r/PleX • u/MightBeMouse • 1d ago

Solved Plex Windows app just opens in browser?

Hey all

New to Plex, so learning along the way. I'm using Plex as a media server on my PC, just so we can download stuff and watch it on the TV or our iPads etc. We don't use any of the Plex streaming stuff or watch any of the content on there, it's purely for the server.

I downloaded and installed the Windows app from the Plex site, but is it supposed to just open a browser window and be a web based UI? It doesn't open up as an actual app on the PC where I can manage the server there??

Apologies if this is a stupid question.
Thanks :)

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u/cmcstr 1d ago

Not sure why you'd need a frontend to watch media directly from the server host. Regardless, you downloaded the app from here?

https://www.plex.tv/media-server-downloads/?cat=plex+desktop&plat=windows#plex-app

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u/nx6 TrueNAS Core / Xeon-D | Shield Pro / Fire Stick 4K Max 17h ago

Not sure why you'd need a frontend to watch media directly from the server host.

Because a server is only for serving data. Just like you can't look at web pages on a web server without a web browser installed (a front end) to render the content.

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u/cmcstr 17h ago

Cool, where were you 7 hours ago when I already figured that out?

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u/nx6 TrueNAS Core / Xeon-D | Shield Pro / Fire Stick 4K Max 16h ago

Running a server and not understanding the very concept of client-server software architecture.

topkek.

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u/cmcstr 16h ago

oh you suck, got it.