Plex for Apple TV

Version 1.25 is now available

FIXED:

  • Conflict dialog could block user interaction when scheduling a new recording.
  • Sometimes the country code was shown as part of the rating in the player info.
  • Fixed issues that could cause focus to jump unexpectedly when going back a screen.
  • Fixed issues causing focus to jump to the wrong item when moving up or down the program guide.
  • Added ability to download application logs over the network, when enabled in settings.
  • Text in Top Shelf was not correctly localized.
  • Search settings would conflict with on-screen keyboard when using 3rd party remotes.

Note: In an upcoming release, the minimum supported version of Plex Media Server will be increased to 1.3.0. Please upgrade your servers.

Version 1.26 is now available

NEW:

  • When tuning Live TV in to an in-progress recording, allow time shifting back to the beginning of the recording.

FIXED:

  • Live TV airing info would not update after current show ends.
  • Fixed an issue that could prevent HDR content from playing correctly with content matching enabled.

Version 1.27 is now available

NEW:

  • Updated minimum server version to 1.3.

FIXED:

  • Improved readability of timed lyrics.
  • Sorting icon in recording priority would look stretched with long titles.
  • Live TV session would jump to beginning when switching qualities

Version 1.28 is now available

FIXED:

  • Renamed “Channels” feature to “Plugins”

Version 1.29 is now available

NEW:

  • Grid view guide for browsing DVR channels.
  • Support changing audio streams on Live TV, when available.

FIXED:

  • Couldn’t modify recording policy for a TV Show where no episodes were scheduled for recording at the moment.
  • Fixed an issue preventing deleting items with an apostrophe in the title.
  • Fixed issue where some users with autologin would be set to the wrong server on startup.
  • Fixed playback of News from channels.
  • Trying to record all events for a sports team would result in an erroneous screen.
  • Hide incorrect error message when switching Live TV channels.
1 Like

Version 1.30 is now available.

FIXED:

  • Disable the sidebar on DVR channels grid.
  • Fixed an error that could prevent content from loading from the homescreen.
  • Fixed an issue where long info text could break the layout of the movie screen.
3 Likes

Version 1.31 is now available.

FIXED:

  • Fixed an issue that prevented the play button from resuming paused music.
  • Fixed an issue that would prevent some sidebar items from opening correctly.
  • Moved recording schedule into the Live TV & DVR Guide.
2 Likes

Version 1.32 is now available.

FIXED:

  • Fixed an issue causing the Play / Pause button to sometimes fail to resume playback.
  • Fixed an issue preventing the Photo Timeline scrollbar from working for small libraries.
  • Recording schedule badge would sometimes appear for shows not scheduled for recording.
  • Fixed shuffling a show when there is an On Deck episode.

Version 1.33 is now available.

FIXED:

  • Fixed an issue that could prevent related content from loading.
  • Fixed missing libraries error when attempting to record a show.
  • Scheduling a DVR recording could sometimes fail when switching between libraries with multiple locations.
2 Likes

Version 1.34 is now available.

NEW:

  • Allow channel selection when watching a live program airing on multiple channels.

FIXED:

  • Removed discontinued Watch Later feature.
  • Subtitle Search results show more information.

Version 1.34.1 is now available.

FIXED:

  • Fix crash when searching while offline.
  • Fixed memory issue that could result in a crash.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Plex Pass subscription features to sometimes be unavailable.
  • Fixed a crash when purchasing a Plex Pass.

Version 1.35 is now available.

FIXED:

  • Audio and Subtitle are shown in the Video Screen.
  • Fixed issue playing Webshow episodes from the home screen.
  • Improved HDR detection.
  • Sometimes Date Based episodes show the wrong description.
  • Unknown audio stream languages were shown with an incorrect title when watching Live TV.
2 Likes

Version 1.36 is now available.

NEW:

FIXED:

  • Improved scroll performance in DVR and Podcasts.
6 Likes

Version 1.37 is now available.

