Stump Server

If you're new to Plex, please read the setup guide before downloading Plex or attempting to watch anything. This is crucial to ensure the best experience.

Wondering if Plex is down? Click 'Server Status' in the top-right corner.

Troubleshooting

• If you are having playback issues, it's likely due to your playback settings. Ensure you have your video quality set to 'Original/Maximum' in the settings on the Plex homepage (not in the video player itself)

Here's some instructions on how to do that for your specific device: Plex Video Quality Settings Guide

It'll look something like this on the 'Settings' page from the Plex app homepage:


Note: You must configure this on each device you're using Plex from.
You can check that you've done this correctly once you start playing a video and click the 'Settings' in the video player -- it should show 'Original' like so:




• If your internet connection to your streaming device is slow, you may experience buffering. Try playing a TV show that is 720p (you can tell by the resolution overlay in the top-left of each movie/show poster) and you may notice an improvement. If that's the case, your connection is simply not fast enough to play my 1080p/4k content without transcoding, which we want to avoid.


• If you care about the best possible Plex streaming, buy an Nvidia Shield TV to use as your streaming client: Amazon Link


• If you have other questions, reach out to Stump himself — but please first read all troubleshooting and setup tips here!