We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 6.4.12
FIXES:
- (Grid) Fix a crash paginating data while scrolling up (regression in v6.4.11).
- (Music) Display track artist in now playing screen and play queue (regression in v6.4.11).
The 6.4.12 update has been published to the official channel.
NEW:
- (Live TV) Add “Recent Channels” hub.
- (UX) List view is available while browsing library sources and tabs.
FIXES:
- (Hubs) Use round image style for roles (actors/directors) in search.
- (Live TV) Fix episode/movie preplay layout when entered from “On Now” hubs.
- (UX) Fix focus jumping around when scrolling episode list.
- (UX) In some scenarios all grid sort options would be displayed as selected.
- (Video) Attempt to retry playback on Direct Play failure when transcoding is not available.
- (Video) Better handle determining max refFrames when a transcode session is used.
- (Video) Fix a crash attempting to seek a video in a mixed photo/video library.
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We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 6.4.13
NEW:
- (Search) New Search page with updated design and functionality:
- Search VOD, News, Podcasts, Web Shows, Live TV, and TIDAL as well as PMS libraries.
- Keeps a history of recent searches per user and client.
- Change search target to search pinned sources, all sources, or by type.
- Results are grouped by your media, live TV, shared media, and providers.
- Contextual results promoted based on where search was started from (i.e. if search is made from a library, results from that library will be promoted to the top)
FIXES:
- (TIDAL) Use TIDAL logo for the source icon.
- (Video) Fix possible crash using older servers.
- (UX) Fix a few scenarios of possible focus loss requiring a channel restart.
- (UX) Focus content when opening search results, not the search button.
2 Likes
We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 6.4.14
FIXES:
- (Search) Possible indefinite spinner below search results.
- (Search) Always merge duplicate items to display library selection.
3 Likes
The 6.4.14 update has been published to the official channel.
NEW:
- (Search) New Search page with updated design and functionality:
- Search VOD, News, Podcasts, Web Shows, Live TV, and TIDAL as well as PMS libraries.
- Keeps a history of recent searches per user and client.
- Change search target to search pinned sources, all sources, or by type.
- Results are grouped by your media, live TV, shared media, and providers.
- Contextual results promoted based on where search was started from (i.e. if search is made from a library, results from that library will be promoted to the top)
- Always merge duplicate items to display library selection.
FIXES:
- (TIDAL) Use TIDAL logo for the source icon.
- (Video) Fix possible crash using older servers.
- (UX) Fix a few scenarios of possible focus loss requiring a channel restart.
- (UX) Focus content when opening search results, not the search button.
2 Likes
We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 6.4.16
FIXES:
- (Focus) Fix possible focus loss going back to sidebar (regression in 6.4.14).
- (Home) Possible UI flicker attempting to load an offline source.
- (Home) Update home hubs when pinned source online state changes.
- (Video) Improve Direct Play support when (MKV) media has audio streams in multiple languages.
- (Video) Do not force a transcode (remux) if a video only has one mono audio stream.
- (Video) Some DTS streams were silent during a transcode session.
- Make sure to retest offline servers.
1 Like
The 6.4.15 update has been published to the official channel.
FIXES:
- (Focus) Fix possible focus loss going back to sidebar (regression in 6.4.14).
We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 6.5.0
NEW:
- Browse and play Plex Movies & TV without creating an account.
FIXES:
- (LiveTV) Fix seeking live programs.
2 Likes
We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 6.5.1
FIXES:
- (Live TV) Updating the progress bar during playback.
- (Search) Fix a possible crash only having access to shared servers.
The 6.5.1 update has been published to the official channel.
NEW:
- Browse and play Plex Movies & TV without creating an account.
FIXES:
- (LiveTV) Fix seeking live programs.
- (Live TV) Updating the progress bar during playback.
- (Search) Fix a possible crash only having access to shared servers.
- (Video) Better Direct Play support when media has audio tracks in multiple languages.
