{"id":162638,"date":"2021-01-29T10:16:34","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T10:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=162638"},"modified":"2025-07-01T21:14:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:14:45","slug":"how-to-use-plex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-use-plex\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use Plex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you landed here due to the comPLEXities you\u2019re experiencing using Plex, rest assured you\u2019re not alone. Plex is one of the best entertainment hubs currently available, but get ready for a steep learning curve, guys and gals. The excellent news is that once you\u2019ve mastered it, you\u2019ll have a superb looking tool to manage your multimedia on one platform.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-162640\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/Plex_2_nlb4jb.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><b>Why choose Plex?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Well, firstly, it\u2019s free and safe to download on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/plex.en.softonic.com\/android\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Android<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/plex.en.softonic.com\/mac\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mac<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/plex.en.softonic.com\/iphone\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">iPhone<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/plex.en.softonic.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Windows<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. There\u2019s an array of reasons why you want to grab the manual and get it mastered, such as:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u2019s a multi-lingual platform<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u2019s an open-source development.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can customize Plex with a variety of third-party plug-ins, such as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/netflix.en.softonic.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Netflix<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It optimizes all your media in one place.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can stream between devices.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can stream and record free TV channels.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-162641\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/Plex_3_uik6mo.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><b>How to get started and use Plex?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Let\u2019s begin your journey with this entertaining app:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Install the app on all your devices you want to connect to Plex, starting with your primary PC or laptop.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When the installation is complete, select \u2018Launch\u2019 to redirect to a new browser window.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Create your new Plex account by following all prompts. If you skip this step, you\u2019ll only access limited functionality. It\u2019s advisable to complete your new account and make use of the full suite of features.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Add your libraries by following the straightforward prompts on Plex. It\u2019s handy at this point to know that you can continue following more setup steps while your media syncs from all devices.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can choose the option to send all user data to Plex automatically moving forward. It\u2019s a great time saver when you have multiple devices.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the L-side menu, you\u2019ll see a notice to \u2018Claim your current network.\u2019 Click on the alert to identify your server in the future.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Click on the alert next to \u2018Remote Access\u2019 &gt; \u2018Enable Remote Access.\u2019 It allows all other devices to connect to your Plex hub.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Select the \u2018Channels\u2019 option on the side menu. Click on each channel you want and press \u2018Install.\u2019<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now you can move on to your other devices and follow the setup prompts. It\u2019ll show you how to share media between devices.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can customize your account to your heart\u2019s content. Don\u2019t worry; you can\u2019t break Plex, so be creative and have fun creating your playlists.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><b>Other platforms to consider<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can also consider another open-source multimedia platform such as<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kodi.en.softonic.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Kodi<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/stremio\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stremio<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you landed here due to the comPLEXities you\u2019re experiencing using Plex, rest assured you\u2019re not alone. Plex is one of the best entertainment hubs currently available, but get ready for a steep learning curve, guys and gals. The excellent news is that once you\u2019ve mastered it, you\u2019ll have a superb looking tool to manage &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-use-plex\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How to Use Plex&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9207,"featured_media":162639,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[2441],"tags":[2413],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-162638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionplex"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9207"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162638"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325108,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162638\/revisions\/325108"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162638"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=162638"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=162638"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=162638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}