NEW:

  • Enjoy music streaming from TIDAL, including 59 million high-quality tracks and 250,000 music videos; augment your existing library or just listen to TIDAL — right in Plex.
  • The new video player can now play HDR videos in SDR mode with tone mapping. It doesn’t currently support HDR output.
  • Added support for direct play of VC-1 videos with the enhanced player on Apple TV 4K.
  • Added setting to select the type of TV used to play your media (HDR or SDR).

FIXED:

  • Fix setting subtitle size with Enhanced Video Player.
3 Likes

Version 1.38 is now available.

NEW:

  • Added a badge to the player when TIDAL HI-FI content is playing.
  • Subtitle Search is accessible from the video player (only available for the enhanced video player).

FIXED:

  • Changed text color to player settings in dark mode.
  • Fix a crash in the DVR guide that could occur with custom XMLTV providers.
  • Fix issue playing shared content from a playlist.
  • Fixed an issue that caused titles to be missing when viewing a long video description.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented using the play button to start playback of an item in a collection.
  • Fixed crash when the app is backgrounded while playing a video with the enhanced video player.
  • Playback would restart in wrong offset when seeking.
  • Rely on PMS to name Live TV guide labels.
  • TIDAL artist music video hub now plays correct video.
2 Likes

Version 1.39 is now available

NEW:

  • Added Live TV support to the enhanced video player.
  • Added Slovak translation.
  • Added support for deinterlacing videos with the enhanced video player.
  • Enhanced Video Player uses System’s Subtitles & Captioning settings.

FIXED:

  • Added play and shuffle buttons in My TIDAL.
  • Fix issue with Live TV failing to start playback reliably.
  • Fixed an issue where theme music could continue playing when returning to the previous screen.
  • Fixed an issue with the enhanced video player where playback could be resumed while the screensaver was visible.
  • Fixed crash after a few minutes of playback with the enhanced video player.
  • Improved performance of full time-shifting in LiveTV streams.
  • Improved seek times in transcoded streams under some circumstances.
  • Video would look darker sometimes if you’re pressing the remote control while the video is loading.
5 Likes

Version 1.40 is now available

NEW:

  • Added Subtitle Position setting for Enhanced Video Player.
  • Subtitles can be deleted from Video Details.

FIXED:

  • Artists & TV shows containing a large number of items weren’t displayed correctly.
  • Don’t allow timed seeking beyond the limits of a video stream.
  • Fixed a crash when closing the browse screen while scrolling.
  • Fixed display of playlist info on playlist screens.
  • Fixed glitch in video player progress bar while seeking.
  • Fixed some issues with the seek bar of the enhanced video player, and made it more similar to the system video player.
  • Improved signal quality calculation for Live TV streams and renamed from “Signal Strength” to “Signal Quality”
  • Improvement subtitle style matching in Enhanced Video Player.
  • Large improvement to app launch time.
  • Sometimes the seek head would show up misplaced when playback starts with the enhanced video player.
2 Likes

Version 1.40.1 is now available

FIXED:

  • Fixed pre-roll video not showing when Cinema Trailers are disabled inside the app settings.

Version 2.0 is now available.

NEW:

  • Plex’s new Apple TV experience with many major enhancements including:
  • Customizable & always accessible sidebar navigation.
  • Ability to pin your favorite libraries from all your servers to the sidebar.
  • Reorder your libraries in the sidebar.
  • Quick access to all the rest 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.
  • Auto Play setting can be changed when casting from compatible apps.

FIXED:

  • Closed captions could not be disabled during playback.
  • Improve seeking on Live TV with 3rd party remotes.
  • Sometimes video playback would be stuck at the beginning in transcoded streams.
  • Sometimes when playback finishes with the Enhanced Video player, the app would get stuck.
  • The app would start videos and podcasts from the beginning instead of resuming them in some situations.
9 Likes