# Plex HTPC - Double advertizing as player

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-double-advertizing-as-player/798999>\
**Category:** Plex Players\
**Tags:** plex-htpc\
**Created:** [June 29, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-double-advertizing-as-player/798999 "2022-06-29T16:41:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 16\
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**Author:** ![logidelic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/logidelic/32/176584_2.png) [@logidelic](https://forums.plex.tv/u/logidelic)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-double-advertizing-as-player/798999/1 "2022-06-29T16:41:49Z")

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As you know, Plex has forced us to switch from the normal Desktop app to the HTPC app if we want to advertise the app as a player.

This sort of works, but after making the switch, it appears as though Plex HTPC is advertising _twice_. Once on the locahost IP and once on the LAN IP. Check it out - hitting `http://localhost:32400/clients?X-Plex-Token=...` on my server yields:

```auto
<MediaContainer size="2">

    <Server name="mycompname" host="127.0.0.1" address="127.0.0.1" port="32400" machineIdentifier="z0c6opu0w2xsrgh076gwrsir" version="1.19.1.3076-b24239e5" protocol="plex" product="Plex HTPC for Windows" deviceClass="pc" protocolVersion="3" protocolCapabilities="timeline,playback,navigation,playqueues"/>

    <Server name="mycompname" host="192.168.42.7" address="192.168.42.7" port="32400" machineIdentifier="z0c6opu0w2xsrgh076gwrsir" version="1.19.1.3076-b24239e5" protocol="plex" product="Plex HTPC for Windows" deviceClass="pc" protocolVersion="3" protocolCapabilities="timeline,playback,navigation,playqueues"/>

</MediaContainer>

```

Notice how the same computer is advertising itself twice.

I’ve checked to ensure that only one app is running…

Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![pshanew](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/pshanew/32/160555_2.png) [@pshanew](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pshanew)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-double-advertizing-as-player/798999/2 "2022-06-29T16:58:40Z")

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What do you see at this address for it?

[https://plex.tv/api/resources?includeIPv6=1&X-Plex-Token=](https://plex.tv/api/resources?includeIPv6=1&X-Plex-Token=)…

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**Author:** ![CostaHT](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/costaht/32/193414_2.png) [@CostaHT](https://forums.plex.tv/u/CostaHT)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 5:02pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-double-advertizing-as-player/798999/3 "2022-06-29T17:02:15Z")

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Chosing your nic in Settings \> Network should solve the problem, no?

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**Author:** ![logidelic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/logidelic/32/176584_2.png) [@logidelic](https://forums.plex.tv/u/logidelic)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 5:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-double-advertizing-as-player/798999/4 "2022-06-29T17:29:04Z")

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> [@pshanew](#):
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> What do you see at this address for it?

That player is not listed in the output from plex.tv/api/resources?includeIPv6=1…

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**Author:** ![logidelic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/logidelic/32/176584_2.png) [@logidelic](https://forums.plex.tv/u/logidelic)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 5:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-double-advertizing-as-player/798999/5 "2022-06-29T17:29:48Z")

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> [@CostaHT](#):
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> Chosing your nic in Settings \> Network should solve the problem, no?

I do not see this Settings screen in the Plex HTPC Player (I looked through the Settings several times). Are you sure it’s there?

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**Author:** ![pshanew](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/pshanew/32/160555_2.png) [@pshanew](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pshanew)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-double-advertizing-as-player/798999/6 "2022-06-29T17:31:15Z")

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> [@logidelic](#):
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> That player is not listed in the output…

Is it signed into your account? All of your signed in servers and clients should be listed there.

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**Author:** ![logidelic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/logidelic/32/176584_2.png) [@logidelic](https://forums.plex.tv/u/logidelic)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-double-advertizing-as-player/798999/7 "2022-06-29T18:41:24Z")

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> [@pshanew](#):
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> Is it signed into your account? All of your signed in servers and clients should be listed there.

Hmm, sorry, now it’s there. Guess it was just temporarily absent. Below is the output of `/api/resources`. A few notes:

