Player Version#: 1.42.1 After updating Plex for Windows app to 1.42.1 with every media I try to play i get black screen and I can only hear audio. I tried media with different codecs and from different servers. Even free movies provided by Plex have the same issue. I if uninstall Plex and reinstal…

Oh my frickin’ God. Try restoring your GPU’s 3D Settings to Default.

Black screen on all media after updating to 1.42.1

FordGuy61 March 25, 2022, 11:04pm 3

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