Plex for Roku

Announcements
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We’ve released an update to the Plex Pass preview channel - 4.2.2

FIXES:

  • Do not Direct Play DTS-HD or other 7+ channel DTS variants

note: We have updated the public version as well, awaiting Roku’s review, and we’ll post when it is officially available.

102

The 4.2.2 update has been published to the official channel.

FIXES:

  • Music lyrics using PMS 1.2.x or greater
103

We’ve released an update to the Plex Pass preview channel - 4.2.3

NEW:

  • Support to wrap most screens (home, library, grids)
  • Support to wrap vertical lists (season, album, settings, chapters)
  • Ignore backlogged remote key presses (e.g. scrolling grid using multiple key presses)
  • Improve grid scrolling while holding down LEFT/RIGHT or FWD/REV
  • Improve vertical scrolling performance
  • Add support for scrolling acceleration
  • Improve image and screen loading time
  • Simplify photo player controls and wrap

FIXES:

  • Playback failures for Rokus running the 7.5 firmware
  • Better handle focusing on the last item returning to previous screen
  • Refreshing photo Play Queues during playback
  • Possible music playback issues
104

We’ve released an update to the Plex Pass preview channel - 4.2.4

This is just a simple version bump as we are sending this to the channel store for review.

We have updated the public version as well, awaiting Roku’s review, and we’ll post when it is officially available.

105

We’ve released an update to the Plex Pass preview channel - 4.2.5

FIXES:

  • Missing posters (Roku Premiere, Premiere+ and Ultra models)
  • Wrapping music controls when lyrics are available
  • Possible crash due to memory leak

We have updated the public version as well, awaiting Roku’s review, and we’ll post when it is officially available.

106

The 4.2.5 update has been published to the official channel.

NEW:

  • Support to wrap most screens (home, library, grids)
  • Support to wrap vertical lists (season, album, settings, chapters)
  • Ignore backlogged remote key presses (e.g. scrolling grid using multiple key presses)
  • Improve grid scrolling while holding down LEFT/RIGHT or FWD/REV
  • Improve vertical scrolling performance
  • Add support for scrolling acceleration
  • Improve image and screen loading time
  • Simplify photo player controls and wrap

FIXES:

  • Playback failures for Rokus running the 7.5 firmware
  • Better handle focusing to the last item returning to previous screen
  • Refreshing photo Play Queues during playback
  • Missing posters running 7.2/7.5 firmware
  • Possible music playback issues
  • Possible crash due to memory leak
107

We’ve released an update to the Plex Pass preview channel - 4.2.6

NEW:

  • Support for SD UI resolution
  • Support for 1080p UI resolution (Roku 4, Roku 4k TV, Premiere, Premiere+ and Ultra)

FIXES:

  • Improve channel startup time
  • Improve preplay loading time
  • Improve image quality
  • Improve performance moving between preplays (FWD/RWD buttons)
108

We’ve released an update to the Plex Pass preview channel - 4.2.7

FIXES:

  • Improve Plex Cloud playback
  • Disable Post Play Auto Play after manually stopping playback
  • Fix misleading verbiage after video playback failure
  • Do not offer Plex Pass purchase options to Plex Home users
  • Improve flyout info for unreachable and unauthorized servers
  • Update Cinema Trailer options (pre-roll only option)
  • Fix a few rare crashes
109

We’ve released an update to the Plex Pass preview channel - 4.2.8

NEW:

  • Photo Tags (related photos in photo player)
  • Roku Ultra: Add support to Direct Play video containing 5.1 AAC audio
  • Roku Ultra: Add support to transcode unsupported audio streams to AAC 5.1
  • Use HLS/AAC for transcoded music instead of mp3 (better quality, better seeking)

FIXES:

  • Fix duplicate key presses using universal remotes
  • Refresh Play Queue after toggling repeat mode
  • Photo player OSD shuffle status
  • Screensaver stutter in 1080p mode
  • Better failure messages during photo player failures
  • Include artist, album, and artwork for all playlist tracks
  • Disable Direct Play for mpeg4/xvid
  • Resuming video after changing video settings in the OSD
  • Better handle copying video streams when frame rate is higher than 30fps
110

We’ve released an update to the Plex Pass preview channel - 4.2.9

FIXES:

  • Retain video playback settings during continuous play
  • Better handle HLS fallback on MKV transcode failures
  • Prefer MKV transcode format for HEVC/VP9 content
  • Always attempt direct play for HLS streams
  • Crash during continuous play using Roku HD/LT
  • Improve indications when media is unavailable
  • Verify media is accessible before playback, for multi-media content
111

