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Plex Media Player Changelog

What's new in Plex Media Player 2.58.0.1076

May 26, 2020
  • Fixed:
  • Show correct source title for search result items
  • Fixed first character jump bar inaccuracy in some cases

New in Plex Media Player 2.57.0.1075 (May 12, 2020)

  • Fixed seek bar missing for videos in photo library when casting from another Plex client"

New in Plex Media Player 2.57.0.1074 (May 12, 2020)

  • FIXED:
  • Fixed seek bar missing for videos in photo library when casting from another Plex client

New in Plex Media Player 2.56.0.1071 (Apr 28, 2020)

  • FIXED:
  • Fixed an issue that could cause managed users to record Live TV content to libraries they don't have access to
  • Fixed an issue where searching for Other Videos doesn't return proper results, or in some cases causes a blank screen"

New in Plex Media Player 2.53.0.1064 (Mar 18, 2020)

  • Fixed an issue playing videos in photo libraries where progress wouldn't reset after switching between videos

New in Plex Media Player 2.52.2.1056 (Mar 10, 2020)

  • Fixed unselected subtitles displaying during playback in desktop layout

New in Plex Media Player 2.51.0.1054 Beta (Mar 5, 2020)

  • Fixed toggling subtitles using keyboard shortcutrnFixed unselected subtitles displaying during playback

New in Plex Media Player 2.51.0.1049 (Feb 20, 2020)

  • NEW:
  • - Updated Desktop to 4.24.1
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed display of non UTF-8 sidecar subtitles
  • Fixed long press of backspace causing loss of focus when closing modals
  • Fixed an issue that caused search to never be performed when using the pointer
  • Fixed an issue that could cause the sidebar to become inaccessible after stopping playback from a controller app
  • Fixed loss of progress when VOD is stopped during initial ad after resuming
  • Fixed missing focus in `Plex is not reachable` page
  • Fixed an issue that caused sidebar items to display an infinite spinner when the app is offline
  • Fixed possible error on user switcher when plex.tv authentication is unavailable

New in Plex Media Player 2.50.0.1045 (Feb 5, 2020)

  • New Search page with updated design and functionality:
  • Search VOD, News, Podcasts, Web Shows and TIDAL as well as PMS libraries
  • Keeps a history of recent searches
  • Change search target to search all media, pinned sources, specific source types or providers
  • Results are grouped by owned libraries, shared libraries and providers
  • Contextual results promoted based on where search was started from (i.e. if search is made from a library, results from that library will be promoted to the top)
  • Avoid transcoding of 4K video when another version is playable
  • Added server name to "Log to Media Server" app setting

New in Plex Media Player 2.49.0.1041 (Jan 21, 2020)

  • Fixed metadata line height issue on some preplay pages
  • Fixed an issue where some manually added hubs never loaded properly (requires re-adding those hubs to the home screen)
  • Fixed an issue that could cause loss of focus when switching between custom and auto home
  • Fixed an issue that sometimes made it impossible to reorder home hubs"

New in Plex Media Player 2.47.0.1035 (Dec 10, 2019)

  • Improved home screen customization reset behavior
  • Fixed hubs sometimes not loading in `Manage Hubs` modal in source settingsrn- Fixed an issue with toggling subtitles on videos with multiple versionsrn- Fixed an issue that caused the app to show an infinite loading indicator after backing away from a folder while in list view

New in Plex Media Player 2.43.0.1016 Beta (Oct 1, 2019)

  • Added Russian language selection
  • Fixed the sidebar and preplay page content not loading correctly after starting playback quicklyrn- Fixed an issue where restoring the home screen to its default state twice in quick sucession could cause the app to crash

New in Plex Media Player 2.40.0.1007 (Aug 20, 2019)

  • Improved sidebar pointer support
  • Renamed "Online Content" group to "Plex" in sidebar "More" menu and moved it after user servers"
  • Fixed size of related photos thumbnails in photo player
  • Fixed wrong playback titles being shown sometimes for video clips
  • Fixed hidden focus when going back from preplay
  • Fixed an issue that could cause albums and seasons lists to fail to load in artist and tv show pages
  • Fixed lyrics fetching error message flashing
  • Fixed wrong thumbnail image for photos in album list view
  • Fixed Preplay buttons too close to summary on preplay screen
  • Fixed sidebar customization being skipped for users with only one server and no enabled online media sources"

