Plex suddenly shows server offline on Smart TVs, fine on Mac/Android

[dane22]

@ecuador

Samsung TV (v 2.0.13)

Sadly no longer supported

Plex support is ending 2020-09-30 on older smart TV devices

On September 30, 2020 we will be ending support for the Plex app on some older smart TVs. These devices are unable to use modern, secure connections when communicating with our services. A non-exhaustive list TVs that are potentially affected by this include: LG models running “Netcast” (the pre-webOS system) Vizio models running “Presto” (models using a Mediatek chipset) Older Hisense models Panasonic (2014-2016 models) Pre-2016 Samsung models, running v1.x of the community Samsung Smart Hu…

WorkAround:

Samsung TV Cannot Connect to Plex

The problem that you have is security related. Because TLS 1.1 has been considered unsafe, Plex has disabled this cypher on their servers. This is not a problem for newer devices, since they have no problem with TLS 1.2 or can handle it after a firmware update, but the older ones are affected by it and can no longer connect. I think we have little chance of Samsung updating these older models soon, so I made a workaround for you guys in the form of a Plex Proxy Server. Ok, how does this work…