Plex for Roku

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We’ve released an update to the Plex Pass preview channel - 5.2.0

NEW:

  • (Collections) Support for improved collections. (blog / support)
  • (Search) Quick Search!
    • Search libraries more efficiently and find items faster than ever before.
    • Search results include more types such as actors, directors, collections, and more.
  • (Music) Radio Station support.
    • Library Radio Stations: Accessible via library section screen.
    • Artist Radio Station: Accessible via Artists screen.
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We’ve released an update to the Plex Pass preview channel - 5.3.0

NEW:

  • (Live TV) Enable audio and subtitle stream selection.

FIXES:

  • (Music) Artist radio was limited to 10 tracks.
  • (Video) Persist subtitle changes done via * menu.
  • (Video) Suppress subtitles if None was selected via * menu.
  • (Live TV) Possible crash during playback if program guide data is missing data.
  • (Photo) Fix playback from Recently Added hub.

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

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We’ve released an update to the Plex Pass preview channel - 5.3.1

FIXES:

  • Single season TV show missing season poster.

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

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We’ve released an update to the Plex Pass preview channel - 5.3.2

Version bump for the Roku certification process.

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

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The 5.3.4 update has been published to the official channel.

NEW:

  • (Collections) Support for improved collections. (blog / support)
  • (Search) Quick Search!
    • Search libraries more efficiently and find items faster than ever before.
    • Search results include more types such as actors, directors, collections, and more.
  • (Music) Radio Station support.
    • Library Radio Stations: Accessible via library section screen.
    • Artist Radio Station: Accessible via Artists screen.
  • (Live TV) Enable audio and subtitle stream selection.

FIXES:

  • (Live TV) Possible crash and reboot during playback.
  • (Live TV) OSD navigation slows down over time.
  • (Live TV) Possible crash during playback if missing program guide data.
  • (Video) Persist subtitle changes via * menu.
  • (Video) Suppress subtitles if None has been selected via * menu.
  • (Photo) Fix playback from Recently Added hub.
  • (Live TV) Possible crash and reboot during playback.
  • (Live TV) OSD navigation slows down over time.
146

We’ve released an update to the Plex Pass preview channel - 5.3.5

FIXES:

  • (Photo) Playing Recently Added from Home Screen.
  • (Podcasts) Elide unwatched indicator for Genres.
  • (Podcasts) “Go To Details” pivot from Now Playing Queue.
  • (Live TV) Possible crash during playback.
147

We’ve released an update to the Plex Pass preview channel - 5.3.6

FIXES:

  • (News) More button from news hub on home screen.
  • (News) Support remotes Play button from news hub on home screen.

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

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The 5.3.6 update has been published to the official channel.

FIXES:

  • (Photo) Playing Recently Added from Home Screen.
  • (Podcasts) Elide unwatched indicator for Genres.
  • (Podcasts) “Go To Details” pivot from Now Playing Queue.
  • (Live TV) Possible crash during playback.
  • (News) More button from news hub on home screen.
  • (News) Support remotes Play button from news hub on home screen.

NOTE: News playback when launched from the home screen menu may fail to start playback. You can select an item in the News experience to start playback after the failure. We will provide an update shortly to fix the issue. We apologize for the inconvenience.

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We’ve released an update to the Plex Pass preview channel - 5.3.7

FIXES:

  • (News) Playback failed when launched from the home screen menu.

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

150

The 5.3.7 update has been published to the official channel.

FIXES:

  • (News) Playback failed when launched from the home screen menu.
151

We’ve released an update to the Plex Pass preview channel - 5.3.9

FIXES:

  • (Podcasts) Play in the correct order when started from an episode.

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

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The 5.3.9 update has been published to the official channel.

FIXES:

  • (Podcasts) Play in the correct order when started from an episode.
153

The 5.3.10 update has been published to the official channel.

NEW:

  • Web Shows!

