Plex for Samsung (2016+ 4K/UHD televisions)

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Version : 4.29.6
Platforms : Samsung 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 UHD Televisions (Tizen 2.4, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0)

2020 devices (Tizen 5.5) are still in the submission process.

NEW:

• Added support for subtitles in Movies on Plex content
• Early Access to the new Tizen app

FIXED:

• Fixed an issue where UHD devices direct streaming high bitrate h264 video would cause a transcode
• Fixed an issue with Live TV where updating the priority list does not immediately update the recording schedule
• Fixed an issue playing videos in photo libraries where progress wouldn’t reset after switching between videos
• Fixed extended info details missing line breaks
• Fixed an issue that could cause incorrect translations in stream title selection menu items
• Fixed possible display errors for TV shows in Movies on Plex
• Fixed Windows-style line endings in extended info screen
• Fixed an issue when searching for items in pinned sources that could cause results from other sources to be displayed
• Fixed an issue that could cause managed users to record Live TV content to libraries they don’t have access to
• Fixed an issue where searching for Other Videos doesn’t return proper results, or in some cases causes a blank screen
• Fixed seek bar missing for videos in photo library when casting from another Plex client
• Show correct source title for search result items
• Fixed first character jump bar inaccuracy in some cases

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Platforms : Samsung 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 UHD Televisions (Tizen 2.4, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0)

We are excited to present the new Samsung Tizen app preview!

This complete rewrite of the app takes advantage of WebGL for better performance, and includes some new features like Skip Intro and a Live TV Guide.

More info (including ‘how to access’ instructions) is available here: New Samsung Tizen App Preview

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Version: 5.0.10 Preview
Platforms: Samsung 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 UHD Televisions (Tizen 2.4, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0)

This update only applies to users who have opted in to the Public Preview.

NEW:

• Added Add to Queue and Play Next options
• Play button on remote can now start playback

FIXED:

• Fixed slow load caused by the playlist screen doing an extra request for all items
• Fixed scrollbar not scrolling library screen to the bottom and focus being lost when moving
  left if bottom row was not full
• Fixed italicized subtitle words being cut off on the right.
• Fixed grey displaying over video when returning from screensaver
• Fixed wrong options displaying when quickly selecting a filter
• Fixed Unplayed filter not being saved on library screen for non-movie types on
• Fixed seasons being displayed on show overview when hide seasons was enabled
• Fixed pre-roll playing when resuming a movie
• Fixed sort direction change having no effect
• Fixed an issue with subtitles sometimes failing to parse certain text
• Fixed previous image showing briefly when starting screensaver a second time
• Fixed show overview not resuming on deck item
• Fixed inability to focus lyrics
• Fixed splash screen hiding early
• Fixed episode items not showing change when toggling Played after playback
• Fixed postplay showing when playing a playlist from the play/shuffle buttons
• Fixed subtitle color not displaying and added html color parsing
• Fixed inability to disable live TV subtitles when they are enabled by default on PMS
• Fix first episode always playing when playing from a Plex source (eg. Movies & TV)
• Disabled direct play for Live TV
• Don’t show play/shuffle on library grid for folders or live TV
• Don’t allow seek if our player has been destroyed

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Version : 4.29.7
Platforms : Samsung 2020 Televisions (Tizen 5.5)

This release is the same release as the 4.29.6 release, for the 2020 Samsung TVs. This includes the Early Access for the new Tizen app.

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Version : 5.0.11 Preview
Platforms : Samsung 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 UHD Televisions (Tizen 2.4, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 5.5)

This update only applies to users who have opted in to the Public Preview .

NEW:

• Live TV: Don’t show Search for More... option
• Hide play queue and more buttons for live TV
• Removed resolution from “About” menu.
• Update and make play button text dynamic on pre-play screens
• Updated sidebar style
• Added avatar images for sidebar server items
• Changed display of shared servers in more menu, etc.
• Reduce wasted space and fix chapters showing under minimal seek OSD
• Added circular progress bar for Playing Next countdown
• Added support for additional languages
• Added chapters hub to video player OSD
• Channel +/- now skips by chapters if they exist

FIXED:

• Fixed ‘Watch Now’ showing on preplay play button for future live TV
• Fixed ui feedback sound setting not respected on app restart
• Fixed Live TV guide channel order
• Fixed missing error on home screen if only empty sources are pinned
• Fixed previous screen briefly showing after resume dialog
• Fixed filter not being saved on library screen
• Fixed photo slideshow starting paused when playing via play button
• Fixed Shuffle Play Season/Album playing behind the dialog
• Fixed error message if Live TV playback ended due to a recording conflict.

