Plex for Mac, Windows, and Linux

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Version 1.30.0 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.

Update: Mar 30, version 1.30.0 has been removed from our download site due to startup issues posted here: Plex Windows App Not Launching - #4 by dompe_9

New

• Bump to web-client/4.54.4-0bfad257e-16464
• General: GPU accelerated UI rendering
• Windows: Allow install on Windows 10 and later; see 1.29.0 release notes for additional context

Fixed

• Downloads: Downloaded episodes support Skip Intro
• General: Fixed broken playback when offline
• General: Fixed weird Keep On Top edge cases when the application is full screen or minimized
• General: Fixed window size and position restoration when last screen name was empty
• Windows: Fixed application crash on first run
• Mac: Auto update only when running from /Applications or ~/Applications

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Version 1.30.1 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.

The rollout of 1.30.0 was stopped after we learned that new hardware accelerated UI rendering created problems for some users. Version 1.30.1 includes bug fixes from 1.30.0 while omitting hardware accelerated UI rendering. We’ll re-include hardware accelerated UI rendering after the kinks are worked out.

New

• 1.30.1 is our 1.29.1 release plus the select 1.30.0 the changes outlined below. All other 1.30.0 changes are not included in 1.30.1.
• Bump to web-client/4.54.4-0bfad257e-16464

Fixed

• General: Fixed broken playback when offline
• General: Fixed weird Keep On Top edge cases when the application is full screen or minimized
• General: Fixed window size and position restoration when last screen name was empty
• Windows: Fixed application crash on first run

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Version 1.31.0 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.

New

• Bump to plex-media-server/1.22.2.4284-8c5a3065a
• Bump to web-client/4.56.3-dd09caa99-16958

Fixed

• Downloads: Downloaded episodes support Skip Intro
• Downloads: Faster download startup
• Downloads: Improve smart playlist support
• General: plex.ini handling improvements avoid micro stutters during playback
• General: Fixed automatic update implementation allowing unintended downgrades
• General: Reduce GPU power consumption during music playback
• Mac: Auto update only when running from /Applications or ~/Applications
• Windows: Prevent empty right-click context menu display
• Windows: Allow install on only Windows 10 and later

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Version 1.31.1 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac

This releases fixes a regression which prevented saving view settings per library section.

New

• Bump to web-client/4.56.4-adbef9a6f-17023

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Version 1.33.0 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.

I can hear you from here: “Um, you skipped 1.32?”. Yep! An issue found in 1.32 testing wasn’t resolved until the 1.33 timeline. At that point looking forward to 1.33 was a fitting way to bid adieu to 1.32.

This release improves default video quality, provides selectable Video Quality in Settings, fixes many UI issues reported in 1.31, and preps us for modern automatic update control in the UI.

Like our Plex HTPC preview, this release automatically installs future updates at startup. If this is troublesome you can disable it manually. An upcoming release will make this right with proper UI confirmation, enabling, disabling, and checking control.

New

• Bump to web-client/4.59.2-5569e89bd-18291
• Playback: Better default video playback quality and user-selectable advance player quality setting.
• Updates: Automatic updates will install automatically

Fixed

• Downloads: General stability fixes
• General: Ensure keep on top setting and fullscreen interfere with each other less
• General: Updated UI to reflect that Keep On Top may cause problems.
• General: Improved handling when toggling between fullscreen and maximized window states
• Playback: Adjust diagnostic logging to avoid small stutters during playback
• Playback: Changed some deprecated MPV options to current ones
• Playback: Updated mpv.conf documentation.

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Version 1.34.1 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.

Hello friends, it’s been a while. It took us a while to put this release together, but now that it’s out there we hope to get back to a more regular release cadence. Enjoy and thanks for your patience!

Edit: This release has been removed for Windows users while we investigate performance issues affecting some users.

New

• Bump to web-client/4.62.1-7643be5df
• General: Added new key mappings for page_up/page_down and removed channel_up/channel_down

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Version 1.35.1 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.

New

• GPU accelerated rendering
• Restyled top navigation bar, sidebar and page headers
• Added updated icon set
• Added the ability to set custom order of manual Collections with drag and drop
• Added support for Popularity sort in Track Library view
• Playlist poster customization
• Show channel numbers when mapping lineup for Live TV
• Removed Also Airing screen from Live TV players
• Added warning to users who try to setup Plex DVR running PMS < 1.22.2
• Updated Translations
• General: Added new key mappings for page_up/page_down and removed channel_up/channel_down

