"Remote Playback requires a Remote Watch Pass" msg suddenly

[ja9954]

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Hi, been a plex user for a long long time. Suddenly the plex app is not letting me watch anything from my computer media server. Have tried everything… I’m not on a VPN. It says my computer is nearby on my plex server on my macbook. But my computer says “indirect” on Media Server Status. Ugh! Any ideas..?

[tom80H]

Could be related to how your home network is setup/configured…

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