Plex Media Server

Plex Media Server 1.0.1 is now available for Plex Pass members.

NEW

  • Update Plex Web to 2.7.4.
  • Updated Media Flags bundle.
  • (Preferences) Advanced preference to run the scanner at low priority (intended for low-powered devices). (#4845)
  • (Metadata) Rename Freebase Agent to Plex Movie Agent.
  • (Metadata) Plex Movie Agent combines the best possible metadata from multiple sources (IMDb, The Movie Database, and Rotten Tomatoes).
  • (Metadata) Added preferences to Plex Movie Agent and TheTVDB Agent to control metadata source of rating, cast info, and summary.
  • (Metadata) Allow TheTVDB agent to use The Movie DB’s HD episode images, so you can have the best of both worlds.
  • (Metadata) Upgrade to TheTVDB API v2.

FIXES

  • (Transcoder) Playback failures playing subtitles on iOS with a Windows server. (#4828)
  • (Transcoder) Crashes with unreliable internet connections. (#4827)
  • (Transcoder) Playback issues with AAC audio containing more than six channels on Windows (#4830, #4843)
  • (Transcoder) Crashes in certain error cases. (#4881)
  • (Transcoder) Errors transcoding source audio with negative timestamps on Windows. (#4833)
  • (Transcoder) Errors transcoding subtitles. (#4862)
  • (Transcoder) Errors decoding MSMPEG4v3 video on certain platforms. (#4919)
  • (Transcoder) Server hangs while transcoding in certain rare cases. (#4943)
  • (Media Analysis) Scanner could hang with 100% CPU usage when analyzing videos with invalid packets. (#4821)
  • (Metadata) Remove broken Google search for matching movies and TV shows.
  • (Now Playing) Channel content wasn’t showing up in Now Playing. (#4893)
  • (Security) Refresh TLS certificate after signing out multiple times. (#4817)
  • (Network) Respect X-Forwarded-For headers sent from local or loopback addresses. (#4682)
  • (Network) Crashes unpublishing the server in certain rare cases. (#4885)
  • (Framework) Noisy ‘HTTPError’ object has no attribute ‘read’ errors in logs. (#4449)
  • (FreeBSD) Update checks weren’t working correctly. (#4844)
  • (OS X) In some cases, lyrics would not display (#4872)
  • (Web) Playback failures when media has unselected subtitles. (#4939)
  • (PHT) Compatibility issues with version 1.0.0 (#4831)
  • Chapters from ChapterDB might not load under some circumstances. (#4814)
  • Crashes in deep media analysis. (#4886)