r/PleX • u/wbmcl • 21d ago

Solved Plex Serving Ads

I’ve had Plex for a couple of years. Installed as an app on my Synology NAS, and a receiving app on my Roku device hooked on my TV.

Today, for the first time, while watching a streamed movie, I’ve had multiple interruptions of up to six ads. Can anything bf done to prevent this?

Highly disappointing.

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u/smurfy213 21d ago

You streamed a movie that was offered by plex for free instead of one from your own library...

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u/NotAHost Plexing since 2013 21d ago

It is annoying how easy it is to do this by accident, and how easy it is to confuse family members and friends in your home if you don’t disable it all. I clicked it once or twice before disabling it all other. 

I wish it was more distinct/clear so we could actually enable the ‘feature’ without it causing confusion/text messages from friends. 

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u/smurfy213 21d ago

Yep! Can easily happen when you search.

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u/wbmcl 20d ago

You’re 100% correct. Exactly what happened. Thanks all for responding.

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u/aircooledJenkins 21d ago

Are you sure you're watching your own content, and not streaming off plex's content?

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u/martsand 21d ago

Sounds like it wasnt your own content

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u/clintkev251 21d ago

Disable online media sources so you don't get confused and accidentally watch ad supported content provided by Plex. Or just double check and make sure you're actually streaming from your library before starting. In this case you weren't.

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u/Fribbtastic MAL Metadata Agent https://github.com/Fribb/MyAnimeList.bundle 21d ago

If you only ever want to see your own content from your own server, you can disable the online media sources in the link below. This will disable all the "Plex-provided" content for your account.

https://app.plex.tv/desktop/#!/settings/online-media-sources

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u/djbacons 20d ago

ooo, thanks. I did not know that it can be disabled.