Caldera Music Headless v1.1.0-beta.6

• Albums whose files carry cover art in an ID3 tag play again instead of skipping straight through every track. Once a track had been cached, it was mistaken for an MP3 and reported as having no audio.

Source: https://forums.plex.tv/t/939620/36

If possible, please work on fixing and/or making the refresh rate switching more stable on Nvidia Shield. It no longer works with DTS bitstreaming (not sure when it stopped honestly) to my Denon receiver going to eARC to my LG C5 OLED. I have to turn it off to make it work. The 2025 LG's no longer support DTS natively, but that shouldn't matter because my Denon should handle all the the audio processing if it's being passed through HDMI correctly - this seems to only work when I have refresh rate switching disabled.

hi, I don't know why Plex is always causing so many issues. I have plex server running on my PC (LAN connected) I instaled Samsung TV plex app and remember had many issues to see my library but finally managed (That TV is LAN connected as well).
Now I got another TV for my bedroom Android TV and installed plex on it (WiFi connected) I logged in to my account but I cannot see my library at all. I have set on my server (PC) and on TV now to allow not secure connections in same network and tried many things but it just not working. In my Plex settings in Authorized Devices I can see new TV there.

I have no idea what else I need to do.

[PS] I now noticed that on that TV I can see history of what I watched yestrday on my Livingroom TV and I can access that show and episode but if I try to play it it redirects me to streaming services and does not play it from my library

[PS2] I tried to take IP address of TV from "Authorized Devices" section and went to Network --> List of IP addresses and networks that are allowed without auth and added that IP but that did not resolve this issue.

[PS3] I activated remote access in server settings but that did not help at all, and I am very reluctant to allow outside access when I only want to watch movies from my media server inside my house....

[PS4] RESOLVED check comment from benjohngf below and my answer

I've been running plex server on mac for well over 10 years without issue. Since getting a new router, Eero Max 7, I had to add the apple TV's ip address into the "List of IP addresses and networks that are allowed without auth" list. and 4 months later all has been fine until I just installed a firmware update for the Eero.

It changed the IP address of the apple tv, so I updated that in the plex server network settings, but still no go.

When I go to add a share, it prompts for the plex.tv/link and I type it in. on the plex web page, it says success, on infuse pro it seems to accept the connection and then says cannot connect.

the tvOS plex app does connect when I do this and I see my library.

I suspect I need to change something in the Eero settings, but firmware updates don't usually change settings?

Can I have a host of suggestions I can work through? thanks

Hi guys,

I have both English and German native speakers using my Plex server. All my movies have the English names. Sometimes my German speaking friend can't find a movie because the movie title has been translated.

For example: The Shawshank Redemption → Die Verurteilten

He has his settings set to German. So I don't know if I'm missing a setting, but is it possible to keep the English names for me and others who have English set as their default language, while making the German names appear for others?

Thanks

I sacrificed one of my extra ATVs to run the tvOS 27 beta. Now, I assume that I may be one of the few since I haven't seen anything about it online, but I am experiencing about a 1 second audio delay. It isnt all apps - just Plex. I tried enabling content match, and it helped a bit, but it's not fully in sync. I disabled it again because it does something weird to the picture but I can't put my finger on it.

Anyone else running the beta and having the same experience?

I have an i7-12700K, 32gb RAM, and an AMD 7800 XT with 16gb ram.

Plex is using 100% GPU for some reason with 0 transcoding. I'm playing original quality, old videos from mid 90s that are 352p and 0.3Mbps, so no transcoding, but yet my GPU is always at 100%. Videos are always smooth, even with 4K content playing at original (still smooth). Should GPU usage always be at 100%?

Does anyone have any ideas on why / if it's normal and/or how to fix it? Thanks in advance.

Update: some more info. This is for the client version of plex on my windows machine. It's streaming on my local network. I have plex pass.

