Plex Media Player

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Plex Media Player 2.2 Beta is now available for Plex Pass users on macOS and Windows.

NEW:

  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.29.7
  • Resolve plex.direct domains internally. Enabled playback from secure servers when PMP is not connected to the Internet.
  • Initial support for Bluetooth and Touch Bar controls on macOS.
  • Enable refreshrate.avoid_25hz_30hz by default.
  • UI: Entirely new video, music, and photo player user interfaces!
  • UI: Audio and subtitle stream selection on preplay screens.
  • UI: Add support for TV show theme music (Settings > Main > Play Theme Music).
  • UI: Summary text boxes show the entire summary text when selected.
  • UI: Lyrics are manually scrollable.
  • UI: Respect account privacy settings instead of using client-specific opt-out.
  • UI: Poster and list items titles will automatically scroll when they are too long to display in their entirety.
  • UI: Pressing play, enter or clicking either poster in post play modal will start playback of the associated item.
  • UI: Add companion support for shuffle and repeat during audio playback.
  • UI: Add support for native audio track switching.
  • UI: Show insecure connection fallback options when primary server is unreachable but insecure connections are a possibility.
  • UI: Better error handling on media errors.
  • UI: Updated exit confirmation modal UX.

FIXED:

  • Ignore OS notifications when files are dropped onto the PMP window during drag and drop actions.
  • Work around Windows’ media-key handling which sends multiple input notifications for Play/Pause and Next key presses.
  • Speculative fix for user reported trouble pressing Up and Down on silver Apple IR remotes when using a Mac Mini running High Sierra.
  • Avoid corruption issues when GL context sharing between Qt and WebEngine fails. 5K macs (the previous corruption issue) still work, thanks to our Qt patches.
  • UI: Improved first-run experience to highlight the necessary actions to complete the required steps. Make it harder for users to become trapped in a partially complete state.
  • UI: Mark partially watched items as watched when toggling watched status.
  • UI: Improved Plex Companion controller remote control integration.
  • UI: Display album art in music playlists.
  • UI: Fixed an issue with the app crashing when attempting to exit via shortcut.
  • UI: Fixed rare issue with some clients not showing up as Companion players on certain devices.
  • UI: ‘Go to Show|Artist’ buttons navigate to the proper screen now.
  • UI: Fixed issue that could have prevented the app from starting when offline.
  • UI: Fixed error when selecting item version for deletion.
  • UI: Fixed missing version title in deletion confirmation modal.
  • UI: Video direct play/stream options no longer affect audio playback.
  • UI: Show videos in mixed video/photo playback and resize when panel/info open.
  • UI: App no longer occasionally gets stuck in loading state after switching users.
  • UI: Page background does not change when browsing photo albums.
  • UI: Fixed the background of the items in the user switcher screen so they’re no longer tiled.
  • UI: Fixed tracks count on Album Preplay pages.
  • UI: Fixed volume resetting when PMP is restarted and volume was muted.
  • UI: Fixed preplay/library item details getting stuck in a loading state after switching users.