New in Plex Media Player 2.39.0.1005 (Aug 7, 2019)

  • New:
  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.104.2
  • Added an item count to collections
  • Fixed:
  • Fixed delay when skipping forward or back using arrow keys
  • Fixed scrollbar sometimes showing up in toolbar
  • Fixed seeking sometimes not updating progress bar and elapsed/remaining times
  • Fixed an issue that could cause home page hubs to display a `Content Unavailable` error
  • Fixed showing the more actions menu in the video player while playing movies
  • Fixed app losing focus after reconnecting to server
  • Fixed non-functional search button in Home screen
  • Fixed play/pause not working while changing subtitle offset
  • Fixed occasional unexpected behavior when attempting to use lyrics as a non-Plex Pass user
  • Fixed cast members linking to pre-UNO view
  • Fixed an error loading `Manage Hubs` modal in TIDAL
  • Fixed an issue that could cause albums and seasons lists to fail to load in artist and tv show pages
  • Fixed sidebar customization being skipped for users with only one server and no enabled online media sources

New in Plex Media Player 2.38.0.999 (Jul 24, 2019)

  • Added:
  • Plex’s new UI experience with many major enhancements including
  • Customizable / always accessible sidebar navigation
  • Ability to pin and reorder your favorite libraries to the sidebar
  • Quick access to all of your media through the “More” menu item
  • Redesigned tab views that remember your previous view within each library (can be controlled via setting)
  • A customizable home screen including pinning content rows from any library to home
  • Added "Reset Customization" button in user menu to reset sidebar and home screen
  • Added automatic refresh when library is rescanned
  • Don't show "More" button when user has no servers and has disabled all online media providers
  • Fixed:
  • Fixed an issue that could cause the app to become unresponsive after deleting a hub from the Home screen
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Home page to display an infinite spinner after finishing the onboarding
  • Fixed an issue that could result in managed users not seeing the onboarding screens
  • Fixed home hub labels not updating after changing the language
  • Fixed an issue where a scrollbar sometimes appears up on the source edit screen
  • Fixed long song names not marqueeing when focused on album view
  • Fixed empty library message being shown for Live TV
  • Fixed an issue that could cause home page hubs to display a `Content Unavailable` error
  • Fixed showing the more actions menu in the video player while playing movies
  • Fixed app losing focus after reconnecting to server
  • Fixed non-functional search button in Home screen

New in Plex Media Player 2.37.2.996 (Jul 12, 2019)

  • Fixed:
  • Home showing an endless spinner

New in Plex Media Player 2.37.1.994 (Jul 11, 2019)

  • Added:
  • Disabled List View and Browse By Folder for Photo libraries
  • Replaced `Browse by Folder` option available in PMS libraries with `Folders` option in types menu
  • UNO preview: Added "Remember Selected Tab" app setting
  • UNO preview: Removed `Go to <library>` metadata item action"
  • Fixed:
  • UNO preview: Fixed Live TV hubs on missing airing informationfalse
  • UNO preview: Fixed an issue that could cause the sidebar to become inaccessible after ending playback
  • UNO preview: Fixed an issue that made it possible to navigate from the jump bar to the page header
  • UNO preview: Fixed an issue that could result in managed users not seeing the onboarding screens
  • UNO preview: Fixed an edge case that allowed a pre-UNO page header to be visible while browsing sources
  • UNO preview: Don't show Search button in Home screen when no preferred server was selected"

New in Plex Media Player 2.36.0.988 (Jun 25, 2019)

  • Added Artist TV Radio
  • Added News personalize settings link to News sources in UNO sidebar
  • Added loading default tab and saving last viewed tab for Playlists sources in UNO sidebar
  • Automatically remove pinned sources from deleted libraries in UNO sidebar
  • Improved video quality for News, Web Shows, and TIDAL Music Videos during beginning of playback"
  • items_fixed:
  • Fixed showing "home screen media types" setting when UNO preview is enabled
  • Fixed an issue with video playback where attempting to hold down left/right would result in constant buffering indicator interrupting seeking
  • Fixed an issue in search where the type would reset to "All" after pressing search button from more results
  • Fixed related photos in photo player showing limited results
  • Fixed an issue in UNO where users are unable to select initial pinned sources if they only have one server
  • Fixed pinned sources in UNO sidebar showing error icons after switching users
  • Fixed an issue in UNO where server unavailable icon won't update
  • Fixed an issue where the More poster was too big for some hubs
  • Fixed an issue in UNO where going back to a Recommended tab could sometimes result in focus being lost
  • Fixed an issue in UNO where switching between sources chould sometimes result in loss of focus
  • Fixed missing focus in TIDAL playlist pages when UNO preview is enabledrn- Fixed an issue with reordering UNO sidebar pinned sources where the wrong item would be moved
  • Fixed search in UNO not correctly restricting results per type by default"

