I have tried for hours to add a library to my Plex account. I have been using a shared library. However, I would like to use my desktop as a server. However, when I click on settings, there is no manage menu, there is no library option at all. The only place I see the word “library” anywhere in the settings menu is under “Users and sharing” and my “friends” shows the shared library I have access to and next to that is says “shares 6 libraries with you”. This has been incredibly frustrating. Why do I not have that option?
Install Plex Media Server.
If you have Plex Media Server installed - it wants to know where your media is - tell it where it is. If you have no media of your own - you don’t need Plex Media Server.
https://support.plex.tv/articles/200288286-what-is-plex/
^^Therein begins the complete Plex Story. From Start to Finish. It tells you what Plex is, what Plex does and how you might use it.
You don’t need PMS to view years of ad-packed content, or other people’s servers they share with you. If you have your own media, stored on your own storage - you might need Plex Media Server 'cause you have some media that needs serving.
If you don’t have a Server Machine you can run 24/7, in order to serve your media to your clients - you don’t need and can’t use Plex Media Server.
Plex is now like Crackle - in that you can get ad-packed content, free, without a Server, or any content, with only a browser, the player, and an ability to not be bothered by 7 minutes of programming interrupted only briefly by 5 minutes of advertising.
It’s Plex’s Gift to you over these, our most special of holidays… the more ads you watch, the more money Plex makes. Please, watch more ads. Plex is broke.
Enjoy.
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