Oct272012

How can I watch movies from my PC on my TV with Plex?

Ashley Sherry asks:

I feel like such an idiot. I want to download movies onto my PC and watch them on my TV. I’m told I need Plex. I have downloaded Plex onto my LG TV, and I have downloaded it onto my PC.

Looking at a “how to guide” I’m told to go to the “preferences”… NONE of the icons on the home screen are working. I have nothing. I move my cursor to preferences and nada, I move it to “movies” – once again nada. I’m not real computer savvy, but I’m giving it a go.


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Jan Fritsch

October 27, 2012

Plex has two parts:
The Plex Media Center ~ which is probably what you downloaded on your TV*
The Plex Media Server ~ which you will have to install and configure on your PC

* think it’s called LG Media LINK

Once you have Plex Media Server installed you need to fill its library with your files (movies, …).

Maybe the following article helps
http://www.mediasmartserver.net/2012/02/06/guide-setting-up-plex-media-server/

Ashley Sherry

thats the article i was referring to. It says in there about setting “preferences” but my”preference tab” is not working. I have no clue. Your right, the plex media server is on my PC and the media centre is on the TV – That much I got right.. phew

October 31, 2012
Jan Fritsch

First I would try resetting the Media Server
http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php/topic/28304-how-to-reset-the-system-bundle/

If that doesn’t fix the problem you can find other troubleshooting tips and probably more help in the Plex Media Server forum.
http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php/forum/73-windows/

November 5, 2012
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susendeep dutta

October 29, 2012

Did you referred to Plex manual by Makeuseof -

http://www.makeuseof.com/pages/plex-a-manual-your-media-with-style

It has exhaustive explanation on every aspect which will be helpful for you to setup Plex.

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Dustin Smith

January 15, 2013

On your PC, make sure you have the location of your movies linked with Plex. Once you have that linked your LG TV should find the movies. When you add movies to Plex directories make sure to refresh it or they will not show up on your TV.