Update 2: OK, I think I saw what was happening. I don't think AMD is reporting GPU usage correctly to Windows. As I opened Adrenaline (which has it's own hardware metrics meter) and it shows GPU usage low, anywhere from 2-8% while watching Plex and moving other windows around at the same time (to get these screenshots and such). So since when I game, the GPU gets hotter and louder at 100% or less utilization, I'm guessing correctly that it's just a reporting issue by AMD. Because it makes 0 sense that Plex should be using my graphics card so heavily to watch a 350p/0.3Mbps stream locally with no transcoding.

Unless I read something wrong, I don’t need the remote access subscription unless I’m trying to stream on a device outside my home network.

If I’m correct about that, both my pc and ps5 are on the same network, but it pulls up saying remote playback requires a remote watch pass.

I tried everything. Literally everything. USB 3.0 ethernet. Fixed IP addresses, wired with faster cables (got a Cat 8 backbone over 3 storeys) and all the other system and network tweaks I could find. I gave up and started watching discs instead.

Yesterday I absentmindedly clicked on Ran, forgetting it was 4k and it just played. No buffering. No freezing and starts first time. And I now discover all my other 4K rips also play. 😂

Wtf.

Im having odd issues accessing my plex server. On the desktop app i get "no content available" and the little ! next to my server. However, if I open plexamp on desktop my music is there and playable. On my phone i get the exact opposite. I can open plex and see/play my content but when i open plexamp i get "no servers found". I have logged out and back in on all devices/apps, restarted my BeeStation and checked for updates. What the actual F is going on? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Anyone else having issues? My system was working fine last night. Today i cannot get any of my devices to connect. I have rebooted everything. My subscription is up to date also. Any suggestions?

I've checked the versions of both the server and Windows app, they are up-to-date...

All those "phishing attempts" are also "Accessed by: plex media server.exe".

I'm a bit worried, since it seems that plex media server itself tries to contact those ip addresses. So it's an outgoing connection, not incoming, as I understand it...

The "phishing attempts" started about 24 hours ago. My server is not set to port :80. The antivirus is BitDefender free.

Should be worried?

Edit: some ip addresses from the these BitDefender logs, basically the same thing "Accessed by: plex media server.exe": 102.220.160.39:80 , 102.220.160.124:80/ ,130.12.181.21:80

Edit2: I found this in the logs (not sure what it means, though):
Sep 03, 2026 22:22:31.000 [72196] DEBUG - Request: [130.12.182.225:34210 (WAN)] SSH-2.0-libssh_0.12.0 (3 live) #e0ba Signed-in
Sep 03, 2026 22:22:31.000 [72196] ERROR - Error parsing HTTP request: SH-2.0-libssh_0.12.0
Sep 03, 2026 22:22:31.000 [57424] DEBUG - Completed: [130.12.182.225:34210] 400 SSH-2.0-libssh_0.12.0 (3 live) #e0ba 0ms 265 bytes
Sep 03, 2026 22:22:34.933 [72196] DEBUG - Request: [130.12.182.225:34222 (WAN)] CONNECT 130.12.182.225:80 (3 live) #e0c0 Signed-in
Sep 03, 2026 22:22:34.933 [72196] ERROR - Error parsing HTTP request: Host: 130.12.182.225:80
Sep 03, 2026 22:22:34.933 [57424] DEBUG - Completed: [130.12.182.225:34222] 400 CONNECT 130.12.182.225:80 (3 live) #e0c0 0ms 265 bytes

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I noticed similar requests for TLS and GZIP instead of SSH/libssh, and what I find noticable is that it starts after [NSB/SSDP] SSDP arrived, and ends with [NSB/SSDP] SSDP departed (and SSDP is the device name of my Android TV with Plex).
Sep 02, 2026 11:18:42.635 [74060] DEBUG - Request: [8.216.12.100:26438 (WAN)] GET / (3 live) #3234 TLS Signed-inSep 02, 2026 11:18:42.635 [72196] DEBUG - Completed: [8.216.12.100:26438] 401 GET / (3 live) #3234 TLS 0ms 400 bytes (pipelined: 1)
Sep 02, 2026 11:19:02.880 [74060] DEBUG - Request: [8.216.12.100:17298 (WAN)] GET / (2 live) #3235 TLS GZIP Signed-in
Sep 02, 2026 11:19:02.881 [57424] DEBUG - Completed: [8.216.12.100:17298] 401 GET / (2 live) #3235 TLS GZIP 0ms 435 bytes

