Weekly Advice / No Stupid Questions Post

This is part of a weekly series of Plex Advice threads for novices and pros alike to ask questions, give advice, troubleshoot, and share knowledge and resources! Please be polite and helpful to beginners just getting started out, and we want to be as welcoming as we can to newcomers to this community.

Common subjects can include:

  • Plex Media Server setup
  • System requirements and advice buying components
  • Advice choosing the operating system that’s right for you
    • Getting started with a new operating system (eg. Linux)
  • Advanced setup and configuration
  • Help with PMS add-ons:
    • Docker
    • VPN advice
    • Setup / configuration of the *arr family of apps (Sonarr, Radarr, etc.)

Anyone who posts good starter guides, FAQs, and/or wikis may get their links added to the sidebar so the rest of the community can benefit!

Cheers!

Useful Resources

  • ApeNo1@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Using managed accounts, multiple profiles with just one log in account, I never managed to get independent watch history going. This was annoying if two people were watching the same set of videos but at slightly different times. I am not sure if this was something not possible with Plex or I had not configured it correctly. I did not want to have everyone at home with their own unique sign in which seemed at the time the only solution.

    • tbhall77@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      Are you a plex pass subscriber?

      Long time plex pass subscriber here. This was one of the features back in the day that separated from free vs paid. I went googling and looking on plex’s site and didn’t find mention of it, but it might not be worth mentioning by them anymore as they have at the bottom of the plex pass features a catch all “and even more!”

      https://support.plex.tv/articles/202526943-plex-free-vs-paid/

      • ApeNo1@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I will do a month of Plex Pass and see if I can get it going again. I struggled on google or the Plex site to find a really black and white position on this.

  • KingofNone@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I’ve an issue where sometimes Plex forgets the progress of (long) audiobooks. Is there something I can do in terms of file format or settings?

  • QuikxSpec@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I want to set up a Plex server on a pc that I’d not directly connected to my roster. Not having used Plex before, will this present problems s as opposed to my primary connected unit?

    • BrooklynMan@lemmy.mlOPMEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Plex requires an Internet connection for, well, several reasons. Also, how do you plan on getting media onto the server if it’s not connected to (what I assume you meant) router?

      • QuikxSpec@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        The autocorrect certainly did not help the context of my question. I have another pc that is connected to my network but is not directly connected to my router that I would like to use as the media server. Can I still set up Plex on this device?