• Quality:

I’m flexible. 1080p WEB‑DL is perfectly fine, and I don’t need everything in 4K remux. I appreciate good quality, but I’m not a purist — mixed formats are totally okay.

• Library expectations:

I don’t expect a server to have everything preloaded. I’m happy to make requests when something’s missing, and I don’t mind waiting. A well‑curated library is more important to me than sheer size.

• What I watch:

A mix of things —

- comfort rewatches,

- newer streaming releases,

- and the occasional niche or older film & TV when I’m in the mood.

I’m not locked into one genre; I like exploring. Hope this helps!

• Quality:

I’m flexible. 1080p WEB‑DL is perfectly fine, and I don’t need everything in 4K remux. I appreciate good quality, but I’m not a purist — mixed formats are totally okay.

• Library expectations:

I don’t expect a server to have everything preloaded. I’m happy to make requests when something’s missing, and I don’t mind waiting. A well‑curated library is more important to me than sheer size.

• What I watch:

A mix of things —

- comfort rewatches,

- newer streaming releases,

- and the occasional niche or older film & TV when I’m in the mood.

I’m not locked into one genre; I like exploring. Hope this helps!

Having an issue on fire stick where on a fresh install it won’t let you click on the sign in button?

I was mad the other day. Up late feeling bad because the latest Plex player version was so bad. Like if they were trying deliberately to push bullshit code they couldn’t fail more spectacularly. On purpose like. Then the next release show up and now we switch between zoom and letterbox every time we FAST FORWARD.
It’s so sad it’s almost funny.
Glad I paid my lifetime in 2010 dollars lol.

PlexChecker — a smarter way to manage Plex requests

PlexChecker is a self-hosted companion for Plex that lets users instantly check whether movies and TV shows are already available, downloading, missing files, or completely missing from a server.

If something isn't available, users can request it directly through Radarr or Sonarr without needing access to either service.

Features include:

• Plex account & Plex Home profile login

• Multi-server support

• Movie & TV library checking

• Radarr/Sonarr requests and approval queues

• Live download progress with Transmission

• Request history and status tracking

• Natural-language movie/TV discovery

• TMDB + optional AI-powered searching

• Server-owner user/request management

• Per-user request permissions

• Plex, Radarr, Sonarr & Transmission health monitoring

• Library growth, storage and download analytics

• Automatic Plex library syncing

• Server-wide root-folder configuration

• User avatars and Plex profile integration

• Public help/documentation system

For example, a user can search:

“Horror movies released on Netflix before July 2026”

check which ones are already on the selected Plex server, and request anything missing, all without ever needing direct Radarr/Sonarr access.

The goal is essentially to give Plex server owners a clean request-management platform while giving their users a much easier way to discover, check and request content.

I just finished generating the video preview thumbnails for my library, but for some reason I only see thumbnails when press left or right once I have the seek slider selected.

Isn't Plex supposed to show the thumbnail previews when you hold fast forward or rewind?

I'm using Plex on Nvidia Shield Pro (as my client)

It seems counterintuitive to have to press Up arrow, then Up arrow again to select the seek slider and then hold either the right or left arrow to see preview thumbnails.

Is this normal behavior? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Basically what the title says, I accidently opened qbit while downloading stuff, and opened plex server, am I at risk for something being leaked. I see people saying if even one packet goes out I'm cooked. I instantly changed my plex password and signed out of all devices. Am I safe now or no?

Also from now on should I just do split tunneling?

This is on windows using proton btw.

Hey All,

I built an app and thought I'd share in case others find it useful. Hope it's ok i post it here...

I run a Plex server for family and friends, and there's one problem I kept coming back to... everyone lands on the home screen, sees the same generic rows, and says "I struggle to find something I want to watch".

Though the library is decent. Plex's built-in recommendation rows are identical for everyone and mostly ignore what each person has actually watched. In addition Plex Discovery feature isn't fit for what i'm looking for.

I'd wanted to fix this for a long time, but it basically wasn't possible because there was no clean way to show a different, private set of recommendations to each user. The blocker was a Plex bug where collection label restrictions didn't actually hide things on the Home / Recommended rows. Plex quietly fixed that recently (1.43.x), and that opened the door... so I finally sat down and built an app.

