Version 5.0.1 is now available
FIXED:
- Fixed crash on iOS 9 devices.
Version 5.0.2 is now available
FIXED:
- Fixed playback of News from channels.
Version 5.0.3 is now available
FIXED:
- Fixed issue accessing synced content in airplane mode.
Version 5.1 is now available
NEW:
- Allow seeking from the lock screen during playback.
- Allow stepping back/forward from the lock screen controls while playing podcasts.
- The More tab now shows the number of hidden types.
FIXED:
- Add Go To Hub context menu option for Watch Later and Recommended hubs.
- Add pull to refresh to the sources list.
- Changes to Account & Settings menu look and presentation.
- Couldn’t modify recording policy for a TV Show where no episodes were scheduled for recording at the moment.
- Fixed an issue that could cause the All Photos view to never load.
- Fixed an issue where the homescreen would appear to be loading infinitely on first launch for users without a server.
- Fixed performance issues when opening the source picker.
- Fixed playback of News clips from search.
- Hub titles now update correctly when adding or removing hubs from a second server.
- Improved accessibility through VoiceOver.
- Improved dialog to set limit of synced items.
- Improved loading animations for home screen hubs.
- Include synced libraries original server titles in the sources list.
- Make the source picker button two lines and ensure it doesn’t go under the search button.
- Managed users will now see server names instead of usernames in the sources list.
- Saving smart playlists didn’t work.
- Search button was shown in search view.
- Show an offline zero state instead of a spinner when accessing Plugins while offline.
- Some subtitles were cut off in Live TV cells for home users.
- The More tab now lets you finish editing with any number of types hidden.
- Turning on offline browsing from a type inside the More tab no longer returns you to the More screen.
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Version 5.2 is now available
NEW:
- Now you can download podcasts, including immediate download of episodes or set up automatic download for shows.
- Downloaded podcasts can be viewed and played when no internet connection is available or when switched to offline mode.
- You can manually delete podcasts shows and episodes just like synced content via the Downloads and Sync area.
- Import your current podcasts subscriptions from other apps via the OPML import feature.
- Add support for Podcast-level playback speed setting.
- Added support for repeat modes in Chromecast.
- Audio player now shows the current playback speed.
- When switching between online/offline modes, the app will switch to the offline content for the source you’re currently browsing if possible.
FIXED:
- Add a hint overlay the first time using the app.
- Camera Upload can be configured by allowed Home Users again.
- Hide incorrect error message when switching Live TV channels.
- Music Videos and Similar Artist are right in the Artist View.
- Tapping on the volume icons wouldn’t change the volume in remotely controlled players.
- Tweak colors of source picker labels to better differentiate titles.
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Version 5.3 is now available.
FIXED:
- Fixed an issue that could prevent video playback within photo libraries.
Version 5.4 is now available.
NEW:
- Added ability to select a preferred server when logging in for first time, and restoring to defaults from the home screen
- Added support for rich Podcast descriptions.
- You can now long press on a type on the tab bar to quickly switch to it and bring up the source selector.
FIXED:
- Correctly show subscription status with 6 month Plex Pass.
- Couldn’t skip to other Podcasts tracks while using Chromecast.
- Fixed issue where syncing new items required to restart the app in order to see them in offline mode.
- Recording schedule badge would sometimes appear for shows not scheduled for recording.
- The Podcast player now shows the episode date.
- Unfinished podcast episodes would show up as finished in their preplay screen.
- Editing a DVR recording would wrongly show podcast-related UI.
Version 5.5 is now available.
NEW:
- When adding a hub to the home screen, you’ll now be asked if you want a global hub for that server, or a hub from the specific library.
FIXED:
- Current and upcoming programs could overlap in Live TV player.
- Scheduling a DVR recording could sometimes fail when switching between libraries with multiple locations.
- The “Synced Only” filter was not functional.
2 Likes
Version 5.5.1 is now available.
FIXED:
- Fixed a crash on launch on 32-bit iOS devices.
2 Likes
Version 5.6 is now available.
NEW:
- Allow channel selection when watching a live program airing on multiple channels.
FIXED:
- Don’t show a non-functional video quality playback setting for Web Shows.
- Fixed a layout issue with the player controls in future iOS versions.
- Improve the preferred server picker to indicate offline servers, and only automatically add hubs to the home screen from that server.
- Removed discontinued Watch Later feature.
- Search wasn’t working properly in offline mode.
- Sometimes radio stations could not render properly.
- Subtitle Search results show more information.
