Watch your Plex library on a Windows PC

Sign in with Plex in AIX Player, browse your server’s posters, shows and episodes, and play them on your PC, in original quality or a quality your server converts.

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Windows 11 & 10 · Guide reviewed 28 October 2026

Plex Media Server keeps your films and shows on a computer or NAS and organises them with posters and episode lists. AIX Player links to your Plex account from Windows, shows your server’s library and plays it on your PC.

Connect AIX Player to Plex

1. Install AIX Player. Get it free from the Microsoft Store and open it.
2. Open Media Servers and choose Plex. Servers you have connected and servers AIX Player has found appear together.
3. Sign in with Plex. Plex linking uses plex.tv/link: open that page in a browser where you are signed in to Plex and follow the instructions AIX Player shows.
4. Browse your server and play. Open a film, or a show, season and episode, and play it on this PC.

Your Plex library on the PC

Posters, films, shows, seasons and episodes come from your Plex server, in its own order. If you also run Jellyfin or Emby, those servers sit on the same Media Servers page.

Original or server-converted quality

Original is the initial quality choice; AIX remembers a quality you deliberately choose for that server. If the original is too large for the connection or the device, choose a quality preset instead, and your Plex server provides that version. The conversion is the server’s work, so the result depends on the server, the source and the network.

HDR from Plex

HDR titles from your Plex server play on your PC like any other title. They count only against the media-server minutes described below, not the separate HDR allowance, and with AIX Pro both are unlimited.

Can I cast Plex videos to the TV?

Not in this version. Plex videos play on your PC; casting them to a TV is not supported. You can still cast supported video files from your PC’s own drives or from a USB or SD drive.

Your sign-in stays on your PC

The connection is to the server you choose. Its sign-in token is encrypted by Windows for your user account and removed when you remove that connection. Linking your account contacts Plex. Your server can record progress or watched status under its own privacy policy. AIX Apps does not receive your server library or viewing history. Read the privacy policy.

Free minutes and AIX Pro

Playing from Plex uses the media-server allowance: the free app includes 180 minutes of media-server playback in total, once, not per session, and AIX Pro removes the limit. HDR video from a media server counts only against the media-server minutes, not the separate HDR allowance. Playing from network shares does not use these minutes.