February 17, 2016, 2.5.5
Not to overshadow the several new highly requested features landing in this update but the really big news is improvements handling anamorphic video. This update itself fixes video sizing of directly played video. A fix for direct stream and transcoding playbacks requires Plex Media Server 0.9.14.5 or later (which is available for download now!). Please send some hugs or high-fives to @kayone and @rcombs for their work!
NEW:
- Search the current media server for music and videos.
- Manual server configuration enables direct IP and port access to Plex Media
Servers which are not currently signed into a Plex Home. - Privacy > Usage Analytics setting enables users to opt out of application
usage tracking. - Watch Later or Recommended videos, movies, episodes, seasons, and entire shows
can deleted.
FIXES:
- Video player: Anamorphic video fixes for direct playback and transcoded
videos. Transcode videos fixes require Plex Media Server 0.9.15.4 or newer. - Video player: Force video playback to start when our autoplay command is
ignored. - Resiliency: Ensure application startup initialization occurs as intended.
- Resiliency: Server connectivity issues during startup are handled gracefully
and present detailed recovery information based on analysis of the server,
environment, and device configurations. - User experience: Better recognition of casual presses to the Play button. If
there’s something playable nearby we’ll play it. - User experience: Polish our selection of focusable items, modal presentation,
and loading...feedback. - User experience: Accept all key presses to non-repeating keys.
- User experience: Improved photo player and video playlist interactions.
