Plex for Mac, Windows, and Linux

Version 1.29.0 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.

New

  • Bump to plex-media-server/1.21.3.4126-f157b7fe7
  • Bump to web-client/4.53.0-12fba3f50-16010
  • Playback: Configurable subtitle color, position, and delay.

Fixed

  • Downloads: Faster download startup time
  • Downloads: Downloaded episodes support Skip Intro
  • Playback: Fix black screen after seeking during transcode, changing quality, or selecting streams during transcode
  • Windows: no longer automatically update on Windows versions older than 10
  • General: Fix server activity handling case which broke navigating into some sections

Couple things to call out.

General: Fix server activity handling case which broke navigating into some sections

Thanks to everyone’s patience and help in Can't access tv shows using Plex for Windows 1.27.2.1599

Windows: no longer automatically update on Windows versions older than 10

Our 1.29.0 release is a required update for automatic update from previous application versions.

  • Windows 10 and above users on 1.29.x will continue to automatically update as normal.
  • Windows 7 and 8 users running 1.29.x will no longer be prompted to install automatic updates.
  • MacOS update handling is unchanged.

Plex for Windows player functioning on Windows 7 and 8 has been a coincidence which we can’t guarantee going forward.

Our 1.30.0 release will go further and restrict installation to Windows 10 and above.

Windows 7 and 8 users are strongly encouraged to update. If this isn’t practical for your situation, here is the 1.29.0 Windows installer which will still permit installation on Windows 7 and 8 after 1.30.0 is released.

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