New in Plex Media Player 2.35.1.986 (Jun 14, 2019)

  • Added error pages for empty home screen, empty libraries and unavailable servers
  • Added missing fullcreen and layout toggle buttons to UNO experience preview page headers"
  • Fixed bandwidth estimate handling when playing multiple videos in the same app session
  • Fixed manage and refresh buttons overlap in errored home hubs
  • Fixed DVR options appearing for managed users with only Live TV permissions
  • Fixed an edge case that could lead to missing focus after selecting preferred server and sourcesrn- Fixed focus being lost when UNO page header is empty
  • Fixed initial missing focus after selecting "Watch Now" in Live TVrn- Fixed some "Go to..." buttons redirecting to non-UNO pagesrn-
  • Fixed showing play and shuffle buttons in UNO preview Collections tabs
  • Fixed being unable to get back to library content after leaving a page with no content
  • Fixed an issue in UNO that prevented browsing folders in list mode
  • Fixed issues around focus being lost or incorrect in sidebar when navigating between sources
  • Fixed occasional empty details when browsing libraries in list view in UNO preview
  • Fixed an issue in UNO where users are unable to select initial pinned sources if they only have one server
  • Fixed an issue in UNO where going back to a Recommended tab could sometimes result in focus being lost
  • Fixed an issue in UNO where switching between sources chould sometimes result in loss of focus"

New in Plex Media Player 2.34.0.983 (May 23, 2019)

  • Added:
  • Added a new base background imagern
  • Preview Plex’s new PMP experience with many major enhancements includingrn Customizable / always accessible sidebar navigationrn
  • Ability to pin and reorder your favorite libraries to the sidebarrn
  • Quick access to all of your media through the “More” menu itemrn
  • Redesigned tab views that remember your previous view within each library (can be controlled via setting)rn
  • A customizable home screen including pinning content rows from any library to home
  • Fixed:
  • Fixed missing news hubsrn
  • Fixed titles missing for music videos in playlist

New in Plex Media Player 2.33.1.979 (May 2, 2019)

  • Fixed blurry letter avatar in user menu
  • Fixed text getting cut off in related hubs
  • Fixed user avatar not appearing in playlists with shared content
  • Fixed quick links hubs not correctly positioned with line borders
  • Fixed On Right Now hub for Live TV not showing "More..." button
  • Fixed loss of focus when only server goes offline">

New in Plex Media Player 2.32.0.973 (Apr 16, 2019)

  • fixed user icon in settings modal displaying square instead of round initially"

New in Plex Media Player 2.31.0.967 (Apr 2, 2019)

  • Added subtitles offset controls for external subtitle files"items_fixed
  • Fixed podcasts related episodes getting cut offrn- Fixed user ratings showing the wrong value on the extended info screen"

New in Plex Media Player 2.30.1.966 (Mar 26, 2019)

  • Fixed dashboard not loading when one or more Online Media Sources is disabled

New in Plex Media Player 2.29.1.961 (Mar 9, 2019)

  • Fixed an issue where search results would come from local machine's server instead of specified server
  • Fixed an issue where selecting a search result would open a blank page

New in Plex Media Player 2.28.0.952 (Feb 20, 2019)

  • Added subtitle color and position options
  • We've updated our tooling to provide an improved user experience
  • AAC audio streams are no longer automatically converted to AC3, EAC3, or DTS during Direct Stream or Transcode when the related Settings > Audio setting is enabled. Instead they will play without conversion" items_fixed
  • Fixed loss of focus when going to an empty web shows page
  • Fixed navigation order after switching to the admin user
  • Fixed News and Podcasts directories so they don't touch navigation bar
  • Fixed extended info poster not positioned properly"

