
Along the top of the user window click ‘Restrictions’.Update your user permissions by clicking Setting > Plex Home and click on a managed user.You will need one for TV Programs and one for Films as Plex will treat each slightly differently. Secondly, you must setup a library with write access into which TV will record.Click to add a device and successfully tune it to enable Live TV features. You must use your administrator account to configure your tuners (Settings > Manage > Live TV & DVR).Once you have an active Plex Pass subscription: If you do not have a Plex Pass subscription, the menus and options mentioned in this article will not appear on your user interface. In order to make use of TV Tuner functionality, you will require a Plex Pass subscription.

Note: A default, Free version of Plex does not support any Live TV playback or recording at all. Update your Plex server before continuing (version 4.87.2 as of writing). While this was accurate, it is no-longer so.

If you search online, you will likely encounter a thread from 2018/2019 telling you that you cannot delegate permissions to record to managed users (family accounts).

This article discusses how to allow your Plex family users to watch and record live TV using the Plex DVR functionality.
