Allow invited myPlex users access to Plex/Web with read only access
Hi All,
Would really love to see the Plex/Web interface exposed to all my friends that I share my Plex server with. It would greatly lower the barrier and increase usage as they would not be forced to install and configure one of the Plex clients (yep, some of them really struggle to do that for various reasons). myPlex users will gain access to the Plex/Web interface in the "Shared with me" section of my.plexapp.com/servers. Of course the web interface will not allow them to make any changes to my shared content and will only offer up the libraries that I have shared with the individual myPlex user.
I thought I had seen this suggestion before, but couldn't find it in this forum. If there is one already, please let me know.
I’d support this. I’d love to be able to have my server shared and have them be able to access via the web. Plex Team would this be viable? Perhaps limit the person to only having one server that they can use web access for?
So:
Plex Pass Subscriber’s Server
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myPlex User Account (maximum of one server with web access per account)
Perhaps you should try it - you may find it already does exactly what you are asking for here. (with the only currently limitation being it is restricted to PlexPass users and this limitation will be gone very soon -> http://elan.plexapp.com/)
The web interface does not allow your shared users to modify your media in any way.
I was under the impression that the web UI would remain a PlexPass subscriber exclusive feature but as evidenced in this thread that will be gone. I thought that to prevent 'free loaders' it should be capped at one server (on Web UI) on non Plex Pass user accounts.
Thanks Trudge. I just created a dummy account to share my server with to test this and yep, I am able to get to the Plex/Web client and by and large it works as expected, so I guess this feature request can have its status changed.
By chance I just invited someone new today and apparently the way to get there is not self explanatory to someone new to Plex. Having to create a Plex account and log in wasn’t the problem. But knowing that you had to go to Servers, click the shared server and then click the Plex/Web (New) link followed by another log in just isn’t straight forward. I have also noticed that once you are there, there is no way to change the streaming quality (the Setting page is not accessible for guests). Isn’t this to be a per client setting?