New in Plex Media Player 2.26.0.949 (Feb 5, 2019)

  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.83.1
  • Support translation of relative time strings
  • Adjusted library page jump bar so more characters can be shown
  • Changed user menu from dropdown to full screen modal"

New in Plex Media Player 2.26.0.947 (Jan 24, 2019)

  • Added actions menu to Web Shows and Podcasts show preplay pagesrn
  • Added Chapter Selection title to chapter selection menurn
  • Don't show 'More...' button when there is only one more item
  • Fixed possible error on user switcher screenrn
  • Fixed chapter selection sometimes losing focus at the end of the listrn
  • Fixed Live TV restarting from another position when enabling or disabling Closed Captioningrn
  • Fixed some issues with video transcoding when it can direct stream"

New in Plex Media Player 2.24.0.924 (Dec 12, 2018)

  • Fixed an issue where signing out or switching users could cause the app to freeze
  • Fixed an issue where the app could crash when loading a type view
  • Fixed an issue where focus would be lost after removing the last item from a listFixed as issue where enabling recording all episodes for certain shows could return in nothing getting added to the priority list
  • Fixed an issue that could cause a blank screen to appear after playback
  • Fixed loss of focus on episode preplay in some cases"

New in Plex Media Player 2.21.0.914 (Oct 31, 2018)

  • Improvements to subtitles search results titles
  • Added new music player UI for podcasts
  • Added Related Episodes hub underneath the Podcasts player
  • Watch Later and Recommended support has been removed.
  • Fixed occasional loss of focus on library page when applying "unplayed" filter
  • Fixed settings failing to open in some circumstances
  • Fixed zip code not disappearing in News settings after selecting a country that doesn't have zip codes
  • Fixed selecting a play queue item occasionally not starting playback"

New in Plex Media Player 2.19.0.904 (Sep 21, 2018)

  • Fixed an issue connecting to Plex Cloud servers

New in Plex Media Player 2.19.0.902 (Sep 19, 2018)

  • Added:
  • Chapter titles to the chapter selectionrn
  • Added the ability to focus the progress bar and move the playhead to seek more accuratelyrn
  • Added preview thumbnails while seeking (when available)rn
  • Adjusted rewind and fast-foward behavior to move the playhead automatically at 1x, 2x or 3x speedrn
  • Added new music mini playerrn
  • Added new user button design in the application headerrn
  • Added split fullscreen and layout switching controls
  • Fixed shuffle commands received from companion apps not being recognizedrn- Fixed dashboard hubs sometimes failing to load when switching between Home usersrn
  • Fixed advancing to the same item as the one currently playing putting the player in a broken statern
  • Fixed focus not being restored when returning to playlists list pagern
  • Fixed missing placeholder for chapter selection preview thumbnailsrn
  • Fixed broken focus behaviour when pressing right twice quickly on settingsrn
  • Fixed missing 'Collections' and 'Albums' links from dashboards

New in Plex Media Player 2.15.0.882 (Jul 26, 2018)

  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.61.1rn- Added soft subtitles with direct play (requires PMS 1.13.4 or above)"
  • "- Added missing unwatched triangles to Watch Later/Recommendedrn- Fixed sometimes only the background showing when going back to the pre-play pagern- Fixed items in On Right Now starting playback immediately after going to Watch Nowrn- Fixed icon for server and source listsrn- Fixed an issue where pressing left or right while video is paused causes you to go to previous/next video instead of seeking"

New in Plex Media Player 2.14.1.880 (Jul 12, 2018)

  • Fixed error showing when recording is post processing
  • Fixed troubles selecting embedded subtitle streams in videos without audio streams
  • Fixed grid view programs getting duplicated when refreshing EPG with grid view open
  • Fixed video quality setting does not properly show user selection

New in Plex Media Player 2.13.0.877 (Jun 26, 2018)

  • Fixed focus disappearing after selecting a different news clip from the play queue
  • Fixed missing jump bars when viewing Artists and Albums from Quick Links
  • Don't show 'Browse by Folder' option when not applicable
  • Fixed missing shuffle button from Collections PrePlay

New in Plex Media Player 2.12.0.869 (Jun 12, 2018)