FIXES:

  • (Podcasts) Possible that some podcasts series failed to play.
  • (Music) Stop playback after 10 consecutive failures.
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154

We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 6.0.16

This update will require you to sign back into Plex once, after install.

We’ve been hard at work behind the scenes, updating our Roku app not only to a new UI similar to Plex Media Player, but also using Roku’s UI framework: Roku Scene Graph (RSG). That effectively means that the entire app has been rewritten!

This preview release certainly isn’t complete yet, but we want to get it in front of folks early, to help catch issues (particularly since it’s such a big rewrite). Not all features are currently supported, but it does offer some features that aren’t in the current app (like DVR scheduling). We’ll continue working on the preview and will release updates to it. This new UI/rewrite will eventually replace the current official Roku channel late this year or early next year.

We’re looking for feedback and reports about functional issues with the preview app/channel. Does a particular action cause a crash? Does clicking an action button not perform the action? Is something not rendered on the screen correctly? Etc., etc. While we’re certainly interested in feedback about UI/UX of our apps in general, this new preview app is intended to follow the same basic UI design as the existing Plex Media Player (TV layout) app.

Add the channel to Roku here: https://my.roku.com/account/add?channel=plexpreview

If the channel doesn’t appear after adding on Roku’s website, you can force a update via Roku’s device menu: Settings -> System -> System update

Below is a non-exhaustive list of what’s supported, and things to do.

Some of what’s already supported:

  • Requires PMS v1.13.5.5291 or newer for server/library compatibility
  • Requires Roku firmware version 8.1
  • Full PMS library playback: movies, shows, videos, music, photos, and live TV
  • Record TV from the Roku app
  • Customizing home page hubs and ordering type sources.
  • Control channel and playback from another Plex application.
  • Search
  • Podcasts
  • Web Shows
  • News
  • Folder view

Some of the things we still need to do:

  • Localization
  • Live TV channel grid view
  • Photo timeline view
  • Fix feedback and issues
  • Automatic lock screen (switch users will lock the screen if PIN protected)
  • Theme music
  • Screensaver options

How/where to report issues:

  • You can use forum tag roku-preview when posting questions or issues about our preview.

note: This channel will replace the Plex Pass Preview channel. The preview channel is available to everyone.

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155

We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 6.0.17

FIXES:

  • Possible crash when attempting to search.
  • Possible crash flinging media.
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156

We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 6.0.23

NEW:

  • (Video) Subtitles on demand!
  • (Music) Added artist popular tracks.
  • (Music) Play Plex Mix from track options if available.
  • (Music) Play Music Video from track options if available.
  • (Music) Radio Station support.
    • Artists Radio Station: Accessible via Artists screen.
    • Library Radio Stations: Accessible via Music source screen.
  • (Music) Use horizontal lines to show focus on lyrics.
  • (Live TV) Update record screen UI.
  • (Live TV) Add Location option to basic recording prefs.
  • (Live TV) Add channel icon to Channels hub on player OSD.
  • (Playlists) Add options button to items.
  • (Playlists) Add unwatched indicators items.
  • (Playlists) Support removing items.
  • (Playlists) Add paging and allow reordering.
  • Add Roku * context options for home screen hubs.
  • Add theme music.
  • Add screensaver options.
  • Add additional filters and sorts on grid screen.
  • Auto lock screen enabled based on screensaver timeout (5 minutes if disabled).
  • Support for manual connections.
  • Support to handle remote keyboard entry on Pin and Search screen (mobile Roku app).

