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Connect your Plex server

About 3 minutes

Link your media server once and six cards appear: browse and play films, see who is watching, watch the server's health.

What this is

If you keep your own films and music on a Plex server, Theatrium can read it. That gives you the Plex Player, Plex Server, Plex Now Streaming, Library Stats, Plex Activity and Plex Top Charts cards, and the Movie Posters screensaver. Plex can also be a music source for the Now Playing card.

The server is separate from your smart home; you can link one with Home Assistant, Apple Home or no smart home at all.

Linking Plex

Open Settings › Connections and move down to Media Server.
Choose Plex, then Sign in with Plex. A short code appears on the TV.
On your phone or computer, open the Plex app or go to plex.tv/link, sign in if asked, and type the code. Approving from the phone saves typing a password with the remote.
The TV confirms it is signed in and finds your server on its own. Done.

Good to know

The six Plex cards appear in the card chooser only once a server is linked. A TV that has never heard of Plex is not offered six empty cards.
Advanced fields (server address and token) are only for a remote or unusual server. Signing in fills them for you.