How can I use Plex to view my friend's movie collection?

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My good friend uses Plex. He has tons of movies on his server and wants to share those movies with me. So I downloaded the Plex app to my iPad, setup an account with Plex, and accepted my friend’s invitation to view his media content. And that’s as far as I got. He’s listed under the Friends section of the app, however, I can’t see anything on his server. Nothing! I don’t even know where to view his movies. Hate to admit this, but I have no idea what I’m doing wrong.

On a side note, I have not installed the Plex Media Server, and that’s because 1.) I have no media to share, and 2.) I don’t have a computer that’s always on. All I want to be able to do with Plex is view and watch my friend’s movies. That’s it. I don’t want to install a media server because I have nothing to share (I don’t collect movies or photos or whatnot.) I just want to use Plex as a client to watch my friend’s extensive movie collection. Can someone please explain to me why I’m not able to make this happen? Something tells me I just don’t quite get how Plex works and I’m missing something very important in its use. Any help anyone can give me would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

-Bert

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If you can’t access his shared server, then most likely there is a problem with his remote access setup. Talk to your friend about it, see if others can access his server.

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Sounds like your friend just sent you an invite without specifying what you have access to. See this article, https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/201105738-Create-a-New-Share. He may have missed the part on Selecting the Server.

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Thank you for the quick responses. Both of you were right; the problem was on my friend’s end. He got the problem corrected and now I’m golden! Movies are coming to my iPad like a gift from heaven. Love Plex!