Yaha! Totally agree with you there. If there are “too many posts” then that in itself says something!
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This is not fixed yet. Servers are still offline for sharing folders. While I can connect to my account I and many I know cannot connect remotely to other Plex shared family servers. This is in spite of showing remote service available on the local server.
While I don’t want to anger people I disagree. This is server based software, your running a server and service from your device. Even locally this is still true. A certain amount of networking configuration is always going to be required. Firewalls may need to be configured etc…
You’d never expect to setup a local FTP or HTTP server and expect everyone locally to just connect to it. It needs configuration based on your needs…
I’m sorry, while you don’t want to anger people, neither do I but your response is BS.
You’re completely correct, it is a server based application and regardless, you should never be locked out of a server based application locally by default no matter the circumstance. It’s Information Technology 101.
Your own example provided–it’s wide open to everyone–until such a time you, as the admin, lock it down. It makes 0 sense to lock down an application locally by default and thereby locking out the admins of that app on install…The default is to always be accessible at the base level, no matter the circumstance. It is then up to the admin to secure the application as they see fit. At no time should anyone ever be locked out of their own application.
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I agree with you - to a point!
Here are a few questions for you…
- Did this outtage cause you some grief? If the answer is yes, then this shouldn’t be the case.
- Are you able to operate SEAMLESSLY if you were to literally turn off your internet connection? If the answer to this is No, then this also shouldn’t be the case.
I am aware that there are lots of features that require the ability to connect to the internet, however one such feature should not be the ability to simply watch your content, on your local LAN. I think this is what frustrates people the most.
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plex is not a simple server based system.
it is a hybrid cloud authentication + local server.
it is not a bug, but how it is designed.
if/when the plex cloud authentication servers are down or otherwise not accessible, then insecure connections and cached credentials will continue to work.
anything configured for secure connection only, will not work.
anything that requires a new authentication or needs to use plex dns resolution, will not work.
this is plex for better or worse.
if you don’t like it, there are alternatives which can be used completely without cloud authentication/accounts.
every time there is a problem, there is a thread just like this with people ranting and raving.
there will be another one just like it, next time too.
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You would be correct, except that was not the case here. I would highly suggest you go back and read the entire thread.
Also, I don’t necessarily agree with your summary of Plex. In it’s essence, it is solely a server based system–with a cloud component.
There is 0 reason why it cannot run locally without a connection to the outside world and in fact it did for years without issue.
I’ve been reading the thread, while remotely watching game of thrones before, during, and after.
the outage has obviously been affecting different people in different locations, and with differing configurations, differently.
TeknoJunky. Nope sorry man. I was dead in the water and I have two local Plex Servers configured to run without auth for the local network, and I have a dozen clients throughout the house that all came to a screaming halt. Dead in the water. So, nope, there is much work to be done to design for resiliency. cause what we have today, is not.
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Correct! However I am not configured that way - And it still didn’t work!
Correct! However PMP on my HTPC effectively would not work AT ALL. It would not see any of my local libraries, and therefore was unusable. So this is a problem and should be addressed.
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Well then perhaps you should stop speaking in generalizations when your conclusions don’t apply in this instance!
you are correct, but plex changed it a year or more now, that is the way they want it, and they do not seem to have any intention or desire to change it back.
@toxicman if your clients are using plex home and user switching, this requires plex online authentication, which obviously does not work without it.
it is all @ https://support.plex.tv/articles/200484903-internet-and-network-requirements/
And here is the problem!
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Was just typing the exact same thing!!
So there is 0 need to complain about “seeing too many posts” those posts are the product of Plex’s own creation!!
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I don’t disagree, but that aint gonna change things.
you can either work within the restrictions they have applied, or continue to have all the internet angst you want.
Perhaps not but then there is no need to troll, ridicule and make people feel like idiots for complaining about it, is there?
EDIT: Not saying you are doing this. Just saying there is no need for it.
In all honesty, I am now already bored with the subject!
It used to work quite happily offline, it now doesn’t.
I don’t like that, but there’s **** all I can do about it!
Outta here! 
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I wouldn’t say there’s nothing we can do about it. Obviously it’s becoming an annoyance on the forums, so as long as that annoyance continues to grow and Plex starts losing users and income, eventually they will be forced to change.
I’m already starting to look elsewhere.
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Absolutely NOT! LMAO. This isn’t a dictatorship. There is plenty I, you and everyone else can do. Consumers have the power, not the other way around. No customers=no business.
Unhappy customers and poor reviews=loss of revenue and suddenly all that time and money invested to grow, include and acquire things like Tidal completely vanish and go up in smoke and suddenly Plex is nothing but a distant memory.
I am a long-time user but implementing unfriendly user practices and then turning an obvious blind eye and cold shoulder to those that put you in the position you are in now that allow you to have that omnipitent attitude towards your user base will be the exact same thing that will see you begging for pocket change at the local metro station 5 years from now.
Unless ur google, ms, fb or apple–you’re not invincible and are treading a tightrope.
sure you/anyone can attempt to influence however you want, this is all part of the internet angst.
sometimes it makes a difference (like plex not getting rid of PMP)
sometimes it does not make a difference (like plex getting rid of plugins)
influence is one thing, but no one here is gonna control exactly what they are going to do.
plex is still gonna do, what plex is gonna do.
so in reality, it is a dictatorship.
in any case, carry on.
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