# Plex for Roku

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-roku/9463>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Tags:** release-announcements, roku\
**Created:** [May 29, 2011, 2:43am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-roku/9463 "2011-05-29T02:43:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 13

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**Author:** ![ljunkie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ljunkie/32/6512_2.png) [@ljunkie](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ljunkie)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-roku/9463/241 "2020-11-09T18:04:10Z")

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**The 6.6.16 update has been published to the official channel.**

NEW:

- Add ‘Play from Start’ to in progress item options.
- Attempt to preserve order when auto-pinning and sources have not been reordered.
- Auto-pin new PMS sources if owned or there is only a single server.
- Don’t show resume dialog for in progress items.
- Show ‘Play from Start’ button on screens for in progress items.
- Update buttons, More menu and other options.
- Update episodes screen and summary button styles.

FIXES:

- (Companion) fix losing control when skipping through items via controller.
- (Video) 5.1 AAC would not play properly when connected to stereo devices. (9.4 firmware)
- (Video) DTS-HD core passthrough audio setting missing and not working on supported models.
- (VOD) Subtitles not working if “always burn” was selected.
- Disable auto-resuming content when channel is resumed. (9.4 firmware)
- Navigate to the home screen when resuming if opened 5+ minutes after the last exit. (9.4 firmware)

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**Author:** ![ruuk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ruuk/32/83545_2.png) [@ruuk](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ruuk)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-roku/9463/242 "2020-11-23T19:09:12Z")

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We’ve released an update to the [Plex preview channel](https://my.roku.com/account/add?channel=plexpreview) - 6.7.1

NEW:

- Add HDR flag to preplays.
- Change minimum server version to 1.18.3.
- Combine Continue Watching hubs and order other hubs by source on Home screen.
- Improved busy spinner.

FIXES:

- Fix crash when deleting the last episode from a show.
- Fix displaying 2K resolution on preplays.
- Fix refreshing episodes list after deleting episode.
- Improve startup time on a cold start.
- Show version count on episodes hub.

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**Author:** ![ljunkie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ljunkie/32/6512_2.png) [@ljunkie](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ljunkie)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2020, 12:26am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-roku/9463/243 "2020-12-01T00:26:37Z")

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We’ve released an update to the [Plex preview channel](https://my.roku.com/account/add?channel=plexpreview) - 6.7.2 (bumped to 6.7.3 for release)

FIXES:

- Allow direct play for DTS-HD when supported & enabled.
- Don’t always show sidebar item subtitle when focused.

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**Author:** ![ljunkie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ljunkie/32/6512_2.png) [@ljunkie](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ljunkie)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-roku/9463/244 "2020-12-08T17:34:05Z")

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**The 6.7.3 update has been published to the official channel.**

NEW:

- Add HDR flag to preplays.
- Change minimum server version to 1.18.3.
- Combine Continue Watching hubs and order other hubs by source on Home screen.
- Show watched indicator instead of full progress bar on episodes screen items and below preplay posters.

FIXES:

- Allow direct play for DTS-HD when supported & enabled.
- Client side workaround for transcoded playback ending early.
- Display show artwork instead of episode thumb in On Deck.
- Don’t always show sidebar item subtitle when focused.
- Fix a crash when deleting the last episode from a show.
- Fix displaying 2k resolution on preplays.
- Fix refreshing episodes list after deleting episode.
- Improve startup time on a cold start.
- Show version count on episodes hub.

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**Author:** ![ljunkie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ljunkie/32/6512_2.png) [@ljunkie](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ljunkie)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 1:15am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-roku/9463/245 "2020-12-10T01:15:49Z")

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We’ve released an update to the [Plex preview channel](https://my.roku.com/account/add?channel=plexpreview) - 6.7.4

FIXES:

- Fix a crash when a server older than 1.13.9 is discovered.
- Fix refreshing Continue Watching and On Deck hubs.

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**Author:** ![ljunkie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ljunkie/32/6512_2.png) [@ljunkie](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ljunkie)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-roku/9463/246 "2020-12-10T18:31:49Z")

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**The 6.7.4 update has been published to the official channel.**

FIXES:

- Fix a crash when a server older than 1.13.9 is discovered.
- Fix refreshing Continue Watching and On Deck hubs.

