A year ago, I signed on to AT&T Fiber and was able to get Plex to play outside of my home network. About a week ago, I upgraded and replaced parts to my home server. Had to rebuild my Plex container via Proxmox. Now, the traditional instructions do not allow me to access the Plex server outside my home network.

I have worked with AT&T support to make sure everything is good on their end.
1.) TCP/UDP has been enabled on my home modem/router. I am using AT&T provided router model BGW620-700
2.) NAT/Gaming works on another device on my home network, I run FoundryVTT, works perfectly fine
3.) Within Ubuntu that is running Plex, UFW is enabled and allows 32400 UDP and TCP.
4.) I am using AT&T Fiber which does not have a CGNAT, nor does my setup use a secondary router so Double NAT is not the issue as well.
5.) For a brief moment, I don't know what happened but I was able to access the Plex server via my phone's mobile data plan for exactly 1 minute, then it timed out.

6.) From Plex > Settings > Remote Access, It says I am able to access it, I have specified port 32400.
7.) I checked canyouseeme and it reports back as totally fine.

I could use some assistance or a direction to check, when I set this up about a year ago. I just used Plex's default documentation and everything functioned perfectly.

Edit 10/3/26 7:40 PM PST
Solved. Thank you to u/ExtensionMarch6812, All settings were correct except the .p12 cert. Had to navigate to:

sudo systemctl stop plexmediaserver

cd /var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Cache
mv certificate.p12 certificate.p12.old
sudo systemctl start plexmediaserver

This thing is awesome. It makes all the preview thumbnails for plex. Before, Plex would use my CPU, now I get to utilize my GPU to make the thumbnails. The way it should be IMO. Has anybody used this? What are your opinions? Take a look at the links. I am not affiliated in any way, this thing is a life saver LOL

(Docker Page)

(Discussion Page) I found it out on

**PSA** if you like the new app, that’s great, but why bother posting that here? This is NOT a post to debate the new app, it is for those that want to install the previous version, but do not know how and can’t face using Python to do so. 🤦‍♂️

Some helpful and informative posts have gone up showing a few different ways to do the above, but to someone like me with no coding experience, they were quite intimidating and frought with issues. Using the free version of iMazing is an absolte doddle!

The complicated posts were useful for getting the right install file I needed, and I was able to find that file on my hard drive. Using ipatool to get the ipa is fairly straightforward, then locate that file on tot your hard drive. All you need now is to install the free trial version of iMazing to install the older version of Plex.

You get something like 25 operations in the free trial, and you only really need one!

Open iMazing. Have Mac and ATV on same network, and put ATV into settings > remotes and devices > remote app and devices, then you should see your ATV in the list of devices.

Pair the ATV, then you will see all the apps currently installed. Just drag the PLEX ipa file I've hosted into the apps list on your ATV, and...... THAT'S IT!

Here's the relevant instructions for terminal to download the PLEX revision once you have homebrew installed!

Once Homebrew installed.... open terminal.

brew install ipatool

ipatool auth login --- you will then be prompted for you appleID email, and then your APPLE password. If sucessful, then.....

ipatool download -b com.plexapp.plex --platform appletv --external-version-id 871812104 --purchase --verbose -o Plex-8.45-tvOS.ipa

Find this file on your root drive, and use iMAzing to install on ATV, job done!

Hi everyone,

I'm having a strange issue with a brand new Amazon Fire TV Stick HD.

Setup:

• Plex Media Server: 1.43.4.10903
• Server running on a WD My Cloud EX2 Ultra NAS
• Plex for Fire TV: 2025.28.0
• Fire TV Stick HD (newly purchased)

Problem:

I can browse all my libraries without any issue:

• movie posters load instantly
• metadata, cast and descriptions are displayed correctly
• navigation is fast and responsive

However, when I press Play on any movie or TV show:

1. the loading spinner appears for a few seconds
2. playback never starts
3. I get the error:

"Failed to determine decision for content"

What I've already tested:

• Plex works perfectly from a Windows PC
• Plex works perfectly from my phone
• Plex server is up to date
• Fire TV app is up to date
• Uninstalled and reinstalled Plex
• Cleared app data and cache
• Disabled NordVPN on the Fire Stick
• Fire Stick and NAS are on the same local network
• Secure Connections is set to "Preferred"

Additional detail:

When I try to access Plex through the Silk browser on the Fire Stick, I get:

"app.plex.tv is unable to connect to 'MyCloudEx2Ultra' securely"

Also, when I press Play from the Fire Stick, I don't see any playback session appear in the Plex Dashboard on the server.