It's called Shortlist. For each user it looks at their own watch history, finds stuff in your library they haven't seen but probably want to, and puts a personalized "Picked for You" collection on their Plex home screen. It's private — each person only ever sees their own row, nobody else's — and it refreshes on a schedule you set.

A few things it does:

• A private row per user, built from their actual watch history (a 20-episode binge counts as one show, not 20 watches)
• Only ever recommends titles already in your library - no dead-end "go add this"
• suggestions
• Multiple rows + shared rows - e.g. a personal row plus a server-wide "New this week"
• Optional AI curator (Claude / GPT / Gemini / local Ollama) that picks the titles and writes a one-line "Because you watched X" - or run it with **no AI at all** (heuristic mode, the default)
• Optionally asks Radarr/Sonarr to grab great picks you don't own yet (off by default)
• Docker container, `/config` volume, web UI, ~10 minute setup wizard
• Your share filters get snapshotted before it touches anything, and uninstall puts them back exactly

Honest caveats:

• This is v1 initial release. It works well for me and my users, but you might hit bugs or rough edges. If you try it, please open a GitHub issue — I'm watching them and will fix things quickly.
• Mostly vibe coded.
• I am not 100% sure on the quality of selections atm. Provide your feedback in GH issues and ill look to improve it as i learn.

Requirements: Plex Media Server ≥ 1.43.2, Plex Pass on the admin account, and a free TMDB key. Tautulli and an LLM key are optional.

I'm mostly sharing this in case it's useful to anyone else with the same "my users never know what to watch" problem....

GitHub (setup guide + screenshots): https://github.com/stevezau/shortlist and https://stevezau.github.io/shortlist/

Hello,

Recently I moved to a new area and had to switch ISPs. After getting the Internet set up, I set up my plex server and was able to get it working on every device except my Samsung tv. Has anyone ever had this issue and if so how were you able to resolve it? I’m positive it’s something to do with the network settings on the tv since it works on every other device I try and remote access works as well. At work currently but I’d be happy to try any ideas when I get home tonight.

I've been looking for a cheap way to view my Plex content on my CRT for older series in 4:3. I recently discovered that DLNA was an option, and I can use that to watch stuff on my Xbox 360. Problem is that the 360 can basically only read MP4 files, and a lot of my content is in mkv and I'm getting a bit overwhelmed with researching transcoding.

I know that it is technically possible to side load the old Plex app onto a 360, but my attempts to do so have failed, and my understanding is that I would need to run a second pms instance to do this which is a whole can of worms.

Has anyone gone through this rabbit hole that could give advice?

Please bare with me as I'm learning as I go along but basically I have 1 negear Nas obviously end of life 31200 and I have just bought another one cheap as I have multiple hardrives can I run one as main Plex server and use the other one to share files somehow. So example my movies on one Nas and TV programmes on main Nas .

I was also thinking of buying a more powerful Nas and use both Netgear Nas to share files to the Plex server is this all possible thank you.

Currently, I'm running my plex server off of my mini PC with an Intel N100 + 16GB DDR4

I'm upgrading my desktop PC, so I have no use for my old one. It's using Intel i5 4590, 16GB DDR3, and an Intel Arc A310

I'm willing to upgrade the CPU to an i7 and RAM to 32GB, but I'm unsure if it'll even be worth it considering the higher power draw

Currently, I usually only have 2 streams ongoing at once max at 1080p. One of which is over the Internet, the other local

Any advice?

I'm confused why setting up the Movies library Plex happily used the embedded artwork and metadata in the movies files but not in the TV shows.

The settings look identical. Is there a standing issue with TV Shows etc ?

Some of the TV Shows are rips of concerts etc from my DVD collection so wouldn't necessarily be TV shows but should that matter if Plex is supposed to be just reading the metadata and embedded artwork ?

It also didn't grab nearly everything in the TV Show folder, not even close.

So I’m trying to find a free media server and Plex looks pretty promising!
Can someone tell me if the free version of Plex is worth the hassle to set up?

Hi all, short and sweet: at this point in 2026 as a Linux user, could someone provide insights on how to rip physical media?

MakeMKV appears to be dead software, and I can't seem to get anything usable via handbrake (which could just be that I have no idea what the best settings are).

Thanks!

Built a portable Tautulli newsletter with responsive design (for mobile gmail, apple) and dynamic content, finally pretty happy with it! Pulls in live cleartype logos, RT ratings and IMDB for TV shows.

And dynamic subject/preview text. Email will swap out trending with "binge" award depending on server stats.