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**Author:** ![ljunkie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ljunkie/32/6512_2.png) [@ljunkie](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ljunkie)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 1:40am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-roku/9463/247 "2021-01-12T01:40:18Z")

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We’ve released an update to the [Plex preview channel](https://my.roku.com/account/add?channel=plexpreview) - 6.7.5

NEW:

- (UX) Change ‘More Info’ option to ‘File Info’, add more details and remove details shown on the preplay.
- (UX) Show ‘Writer’ instead of ‘Cast’ on movie preplay details (cast hub untouched).
- (UX) Update option dialog styles.
- (UX) Update post play screen and add circular countdown progress bar.

FIXES:

- Fix a crash attempting to view “My Playlists” in TIDAL.
- Fix a crash when managing hubs in “manually managed” home screen.
- Fix loading screen shown on bottom right when launching channel.
- Fix missing promoted hubs from providers.
- Properly show users screen upon resuming when unprotected with auto-signin is disabled.

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**Author:** ![ljunkie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ljunkie/32/6512_2.png) [@ljunkie](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ljunkie)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 1:54am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-roku/9463/248 "2021-01-14T01:54:54Z")

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We’ve released an update to the [Plex preview channel](https://my.roku.com/account/add?channel=plexpreview) - 6.7.6

FIXES:

- Workaround stuttering playback on the Roku Ultra 4800 when audio stream is DTS.

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**Author:** ![ljunkie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ljunkie/32/6512_2.png) [@ljunkie](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ljunkie)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 6:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-roku/9463/249 "2021-01-19T18:36:18Z")

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**The 6.7.6 update has been published to the official channel.**

NEW:

- (UX) Change ‘More Info’ option to ‘File Info’, add more details and remove details shown on the preplay.
- (UX) Show ‘Writer’ instead of ‘Cast’ on movie preplay details (cast hub untouched).
- (UX) Update option dialog styles.
- (UX) Update post play screen and add circular countdown progress bar.

FIXES:

- Fix a crash attempting to view “My Playlists” in TIDAL.
- Fix a crash when managing hubs in “manually managed” home screen.
- Fix loading screen shown on bottom right when launching channel.
- Fix missing promoted hubs from providers.
- Properly show users screen upon resuming when unprotected with auto-signin is disabled.
- Workaround stuttering playback on the Roku Ultra 4800 when audio stream is DTS.

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**Author:** ![ljunkie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ljunkie/32/6512_2.png) [@ljunkie](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ljunkie)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 1:26am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-roku/9463/250 "2021-01-28T01:26:46Z")

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We’ve released an update to the [Plex preview channel](https://my.roku.com/account/add?channel=plexpreview) - 6.7.7

NEW:

- Focus episodes list when opening episodes screen.
- Update music player design.
- Update settings screens styles.

FIXES:

- No hubs on home if only some providers were pinned.
- Fix missing OSD titles for Live TV when playback is started from a hub.
- Fix flashing images on music playback screen.

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**Author:** ![ljunkie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ljunkie/32/6512_2.png) [@ljunkie](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ljunkie)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-roku/9463/251 "2021-01-29T19:52:17Z")

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We’ve released an update to the [Plex preview channel](https://my.roku.com/account/add?channel=plexpreview) - 6.7.8

FIXES:

- Ultra 4800: Fix pausing after using Instant Replay or Skip Intro (audio would continue with a black screen).

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**Author:** ![ljunkie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ljunkie/32/6512_2.png) [@ljunkie](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ljunkie)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-roku/9463/252 "2021-02-02T21:32:25Z")

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We’ve released an update to the [Plex preview channel](https://my.roku.com/account/add?channel=plexpreview) - 6.7.9

FIXES:

- Do not use mp3 as a transcode audio target during video playback.

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**Author:** ![ljunkie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ljunkie/32/6512_2.png) [@ljunkie](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ljunkie)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 1:19am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-roku/9463/253 "2021-02-04T01:19:25Z")

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We’ve released an update to the [Plex preview channel](https://my.roku.com/account/add?channel=plexpreview) - 6.7.10

FIXES:

- (Video) Preserving surround sound when converting incompatible audio streams having more than 6 channels.