Fixed

• (Watch Together) Fixed lobby screen not being hidden when another participant begins playback before all participants are ready
• Fixed issue where editing Smart Collections would have encoding errors in some cases
• Fixed manual collection order not saving after drag and drop in some circumstances
• Fixed manual Collection items ending up in an incorrect order after drag and drop in some cases
• Fixed Play Queues not advancing past 20 items
• Fixed Advanced Filter input being removed while typing in some cases
• Fixed shared users incorrectly able to access editing of smart collections
• Fixed scrollbar conflict in DVR channels setup
• Fixed channel mappings not appearing in DVR setup after switching servers
• Fixed playback of Plex provided TV seasons
• Fixed Clear Filter icon alignment issues
• Fixed available actions in server page header to match sidebar
• Fixed truncation on some details/preplay screen titles
• Fixed language change appeared not to work when slow connection
• Fix DVR device settings modal won’t open
• Fixed scanner upgrade notification icon shown incorrectly
• Fixed generated link when sharing items with new users.

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Version 1.37.0 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.

New

• Moved update check to its own thread
• Allow setting of playlist background on Plex Media Servers version >= 1.24.5
• Added support for named audio streams from cloud media providers

Fixed

• Fix error that could cause Live TV playback to stop at the end of an airing
• Fix miniplayer seek handle getting clipped
• Fix DVR language selection for when country isn’t available
• Correct download resume in Windows
• Retry incomplete downloads
• Better display progress when download is resumed

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Version 1.38.0 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.

Fixed

• Fixed incorrect toggling when promoting library hubs

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Version 1.39.0 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.

New

• Bump to web-client/4.71.0-5e9f24d

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Version 1.39.1 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.

Fixed

• Code signing issue for Windows installer

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Version 1.40.0 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.

New

• Keyboard Shortcut: ‘f’ to toggle fullscreen
• Remove “Allow Camera Upload” sharing restriction when creating or editing a shared library

Fixed

• Fixed stretched DVR setup device artwork

[Moussa]

Version 1.40.1 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.

Fixed

• Missing DLL in Windows installer

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Version 1.41.0 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.

NEW:

• Improved Search - easily see your top search results or dig into a specific type of media no matter where you are in the app.

FIXED:

• Fixed the DVR and LiveTV settings error if DVR has old and no longer existing lineup

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Version 1.42.1 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.

NEW:

• Fixes manage libraries affecting wrong hubs
• DVR Setup: Allow mapping channels with the same VCN
• Fix displaying server management options for a shared server
• Fix watching live TV channels with special characters in channel ID
• Add solid background while editing avatar.
• Improve default user avatar quality.
• Remove Windows filter from authorized devices view
• Added gpu-context=d3d11 support to MPV
• Restructured video rendering in a sub window/view to remove from Qt’s rendering

FIXED:

• Fixed an issue that could cause search results to show duplicate server sources
• Fixed an edge case that could cause duplicate servers to appear in certain situations
• Fix library pivot can end up showing root items from PMS and remains stuck
• Force the locale earlier before calling any Qt code

[Moussa]

Version 1.43.2 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.

NEW:

• Add confirmation modal to disable remote access
• Search: Added loading state for Media Libraries and Live TV section of search results
• Hide full name field in managed accounts
• Add friends button in Library Access page and use new Plex home page in switch user page

FIXED:

• Fixed error when editing friendly name on user profile
• Fixed an issue that could cause details pages to have an inconsistent spacing between elements
• Fix Live TV playback stopped when “Use alternate streaming protocol for video playback” enabled
• Fix error when editing friendly name on user profile

[Moussa]

Version 1.43.3 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.

FIXED:

• Fixed an edge case that could cause the app to crash for users in certain regions

[Moussa]

Version 1.43.4 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.

NEW:

• Search: Added ability to toggle “More Ways to Watch” results

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Version 1.44.0 has been released for Plex for Windows and Plex for Mac.

NEW:

• Improved UI in details so actions are immediately available
• Search: Home and End keys jump to start and end of search text input

FIXED:

• Search: Fixed some video results being wrongly labelled as “Movie”
• Fixed playback crash when tuner has conflicts
• Fixed an issue that could cause the Watchlist action button in the details page to not update correctly when removing VOD items from the Watchlist
• Discover: Fixed marking items as played not always updating Watchlist hub contents
• Watchlist: Fixed an issue that could cause ratings to not be displayed for some TV shows in the grid page

[Moussa]

Version 1.45.0 has been released for Plex for Windows, Plex for Mac, and Plex for Linux.

This is also the first official release of Plex for Linux! (see Way to Be HTPC | Plex for more details)

NEW:

• Discover: Added “Manage Streaming Services” action to source context menu
• Discover: Added zero states for streaming services and availabilities selection
• Updated help text in Streaming Services settings page

FIXED:

• Fix sorting of playlists
• Search: Fixed an issue that could cause the context menu to fail to load for PMS results