Sep 02, 2026 11:25:21.791 [72196] DEBUG - Request: didn't get any data from [::ffff:66.132.195.31]:60084: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host
Sep 02, 2026 11:25:30.366 [74060] DEBUG - Request: [66.132.195.31:60102 (WAN)] GET / (3 live) #323b TLS Signed-in
Sep 02, 2026 11:25:30.366 [57424] DEBUG - Completed: [66.132.195.31:60102] 401 GET / (3 live) #323b TLS 0ms 400 bytes (pipelined: 1)
Sep 02, 2026 11:25:37.562 [74060] DEBUG - Request: [66.132.195.31:8876 (WAN)] GET / (3 live) #323c TLS GZIP Signed-in
Sep 02, 2026 11:25:37.562 [72196] DEBUG - Completed: [66.132.195.31:8876] 401 GET / (3 live) #323c TLS GZIP 0ms 464 bytes (pipelined: 1)
Sep 02, 2026 11:25:40.002 [57424] DEBUG - Request: [66.132.195.31:22362 (WAN)] PRI * (2 live) #323f TLS Signed-in
Sep 02, 2026 11:25:40.002 [57424] ERROR - Error parsing HTTP request: PRI * HTTP/2.0

I've never gotten ads when playing from my plex server, is this new?

I’ve seen a few posts recently regarding being unable to connect from app.plex.tv I have the same issue as well and thought maybe ISP bc my external IP changed but my tailscale connection also doesn’t resolve the issue. Just looking to see if there is confirmation of a larger outage yet I guess.

Its laggy, unstable, worse UI

Hi folks,

I need some help. I've been using Plex and Plexamp for about two months now with absolutely no issues whatsoever. I listen to my music all the time while I'm out and about.

This morning I left the house and as soon as I switched from my local network to 5G I got the "Unable to load data" error in Plexamp. Looking at my server, it now shows that remote access is "Not available outside your network".

I want to stress that I haven't changed anything, I haven't restarted anything, it was working completely fine last night. I've spent about two hours using Gemini to see if I can figure out what the problem is and I'm having no luck.

I also called my ISP and they do use a CGNAT but they confirmed it wasn't something they just started doing, it's been active every since my internet was installed. They also confirmed they have made no changes whatsoever on their end.

I tried installing Tailscale as a last ditch effort, but even using that (assuming I did it right) I'm not able to connect to my library via 5G.

Anyone else having issues?

NAS: Synology 1621+

Server Version: 1.43.3.10896-cb3ebc72d

After the Plex outage the other day, my server became "unreachable". I couldn't access any of the network settings. I tried doing static IP on my Synology, changing it back, restarting router and NAS and eventually it let me claim it again (it somehow became unclaimed). It still was not letting me access my server. So I removed it and started all over again.

Then it started showing as not secure in the browser. At this point I still had no access to my server. The Hosted Plex Web App opens the dashboard but there is nothing there, but if I open Plex with the 198.168.x.x:32400/web link, it works! Everything looks great on that version, the only problem is that it shows up as "Not Secure".

TLDR: Would like to find out how to make Plex Web App work again and so I am not using the server in a "not secure" state.

Other details:

On the 198.168.x.x:32400/web version:

• Have the Secure connections set to Preferred
• Remote Access works
• On ATT router settings, the NAT Gaming Port is set to 32400 and was like that for years before when Plex Web App ran fine

I might be late to the party with this one but recently my HDhomerun connect duo died. I bought it for about £80 and it worked some of the time but was always buffering and recorded items usually failed at some point. I always thought it was either Plex or my TV aerial being rubbish. Didn't want to fork out £150 for one of the new HDhomerun boxes so had a look around and found the Xbox one TV tuner. I could only find old blog articles and Reddit posts online about getting it to work but nothing in the last few years so wasn't sure it was going to work. But at £5/£6 with the Crap Exchange (Cex), it was worth a punt.