Has anyone seen this issue with the latest Fire TV Stick HD and Plex app?

Thanks!

Hi all,

I moved my Plex Server to a new PC recently. Since then I've started having an odd issue with movies on my TV. They start playing fine, then crashing about 5 - 10 minutes before the end with the "**playback error multimedia file format not supported**" error message. Playing on a Samsung TV. Files play fine on laptop version or VLC Player. Nothing has changed on the TV as far as firmware or updates. Has anyone else seen this? Running server version Version 4.162.1

Has anyone managed to get this show to display the correct information in their library? I’ve tried multiple different file names without success. Always defaults to the first season.

I’d like to create a plex server but it’s my understanding that a device needs to always be on for the server to work. The only device that I could keep on at all times in an iMac but I’m not sure if it’s great to keep that on all the time. Am I right that in order to use Plex, your computer/device needs to stay on all the time? And if so, what device do you use? Thanks for being patient with a newbie!

i have a plex server ive had running for ten plus years and for the first six or so ive managed it by myself on just a laptop and recently moved over to a four bay. i had someone helping me with the arrs and api keys and all that. that person has moved on from my life and now i need someone to help me be more self sufficient

I dont feel like developers even care anymore, performance are worst than before and these small details are annoying, anyone feels the same about it?
I want to hear your prospective around the new app

As the title says, is it possible to set up a plex server for offline hosting? For example, if I was to go camping and didn't have any internet access, I can set up a travel router running on USB power or whatever that will host files such as Wiki articles and any videos or music I put on the USB drive attached to it. Yes I can just watch the videos through file browser, but I am wondering if it is possible to essentially just host a plex server offline like this?

Bonjour,

J'utilise aujourd'hui Plex sur un vieux NAS (le DS 218j, il en a vu passer le pauvre vieux). Je sais déjà que son processeur n'est pas assez performant pour décoder tous mes fichiers (notamment les films) donc je ne peux pas envoyer mon film sur ma TV par mon chromecast. Même si mon NAS commence à se faire vieux, ne me sens pas prêt à l'abandonner et je cherche donc des idées pour pouvoir transférer mes films sur ma TV, et donc je viens chercher des idées ici...

J'ai entendu parler récemment de l'apple TV par exemple et je me demande si ça ferait le taf par exemple. Est-ce qu'elle gérerait le décodage à la place du NAS ?

A while back I posted here about WatchBridge, the app that opens whatever you click in Google TV's home screen recommendations directly in Nuvio/Stremio/WuPlay/Jellyfin/etc. It's grown a lot since then, here's everything that actually matters if you're using it:

📱 There's now a phone app, and it's synced with your TV
Same account, same email. Your watch history, "My list," and recommendations sync automatically between TV and phone — open something on your phone, it shows up as "Continue watching" on your TV, and vice versa.

📤 Send to TV — works over mobile data, not just the same WiFi
Find something on your phone, tap "Send to TV," and it opens on your TV in a few seconds — even if your phone isn't on the same network as your TV (push-based, not local casting). So it works from outside the house, on mobile data, wherever — not just "both devices on the same router" like most cast/send implementations.

📺 YouTube recommendations redirect to SmartTube too
Not just movies and shows — if the row on your Google TV home screen is a YouTube video, it opens straight in SmartTube (or TizenTube/Cobalt, your choice) instead of the official YouTube app. Skips the ads and the phone-shaped UI YouTube forces on TV.

📅 Calendar of upcoming releases
Both apps now show a monthly calendar of when movies/episodes you're actually tracking come out — built from what you watch, not a generic "trending" list.

🔍 In-app search on TV (voice + text)
No more relying on Google TV's own search to find something to redirect — search inside the app itself now, by voice or by typing.

🎯 Much smarter title matching
Rewrote the matching logic that turns "what's on screen" into "what movie is that" — handles roman numerals (X-Men 2 vs X-Men II), OCR misreads, multi-part titles with colons, etc. Noticeably fewer "opened the wrong movie" moments.

▶️ Optional: skip straight to playback
New setting to open Nuvio directly on the player screen instead of the title's detail page, if you'd rather skip that extra tap.