  • Restored ability to delete Watch Later/Recommended items
  • Fixed Browse by Folder showing unwatched flags on folders
  • Fixed cursor getting lost when navigating up to menu on Live TV Watch Now
  • Fixed metadata being displayed behind episode thumbnail in some cases
  • Fixed smooth scroll behaviour on some dashboard pages
  • Fixed audio & subtitle preference changes not being reflected immediately on the preplay page
  • Removed “Discover” and “Watch Now” buttons from Live TV Browse All"

New in Plex Media Player 2.11.1.870 (Jun 6, 2018)

  • items_added:
  • TV web-client updated to 3.54.2
  • items_fixed:
  • Removed non-functional Channel provider

New in Plex Media Player 2.11.0.867 (May 30, 2018)

  • Items added:
  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.52.2
  • Qt updated to 5.9.5
  • Updated "(Un)Watched" text to "(Un)Played"
  • Items fixed:
  • Restored ability to delete Watch Later/Recommended items
  • Fixed several possible situations where focus could disappear
  • Fixed an issue where shuffling a TV season would result in a play queue containing episodes from outside of that season
  • Fixed an issue where the order in which items on a show page are focused could sometimes be inconsistent
  • Ensured quality setting is respected when autoplaying next video
  • Fixed HLS videos in Watch Later not playing in some cases
  • Fixed some occurrences of "Repeat All" not repeating single video play queues
  • Fixed Live TV type buttons cutoff in list view
  • Fixed inconsistent queue behavior when playing season with no unwatched episodes
  • Fixed music play queues not correctly restoring on app start
  • Fixed an issue that prevented playing content from a Controller while the app is in the PIN entry screen

New in Plex Media Player 2.10.0.849 (May 2, 2018)

  • Added Privacy Policy and Terms of Service viewing in settings
  • Added quick links action buttons for type discovery pages
  • (Xbox One) HDR support for Xbox One S and Xbox One
  • (Xbox One) Automatic display mode switching to match video resolution and refresh rate
  • Fixed the app not loading if plex.tv was unavailable
  • Fixed the version badge not updating after deleting a version
  • Fixed missing videos in a photo library failing silently
  • Fixed the OSD not hiding when resuming playback after the screensaver was shown
  • (PMP) Fixed high CPU usage during music playback
  • Fixed deleting of file with multiple versions
  • Fix missing video titles on photo album pages
  • Fix the rest of the episodes in the play queue after selecting play from the show level

New in Plex Media Player 2.9.0.824 (Apr 17, 2018)

  • Items added:
  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.47.1
  • Added automatic fallback to transcode if direct playing music fails
  • Updated translations
  • Items fixed:
  • Fixed an issue that prevented toggling between timed and untimed lyrics
  • Fixed library lists sometimes not scrolling to the end correctly
  • Fixed the dashboard type list sometimes not scrolling to the end correctly
  • Don't show the library list if there are no libraries available
  • Fixed a rare bug that could cause pointer-only UI elements to appear while not controlling the app with a pointer
  • Fixed an issue with news tags sometimes appearing offscreen
  • Fixed an issue where going to an empty recording schedule page would make the application unresponsive to input
  • Fixed UI sounds

New in Plex Media Player 2.7.0.806 (Mar 20, 2018)

  • Added scrolling to dashboard header type buttons when more than 5 buttons are visible
  • Swapped the Record and Play buttons on Live TV item screens
  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.41.2
  • Fixed possible endless buffering at start of playback
  • Fixed short movie/episode summary alignment
  • Fixed version count not showing up on poster lists
  • Fixed the recording schedule not displaying an empty message when no events are displayed
  • Fixed the next airing wrapping to two lines on the recording priority page
  • Selecting "Sign Out" after selecting "Switch User" from the app's home screen no longer shows homescreen content below the confirmation modal

New in Plex Media Player 2.6.0.803 (Mar 7, 2018)

