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Welcome to SNM Media

Four short steps and you'll be watching in full, uncompressed quality on any screen in the house.

Admit One

Get set up

Work through these in order — each one unlocks the next.

01

Create your free Plex account

Plex is the app we use to stream — the account is free and takes about a minute. Use the same email address you gave us for the invite.

02

Accept your invite

Check your inbox for an email from Plex titled something like "You've been invited to a Plex library." Open it and select Accept Invite. Not there? Check spam, then reach out on the Help section below.

03

Install the Plex app

Get it on every device you plan to watch on — phone, tablet, TV.

04

Set your picture quality

One setting per device is all it takes to stop the app from compressing your picture.

Step 03

Install the app

Sign in with the same Plex account from step one on each device below.

iPhone & iPad

App Store

Get the app

Android phone & tablet

Google Play

Get the app

Apple TV

Search "Plex" in the tvOS App Store

All download links

Android TV / Google TV / Shield

Search "Plex" in the on-device Play Store

All download links

Fire TV

Search "Plex" in the Amazon Appstore, on-device

All download links

Roku, LG, Samsung, Sony & other smart TVs

Search "Plex" in your TV's own app store

All download links

Windows, Mac & browser

Desktop app, or just use app.plex.tv

Open in browser
Step 04

Get the best possible picture

One setting, changed once per device, is the difference between the file as it was mastered and a squeezed-down copy of it.

Why this matters: when a device asks for a different format than the original file, the server has to convert — or "transcode" — it in real time. That conversion softens detail and can stutter on a slow connection.

Setting your app to stream at maximum quality lets it play the original file directly instead, which almost always looks and runs better — as long as your network can keep up.

  1. Open the Plex app and tap your profile icon, then Settings.
  2. Go to Quality (sometimes listed under Player settings).
  3. Set both Streaming Quality on Wi-Fi and Streaming Quality on Cellular to Original / Maximum.
  4. Turn off any Auto-adjust quality toggle.
On cellular, maximum quality uses a lot of data — you may prefer a lower cap when off Wi-Fi.
  1. Open the Plex app, tap the hamburger menu, then Settings.
  2. Go to Quality.
  3. Set Streaming Quality (Wi-Fi and Mobile Data separately) to Original / Maximum.
  4. Turn off Auto-adjust quality.
  1. Open Plex, go to Settings (gear icon in the side menu).
  2. Select Player or Quality.
  3. Set the streaming quality to Original / Maximum and disable any automatic adjustment.
Apple TV plays most formats natively, so this is usually the smoothest device of the bunch.
  1. Open Plex, go to Settings from the side menu.
  2. Select PlayerQuality.
  3. Set streaming quality to Original / Maximum and turn off auto-adjust.
  1. Open Plex, go to Settings from the side menu.
  2. Select PlayerQuality and set it to Original / Maximum.
Older Fire TV Stick models are underpowered for 4K originals — if playback stutters, that's the device, not this setting.
  1. Open Plex, find Settings in the side or top menu.
  2. Look for Player or Quality and set it to the highest option available.
Menu wording varies more on these built-in TV apps than on phones — look for anything mentioning "quality" or "bitrate."
  1. Click your profile icon (top right) → Settings.
  2. Under Quality, set streaming quality to Original / Maximum.
  3. Turn off Auto-adjust quality.
Before you ask

Common questions

My invite email never showed up.

Check spam and promotions folders first. If it's genuinely not there, get in touch — see the Help section below.

Do I need to pay for anything?

No. Watching is free — just the free Plex account from Step 1.

I set quality to Maximum but it still says "Converting" while playing.

Some devices can't play certain files directly no matter the quality setting, so the server converts them automatically to keep playback working. If this happens constantly on one device, let us know — there may be a better fix on our end.

Playback is stuttering or buffering.

Try connecting to Wi-Fi instead of cellular/mobile data, close other apps using bandwidth, and give it a minute to catch up. If it keeps happening, let us know what device and show/movie it was.