- The IP `192.168.42.7` is the LAN IP of my server… It is _not_ the IP of the that machine running the HTPC client. Is that wrong or am I just misunderstanding this listing?
- `45.1.2.3` is my public IP

```auto
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<MediaContainer size="2">
  <Device name="myservername" product="Plex Media Server" productVersion="1.27.1.5916-6b0e31a64" platform="Linux" platformVersion="20.04.4 LTS (Focal Fossa)" device="PC" clientIdentifier="6cc5cf9294dd7918f05765fe0c4f65fbeb47d91a" createdAt="1645135442" lastSeenAt="1656504477" provides="server" owned="1" accessToken="_N_2nu2ZqJEZwcMeFy8D" publicAddress="45.1.2.3" httpsRequired="0" synced="0" relay="1" dnsRebindingProtection="0" natLoopbackSupported="1" publicAddressMatches="1" presence="1">
    <Connection protocol="http" address="192.168.42.7" port="32400" uri="http://192.168.42.7:32400" local="1"/>
    <Connection protocol="http" address="45.1.2.3" port="32400" uri="http://45.1.2.3:32400" local="0"/>
  </Device>
  <Device name="mycompname" product="Plex HTPC for Windows" productVersion="1.19.1.3076-b24239e5" platform="windows" platformVersion="10.0.19043" device="" clientIdentifier="z0c6opu0w2xsrgh076gwrsir" createdAt="1656166740" lastSeenAt="1656523518" provides="client,player" owned="1" publicAddress="45.1.2.3" publicAddressMatches="1" presence="0" accessToken="_N_2nu2ZqJEZwcMeFy8D">
    <Connection protocol="http" address="192.168.42.7" port="32400" uri="http://192.168.42.7:32400" local="1"/>
    <Connection protocol="http" address="45.1.2.3" port="32400" uri="http://45.1.2.3:32400" local="0"/>
  </Device>
</MediaContainer>

```

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**Author:** ![Volts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a5b964/32.png) [@Volts](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Volts)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-double-advertizing-as-player/798999/8 "2022-06-29T18:55:42Z")

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Is this causing a problem?  
Does it also appear twice in Plex apps?

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**Author:** ![pshanew](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/pshanew/32/160555_2.png) [@pshanew](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pshanew)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-double-advertizing-as-player/798999/9 "2022-06-29T19:16:07Z")

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> [@logidelic](#):
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> The IP `192.168.42.7` is the LAN IP of my server… It is _not_ the IP of the that machine running the HTPC client. Is that wrong or am I just misunderstanding this listing?

I see the same (server’s IP address) for my fully-functional Plex HTPC clients (one on Windows, one on Linux).

Per @Volts’ question, are you seeing issues casting content to it?

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**Author:** ![Volts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a5b964/32.png) [@Volts](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Volts)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-double-advertizing-as-player/798999/10 "2022-06-29T19:27:12Z")

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Right, it might be deliberate.

I haven’t investigated, but I wonder if the server can mediate/proxy/refer/forward player-control requests.

Then again it might also be an issue. 🙂

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**Author:** ![gbooker02](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/gbooker02/32/9726_2.png) [@gbooker02](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gbooker02)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 8:41pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-double-advertizing-as-player/798999/11 "2022-06-29T20:41:00Z")

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> [@Volts](#):
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> I wonder if the server can mediate/proxy/refer/forward player-control requests.

Yes, this is how it works.

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**Author:** ![CostaHT](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/costaht/32/193414_2.png) [@CostaHT](https://forums.plex.tv/u/CostaHT)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-double-advertizing-as-player/798999/12 "2022-06-29T21:06:00Z")

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My bad, you’re talking about player not server.

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**Author:** ![pshanew](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/pshanew/32/160555_2.png) [@pshanew](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pshanew)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 9:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-double-advertizing-as-player/798999/13 "2022-06-29T21:27:18Z")

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> [@gbooker02](#):
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> Yes, this is how it works.

That’s pretty interesting; that seems to be unique as far as bespoke clients are concerned. Out of curiosity, how does it determine which server to use for this proxying in a multi-server environment?

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**Author:** ![logidelic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/logidelic/32/176584_2.png) [@logidelic](https://forums.plex.tv/u/logidelic)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 11:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-double-advertizing-as-player/798999/14 "2022-06-29T23:12:35Z")

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> [@Volts](#):
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> Is this causing a problem?  
> Does it also appear twice in Plex apps?

Yes. In the Desktop plex app (I’ve tried both on Windows and Ubuntu) the player is listed twice, which is weird… Strangely, in Plexamp (on iOS), I don’t see it at all…

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**Author:** ![logidelic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/logidelic/32/176584_2.png) [@logidelic](https://forums.plex.tv/u/logidelic)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-double-advertizing-as-player/798999/15 "2022-07-04T15:25:03Z")

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Any update here? I guess I have two questions:

- Is this only happening to me? (In which case I’ll keep debugging to figure out why my setup is doing this.)

- Why did the player mysteriously stop showing up in Plexamp (iOS; latest version)? Is it related to it showing up twice elsewhere?

Very frustrating.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-double-advertizing-as-player/798999/16 "2022-10-02T15:25:38Z")

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