You can save any film or show to your Plex Watchlist, from any Plex app. But Plex only plays what's in your library or on a service you pay for. The rest is a list to look at. Here's how to make it play.
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The lists show what each one asks you to keep running.
Your Watchlist lives in your Plex account. It shows each title, and where you can stream it if a service you pay for has it.
A title plays only if it's already in your library or on that service. Everything else stays a reminder.
cli_debrid and Riven watch lists such as your Plex Watchlist, add each title to your debrid account and ask Plex to scan.
They sit on top of a mount, such as Zurg and rclone for Real-Debrid, so you keep a server running for both. More tools like them: Zurg alternatives.
A Mac app that makes your Watchlist a Plex collection you can play. Save a title in any Plex app, on your phone or your TV, and it's in your library, streamed from your own debrid account.
StreamBridge checks every 15 seconds while it runs. A title you save shows up in Plex, and a title you remove leaves.
Every season and episode of a show on your Watchlist, ready to play in order.
It measures your debrid speed and picks the file that plays without stopping.
With Pro, your Letterboxd watchlist becomes a collection too: Letterboxd with Plex. It works with ten debrid services: debrid services that work with Plex. Stremio's catalogs can become collections too: Stremio with Plex.
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| If you have or want | Use | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Only films you already own or stream | Plex alone | Nothing to set up |
| A Linux server or NAS, and a debrid mount | cli_debrid or Riven | Open source, on top of the mount you run |
| A Mac running Plex, and no mount | StreamBridge | Save a title anywhere, play it on every Plex app |
Only titles that are already in your library, or on a streaming service you pay for. The rest is a list to look at. StreamBridge, a Mac app, makes the rest playable: it streams each title from your own debrid account into your Plex library.
Usually within a minute. StreamBridge checks your Watchlist every 15 seconds while it runs, and again when you bring the app to the front.
It leaves Plex too. The Watchlist stays the one list you keep, in any Plex app, and StreamBridge follows it.
Yes. A show on your Watchlist arrives with all its seasons and episodes, ready to play in order.
Yes. The Watchlist collection is part of the free version. Pro adds subtitles, more collections and collections made from a sentence.
As any Plex server does. At home it's free. Away from home, the server owner needs Plex Pass, or each viewer needs Plex Pass or a Remote Watch Pass.
No. StreamBridge is a Mac app, and Plex Media Server has to run on the same Mac. Elsewhere, cli_debrid or Riven can watch your Plex Watchlist on top of a debrid mount.
No. It doesn't host, index or sell content, and it doesn't share debrid accounts. It streams files from your own debrid account into your own Plex server, and what you watch is your responsibility.