  • items_added:
  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.37.2
  • Added subtitle support for videos in the photo player
  • Remember last active library when switching between dashboard types"
  • items_fixed:
  • Fixed the type dropdown showing collections for Live TV
  • Fixed missing separator line for Online Content in libraries
  • Fixed an issue with the player controls sometimes unexpectedly disappearing after changing playing item
  • Fixed video restarting from offset when changing the audio or subtitle streams
  • Fixed movie filters dropdown getting cut off on certain screen sizes
  • Fixed an issue where it wasn't possible to close the player until the content finished loading
  • Fixed the player remaining paused after changing an item in the play queue
  • Fixed title getting cut off on Live TV preplay pages
  • Fixed the player controls briefly appearing when closing the player
  • Fixed seeking in Live TV playback in desktop mode
  • Fixed a rare bug that could cause the app to become unresponsive to key input after signing in
  • Fixed some issues with item actions for some older servers
  • Fixed an issue that prevented using keyboard shortcuts to mark an item as unwatched

New in Plex Media Player 2.5.0.792 (Feb 20, 2018)

  • Updated translations
  • Fixed the titles for recently added TV shows
  • Fixed the player sometimes not being able to play watch later/recommended videos
  • Fixed bug that could cause app to fail to load
  • Fixed cases where playback would error or fallback to a transcode near the end of a video
  • Fixed issues with Apple IR remotes on High Sierra

New in Plex Media Player 2.4.1.787 (Feb 8, 2018)

  • Fixed a rare bug where the app could lose focus in user switching screen
  • Fixed missing focus in photo player after selecting a related photo
  • Fixed button alignment on subtitle selection modal
  • Fixed missing focus after replaying the same video from post-play
  • Fixed missing post-play after returning from screensaver
  • Selecting the dashboard type button will navigate to the active library

New in Plex Media Player 1.3.12.755 (Dec 15, 2017)

  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.29.7

New in Plex Media Player 1.3.11.729 (Nov 1, 2017)

  • Added:
  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.26.2rnBumped deps"
  • Fixed:
  • "(Desktop) Seeking while transcodingrn(macOS) Fullscreen UI corruption"

New in Plex Media Player 1.3.10.720 (Oct 11, 2017)

  • Items added:
  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.21.2rnBumped deps
  • Items fixed:
  • Ghosting effect with some filesrn(Desktop) Library scanning alerts appearing over video

New in Plex Media Player 1.3.9.714 (Sep 28, 2017)

  • added: "TV web-client updated to 3.13.3"
  • fixed: "Scaling issues on 4k screens"

New in Plex Media Player 1.3.8.712 (Sep 27, 2017)

  • TV web-client updated to 3.13.2

New in Plex Media Player 1.3.7.701 (Sep 25, 2017)

  • TV web-client updated to 3.13.1

New in Plex Media Player 1.3.6.699 (Sep 22, 2017)

  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.20.6

New in Plex Media Player 1.3.5.689 (Aug 1, 2017)

  • Desktop web-client updat…dencies (Windows/macOS)
  • Update ANGLE on Windows. This should improve video performance in some cases.rnErrors when opening the player (Desktop)

New in Plex Media Player 1.3.4.670 (Jun 17, 2017)

  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.9.1

New in Plex Media Player 1.3.2.657 (May 28, 2017)

  • Added:
  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.7.0
  • Fixed:
  • Casting to PMP (Desktop)

New in Plex Media Player 1.3.1.649 (May 17, 2017)

  • Added:
  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.6.0
  • Fixed:
  • Reverted QT to 5.7

New in Plex Media Player 1.3.0.642 (May 7, 2017)

  • Added:
  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.5.0
  • TV web-client updated to 3.3.0
  • Updated QT to 5.8
  • Updated Dependencies
  • Fixed:
  • LIRC keyup detection

New in Plex Media Player 1.0.6.229 (Mar 18, 2016)

  • New:
  • Search! There is now global search in PMP. It's early days and doesn't work well with keyboards yet.
  • Manual check for new version in Main settings (no need to restart to check for new version).
  • Embedded version now based on OpenELEC 6.0.3 which supports newer NUC's and the Raspberry PI3

New in Plex Media Player 1.0.4.169 (Feb 8, 2016)

  • New:
  • Updated web client to 2.5.1
  • Request Multimedia Class Schedule Service on Windows
  • Windows installer now calls the vcredist installer automatically. For 1.0.4 this means that you need to re-run the installer and can not auto-update on windows.
  • Windows version is now built with Visual Studio 2015
  • We now default to DirectX/ANGLE on Windows, this will hopefully reduce the number of issues we see with bad / buggy OpenGL drivers.
  • Fixes:
  • mpv's internal OSD is now switched off, we are replacing this with something native to PMP in an upcoming version.
  • Fixed refresh rate switching on RPI2
  • Correctly signal NTSC (23.976hz) refresh rates on RPI2
  • Fixed refresh rate switching bugs on Windows
  • Always force transcoding if "Optical" device type is selected
  • Fix the host:switch command
  • Don't switch refresh rate when seeking in transcoding video