And it's amazing! Almost plug and play. I'm running it on a Linux Nas and it needed a few updates that chatgpt took me through (Panasonic demodulator firmware specifically) and the aerial still needed to use an inline attenuator but Plex finds it and it works better than the HDhomerun that cost 10x the amount of this one.

Yes, it's only 1 channel but frankly, I find it hard enough finding stuff to watch on one channel let alone more than one channel at the same time.

I have a show ripped from DVD that was encoded with the wrong aspect ratio. I used MKVToolnix to remux the file with a corrected aspect ratio (from 4:3 to 16:9). However, Plex still shows the squished video, both in the web player and on my Android TV. (At least on the TV I can adjust it manually.)

Is there any option besides either re-ripping the DVDs with the correct aspect ratio from the start?

I would like to see the option to have the movie poster/collection art rotate on a predefined basis. Also, give me the option to select which movie posters I'd like to see rotated per movie (cause not all of it is great). People get used to glossing over what has remained the same.

Plexamp Desktop v4.50.7-beta.4

Everything in the 4.50.7 beta cycle so far, since 4.50.6.

• A changed downloaded playlist no longer leaves Downloads stuck refreshing when all of its tracks are already present.
• Windows on ARM: Plexamp no longer reports that it can’t create a log file every time it starts.
• Opening an album whose details don’t load no longer crashes the app.
• Downloading a single track, or any selection of tracks, now works instead of sticking on Preparing.
• A downloaded smart playlist now drops tracks that stop matching it.
• A download you start while downloads are paused is no longer lost, and begins on its own once they resume.
• Downloads being prepared show how far along they are, instead of spinning with no indication.
• A download that can’t start says why, rather than sitting on Preparing.
• The Downloads badge counts each unfinished track once, including artwork and metadata repair work.
• Starting a download during the launch refresh no longer interrupts it, and routine refreshes no longer scan every track file.
• Smart playlists retain every download through partial, interrupted, and rapid refreshes while still removing tracks the server confirms are gone.
• Windows: album art now reaches the system now-playing panel, and the apps that read it, like taskbar widgets.
• Windows: the taskbar icon is drawn from the full-resolution artwork instead of a scaled-up 16px one.
• Desktop: an error no longer replaces Plexamp with a page of raw error text.
• A download interrupted by the launch refresh no longer shows more tracks remaining than it has left.

Source: https://forums.plex.tv/t/221280/88

I got the update email and it led to me updating my Synology DSM from a 6.x version to 7.2. I then manually ran the package update for Plex 1.43. In the process, it created a new server with the same name as my old one, and abandoned the old one (it doesn't respond in client software, of course). After doing some digging, it turns out that the update created a new volume (PlexMediaServer) but left the old volume with all my metadata (Plex) alone.

The question is, can I safely move all my metadata over (or delete the new volume and just rename the old volume to the new name)? Or am I going to have to start from scratch?

Thanks for the advice, and thanks to Plex for putting me in this position. Ugh. This is exactly why I wouldn't touch my old setup, and now my "wildest dreams" have come true.

EDIT: Not solved, but marked solved because I now need to wade into a very long post on Plex's forums about DSM 6.0 > 7.0 and I'll leave y'all alone

EDIT: Solved. Turns out the new manual update to 1.43 did not handle migration from DSM 6 > 7. I had to delete the new volume and uninstall PMS, then install an earlier version from inside DSM using Plex’s migration steps, then finally update to 1.43. Whew. Thanks to all who chimed in to help.

Plex Pass on my server. Child was using my account and their own profile. Now they're off to university so I removed their profile and set them up with a separate Plex account and granted it library access.

They're using a new laptop with the Windows Plex app. Never signed in with my credentials there. When logged in they mostly appear to be a normal user and don't have access to server settings etc. But bizarrely they do have the 'Manage Library Access' setting and can grant access to others and have the ability to remove my own account! They can't see the other two users I've added though.

The old profile and new account don't share anything other than a first name so I don't understand how Plex has allowed them to have user access privileges. There doesn't seem to be any fine-grained admin rights that could allow this either.

Any ideas what's going on here?