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Crashes on opening
iOS 10.3.3, iPad
Please fix!UniqueNicknamesAreImpossible
Are you kidding?
I have had a lifetime Plex Pass for years and my servers are available to family and friends. I manage my Plex servers through a password protected admin account and I am the only one who knows the admin password. The users log in to Plex with the general Plex password associated with my email address, known to all.
Today one of my users, an experienced computer user, downloaded the Plex app and was flabbergasted to learn that when she logged into Plex with the general Plex password she had instant access to the system admin account and could add or delete anything on the system! YIKES!!!
Who designed this? Who tested this? What were they thinking?Show lessHawk McDuck
The ability to actually watch anything requires in-app purchase.
False advertising entirely, claims you can play movies and stuff but it actually only works as a remote control and makes you pay to be able to play movies. It lets you watch for about 30 seconds before you hit a limit and get a popup telling you to pay. Waste of time, unless you’re actually looking to pay for the app or just want to use your phone/tablet as a remote then don’t bother downloading it.Show lessTuggdad
Last upgrade wrecked podcast names
On my iPad Air 2, AppleTV 4 and iPhone 8 Plus, all running the latest version OS iOS 13, I have my downloaded podcasts stored in my Music in a library named Podcasts as Artist / Podcast Name / Season / Title.
Worked fine until the last upgrade. Now all the episode titles are ‘untitled’.
Titles of the rest of my music are still OK.
Just noticed that the titles on my PC running the latest Win 10 have been affected also. They are all titled as the Artist.
However, if I access the podcasts through my Podcast library things are OK on all devices. This is different than it used to be.
Please fix.
I removed my music/ podcast directory from the Music library. Now my podcasts only show up in my Music Podcast library but there is no way to sort them because they only show up if I choose ‘Newly Added’. Except on the AppleTV where they display properly.
This used to be a really good app. Now it’s a joke.
And I don’t like the way you try to commandeer the Home screen. I had it setup the way I liked but that’s all gone!Show lessSabre-tooth
Great media player but live tv needs work
Everything works pretty well but the guide on live tv is super janky. Leave the app in background and come back to the guys some hours later and it starts freaking out trying to figure out the time slots to show not letting you select any channels. You should allow the channel numbers to be tapped to be selected. Not just the show titles. Also the guid should be able to be overlayed on top of the full screen video stream playing in background so you can choose channels while still having a fullscreen view of what’s playing.
This app was 5 stars before they added the live tv stuff but now it seems they bit off more then they can chew. Give some love and attention to live tv and the guide and this will be 5 stars again.Show lessMrsco
Doesn't work as well as it used to
I love Plex, but it seems to be getting less stable. The iOS app especially has been way more glitchy than it used to be, but the desktop stuff, both server and player, isn't running as smoothly anymore either. My hardware is all a bit dated, but it should still be plenty adequate. On my 4th gen iPad, the Plex app crashes frequently and the video often stutters and its been getting progressively worse. I think some of the more recent updates helped some with the crashing, but the stutters have gotten worse. I would prefer to not transcode files for playback as my Plex server is running on my primary computer and I don't want to tie up the resources and it doesn't solve all the issues anyway. VLC for iOS handles the files better, so I use that when Plex fails me, but Plex has the far superior browsing interface. VLC plays more smoothly, only rarely stuttering under very heavy network or drive activity, has better audio boost functionality, etc.Show lessanon0913
My BEST APP EVER
I Was looking for a means to view my video library and found Plex to my liking. I can set up my library to watch movies as if I were back in the old days where Saturdays was an outing to go to the marquee at 12 noon to watch previews, three cartoons, the news reel, and two two movies . That took up five hours in the old days at the RKO THEATER. I can now reproduce that wonderful experience and go to the head without missing the story by hitting the pause button. The developers deserve a great praise for their hard work.
Update
December 2019
I now have over 3000 movies ; TV, AND home movies in my plex library, I also have over 4000 music files and 8000 personal photos that I scanned in from old album books and pictures lying around in trunks , paper bags and boxes. At any time I can access any photo, or video in seconds to show friends and family. What is nice about plex is you can consolidate your entire visual LP records old tapes and 45 rpm records and auditoria history in one app.
I have my plex on a WESTERN DIGITAL 10 Terabyte pr2100 NAS DRIVE using RAID 2 so that I will always have a back up in case something goes wrong. I also backup my plex library to a separate 10 TB drive unplugged and stored in another place.
My kids and grandkids can always review our family history at any time.
And by the way! They can down load videos and pictures to their phones from plex to show their friends or watch them on the plane when they travel.
Great App.Show lessaustinpatrick
Not what it used to be.
Earlier versions were a lot more simple and worked. They keep updating and the performance continues to become worse and worse.
Please return it to its once stable and simple system. What happened since has all been downhill.Quinn1559
Missing my easy access across the bottom...
I love Plex. It’s always been great (with jinks here and there). But the last major update to the app took away my menu across the bottom and replaced it with a side menu that I can only access when I’m on the home screen. Here’s an example of why this is so annoying:
I primary use the Plex App on iOS for music. So if I go to an artist > album > track. Then from there decide to go back to the artist > similar artist > new artist > album > track, and then decide to hit the search button > search another artist > choose album> track, then decide actually I want a different song, so hit search > track name and then decide, I wanna go back to the main Music menu, I can’t just hit Music. I have to navigate back > back > back x 100 until I finally see the hamburger menu on the left and can select Music. That’s incredibly annoying. Before it was easy to just hit Music at the bottom and go back to where I started without issue. If anything let me access the main menu without having to go back...Show lessKingFresh88
Just what I needed
5stars as it does everything Plex states it should do. Love it! Also appreciate the updates that keep up with the smooth running of the program. Running iPad and Apple TV I’ve found the transition between the two easy and trouble free.nzozy