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Version : 5.0.12 Preview
Platforms : Samsung 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 UHD Televisions (Tizen 2.4, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 5.5)

This update only applies to users who have opted in to the Public Preview .

NEW:

• Added subtitle offset editing for external text subtitles.
• Use subtitle text outline instead of shadow for better readability.
• Show remaining time instead of duration in player.
• Update subtitle font for better readability.
• Added user profile creation and editing.
• Added subtitle and audio selection to more menu.
• Increased sidebar item height and made minor color changes.

FIXED:

• Fixed an issue where the buffering indicator sometimes won’t show when seeking.
• Fix Live TV not tuning movie channels.
• Force transcode for Live TV playback.
• Fixed cut off timed lyrics button.
• Fixed seeking if PMS prunes live TV capture buffer.
• Fixed an error that can occur when the live tv grid is loaded.
• Fixed busy spinner position on sidebar items.

• Fixed stuttering playing high bitrate content, this is done by preferring insecure connections
  • By default insecure connections are preferred for connections to local servers, secure connections will be used if the server requires secure connections or the Prefer Insecure Connections setting is changed to Never.
  • You can set the app to prefer insecure connections for all connections if you’re experiencing stuttering from remote servers.
  • You can verify the connection type in Media Server Status available in the user menu.

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Version : 5.0.13 Preview
Platforms : Samsung 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 UHD Televisions (Tizen 2.4, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 5.5)

This update only applies to users who have opted in to the Public Preview .

NEW:

• Added playback information overlay.
• Offer subtitle color, position, and size options for signed out users.
• Add scroll to top on back in Recommended, Library and Guide screens.
• Show progress for Ad playback.
• Move cast hub above extras and related hubs.
• Add shuffle option to shows.
• Changing Burn Subtitles setting during playback was not taking effect.
• Add screensaver types: Photo, Entertainment, and Plex Logo.

FIXED:

• Fixed an issue where direct playing mkv files with too many streams causes stuttering.
• Fixed pre-roll playing and ignoring resume.
• Fixed unplayed filter showing wrong items.
• Fixed issue with not rendering overlaping subtitles.
• Fixed being stuck on the modal after an item delete.
• Fixed sidebar incorrectly showing when onboarding a new user.
• Fixed sidebar items and screensaver showing server name unnecessarily.
• Fixed lighter subtitles showing white outline.
• Fixed Various Artists showing instead of actual artist.
• Fixed signing out not working.
• Fixed playlist item options and data disappearing after refresh.
• Fixed playback continuing on a trailer or pre-roll when they’ve been removed from the PQ because of a shuffle.
• Fixed type/sort buttons showing when they had only one option.
• Fixed issue changing subtitles as a signed out user.
• Fixed live TV guide not scrolling down correctly after initial load.
• Fixed incorrect library count text for some types.

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Version : 5.1.0 Preview
Platforms : Samsung 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 UHD Televisions (Tizen 2.4, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 5.5)

This update only applies to users who have opted in to the Public Preview .

NEW:

• Show initials for cast items without an image.

FIXED:

• Fixed an issue causing missing textures on certain devices.
• Fixed subtitles sometimes disappearing briefly while playing.
• Fixed subtitles not displaying for other parts of multi-part media.
• Sometimes with Live TV playback, metadata and player progress was not showing.
• Fixed incorrect filters showing for albums in the library screen.
• Fixed progress bars extending off the edge of recorded TV items.
• Fixed wrong style for Movies & TV Continue Watching.
• Default screensaver type setting to plex logo.
• Fixed regression crash when editing subtitle offset.
• Live TV guide was not showing up for managed users.
• Use HLS for transcodes and remuxes for Tizen 5.5 devices.
  • Tizen 5.5 does not want to work with DASH very well. I’ve reached out to Samsung to find the cause of this problem, but for now, using HLS seems to resolve most of the issues.

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Version : 5.1.1 Preview
Platforms : Samsung 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 UHD Televisions (Tizen 2.4, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 5.5)

This update only applies to users who have opted in to the Public Preview .

NEW:

• Added ‘Go to Artist’ and ‘Go to Album’ to Album/Track item options
• Added gray subtitle color
• Replaced Audio Boost settings with Normalize Multi-channel Audio, enabled by default and only applied when transcoding audio
• Added Reset App action in Advanced Settings

FIXED:

• Fixed an issue with seeking with live tv
• Fixed an issue with seeking during buffering or seeking causing errors
• Fixed subtitle sizes to be more consistent with the previous app
• Fixed infinite spinner when attempting to play an unavailable file

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Version : 5.1.2
Platforms : Samsung 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 UHD Televisions (Tizen 2.4, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 5.5)

NEW:

• The Public Preview is now enabled by default for all users. There are still a few features in missing but we are working hard to bring everything to parity with the old application.
• Display thumbnails (if available) while changing seek position.
• Reduced size of player buttons and added quality, stream, and audio selection options.
• Added Smart Hub integration
  • Your Home screen will now be pinned to the Smart Hub in Tizen. You can disable this via the Settings -> Experience menu.

