diff --git a/docker-compose.localdev.yml b/docker-compose.localdev.yml
index 69621678..988afd6f 100644
--- a/docker-compose.localdev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.localdev.yml
@@ -107,16 +107,19 @@ services:
 
 volumes:
   pgdata:
-  # OPTIONAL (Plex integration dev testing): the Plex media, mounted READ-ONLY from the SMB share
-  # so the container can play the physical file locally (this dev box isn't the Plex host). Uses a
-  # dedicated read-only samba user via PLEX_SMB_USER/PLEX_SMB_PASS in .env. Only referenced when the
-  # Plex module is enabled; harmless otherwise (Docker mounts it lazily on first container use). On
-  # prod (LXC on the Plex host) this is a plain host bind-mount instead — no SMB.
+  # OPTIONAL (Plex integration dev testing): the Plex media, mounted READ-ONLY so the container can
+  # play the physical file locally (this dev box isn't the Plex host). Only referenced when the Plex
+  # module is enabled; harmless otherwise (Docker mounts it lazily on first container use). On prod
+  # (LXC on the Plex host) this is a plain host bind-mount.
+  #
+  # Local bind to a few test movies/shows kept on this box — the full nas.lan SMB share was too slow.
+  # Point PLEX_MEDIA_HOST_PATH (.env, gitignored, so no site path lives in the tracked compose) at the
+  # Docker-Desktop host path (e.g. /run/desktop/mnt/host/d/plex-test-media for D:\plex-test-media),
+  # mirroring the Plex server's /data/<lib>/… layout so plex_path_map (/data=/plex-media) resolves.
+  # (The prior CIFS/PLEX_SMB_* approach for the whole nas.lan share lives in git history.)
   plex_media:
     driver: local
     driver_opts:
-      type: cifs
-      # Host/share + credentials come from .env (gitignored) so no site-specific values live in
-      # the tracked compose: PLEX_SMB_HOST, PLEX_SMB_SHARE, PLEX_SMB_USER, PLEX_SMB_PASS.
-      device: "//${PLEX_SMB_HOST:-localhost}/${PLEX_SMB_SHARE:-data}"
-      o: "username=${PLEX_SMB_USER:-},password=${PLEX_SMB_PASS:-},ro,vers=3.0,uid=1000,gid=1000,file_mode=0444,dir_mode=0555"
+      type: none
+      o: bind
+      device: "${PLEX_MEDIA_HOST_PATH:-/run/desktop/mnt/host/d/plex-test-media}"