THE AMETHYST CINEMA

you've been invited — here's how to start watching in five minutes

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Accept the invitation

Check your email for a message from Plex saying a library has been shared with you. Open it and hit Accept. No email? Check spam, or ask Ethan to resend — and make sure he used the same email address you'll sign up with.

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Create your free Plex account

Accepting takes you to plex.tv — sign up free (or sign in if you have an account). You never pay anything: your host's lifetime pass covers your streaming, forever.

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Get the Plex app on your screens

Plex is on practically everything — install it from your device's own store and sign in with your new account:

Smart TVs Roku Fire TV Apple TV Chromecast
iPhone / iPad Android — app stores
Any computer — just visit app.plex.tv, nothing to install

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Find the shared libraries

Sign in and open the Library tab at the bottom of the app — the shared Movies and TV Shows from the server named KServer live there. Tip: long-press the Library tab to pop up a quick picker of all your libraries. On a computer at app.plex.tv, they're in the left sidebar under the name KServer. Tap the star/pin on each so they're always front and center.

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Know what's ours and what's just "on Plex"

Plex mixes two very different things onto one screen: KServer (Ethan's library, no ads, full quality) and Plex's own free channels with ads. Here's how to tell them apart:

Home screen rows that carry the name KServer (like "Recently Added in Movies · KServer") are ours. Rows called "Movies & Shows on Plex", "Live TV", "Free" or "Rent/Buy" are Plex's, not ours.
Search results say where a title comes from: "Available on KServer" is ours; "Free with ads" or "Watch on Netflix/Hulu/..." is Plex pointing you elsewhere.
The clean fix — hide Plex's stuff once: at app.plex.tv go to Settings → Online Media Sources and set Movies & Shows, Live TV, Music, Podcasts to Disabled. That setting follows your account to every TV and phone. After that, everything you see is ours.
Still unsure? Open the Library tab: if the picker at the top says KServer, you're in the right place.

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One setting for perfect quality

In the Plex app tap your profile icon → Settings → Video Quality (called Playback on some devices) — set both Home and Remote streaming to Maximum / Original. The server has an enormously fast connection; there is no reason to watch anything blurry. Ever.

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⬥ COMMON QUESTIONS ⬥

Does this cost me anything? No. Your account is free and your streaming is covered. Ignore any Plex upsell screens — you need none of it.

Plex shows me other free movies with ads — what's that? Plex bundles its own ad-supported channels. The shared libraries (under the server "KServer") are the good stuff — no ads, ever. Step 5 shows how to hide Plex's channels so only KServer remains.

Something won't play / keeps buffering? It's almost always your home Wi-Fi or the app needing a restart. Close the app fully, reopen, try again — then text Ethan if it persists.

Can I request a movie or show that isn't there? Yes — just ask. The library grows on request.