

There are other common approaches, but as the table below illustrates, they are cumbersome, insecure, and potentially expensive.

For mobile access, Plex provides mobile apps, but without a paid subscription, video and music streaming is limited to 1 minute and photos are watermarked. Using port forwarding also exposes an open port to your home network that can potentially be exploited. Plex offers a remote access feature that relies on port forwarding, but the configuration may not always work or there may be other common issues like Double-NAT.

But what about when you are away on vacation, or if you want to share access to your library with friends and family? Plex remote access not working? It’s easy to listen to your music or watch your movies via Plex when you’re at home and connected to your home network. Plex Media Server is a great solution to organize all of your media and access them from your laptop, phone, TV, or lots of other places.