- (Video) Do not force a transcode (remux) if a video only has a mono audio stream.
- (Video) Some DTS streams may not play correctly during a transcode session.
- Make sure to retest offline servers.
- Possible UI flicker attempt to load an offline source.
We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 6.5.2
FIXES:
- (LiveTV) Fix seeking from within a non live program.
- (LiveTV) Better handle seeking from within the Roku’s player buffer.
2 Likes
We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 6.5.3
FIXES:
- (Automatic Home) Only include content from pinned sources when refreshing and paging hubs.
- (Video) Fix subtitles resetting when always burn is enabled.
- Fix a possible crash attempting to sign out.
2 Likes
The 6.5.3 update has been published to the official channel.
FIXES:
- (Automatic Home) Only include content from pinned sources when refreshing and paging hubs.
- (LiveTV) Fix seeking from within a non live program.
- (LiveTV) Better handle seeking from within the Roku’s player buffer.
- (Video) Fix subtitles resetting when always burn is enabled.
- Fix a possible crash attempting to sign out.
2 Likes
We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 6.5.4
FIXES:
- (Home) Hubs may have included unpinned Live TV or Library content.
- (Home) Home screen may have refreshed unnecessarily due to offline servers.
- (Live TV) Support handling companion controls (pause, resume, seeking, stop) during playback.
- (Live TV) Fix possible crash attempting to play a search result.
- (Live TV) Ability to watch channel from preplay for non airing items.
The 6.5.4 update has been published to the official channel.
NEW:
- Support for Skip Intro
FIXES:
- (Home) Hubs may have included unpinned Live TV or Library content.
- (Home) Home screen may have refreshed unnecessarily due to offline servers.
- (Live TV) Support handling companion controls (pause, resume, seeking, stop) during playback.
- (Live TV) Fix possible crash attempting to play a search result.
- (Live TV) Ability to watch channel from preplay for non airing items.
1 Like
We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 6.6.0
FIXES:
- (Hubs) better handle showing the context for the focused item using the * button.
- (PlayQueue) Up Next episodes in Play Queue may have been wrong.
- Fix a possible memory leak
The 6.6.0 update has been published to the official channel.
NEW:
- Beta support for an experimental new feature we call Watch Together!
FIXES:
- (Hubs) better handle showing the context for the focused item using the * button.
- (PlayQueue) Up Next episodes in Play Queue may have been wrong.
- Fix a possible memory leak
5 Likes
We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 6.6.1
NEW:
- (UX) Include stream title when available in stream selections.
- (WatchTogether) Support to invite users to an existing session.
FIXES:
- (Companion) Fix a possible crash flinging media.
- (Home) Sidebar status icon inaccurate when server became reachable.
- (Hubs) Fix issue where hubs were not refreshed.
- (Hubs) Include source display title for Related Albums from external sources.
- (Skip Intro) support pressing up from button to close OSD.
- (UX) Fix possible double focus when signing in.
- (UX) Play Queue could not be focused after selecting an item from the Play Queue.
- (Video) Better handle erroneous no audio detected prompts.
2 Likes
We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 6.6.2
FIXES:
- (Video) playback failure after seeking could restart the video.
1 Like
The 6.6.2 update has been published to the official channel.
NEW:
- (WatchTogether) Support to invite users to an existing session.
- (UX) Include stream title when available in stream selections.
FIXES:
- (Companion) Fix a possible crash flinging media.
- (Home) Sidebar status icon inaccurate when server became reachable.
- (Hubs) Fix issue where hubs were not refreshed.
- (Hubs) Include source display title for Related Albums from external sources.
- (Skip Intro) Support pressing up from button to close OSD.
- (UX) Fix possible double focus when signing in.
- (UX) Play Queue could not be focused after selecting an item from the Play Queue.
- (Video) Better handle erroneous no audio detected prompts.
- (Video) Playback failure after seeking could restart the video.
1 Like