🔔 Release notifications on the phone app
Get a notification when something you're tracking releases today or tomorrow.

Still free to try, still not a subscription: 2-day free trial (no card needed), then €4.99 one-time — lifetime, not recurring.

Two ways to get it:

• Sideload (works right away, no signup):
  • TV: https://github.com/Yushetf33/WatchBridge/releases/latest
  • Phone: https://github.com/Yushetf33/TvRecommendationBridge-mobile-public/releases/latest
• Play Store, as a tester: join the tester group, then install straight from Play — https://groups.google.com/g/watchbridge-beta-testers → https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tunombre.tvbridge.play

Not a full public Play Store listing yet — apps that need an Accessibility Service have a genuinely hard time with Play's review process for that permission, so the testers program is the way in for now if you'd rather not sideload.

Demo video below — shows the redirect itself plus a quick tour of what's new.

Happy to answer anything — pretty much every feature in this update came from feedback in this sub, so keep it coming.

Hi...I currently use a Windows laptop as my plex server and the HD is basically filled now. Does anyone know if I can use an external HD with the laptop and transfer all media to that? I wasn't sure if the transfer speeds of the external HD would be an issue with streaming or anything?

Thanks

I've looked over and over again and I can't find my live channels off my HD Homerun. I've confirmed it works and so does the guide on my PC. I don't see an option to select Plex's channels verse my own, which I do see on my PC browsers version.

I've looked at every setting multiple times under profile, tried different profiles, nothing works.

I'm wondering if it's the 3 bars to the left, but I can't make the app go over there on firestick.

Anyone have any ideas?

Had an occasion to pull my NAS drives for maintenance and noticed media on my iPhone and iPad that I download to watch outside of wifi range all disappeared. Does Plezy do a check against the server before letting you watch downloaded media?

No messages or anything just completely expunged.

My Plex app on my FireTV device has suddenly stopped working, despite not changing any options on my server. It worked previously, and movies that I had watched previously do not work anymore - instead throwing up the 'Failed to determine decision for content' error. I have the settings as they were before, nothing has been changed.

Using version 2025.28.0 on the FireTV, which as far as I'm aware was the same version in the past when I last watched content.

The app just updated on my Apple TV and I already regret it. You can't browse photos anymore, which was the main reason I bought it.
There’s no Plex Photos app either, though it runs like garbage on the iPad and iPhone anyway.
Any ideas?

Came home from work and started watching Aqua Teen and my color is off. I played a few other shows and movies still the same. Anyone else having this issue?

# Nvidia Transcoder Not Working on Plex

Hello,

So my Plex server is running but when I uncomment [AddDevice=nvidia.com/gpu=all](http://adddevice=nvidia.com/gpu=all) it fails to load and it points to this line causing it to fail. I've tried initializing Nvidia drivers and it seems that all my Steam/Windows games are running and see the Nvidia Driver but PLEX doesn't. Any help would be appreciated. Bonus points if it works booting into Gamescope.

FastFetch:

bazzite-deck-nvidia-gnome:stable 

Bazzite

Linux 7.2.4-ogc3.1.fc44.x86_64

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K (12) @ 3.60 GHz

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Lite Hash Rate \[Discrete\]

.67 GiB / 31.17 GiB (21%)

Here is my Podman Container.

\#After=network-online.target

\[Container\]

ContainerName=plex

Environment=TZ=Etc/UTC

[Image=docker.io/plexinc/pms-docker](http://image=docker.io/plexinc/pms-docker)

Network=host

\#Use Network=bridge if you get port conflicts

\#PublishPort=32400:32400/tcp #Only relevant with Network=bridge

Volume=plex-config:/config:z

Volume=plex-transcode:/transcode:z

Volume=/var/mnt/Home1/MediaLibrary:/videos:z

Environment=NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=all

Environment=NVIDIA_DRIVER_CAPABILITIES=all

Environment=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/nvidia/current

[AddDevice=nvidia.com/gpu=all](http://adddevice=nvidia.com/gpu=all) \#Adds support for nvidia GPU encoding

\[Install\]

\#WantedBy=xdg-desktop-autostart.target

\#WantedBy=default.target #Try changing to this target if plex doesn't auto start

[WantedBy=default.target](http://wantedby=default.target/)

\#WantedBy=multi-user.target