We’ve released an update to the Plex Pass preview channel - 4.2.10

NEW:

  • Improve subtitle visibility when background opacity is off
  • Move subtitles in view when the OSD is visible
  • Display disc number for multi-disc albums

FIXES:

  • Possible crash before video playback after modifying settings (regression in 4.2.9)
112

We’ve released an update to the Plex Pass preview channel - 4.3.0

FIXES:

  • A few rare crashes

We have updated the public version as well, awaiting Roku’s review, and we’ll post when it is officially available.

(We’ll add the combined released notes for 4.3.0 since version 4.2.5 when Roku approves this update)

113

The 4.3.0 update has been published to the official channel.

NEW:

  • Support for SD UI resolution
  • Support for 1080p UI resolution (Roku 4, Roku 4k TV, Premiere, Premiere+ and Ultra)
  • Photo Tags (related photos in photo player)
  • Roku Ultra: Add support to Direct Play video containing 5.1 AAC audio
  • Roku Ultra: Add support to transcode unsupported audio streams to AAC 5.1
  • Use HLS/AAC for transcoded music instead of mp3 (better quality, better seeking)
  • Improve subtitle visibility when background opacity is off
  • Move subtitles in view when the OSD is visible
  • Display disc number for multi-disc albums

FIXES:

  • Improve channel startup time
  • Improve preplay loading time
  • Improve image quality
  • Improve performance moving between preplays (FWD/RWD buttons)
  • Improve Plex Cloud playback
  • Disable Post Play Auto Play after manually stopping playback
  • Misleading verbiage after video playback failure
  • Do not offer Plex Pass purchase options to Plex Home users
  • Improve flyout info for unreachable and unauthorized servers
  • Update Cinema Trailer options (pre-roll only option)
  • Duplicate key presses using universal remotes
  • Refresh Play Queue after toggling repeat mode
  • Photo player OSD shuffle status
  • Better failure messages during photo player failures
  • Include artist, album, and artwork for all playlist tracks
  • Disable Direct Play for mpeg4/xvid
  • Resuming video after changing video settings in the OSD
  • Better handle copying video streams when frame rate is higher than 30fps
  • Retain video playback settings during continuous play
  • Better handle HLS fallback on MKV transcode failures
  • Prefer MKV transcode format for HEVC/VP9 content
  • Always attempt direct play for HLS streams
  • Crash during continuous play using Roku HD/LT
  • Improve indications when media is unavailable
  • Verify media is accessible before playback, for multi-media content
  • Fix a few rare crashes
114

We’ve released an update to the Plex Pass preview channel - 4.3.1

FIXES:

  • Possible gray screen pausing video playback via Alexa (Plex Companion)
  • Close screensaver on Plex Companion playback commands
  • Repeat mode during playback of a single audio track
115

We’ve released an update to the Plex Pass preview channel - 4.3.2

FIXES:

  • Music playback started via Alexa
116

We’ve released an update to the Plex Pass preview channel - 4.3.3

NEW:

  • Include Upcoming Trailers hub in movie sections

FIXES:

  • Fix Post Play Up Next for movies
117

We’ve released an update to the Plex Pass preview channel - 4.3.4

FIXES:

  • Missing chapters during playback for multi-media items
  • Disable audio direct stream on fallback for DTS-HD failures
  • TV theme music playback
118

We’ve released an update to the Plex Pass preview channel - 4.3.5

FIXES:

  • Enabling subtitles when the Instant Replay mode was enabled (regression in 4.3.3)
119

We’ve released an update to the Plex Pass preview channel - 4.3.6

FIXES:

  • Do not change the Roku global captions mode (regression in 4.3.3)

We have updated the public version as well, awaiting Roku’s review, and we’ll post when it is officially available.

120

We’ve released an update to the Plex Pass preview channel - 4.3.7

NEW:

  • Adhere to Roku’s global captions mode (Roku channel requirement)
      - “Roku Captions Mode” added to the Plex for Roku settings. The Roku Captions mode must be enabled (On/Instant Replay) for the selected subtitles to be displayed. Changing this mode in-channel will change the Roku captions mode (and vice versa).
  • Add support to exit channel from user selection screen via back button

We have updated the public version as well, awaiting Roku’s review, and we’ll post when it is officially available.