Plex for Smart TVs & TiVo

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January 23 2018 • 3.13.9

NEW:

  • TiVo: Direct play 10bit HEVC. Works best with lower quality 4K content.
  • TiVo: Remove the ability to Direct Stream videos using HEVC video codec. We’ve filed a bug report with TiVo.
  • webOS: Identify webOS displays and capabilities using platform library.
  • webOS: New Settings > Audio > Dolby TrueHD setting enables direct play of TrueHD audio on supported displays.
  • webOS: Improved 4K video playback for H.264, HEVC, and VP9 video codecs within any file which supports these video codecs.
  • webOS: Direct play MKV files with H.264, HEVC, VC1, VP9, MPEG4 video and AAC, MP3, VORBIS, DTS, or AC3 audio. Only available on webOS >= 3.0.
  • webOS: Direct play AVI files with MPEG4 (xvid/divx) and MJPEG video and AAC, MP3, PCM, DTS, or AC3 audio.
  • webOS: Direct play MP4 files with H.264 and HEVC video and AAC, MP3, DTS, or AC3 audio.
  • webOS: Direct play M2TS and TS files with H.264, HEVC, or MPEG2VIDEO video and AAC, MP2, MP3, DTS, or AC3 audio.
  • webOS: Direct play MOV files with H.264 or MPEG4 video and AAC, DTS, or AC3 audio.
  • webOS: Direct play WMV files with VC1, or WMV3 video and WMAV2, WMAPRO, DTS, or AC3 audio.

FIXED:

  • All: Pressing stop before media is ready will correctly teardown the media components.
  • All: The music player no longer respects the allow direct play and allow direct stream video player setting.
  • All: Logging to media servers is able to be disabled after being enabled.
  • webOS: Enable Dolby Digital (AC3) audio stream support on all displays.
  • webOS: Improve seeking and resuming for video playback. This benefits 4K direct stream the most.