- The source picker could have the wrong title after resetting your preferred server.
- The sync action in the context menu was unavailable in the Home tab.
- You can once again browse the camera roll photo source no matter your offline browsing setting.
2 Likes
Version 5.6.1 is now available.
FIXED:
- Don’t limit playback to 1 minute on web shows for users who have not activated the app.
1 Like
Version 5.6.2 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.
Version 5.7 is now available.
FIXED:
- Audio and Subtitle are shown in the Video Screen.
- Context menu options were incorrectly made available when browsing by folder.
- Fixed an issue that could cause the volume slider to move in the wrong direction when using the volume buttons.
- Improved HDR detection.
- Player controls would hide behind sensor housing on iOS 12.1
- Prevent device from locking while video is buffering.
2 Likes
Version 5.7.1 is now available.
NEW:
- We’ve enabled a new audio player with some neat enhancements under the hood which improve performance.
FIXED:
- Fix lyrics sometimes not showing.
1 Like
Version 5.7.2 is now available.
FIXED:
- Fix an issue with playing tracks from search results on some servers.
- Resolve audio control issues on recent versions of iOS.
2 Likes
Version 5.8 is now available.
NEW:
- Early access for Plex Pass users to our new enhanced video player (experimental). More info in Early access for Plex Pass users to new Apple TV & iOS Video Player
- Subtitle Search is accessible from the video player.
- External Subtitles can be deleted.
FIXED:
- Fix preferred server picker layout on small screens.
- Fixed an issue where playback of all content from a filtered view would ignore the filter.
- Recording details screen would wrongly show a white background.
- The app may have incorrectly entered offline mode when a VPN connection was active.
3 Likes
Version 5.9 is now available.
NEW:
- Grid view guide for browsing DVR channels.
- 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. This is only available on iPhone 7 and newer, and on iPad Pro from 2017 and newer.
FIXED:
- Fixed issues that may have caused downloaded podcasts to be unavailable while offline.
- Fix setting subtitle size with Enhanced Video Player.
- Queue all music videos when playing from a TIDAL artist.
- Some podcasts could show the wrong duration.
- You can now save TIDAL videos to your My TIDAL library from the player.
- Fixed “Prefer Synced Content” option not working with music.
3 Likes
Version 5.9.1 is now available.
FIXED:
- Fixed a crash for users with no On Deck or Continue Watching hubs.
- Fixed playlist playback under some circumstances.
1 Like
Version 5.10 is now available.
NEW:
- Added Subtitle Offset adjustment support (only available for the enhanced video player).
- Added a badge to the player when TIDAL HI-FI content is playing.
- Improved Playback Info screen with more useful information.
FIXED:
- Enabling Picture in Picture with the enhanced video player sometimes required tapping the button twice.
- Fix a crash in the DVR guide that could occur with custom XMLTV providers.
- Fixed an issue causing Collections to be in the wrong order.
- Fixed an issue causing News to show some videos in categories with a title of “(null)”
- Fixed an issue that could cause the app badge to remain forever after receiving a friend request.
- Fixed crash when the app is backgrounded while playing a video with the enhanced video player.
- Fixed issue causing the volume controls to be too close to the home indicator on iPhone X models.
- Hide playlist edit controls for readonly playlists.
- Playback would restart in wrong offset when seeking.
- Rely on PMS to name Live TV guide labels.
- Server update prompts were not appearing.
- Show server name on multi-location Live TV search results.
- Sometimes subtitles were partially hidden when zooming with the enhanced video player.
- TIDAL artist music video hub now plays correct video.
- The Offline Browsing setting is now correctly remembered on app launch.
3 Likes
Version 5.11 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:
- Don’t apply smooth fades during consecutive album track playback.
- Don’t ignore line breaks in artist bios.
- Enabled more button in My TIDAL to allow Play All / Shuffle All.
- Fix issue with Live TV failing to start playback reliably.
- Fix layout of Podcast category titles.
- Fixed an issue where sources from servers you could no longer access weren’t removed.
- Fixed crash after a few minutes of playback with the enhanced video player.
- Fixed some scenarios where app would be stuck in offline mode even with internet connection.
- Import subtitle was only available from the player.
- Improved performance of full time-shifting in LiveTV streams.
- Improved seek times in transcoded streams under some circumstances.
- Music from other apps would pause when the user opens Plex.
- Show artist as subtitle for TIDAL album hubs in libraries.
- Subtitles download is available in the player for videos without subtitles
- Volume Buttons can be used to change volume of Remote Players
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