FIXED:

• Fixed seeking to beginning of episode instead of previous episode when skipping back
• Fixed Normal subtitle size and vertical spacing/positioning for all sizes
• Fixed an issue with Tizen 5.5 (2020 TVs) devices not playing some videos with the correct aspect ratio
• Fixed channel up/down keys not working
• Fixed some text rendering issues on Tizen 4.0 (2018 TVs) devices

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Version : 5.1.3 Preview
Platforms : Samsung 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 UHD Televisions (Tizen 2.4, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 5.5)

This update only applies to users who are opted in to the Public Preview.

NEW:

• Added subtitle size, color, and position to playback settings.
• Improved playback settings modal.
• Added Artist Radio.
• Added theme music to TV show screen.
• Added language selection and filename input for subtitle search
• Added automatic sidebar navigation to sidebar menu items
• Added a reduced motion setting to disable automatic sidebar navigation and some animations

FIXED:

• Fixed stopping at end of TV show episode not showing post-play screen
• Don’t allow shuffle in playback settings for album and single item playback
• Fixed long title wrapping and overlapping other screen elements.
• Fixed current letter not being highlighted when library screen letters list is not focused.
• Fixed player controls not showing up when seeking with remote FF/RW buttons

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Version : 5.2.1 Preview
Platforms : Samsung 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 UHD Televisions (Tizen 2.4, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 5.5)

This update only applies to users who are opted in to the Public Preview.

NEW:

• Display artwork background in collection screen.
• Added setting to blur or dim background art
• Collection screen shows related content.
• Collection screen allows play and shuffle.
• Allow music to play while viewing photos.
• Added auto-pinning of new sources.
• Added single item sharing.
• Added music library radio stations.
• Added TIDAL music.

FIXED:

• Better photo player image loading
• Podcasts/Web Shows: Fixed app freezing when trying to filter by year and other filter issues
• Fixed collections showing server connection error when sort applied to library
• Update and improved home hub titles
• Fixed initial unfocused text color in settings
• Fixed music player not being stopped during signout
• Only advance photo in slideshow when finished loading
• Don’t show theme music in now playing dashboard
• Fixed episode summary in Web Shows 1711 episode list
• Fixed long artist or album title overlapping lyrics
• Possible that videos might be skipped early during slideshow
• Fixed maximum h264 level restriction setting not being respected
• Fixed channel guide not updating after stopping playback
• Fixed resetting to home after focusing on library in sidebar
• Fixed duplicate search results and missing live TV results
• Fix album disc ordering
• Improve subtitle connection handling and stability
• Fixed incorrect message and behavior for empty playlists.
• Fixed some subtitle formats getting burned into video instead of direct playing
• Don’t pause/play photo library slideshow when hitting pause/play in video player
• Play videos instead of starting paused if selected in photo library
• Fixed avatar background color when sidebar item is expanded
• Fixed being able to skip to another item while an ad is playing
• Fixed scrolling of related hubs in Collections
• Fix potential crash in some situations
• Fixed empty item showing in search locations
• Fixed playlist screen not showing the header when opened from a scrolled screen
• Fixed incorrect buttons position on the Add/Edit User screen
• Fixed inability to pin more than one Shared source
• Make sure all shows in webshows are square hub items.
• Fixed non-matching contextual results showing when searching by type
• Fixed aspect ratio for some anamorphic Live TV channels
• Fixed photos not showing properly on Tizen 2.4
• Fixed mpeg4 video playback issues on some devices
• Fixed Theme Music not playing on Tizen 2.4 devices
• Fixed some cases where the app can sometimes freeze after an error or stopping playback

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Version : 5.3.1 Preview
Platforms : Samsung 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 UHD Televisions (Tizen 2.4, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 5.5)

This update only applies to users who are opted in to the Public Preview.

