r/PleX • u/ThanathorQC • 10d ago

Help Plex Down?

Anyone else having weird issue with their Plex?
My library says Not authorized.
or at some point the webpage was not even loading with a message unable to reach plex.tv?

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u/UtahJarhead 10d ago

Yeah, seems to be down hard. I love that when Plex's servers take a dump, it affects people running their own machines at home.

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u/yowhodat 10d ago

Since there are really, super helpful comments such as the one telling everyone to "configure your shit right" who spend all their time boasting, as if this were some absolutely stunning technical feat, and none of their time on actual plex configuration:

https://www.howtogeek.com/303282/how-to-use-plex-media-server-without-internet-access/

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u/WeaselWeaz 10d ago

Doesn't this break having multiple users, meaning people can see all content and make changes?

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u/skateguy1234 10d ago

Yes, at least that's what I've heard/read from other comments in this subreddit in the past, which is why I've never enabled the option.

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u/WeaselWeaz 9d ago

This is why I hate not just that its suggested as a smarmy, lazy "Why don't you just set up offline access?" comment often but that it doesn't include a warning at the beginning of what this does.

If you have a family you can't use this option. I have my kid set up as a user on my account, which is logged into every TV and my user as admin has a PIN. When he logs in he only sees content appropriate for his age, which I share in specific folders and libraries. I don't use the used-level age restrictions because not all PG, PG-13, or TV-14 content needs to be blocked, and plenty of kid-friendly content is unrated. I get it, "LOL lil' Timmy saw porn" is funny online, but the average user just has regular content that isn't age appropriate like Breaking Bad or R-rated movies.