Hello, today I went to plex on my ipad to play one of my movies and it is asking me to subscribe. I’m on the same network as my server. I’m not having this issue on my iphone or tvs, only this one ipad. Please help. Thank you.

You might want to take a look at this post in the tips & tricks section: [image] Client says it won't play from "remote server", although the server is local Tips, Tricks & How-Tos This thread is not for discussing the introduction of the Remote Watch Pass and this restric…

Thank you. Where do I post this? I contacted Plex support and they told me to post on the forum. I’m new to this.

What do you want to post? Why not post it here?

I just need to help trying to get my plex movies to play on my ipad. You said it might get deleted. Support told me to post on the forum. I’m pretty confused LOL

I don’t think anything gets deleted – at least I’m not aware that I might have been saying this. I was only pointing you to a post that explains what might make the client think it’s having a remote connection.

I apologize, I thought you were saying that my post was going to be deleted because I mentioned a new subscription. I have been using this ipad on my network for a long time and today all of a sudden it’s asking me to subscribe. I’m on my same network. I have changed nothing at all. I have reset pl…

Plex have introduced a requirement to have a subscription to stream media from your server remotely. This was rolled out with the new “experience” apps. As you stated, you’re on the same network, so this shouldn’t apply. That’s why I was asking about the points from the post I’ve linked above – th…

Thank you so much Tom. It’s the strangest thing because I restart my ipad ONE more time, and now it is working LOL. I understood that Plex changed their subscription service, but I didn’t think it applied when I was on my own network., so I didn’t want subscribe to something I didn’t need at this ti…

Library not playing on ipad

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tom80H July 24, 2025, 9:46pm 2

You might want to take a look at this post in the tips & tricks section:

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Library not playing on ipad

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