So you’ve now got a Plex account, and have been invited to the server. A few things to know, you have made an account with Plex, a software company, and I share content on my server with your Plex account. After first signing in, make sure to pin the sources to your sidebar, so your homescreen is populated with all the great content available, read more here

There are Plex apps for almost every device, so you can enjoy it on your TV directly, PS4 etc.

There is a lot of recommendations and genre organising inside each library type, so check it out if you’re struggling to find something.

If somethings missing and you really want to watch it, get access to the Signal group by asking whoever invited you, and you can add recommendations there.

Enabling direct play is advisable for all Plex streams, when you lower the quality in your client, the Plex server has to calculate the difference and convert the original file to a lower quality version–this process is called transcoding.

Netflix does this with millions of dollars and server farms, for the poor old Plex server, avoiding transcoding will ensure the CPU of the server doesn’t cry too much.

I’m attaching a few images that contain steps for a few clients, to enable maximum quality online streaming, which will prevent unnecessary transcoding, and a better quality video on the device.

In a browser on Plex Web

Phone apps, iOS and Android

TV apps, like Samsung, LG, etc