NEW:

• Podcasts/Web Shows overview: Move ‘Add to my…’ button to buttons row
• Artist/Album screens: Show user rating stars when rated
• Summary is now focusable and clicking it will show the full text
• Change hub titles to title case
• Update buttons and more menu actions text and order
• Added Plex Media Server logging level option
• Remove resume dialog
• Add ‘Play from Start’ to resumable list item options
• Add ‘Play from Start’ button for resumable items and skip resume dialog
• Updated movie, show and episodes preplay designs

FIXED:

• Fixed selected filter not showing check mark for podcasts and web shows
• Fixed playlist screen not showing the header when opened from a scrolled screen
• Fixed playback failing after ads or when resuming audio after video
• Playlist screen: Fixed progress bar displaying on playlist poster
• Fixed app rendering ASS/SSA subtitles on ‘Automatic’ setting
• Fixed Home hubs being duplicated on first load after switching the app language
• Make player buttons circles instead of squares
• Add back setting to remember selected tab
• Fixed subtitles sometimes getting dropped
• Fixed post play item titles showing at top of item
• Fixed subtitles with right-to-left languages by changing how subtitles are rendered
• Fixed Live TV On Plex playback buffering and failures
• Fixed an issue where ASS subtitle timings was slightly off
• Fixed an issue where subtitles would not play on the next episode
• Fixed chapter titles and timestamps not shown in player
• Fixed changing burn subtitles setting not applying to recently played videos
• Fixed Add to/Remove from Watchlist icon being off center
• Fixed Add/Remove button icon being pixelated on some platforms
• Fixed news and webshows items displaying with portrait aspect
• Fixed non-centered text on search page
• Fixed show screen seasons hub duplicating items after refresh
• Fixed missing delete button on DVR content
• Fixed an issue with Tizen 4.0 devices rendering artifacts
• Fixed video size for video with no provided aspect ratio
• Fixed a case where too many players can be created

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Version : 5.4.1 Preview
Platforms : Samsung 2016 to 2020 UHD Televisions (Tizen 2.4, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 5.5)

This update only applies to users who are opted in to the Public Preview.

NEW:

• Updates Web Shows/Podcasts episodes screen design
• Updated playlist screen design
• Show watched indicator instead of full progress bar on episodes screen items and below preplay posters
• Add HDR label to preplays
• Added end time to player controls for video
  • This needs to be turned on from the Settings → Experience menu
• Added support for Live TV Recent Channels hubs in the Home screen
• Remove Overview tab and open show items directly to show screen
• All-you-can-watch free Live TV is available now. Stream 100+ channels for the whole family, instantly. Kids, news, game shows, anime, sports, cooking—it’s all on Plex and ready to watch

FIXED:

• Subtitle search will now default to use your account’s preferred subtitle language
• Fixed focus loss after deleting a DVR episode
• Fixed error opening collections on PMS versions before 1.19.2
• Fixed pre-rolls and trailers not playing
• Fixed season tabs disappearing when there were many
• Fixed oversized play icon on playing item in play queue
• Fixed blurry recording icon on posters
• Fixed an issue where seeking to beginning wouldn’t reset subtitle position
• Fixed empty seasons hub after refresh
• Fixed progress bar showing on audio player poster
• Fixed some ASS subtitles not displaying with ‘Only Image Formats’ setting
• Fixed the subtitles option not being displayed for items without subtitles leaving no access to subtitle search
• Fixed an issue where selecting a subtitle from search didn’t take effect
• Force transcode 4k anamorphic video on Tizen 5.5 devices due to it freezing the TV
• Fixed Smart Hub sometimes not updating

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Version : 5.4.2 Preview
Platforms : Samsung 2016 to 2020 UHD Televisions (Tizen 2.4, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 5.5)

This update only applies to users who are opted in to the Public Preview.

FIXED:

• Fixed an issue that could cause the wrong metadata to be displayed during Live TV on Plex playback

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Version : 5.5.1 Preview
Platforms : Samsung 2016 to 2020 UHD Televisions (Tizen 2.4, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 5.5)

This update only applies to users who are opted in to the Public Preview.

NEW:

• Added Tunefind for Movies
• Added Tunefind for Episodes

FIXED:

• Removed “Video” type from “Entertainment” and “Photo” screensavers
• Improved look of our busy spinner
• Fixed an issue where screensaver is blank when lock screen is enabled
• Improve video on demand behavior when parts of the video are slow to download
• Fixed Artist Radio button disappearing after leaving album page
• Fixed Artist Radio button showing for Various Artists in libraries using Personal Media Artists agent
• Fixed display issue scrolling up on preplay after navigating back
• Fixed playing a movie directly from a hub item creating a play queue from the hub
• Fixed unable to skip sign-in when getting expired token
• Fixed an issues that caused Live TV on Plex lineup to not be ordered according to user customization
• Show the Plex Logo screensaver if no images were found for entertainment/photo screensaver types
• Fixed an issue that could cause the wrong metadata to be displayed during Live TV on Plex playback
• Fixed played status showing on music screens
• Fixed error causing search failure

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Version : 5.6.1 Preview
Platforms : Samsung 2016 to 2020 UHD Televisions (Tizen 2.4, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 5.5)

This update only applies to users who are opted in to the Public Preview.

