I just found out today about this Remote Plex Pass/Remote Watch Pass with Plex Pass. I was logged out of the Plex App on my Chromebook and I logged in. I am in my home doing this on my own network. When I logged into Plex and tried to play one of my own movies that’s on my Plex Server that is on my laptop I got the message about the Remote Watch/Plex Pass. Should I be getting this being I’m at home on my own network. I am not out and trying to use remotely. When it does this I looked at my server on my Chromebook and it says “Indirect.” It usually says “Nearby” when I click on the server. I logged out of my Plex app on my Chromebook and logged back in and it let me in fine and I was able to view a movie that is stored on my network laptop, also the server now says “nearby.” The thing is I did log out and back in to see if I would get that message like before about the Remote Plex Pass/Watch and I did and the server went back to “indirect.” I just logged out again so it would let me back in and it did with it going back to “nearby.” Why is this happening and should it be if I am watching everything on my Plex apps at home from my own server. Please respond as I just noticed this today. Not having an issue at all with Plex on my TV. Now I do have my laptop with the Plex Server wired to my router just to get top speeds but I would not think that would have anything to do with it as I have never had a problem before. Please help.
yes you’re using plex relay. for some reason plex can’t connect via local network so it has to bounce it out to the internet then back in. Different subnets?
So do I need to disable or uncheck Plex relay so this won’t happen. By doing this will it ensure it will connect directly to my server while at home. I don’t use Plex outside my home so there is no need for me to use relay correct?
You should disable plex relay since you can’t watch remotely anyway. It’ll just give you an error when it can’t make a direct connection. Makes troubleshooting easier imo.