FIXES:

  • (Video) Do not crash if video doesn’t have an audio stream.
  • (Video) Choosing the best version available when multiple versions exist.
  • (Video) If video is rotated, require transcode to fix rotation.
  • (Video) Possible crash playing a trailer.
  • (Video) Do not force subtitle burn/video convert when subtitle language is unknown.
  • (Video) Refocusing wrong row in OSD when playing a movie from within OSD.
  • (Live TV) Shadow placement and focus issues.
  • (Live TV) Show matching library options for record media type.
  • (Live TV) Record preference not updating when choosing an option.
  • (Live TV) Multiple “Channels” rows listed in OSD.
  • (Live TV) Support previous and next buttons.
  • (Live TV) Issue with overlapping conflicts text on record screen.
  • (Live TV) Screensaver shown during playback.
  • (Live TV) Possible crash caused by bad XML on dvr episodes. (Server version 1.13.9.5439)
  • (Live TV) Properly restart playback when changing settings during playback.
  • (Play Queue) Verify shuffling is supported or disable action.
  • (Photos) Toggling play/pause for videos would restart playback.
  • (Photos) Was skipping to next item after slideshow timeout during videos.
  • (Photos) Recently Favorited Photos hub was refreshing incorrectly.
  • (Photos) Resume audio playback when playing a mixed slideshow with music after a video is played.
  • (News) Items failed to open when selected on hubs not on news screens.
  • (News) Refresh newscast after changing muted in settings or changing mute/follow on topic buttons.
  • (News) Topic button crash on 9.0 beta firmware.
  • (Audio) Don’t try to show play queue that hasn’t been loaded yet.
  • (Audio) Resume audio playback upon entering playback screen if it was stopped.
  • (Audio) Playback continues when showing User Selection (lock screen).
  • (Audio) Go back 10 seconds for rewind in audio player.
  • (Audio) Fails to resume after playing TV show having theme music.
  • (Music) Support FWD/RWD on lyrics screen when lyrics list is not focused.
  • (Music) Track options from within Album screen (Add to Queue, Play Next, Go to Artist, etc).
  • (Post Play) Bypass when playing from a playlist; always advance playback.
  • (Post Play) Disable auto play when playback stopped by user.
  • (Post Play) Possible Auto Play stopped working earlier than 2 hours of no interaction.
  • (Post Play) Display the next episode title.
  • (Post Play) Possible crash playing Up Next item not in Play Queue.
  • (Plex Companion) Possible crash flinging media.
  • (Plex Companion) Support flinging synced content.
  • (Plex Companion) Support to fling specific media versions; Play Version.
  • (Plex Companion) Close screensaver if active on playback commands.
  • (Playlists) Support resuming items.
  • (Playlists) Support using remote Play button to play item.
  • Adding a single item to Play Queue (Add to Queue/Play Next) added the entire container.
  • Pressing remotes Play button while focused on a Play Queue item will play said item (not toggle playback).
  • Switching back to the current user now goes back to previous screen, instead of reloading.
  • Continue watching hub not showing when available.
  • Show busy status and block input until content is available.
  • Show single episodes in preplay for library content.
  • Crash when deleting the last episode from a show.
  • Seasons not refreshing correctly on shows screen.
  • Source list not updating correctly after editing sources.
  • Don’t lock scroll on hub while request (and update) is in progress.
  • First grid filter not initially showing options for some types.
  • Theme music could be super loud after video playback.
  • Improve search performance.
  • Promote source and media type when searching all servers from within a source.
  • Possible crash removing the last Play Queue item.
  • Show total count in grid screen.
  • Episode details not showing correctly after refresh.
  • Episode and season preplay hubs not being removed when empty after refresh.
  • Support pivoting to library source from home screen items.
  • Home screen back button behavior updates.
  • Refresh issue when returning to episodes screen on media providers.
  • Possible crash if we failed to validate a connections identity.
  • Trailer is now included in movie extras on preplay if available.
  • Possible Pin focus issue on User Selection screen (regression in 9.x firmware).
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157

We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 6.0.24

NEW:

  • (Video) Show playback options on OK long press during playback.