New in Plex Media Player 1.0.3.132 (Jan 18, 2016)

  • New:
  • Updated Qt to version 5.6.0 beta. This replaces the Alpha version we had before. Many stability and preformance improvements.
  • Windows - Added setting to disable native OpenGL. If you are having display problems or crashes on windows, please try our DirectX mode.
  • Added a lot of information to the debug overlay vsync-ratio, audio passthrough, OpenGL version, display status etc.
  • List IPv6 host addresses on debug overlay.
  • Windows - PMP doesn't minimize when it loses focus anymore. We have reverted back to the old behaviour, that means that if you are in native OpenGL mode you can't alt-tab out of the window. We are going to try to improve this in the future.
  • Added support for host command script that can execute a script. Put a script in the scripts datadir and call host script script.py from the inputmap.
  • Updated seek and step keyboard mapping.
  • Added a command to switch display modes.
  • Added host commands for suspend, reboot and power off.
  • Added setting to disable logging.
  • Fixes:
  • DisplayManager don't consider 24 and 25 FPS "close"
  • DisplayManager better logging and many small fixes on Windows.
  • Make sure that directory LaunchAgents is created before writing to it. Prevents stutters on certain OSX setups.
  • Exit Helper after 3 minutes if nothing has reconnected.
  • Move local sockets to default path. This fixes a startup error on OSX.
  • Remove escaped access tokens from logs too.
  • Always enable AC3 transcoding if AC3 and stereo channels are selected.
  • Crash fixes

New in Plex Media Player 1.0.2.70 (Nov 12, 2015)

  • New:
  • Allow window sizes smaller than 720p
  • Audio drop/duplicate display sync mode.
  • Support for manual IP addresses of Plex Media Servers
  • Adding setting to disable minimize-on-defocus on Windows.
  • Added additions to keyboard mapping to better suite MCE remotes.
  • Updated web-client to version 2.4.36
  • Windows installer is now 64-bit
  • Embedded image support for Legacy NVIDIA systems
  • Fixes:
  • Fix redrawing errors on high resolution displays
  • Fix crash in DisplayManager when connected to multiple displays on multiple GPUs
  • Windows installer should now work even if you have OpenSSL installed on your system
  • Refresh rate switching fixes on Windows
  • Wrap long lines on the left part of the debug overlay.
  • Fix infinite loop in InputSDL [Cory Parsons]
  • Properly remove AC3 transcoding filter when it is to be disabled.
  • Improve InputCEC to not block the main thread.
  • Make CEC handle properly longpress
  • Improve CEC ability to recover to connection loss.

New in Plex Media Player 1.0.1.42 (Nov 2, 2015)

  • New:
  • New setting to completely disable mouse input
  • PageUp / PageDown is now bound to actions that let you advance to the next epsiode in the pre-play screen
  • New Library icons and style
  • Xbox Controller support on Windows thanks to Cory Parsons
  • InputSDL (controllers) now react on button down instead of button up, which makes them more responsive thanks to Cory Parsons
  • Fixes:
  • Windows binary rename to x86_64 to reflect reality
  • Windows installer now installs to C:\Program Files by default
  • Windows installer will warn when trying to install on Windows versions older than windows 7.
  • Debug overlay now have safe overscan margins
  • Failed to start web server is no longer treated as a fatal error
  • Remove misleading channel count from passthrough audio on debug overlay
  • Remove channel selection from "Optical" device type (it's limited to stereo or AC3/DTS passthrough)
  • Fix freeze with optical audio out
  • Disable hardware decoding by default (creates problems on some GPUs)
  • Use exclusive audio setting on OSX by default (related to the USB audio problem, if you want multichannel PCM on any device on OSX, you need to reset settings or enable exclusive mode under advanced).
  • Experimental better alt+tab handling on windows.
  • Fixed issue where the remote controllers might not find PMP
  • Fixed issue with playback on some channels
  • Raspberry fixes for 10bit and high h264 level video content