Plex for Xbox One (v1.0.0.11)
NEW:
Continue Watching items now displayed on the Home Screen
Plex Pass requirement now supports Plex Home
Shared users who are all part of Plex Home can use the application, even if they don't individually have Plex Pass subscriptions
Primary trailer available for movies
Screen dimming to protect our Plasma users (2 minutes idle dims, 5 minutes idle off)
If direct playing a video fails, we now automatically fallback to try and transcode
FIXES
Fix issue with the overflow ("...") button in the episode preplay page where selecting it would do nothing
Home and library section categories would not always show the "More" even if more items were available
Resolve issue where video end would not be detected correctly, and the video would either remain open or the last segment would play twice.
Fix error where incorrect server version was demanded if application was launched without an internet connection
Display error when video transcode fails
Resolve issue where multiple qualities could "selected" inside the video player
Ensure that "Go to fullscreen" always works when application is snapped
Fix issue where episode list wasn't updated after items had been watched
Stacked episodes displayed incorrect season number when focused
Report error to user if they try to play media which is not actually accessible (e.g. mounted drive is no longer available)
Resolve issue where some personal media libraries would not be navigable
Fix issue where Next Page / Previous Page voice actions were not always displayed
Add support for controlling video player settings using Voice
Resolve various issues around switching Microsoft Live user while the application is running
Fix issue where item's "Unavailable" flag wouldn't be removed, even if the user resolved the issue
Resolve issue where items would not be selectable, if a minor (child) account was currently logged in.
Enjoy!
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DomC
January 20, 2015, 4:48pm
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Plex for Xbox One (v1.0.0.13)
FIXES:
Remove screen dimming. This was kicking in during video playback for some users.
Moussa
December 8, 2015, 4:48pm
6
Plex for Xbox One (v1.4.0.0)
Please note that an update to fix the crash on startup issues some users are experiencing is still on its way!
FIXES:
Playback failure on some channels
Issue displaying media containing certain characters in their names
Media Remote play button not working on media tiles
Crash on launch if no user was signed in
Plex Companion reliability improvements
DomC
December 16, 2015, 6:14pm
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Plex for Xbox One (v1.5.0.0 - Public Release)
Removed the Plex Pass requirement for all users. Plex for Xbox One is now free for all.
Enjoy!
Moussa
October 19, 2017, 3:45pm
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Plex for Xbox One (v2.0.1.0)
NEW:
Brand new app rewritten from the ground up with our beautiful v2 UI!
Soft subtitle support
Alexa support
Removed Plex account -> Xbox Live account linking requirement
The app is available now and will roll out to users automatically over the coming days. You can install it now by searching for the ‘Plex for Xbox One’ app in the store.
Moussa
January 11, 2018, 12:01am
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Plex for Xbox One v2.1.1 is now rolling out for users
NEW:
Brand new audio, video, and photo players.
Support for direct streaming HEVC video on the Xbox One S and Xbox One X.
Support for mspeg4v2 and mspeg4v3 in mkv and avi containers and 4K vp9 support in webm containers.
Poster and list items titles will automatically scroll when they are too long to display in their entirety.
New ‘Play Version’, ‘Mark as Watched’, and ‘Delete’ modals.
Show insecure connection fallback options when primary server is unreachable but insecure connections are a possibility.
FIXED:
Improve app usability when system high contrast mode is enabled.
Fix tracks count on Album Pre-Play pages.
Fix loss of focus when exiting/entering player.
Fix loss of focus when returning from screensaver without user lock.
App no longer occasionally gets stuck in loading state after switching users.
Fixed preplay/library item details getting stuck in a loading state after switching users.
Shuffled play queues from playlists only containing the first 50 items.
Fixed the background of the items in the user switcher screen so they’re no longer tiled.
Moussa
January 11, 2018, 2:48am
16
Plex for Xbox One v2.1.2 is now rolling out for users
FIXED:
Media Remote play/pause buttons not working in video player when OSD is hidden
Moussa
January 25, 2018, 2:57am
17
Plex for Xbox One v2.2.1 is now rolling out for users
NEW:
Added automatic fallback to transcode if direct stream video fails
Added default posters for artists/albums without artwork in search results
Channels are now referred to as Plugins
FIXED:
Fixed bitrate display issues. Music and smaller video bitrates should now display in kbps.
Fixed photo player strip cells popping in and sometimes showing incorrect images
Fixed the playlist page displaying incorrect name and duration
Fixed the text case in the header music player and user menu button
Fixed the OSD menu ("•••") button not being disabled for watch later/recommended/channel videos
Fixed the “Unavailable” badge not being consistently displayed in preplay pages
Fixed videos in playlists not prompting to resume
Fixed photo slideshows from photo channels not playing all photos
Fixed the user sometimes not being able to focus the photo strip when viewing photos from channels
Fixed theme music not stopping when browsing between search and preplay pages
Disabling UI logging to the Plex Media Server correctly prevents sending of log messages to the media server
Artist poster images are aligned at the top edge
Fixed playback error shown too early in a play queue
Lyrics are only available for the current playing track in the play queue
Player controls do not jump around when the durations change
Fixed companion video control in mixed photo/video libraries
Fixed some details in music playback such as the metadata using the album artist rather than the track artist and OSD appearing during track changes
Fixed the post play disappearing after screensaver is dismissed
Fixed titles sometimes unnecessarily scrolling
Fixed the error message displayed when playing an unavailable video from details page
Restore focus correctly in season details episodes list after playback
Fixed audio / video not playing when bandwidth restrictions and attempting to direct play
Moussa
February 7, 2018, 10:29pm
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Plex for Xbox One v2.3.1 is now rolling out for users
NEW:
Live TV with time shifting support
Updated the sources selector UI
Added sources modal
Added ability to reorder sources from sources modal
Added ability to hide sources from sources list
Added support for inline collections
Added automatic fallback to transcode if direct stream audio fails
Playing an item from the play queue will automatically close the play queue
FIXED:
Fixed the app sometimes showing incomplete lists when returning from the player
Fixed the error message displayed for unavailable videos
Fixed play/pause keys in player while the player controls are hidden
Fixed the first enter press when the player controls are hidden showing the controls and executing the active button action immediately
Fixed empty play queue when playing watch later/recommended videos
Fixed a rare bug where the app could become unresponsive when selecting a user
Fixed the PIN entry in user switching screen still being displayed after user presses back to close it
Fixed the exit confirmation dialog not being visible when user attempts to exit from user switching screen
Fixed missing focus after replaying the same video from post-play
Fixed missing post-play after returning from screensaver
Fixed possible crash when exiting players
Fixed play and pause remote and voice commands
Fixed console notifications appearing over videos
Moussa
February 8, 2018, 5:43pm
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Live TV with timeshifting is now available to all Plex Pass users.
Read more at https://www.plex.tv/blog/live-tv-and-time-shifting-extravaganza/
Moussa
February 20, 2018, 8:42pm
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Plex for Xbox One v2.4.1 is now rolling out for users
NEW:
Updated translations
Added direct play support for wmv2/vc1/wmav2 codecs in wmv containers
FIXED:
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 some issues around player buffering indefinitely on start or while seeking