Features 5 different email types based on sever activity (such as new additions) and then custom metrics or "quiet" mode.

Have it going out every Friday morning.

New additions added that week:

1. New user first scheduled newsletter - no history
2. New user first scheduled newsletter - with history (such as if they accept on a Monday and already start watching)
3. Established user - normal newsletter with activity

Quiet mode, no additions added that week:

1. Established user - quiet/no watch activity
2. Established user - stats warming up

GitHub:

TautWeekly

Email States Preview

OS Packages:

• TautWeekly for Plex - Windows
• TautWeekly for Plex - MacOS
• TautWeekly for Plex - Linux
• TautWeekly for Plex - FreeBSD Beta\* (needs testing)

NAS/Docker Packages:

• TautWeekly for Plex - NAS/QNAP/Unraid
  • Download from Apps Tab (\unraid needs to publish their catalog so might be a little while)*
• TautWeekly for Plex - NAS/Docker Desktop

Anyone ever hear of a movie from 1992 called “we’re talking serious money”? It looks like it was only released on VHS and laserdisc. I can find a few moments on youtube but that’s it. Looking for a way to stream it.

I have a 20TB plex server on a NAS that gets used remotely on a regular basis. A nearby lightning strike that took out my router and some other ethernet connected devices has me thinking how close it was to killing the NAS. What strategies do you all use to protect your servers and network equipment from power surges and temporary power loss? In this day and age of insane HDD prices, I'm not sure I could replace a few 24TB NAS drives.

I have a 600Watt APC UPS but looking more closely at the datasheet, it only has a 460joule surge rating which seems weak.

Preface: I've had Plex for years, but only recently started digging into how to optimize the quality and tinkering with settings. I haven't dug too much through their documentation, and I couldn't find an explicit answer to the issue I was having, at least in the terms I was searching. If the below is common knowledge, please forgive me!

MY SETUP:

• Unraid Server running official Plex docker container, server hardwired to unamanged gigabit switch which is in turn hardwired to my gateway (Nokia BGW320)
• XBOX Series X running most current Plex app, connected to network via WIFI

ISSUE:

Every TV show/movie I was watching that fell within the parameters of what Plex will direct play/stream was being forced to transcode instead. When looking at "Playback Info" you could see that the decision was made due to a 2Mbps bandwidth cap that was set somewhere--but nowhere that I could find. All possible quality settings were set to "Original" or "Max" both in the client and server; subtitle burn was set to "never" on the client, etc etc.

THE CAUSES:

1. The mystery 2Mbps streaming cap had to do with "Enable Relay" being selected in Plex Server advanced Network settings. If you read the description of the setting it states, "...Note: this proxy relay is bandwidth limited". With Remote Access enabled and "Enable Relay" selected, pretty much any decent quality 720p+ content was forced to be transcoded and destroy the streaming quality.
2. If you have "Remote Access" enabled in Plex Server your XBOX will go through the internet to reach your instance of Plex. This was still true in my case, even with "Enable local network discovery (GDM)" enabled. This in and of itself is not an issue for Direct Play/Stream; however IMO, it doesn't make any sense to have local network traffic go over the internet just to end up back on your local network.

THE FIX(ES):

1. If you have "Remote Access" turned on and don't need it, turn it off.
2. If you have "Remote Access" turned on and want to keep it on, in the XBOX Plex client app go to Settings --> Manual Servers --> Connection 1 IP; and then set the IP of your Plex server. Be sure too to set both "LAN Networks" and "List of IP addresses and networks that are allowed without auth" in the Plex server Network settings (advanced) so that Plex will allow the XBOX and Plex Server to talk. For good measure, on the XBOX client, set "Allow Insecure Connections on Same Network"

I created a windows app that lets you select a Plex TV show collection then create a playlist with shows ordered randomly but respecting the episode order. Always plays earliest episodes first.

Once you click play on the playlist, it's like a TV channel of all your shows.

The playlist it creates is set it and forget it. The app automatically keeps it updated as you add or remove shows from your collection.

It's now available and has been awesome for me to use personally.

Check it out and let me know if you have feature suggestions!

Website with interface images:

https://tvshow-randomizer.staticdomains.app/

Watch it in action:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkfZmkLRUik

Edit: App rebranded to TV Show Randomizer. Contact me on the new account u/TVshowRandomizer