NEW:

• Added ability to customize Live TV on Plex lineup
• Added ability to toggle Recent Channels in Live TV on Plex
• Bumped minimum server version to 1.18.3
• Combine Continue Watching hubs and order other hubs by source
• Added button to header which exposes source pin/unpin actions
• Added setting to disable bitrate limits
  • This is located under “Video” settings and in the player settings. If your video is transcoding because of high bitrate, try toggling this setting to see if it will Direct Play. Note that playing files with bitrate higher than the specifications may cause playback errors.

FIXED:

• Fix music playback resume errors in some circumstances after playing a video
• Fixed titles disappearing after screensaver is closed
• Fixed missing episode subtitle options when using ‘Select Subtitle Track’
• Fixed blank spaces in Recommended Podcasts
• Fixed inability to focus summary on some preplays
• Fix focus loss on items grid when last item is focused and removed during refresh
• Fixed Live TV on Plex ‘Manage Channels’ items not being visible
• Fixed error showing on collection preplay related hubs failure
• Fixed missing played indicator on some recorded items in episodes list
• Fixed content showing under error on collections preplay
• Fixed scroll position and scrollbar not updating on items grid after refresh
• Fixed playback issues with Live TV on Plex

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Version : 5.7.1 Preview
Platforms : Samsung 2016 to 2020 UHD Televisions (Tizen 2.4, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 5.5)

This update only applies to users who are opted in to the Public Preview.

NEW:

• Show ‘File Unavailable’ on the pre-play ‘Play’ button instead of showing a badge
• Updated video and audio preplay badges
• Simplify buffering indicator and add a greater delay

FIXED:

• Fixed music continuing in background after switching to a different user
• Fixed theme music not playing on show screen
• Fixed popular tracks adding extra items when returning from another screen
• Fixed filter/sort buttons showing when viewing a folder
• Fixed reduced number of items shown in hubs
• Fixed File Unavailable button icon initial focus color
• Fixed some sidebar items not immediately respecting language change
• Fixed focus loss when removing the last item in a playlist
• Fixed inability to remove items from another server from a playlist
• Fixed scroll not updating when initial vertical list display has offscreen focus
• Fixed no visible focus after user first run
• Fixed Podcasts/Web Shows shows and episodes screens displaying incorrectly and without tabs
• Changes to startup flow to address app getting stuck on splash screen
• Fixed titles on post-play screen rendering incorrectly on some devices
• Fixed Smart Hub not updating to match the Home screen

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Version : 5.8.1 Preview
Platforms : Samsung 2016 to 2020 UHD Televisions (Tizen 2.4, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 5.5)

This update only applies to users who are opted in to the Public Preview.

NEW:

• Make it clearer on settings list that there are more settings
• Allow entering pin for focused user without first hitting OK/Enter
• Prefer season art for seasons on episodes screen
• Show more settings when scrolling through sections

FIXED:

• Show album art on player and album screen if available
• Improve images for Live TV on Plex featured channels on the home screen
• Fixed home hubs being duplicated when navigating back
• Fixed home screen hubs missing in some cases
• Fixed an issue with home screen hubs getting duplicated
• Fixed Movies & TV channel items having the wrong aspect
• Fixed some issues with seeking during playback
  • While seeking should now be more stable, there is still an issue with seeking that can sometimes occur when transcoding, which we are investigating.
• Fixed Smart Hub duplicating recently added hubs

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Version : 5.9.1 Preview
Platforms : Samsung 2016 to 2020 UHD Televisions (Tizen 2.4, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 5.5)

This update only applies to users who are opted in to the Public Preview.

NEW:

• Added automatic refreshing to media when changes are detected
• Try to use system language as default language

FIXED:

• Fixed wrong episode getting focused for seasons with many episodes (requires PMS version 1.21.4.4054+)
• Allow Skip Previous/Next and Channel Up/Channel Down remote and controller button presses while OSD is visible
• Fixed seasons hub not updating when toggling a show played/unplayed
• Fixed another issue where Smart Hub groups can be duplicated
• Fixed background sometimes not rendering on Tizen 2.4 devices
• Fixed another case where seeking can fail
  • This requires a PMS update which is still in testing. This post will be updated with the version number once it’s available.