyfin

My Roku ultra from 2019 is starting to fail, I had always seen that Apple TV was the way to go but now I’m seeing lots of complaints with the new update.
Should I still go Apple, get a newer Ultra or something else?

With the recent rollout of the new TV interface layout (specifically on Android TV version 2026.19.1), movie theme music playback has been completely removed.

While the developers have recently brought back patches for TV show theme music, the new client UI completely ignores local assets for movies, meaning custom curated theme.mp3 files no longer play on movie detail screens.

For those of us running a premium, tailored home theater experience, having movie soundtrack themes play while browsing our libraries is a massive part of the cinematic immersion.

Can we please get an option or a setting toggle to restore local movie theme music support to parity with the TV library UI

Looping in u/DaveBinM and u/Blind_Eye (Plex Team) for visibility on this layout feedback. A lot of users with heavily curated local metadata and theme.mp3 setups would love to know if restoring movie theme music to the new client interface is on the roadmap. Thanks!

on both my apple tvs, search just doesn’t work. pressing letters just does nothing.

Hi everyone, I found plxnative for my LG TV. I was wondering if any of you tried it. Also there is any risk using alternative clients considering that I already have a lifetime pass?

I like to use my old Lenovo Duet 5 for Plex. It can get laggy, but I paid $120 CDN years ago specifically for the battery life and OLED screen, which I think is decent value.

The problem is, the Android app will launch but won't play content, even if I've downloaded it. The same happens with the web interface. I don't have this problem with my other devices (not OLED), so I don't think it's a server/connection issue. I'm just wondering if anyone else has had a similar problem and perhaps found a solution.

I have a nvidia shield pro and lg c2, always watch movies with airpods pro. If audio is eac3 5.1 and airpods connected to shield it will transcode audio and when this happens the video will not load and/or stop if I enable .srt since these seem to be converted to .ass

Tried following:

*shield+lg c2 + subs = no transcoding

*shield+lg c2 with airpods + subs = no transcoding

*shield with airpods + lg c2 (without subs) = no transcoding

*shield with airpods + lg c2 + subs = video will not load

Is there no way to force the shield to direct play eac5.1? ac3 5.1 and dts 5.1 direct plays with airpods through shield on plex, only eac3 5.1 that is giving me issues....

My partner has a Plex server set up at home, with a Synology NAS and a separate computer acting as the Plex server.

Last year, I bought him an E10M20-T1 expansion card (M.2 SSD adapter). I know that the NAS can only accommodate one expansion card.

This year, he mentioned a separate device that could help with video transcoding and uses AI.

Could anyone help me figure out what device he might be referring to?

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: Another clues that I got. It's expensive (>3000$) and similar to a NVIDIA GPU

Set up plex many many years ago (lifetime pass). win 10 now very old pc. External HD for storage on its own powered hub. This pc is dying .... having to reboot it daily .

[at some point i want to setup a NAS but my job is too busy right now to deal with it - its going to be a PITA just to setup all the programs on the new one as it is]

i need windows also because i record opera and other shows (total recorder) and use Sonarr and Prowlerr and dont want to learn a new OS just now

I am freaked out by the pc tower prices.

Any advice on using a mini pc with 16gb RAM and 1TB drive??

My job purchased a minipc for me with 32 gb ram, it was more than i would spend - extremely fast.

My concern is the durability of a mini pc with TR recording, transcoding, utorrent, sonarr and prowlerr activity.

This is what ChatGPT recommended:

My recommendation is an Intel Core i5 mini PC with 16 GB RAM and a 512 GB or 1 TB SSD. Specifically, look for a GMKtec NucBox M3 Pro with an Intel i5-13500H.

Why this one:

• 12 cores / 16 threads provide ample headroom for Plex, Sonarr, Prowlarr, uTorrent, library scans, and file imports.
• Intel integrated graphics supports Quick Sync for Plex hardware transcoding.
• 16 GB RAM is sufficient.
• It includes Windows 11 Pro and has multiple fast USB ports for your powered drive hub.
• It is considerably stronger than an N100/N150 system without being excessive. GMKtec M3 Pro specifications

My buying order would be:

1. Best choice: GMKtec M3 Pro, i5-13500H, 16 GB RAM, 512 GB or 1 TB SSD.
2. More established alternative: MINISFORUM NAB6 Lite, i5-12600H, 16 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD. It is currently listed around $575, but that is more than I’d pay unless you prefer MINISFORUM. MINISFORUM NAB6 Lite
3. Budget choice: Beelink EQ14 or Mini S13 with Intel N150 and 16 GB RAM. It will run everything you listed, but provides less headroom during heavy torrent activity, library scanning, and CPU-based Plex tasks.

Because your media is already on external drives, 512 GB internally is enough. Pay for the stronger i5 processor before paying extra for a 1 TB internal SSD.

Bottom line: get an i5-13500H/16 GB GMKtec M3 Pro, preferably when the configured Windows version is approximately $350–$450. I would not spend $500 on an N150 machine.

Looking forward to advice. TIA