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**Author:** ![ljunkie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ljunkie/32/6512_2.png) [@ljunkie](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ljunkie)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-roku/9463/254 "2021-02-05T17:59:10Z")

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**The 6.7.9 update has been published to the official channel.**

NEW:

- Focus episodes list when opening episodes screen.
- Update music player design.
- Update settings screens styles.

FIXES:

- Do not use mp3 as a transcode audio target during video playback.
- Fix missing OSD titles for Live TV when playback is started from a hub.
- Fix flashing images on music playback screen.
- No hubs on home if only some providers were pinned.
- Ultra 4800: Fix pausing after using Instant Replay or Skip Intro (audio would continue with a black screen).

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**Author:** ![ljunkie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ljunkie/32/6512_2.png) [@ljunkie](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ljunkie)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 12:40am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-roku/9463/255 "2021-02-18T00:40:52Z")

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We’ve released an update to the [Plex preview channel](https://my.roku.com/account/add?channel=plexpreview) - 6.7.11

NEW:

- Update hub item focus style.
- Update shadow styles.

FIXES:

- (Live TV) Don’t crash when the initial guide load fails.
- (Video) Allow mp3 to direct stream when a transcode session is required.
- Don’t crash if playback startup fails.
- Fix grid screen jump list reverse order.
- Limit item options title width.
- Pressing play on remote did not start playback on Post Play screen.
- Various crash fixes.

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**Author:** ![ljunkie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ljunkie/32/6512_2.png) [@ljunkie](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ljunkie)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-roku/9463/256 "2021-02-21T19:49:38Z")

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We’ve released an update to the [Plex preview channel](https://my.roku.com/account/add?channel=plexpreview) - 6.7.12

NEW:

- Better blurred background style that matches the media’s poster image.
- Show startup animation while loading.
- Sort a server’s library items alphabetically in the More menu.

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**Author:** ![ljunkie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ljunkie/32/6512_2.png) [@ljunkie](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ljunkie)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-roku/9463/257 "2021-02-24T20:24:13Z")

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We’ve released an update to the [Plex preview channel](https://my.roku.com/account/add?channel=plexpreview) - 6.7.13

NEW

- Semi transparent sidebar.

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**Author:** ![ljunkie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ljunkie/32/6512_2.png) [@ljunkie](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ljunkie)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 8:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-roku/9463/258 "2021-02-25T20:14:50Z")

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We’ve released an update to the [Plex preview channel](https://my.roku.com/account/add?channel=plexpreview) - 6.7.14

FIXES:

- Use solid color sidebar if dimmed art is shown.
- Fix possible issue causing subtitles to be hidden in other channels. (9.4 firmware regression).
- Fix a crash refreshing recently added photos hub (preview regression).

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**Author:** ![ljunkie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ljunkie/32/6512_2.png) [@ljunkie](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ljunkie)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 11:30pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-roku/9463/259 "2021-02-25T23:30:36Z")

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We’ve released an update to the [Plex preview channel](https://my.roku.com/account/add?channel=plexpreview) - 6.7.15

FIXES:

- Fix a crash flinging media. (preview regression)

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**Author:** ![ruuk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ruuk/32/83545_2.png) [@ruuk](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ruuk)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-roku/9463/260 "2021-03-02T21:19:10Z")

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**The 6.7.15 update has been published to the official channel.**

NEW:

- Better blurred background style that matches the media’s poster image.
- Semi transparent sidebar unless dimmed art is shown.
- Show startup animation while loading.
- Sort a server’s library items alphabetically in the More menu.
- Update hub item focus style.
- Update shadow styles.

FIXES:

- (Live TV) Don’t crash when the initial guide load fails.
- (Video) Preserving surround sound when converting incompatible audio streams having more than 6 channels.
- (Video) Allow mp3 to direct stream when a transcode session is required.
- Don’t crash when if playback startup fails.
- Fix grid screen jump list reverse order.
- Fix possible issue causing subtitles to be hidden in other channels. (9.4 firmware regression).
- Limit item options title width.
- Pressing play on remote did not start playback on Post Play screen.
- Various crash fixes.

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