Settings for the Plex for PlayStation app can be accessed from the User Menu (accessed by selecting your avatar image) located at the top of the the Navigation Side Bar.
Main
Automatically Sign In
If you’re a member of a Plex Home, you can use this option to have the app automatically sign in to the last used user and bypass any PIN for that user.
Related Page: Plex Home
Remember Selected Tab
Default to the last selected tab when viewing a media source.
Language
Choose the language for the Plex for PlayStation interface.
Cinema Trailers
The cinema trailers setting controls how many cinema trailers will play before a movie. Source settings can be controlled through Plex Media Server.
Related Page: Cinema Trailers, Extras, & Related Albums
Screen Saver
The screen saver setting controls the timeout before the screen saver begins. Note that this is independent from the system.
Auto Play
When the Post Play screen is presented after playback, choose whether an “up next” video should be played automatically after a short countdown.
Clock
The clock setting can be used to select the clock format to be used, or if the clock should be disabled.
Background Style
The background style setting lets the user choose between Blur and Dim.
Allow Fallback to Insecure Conections
When enabled, it means that this device is allowed to make insecure connections to a Plex Media Server if secure connections fail. Available choices:
- Never – (Default) Never fall back to insecure connections without specific action from the user
- On same network as server – Allow fallback, but only when the PlayStation app and the Plex Media Server are on the same network
- Always – Always allow fallback
Sound Feedback
Select to enable feedback sounds when navigating the app.
Home Screen Media Types
Configure how the media types in the top type bar are displayed. See the “Customizing” article for more details.
Related Page: Customizing the Big Screen Apps
Audio
Dolby Digital (AC3)
This enables passthrough audio for AC3 audio.
Dolby Digital Plus (EAC3)
This enables passthrough audio for Dolby Digital Plus audio.
Volume Boost
Boost the audio volume when audio is being both transcoded and downmixed from surround sound to stereo.
Video
Local Quality
This sets the quality to use when streaming content on your local network. In most cases, you can set this to a high value (such as “Original”). Higher settings produce better video quality but require more network bandwidth.
Remote Quality
You can set the quality to use when streaming content from a remote Plex Media Server. The quality you can reliably use is typically limited by either your download bandwidth or the upload bandwidth from the source Plex Media Server.
Related Page: Why is my video stream buffering?
Online Quality
You can set the quality to use when streaming content from online sources in Plex, such as Movies & Shows. The quality you can reliably use is typically limited by either your download bandwidth or the network speed of the source website for the content which you’re streaming.
Subtitles Size
The Subtitle Size setting controls which preset size subtitles are rendered at: Tiny, Small, Normal, Large, and Huge.
Allow Direct Play
When playing media that is natively compatible, the Allow Direct Play toggle allows the app to directly play it without any conversion. You will almost always want this enabled.
Allow Direct Stream
When enabled, the Allow Direct Stream toggle allows the server to copy compatible audio and video streams without converting them and repackage the streams inside a natively supported container. You will almost always want this enabled.
H264 Maximum Level
Choose the maximum H.264 level to be considered when deciding if the media will Direct Play, Direct Stream, or Transcode.
Note: We recommend leaving this set to the default value. You can try using something higher, but it’s not recommended as it may result in playback issues.
Manual Servers
You can manually specify the IP address (IPv4) and port for a Plex Media Server to which you want to connect.
Tip!: So long as you sign in to your Plex account in both the PlayStation app and your Plex Media Server, the app will automatically have connection information for the server and you won’t need to use this.
Privacy
Log to Media Server
PlayStation app will automatically send log lines to the Server to which you’re connected.
Related Page: Logging for PlayStation
View Privacy Policy
View Plex’s privacy policy.
View Terms of Service
View Plex’s Terms of Service.
View AdChoices
View information about your “AdChoices”.
About
The About menu contains the version of Plex (the integrated UI), and the underlying Operation System that is running.