FIXES:

  • (Alexa) Possible failures attempting to fling media.
  • (Music) Possible crash playing artist radio twice.
  • (Search) Include search context in the screen header.
  • (Video) Theme music playing after starting video playback.
  • (Settings) Add descriptions for all settings.
  • Better offline support. Show when offline and offer go online option.
  • Possible startup hangs when no servers are tested.
  • Flashing background on some devices.
  • Hubs on sources not being hidden when empty.
  • Hidden hubs shown before refresh.
  • Preplay subtitle and audio info inaccurate after refreshing.
  • Preplay focusing first episode erroneously when moving down to all episodes.
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158

We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 6.1.1

FIXES:

  • (Video) Shuffling a show would attempt to play the On Deck item first.
  • (Search) Choosing a search result location could sometimes open the wrong location.
  • (News) Possible crash skipping to the next video.
  • (Settings) Text cropped in 720p UI mode.
  • (UX) Rating image aspect ratios in 480p and 720p UI mode.
  • Possible reboot when navigating to and from hubs.
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159

The 6.1.1 update has been published to the official channel.

  • Rewrite of our current channel using Roku SceneGraph.
  • Requires PMS v1.10.0 or newer.
  • Requires Roku firmware version 8.1 or newer.
  • Full PMS library playback: movies, shows, videos, music, photos, and live TV.
  • Online Providers: News, Podcasts, Webshows.
  • Record Live TV.
  • Subtitles on Demand.
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160

We’ve released an update to the Plex preview channel - 6.2.0

NEW:

  • (Live TV) Added Program Guide (EPG) including in player!
  • (Live TV) Support filters/types/sorts in grid.
  • (Video) Support copying MPEG2 video codec during playback instead of converting.
  • (UX) Add ‘Play Version’ to movie/episode preplay options.
  • (UX) Always show library sources when focused on types in header.
  • (UX) Show a tooltip below focused preplay actions (play, shuffle, mark as played, etc).
  • (UX) ‘Browse All’ link added to library sources (persists configured view: type/sort + unplayed).
  • (UX) ‘Reset View’ button added to grid ‘Browse All’ if modified.
  • (UX) Add confirmation prompt when signing out.
  • (UX) Add an option to switch users in exit prompt.
  • (Music) TIDAL Support.
  • (Music) Augmented content from shared servers.
  • (Music) Augmented artist radio.

FIXES:

  • (Video) Playing the next video from Post Play would restart after loading.
  • (Video) Better handle seeking while video is buffering; do not reset seek position.
  • (Localize) Refresh channel when the language is changed to update translations.
  • (Localize) Pass language header on network requests to localize results.
  • (Live TV) Unable to modify recordings (content unavailable error).
  • (Live TV) Record location option missing.
  • (Live TV) Fix Actor/Director pivots.
  • (Live TV) Possible crash deleting episodes when seasons are flattened.
  • (Live TV) Tuning a channel may tune to a different channel airing the same content.
  • (Live TV) Workaround playback resuming when paused.
  • (Music) Show music video icon on tracks when available.
  • (Music) Do not delay showing Artist Radio button on Artist screen.
  • (News) Selecting an item from the home screen did not start playback in some cases.
  • (UX) Support play/shuffle of hubs and folders in grid.
  • (UX) Support filters, types, and sorts when viewing “My Podcast”, “My Shows”, and “My TIDAL”.
  • (UX) Playlist link missing from ‘videos’ type.
  • (UX) Quality options list 1080p when 4k is available (cosmetic).
  • (UX) Related content was not shown for flattened shows.
  • (UX) Include ‘Mark as Played’ and ‘Mark as Unplayed’ in top level actions.
  • (UX) Filters may show the wrong filter type selected.
  • (UX) Support to mark entire Web Show or Podcast played/unplayed.
  • (UX) Show a ‘Limited Quality’ warning in video settings when PMS overrides quality (relayed connection or PMS Internet upload speed set).
  • Improve reliability using Alexa to control the Roku and fling media.
  • Possible playback issue when music and video conflict for playback.
  • Relax a few HTTP request timeouts; improve reliability.
  • Possible startup crash when a servers response is not valid.
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