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Version 1.13.0 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.

New

  • Updated to web-client/4.36.1-d7a6686a5-9922.
  • Player: Downmixed audio is now normalized by default and can be disabled in Settings > Player.

Fixed

  • Player: Seek bar flashing when starting track playback.
  • Player: Improper codec handling preventing direct play of some codecs including msmpeg4v3.
  • General: Address PMS error locating an XML profile on Plex Companion and playback timeline requests.
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Version 1.14.0 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.

New

  • Updated to web-client/4.37.3-4a94d5249-10722
  • Updated to plex-media-server/1.19.5.2947-b4c8ea6bb
  • Updated to qt/5.14.2-2
  • Downloads: Transcode downloads to a lower quality for reduced file size. Audio and subtitle streams are maintained.

Fixes

  • Downloads: Multiple improvements to show and season view state handling for download subscriptions.
  • Downloads: Corrected completed and total values in sub refresh activity.
  • Downloads: Removed lyric tracks; they are only available on the source PMS.
  • General: Don’t search for TV tuners.
  • General: Removed the need for the Keep On Top workaround introduced when qt/5.13 was introduced.
  • Playback: Prevent unexpected seekable range information from causing UI errors.
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Version 1.15.0 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac. It’s a quiet release. Our 1.16.0 release is shaping up to be something pretty cool.

New

  • Updated to web-client/4.38.2-eb24ab8f4-11001.
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Version 1.15.1 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac. 1.15.0 may have been a quiet release but a last moment change brought with it a requirement for a bit of code that wasn’t included. This annihilated playback.

Deep deep bows folks. This one is on me and it’s left a lasting reminder.

To install 1.15.0 start the app, wait a couple minutes, then restart it. We’ll install the update then. Or, if you want to remove it immediately here are the 1.15.1 direct links:

Fixed

  • Corrected issue which blocked playback.
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Version 1.16.0 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.

In the foreground this release brings with it our free ad-supported Movies & TV on Plex. In the background our mpv integration has been updated. We hope media playback feels better to you too. :slight_smile:

New

  • General: Watch free ad-supported Movies & TV on Plex.
  • Bumped mpv to 0.32.0.git-a7e369e3b3-0.
  • Bumped web-client to 4.39.1-33f43b8b3-11217.

Fixed

  • Downloads: Disabling Direct Play or Direct Stream in Debug Settings no longer affects download quality decisions.
  • General: Clicking on Plex to restore focus to the app no longer triggers side effects in the user interface.
  • Playback: Restore display of buffered range in the player.
  • Playback: Fixed transcoded music playback seeking incorrectly.
  • Playback: Fixed race conditions which could cause seeking during transcoding to hang at a black screen.
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Version 1.17.0 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.

New

  • Updated to web-client/4.40.1-d95a7e712-11623.
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Version 1.18.0 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for MAc.

New

  • Bump to web-client/4.41.1-4f52d4710-11943
  • Bump to plex-media-server/1.20.0.3181-0800642ec.

Fixed

  • Downloads: Fix audio and subtitles streams sometimes being omitted when downloading video.
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Version 1.19.0 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.

New

  • Bump to web-client/4.42.1-8c983b6e7-12163.
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Version 1.20.0 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.

New

  • Bump to web-client/4.43.1-5299a2b2a-12506.
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Version 1.21.0 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.

New

  • Bump to web-client/4.44.2-66c32803a-12949
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Version 1.22.0 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.

We’re aware of a regression preventing live tv seeking, subtitles selection, and quality selection that was introduced in 1.19. The regression is still present in 1.22.0. We recommend using Plex Web as a workaround until we resolve the issue.

New

  • Bump to web-client/4.45.0-14b2aca8f-13260
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Version 1.23.0 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.

This version resolves the Live TV & DVR seeking regression.

New

  • Bump to web-client/4.46.3-62dbc182b-13574.

Fixes

  • Restored correct seek support while watching Live TV & DVR media.
  • Improved stability of downloads feature.
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Version 1.24.0 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.

New

  • Bump to web-client/4.47.2-1525aa8be-13849.

Fixed

  • Improved stability of downloads feature.
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Version 1.25.0 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.

New

  • Bump to web-client/4.48.1-d09be40d6-14136.
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Version 1.26.0 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.

New

  • Bump to web-client/4.49.2-0c2370660-14388.
  • Include support for loading mpv advanced configuration from file. See mpv.conf.md in our application’s support directory.
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Version 1.27.1 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac

New

  • Bump to plex-media-server/1.21.2.3896-9ab183062
  • Bump to web-client/4.51.1-f992ea791-14861
  • Improvements to automatically managed home screens, section screens, and item detail screens

Fixes

  • Downloads: Improve stability and user experience
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Version 1.27.2 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac. We updated the UI to fix a behind-the-scenes error.

New

  • Bump to web-client/4.51.2-b26d1bde9-15035
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Version 1.28.0 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.

New

  • Bump to web-client/4.52.1-ef87718e9-15507

Fixed

  • Playback: Fixed subtitle font size mishandling
  • Playback: Fixed quality changes and seeking resulting in black screen with no video
  • Windows: Fixed startup issue experienced by some users
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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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Version 1.29.1.1974-a65b3ef3 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac

Fixed

  • General: Restored drag and drop functionality.

Thanks to Can't access tv shows using Plex for Windows 1.27.2.1599 - #39 by JCHH, Can't drag and drop to re-order playlists, and @tom80H for getting our attention!