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We are excited to present the new Vizio SmartCast app preview!

This complete rewrite of the app begins to bring it up to par with the new and improved interface found in our other apps.

More info (including ‘how to access’ instructions) is available here: Try out our new Vizio SmartCast preview

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Preview update: Version 5.0.1

  • Fix photos displaying in lower right corner
  • Long subtitle lines now wrap
  • Add description/warning to audio codec settings
  • Fix burned subtitles not respecting the font size setting
  • Don’t force transcode based on quality setting height
  • Allow direct play when video bitrate is unknown
  • Add Burn Subtitles setting and default to Automatic
    • If a transcode is needed, subtitles will always burn
    • Direct play of subtitles is now supported for some formats for direct play
  • Long usernames on sidebar and choose user screen now scroll when focused
  • Fix codec detection failure forcing a transcode
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Preview update: Version 5.0.2

  • Live TV! (No grid or scheduling yet)
  • Video: Remote channel +/- button can now be used to skip +10 mins/-10 mins
  • Audio: Remote channel +/- button can now be used to skip to next/previous track
  • Fixed stopping playback also closing the preplay
  • Fixed seek position display not updating after a seek
  • Fixed playing a show starting on the first episode instead of the on deck episode
  • Fixed playback failure caused when changing the quality settings
  • Fixed item titles being cropped insted of ellipsed after refresh
  • Fixed error message immediately auto closing
  • Allow direct play when various media properties are unknown
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Preview update: Version 5.0.3

  • Fix for multi-audio media not playing the selected stream
  • Fix some playback failure issues
  • Fix live TV restarting at the wrong position after settings change
  • Improved crash logging for better troubleshooting
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Preview update: Version 5.0.4

  • Fix: Playback with subtitles could cause app to become unusable
  • Fix: SRT subtitles showing errors instead of text
  • Fix: Subtitles not showing when seeking before resume point
  • Possible fix for startup hang on Plex logo
  • Don’t pause music when opening player actions modal
  • Add default platform bitrate limit (can be disabled)
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Preview Update: Version 5.0.5

  • Fix for subtitles disappearing and UI becoming unresponsive on more models
  • Add delete option for movies and TV episodes
  • Fix playback of extras on Movies & TV On Plex
  • Reset all settings to default on sign-out
  • Show seek bar when seeking audio
  • Don’t show postplay when playing a playlist
  • Don’t start a photo slideshow when selecting an item from the PQ
  • Fix Recently Added Photos hub refreshing with wrong items
  • Fix various minor UI oddities
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Preview Update: Version 5.0.6

  • Fix subtitles being forced on when starting playback and TV setting was enabled
  • Fix Movies & TV extras failing to play
  • Fix getting stuck in playback settings after editing a setting
  • Disable artwork screensaver in favor of the simple screensaver for now as it can result in fatal errors on these TVs, we’ll look at bringing this back if/when we can
  • Fix playlist items being hidden after deleting a playlist item
  • Fix audio player not closing when final item in the play queue finished
  • Post Play: Update the previous item watched state
  • Post Play: Fix various UI issues and improve next/previous focus
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Preview Update: Version 5.0.7

  • Fix video possibly being hidden when starting playback or changing settings/streams
  • Settings: Add manual servers
  • Fix possible No Content message overlaying some hub screens
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Preview Update: Version 5.0.8

  • Skip Intro!
  • Library now remembers Unplayed, Type, and Sort per source
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Preview Update: Version 5.0.9

NEW:

  • Added separate setting for time format
  • Added play/shuffle buttons to playlist screen
  • Added play/shuffle buttons to library screen
  • Show ‘from username’ in external pre-play rows
  • Show ‘Off’ for disabled subtitles, and nothing for no subtitles
  • Bring back artwork screensaver

FIXED:

  • Fixed paging causing lost album disc labels
  • Fixed clock showing in 24 hour format when disabled
  • Fixed the ad counter not showing for the first ad in a pod
  • Fixed: Stop via stop button will now return to pre-play
  • Fixed pre-play buttons/rows missing after opening settings
  • Fixed player settings showing without a background
  • Fixed On Demand subtitles setting not updating
  • Fixed photo title not displaying during playback
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Preview Update: Version 5.0.10

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)
  • 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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Preview Update: Version 5.0.11

NEW:

  • Live TV Guide!
  • Live TV: Don’t show Search for More... subtitles option
  • Hide play queue and more buttons for live TV
  • Removed resolution from “About” menu
  • Updated and made 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 pre-play play button for future live TV
  • Fixed UI feedback sound setting not respected on app restart
  • Fixed missing error message 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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Preview Update: Version 5.0.12

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
  • Can now create and edit user profiles
  • Added subtitle and audio selection to more menu.
  • Increased sidebar item height and made minor color changes.

FIXED:

  • Fixed seeking if PMS prunes live TV capture buffer.
  • Fixed an error that can occur when the live TV grid is loaded.
  • Fixed Live TV not tuning movie channels.
  • Fixed busy spinner position on sidebar items.
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Preview Update: Version 5.0.13

NEW:

  • Added playback information overlay (in ⋮ menu).
  • 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.
  • Add screensaver types: Photo, Entertainment, and Plex Logo.

FIXED:

  • Fixed pre-roll playing and ignoring resume.
  • Fixed unplayed filter showing wrong items.
  • Fixed issue with not rendering overlapping 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 on library screen 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.
  • Changing Burn Subtitles setting during playback was not taking effect.
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Preview Update: Version 5.1.1

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
  • Show initials for cast items without an image.

FIXED:

  • Fixed subtitle sizes to be more consistent with the previous app
  • Fixed infinite spinner when attempting to play an unavailable file
  • Possible fix for app flickering and going black
  • 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 libarary 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.
  • Fixed platform max bitrate not being respected when set via player settings.
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Preview Update: Version 5.1.3

NEW:

  • Added subtitle size, color, and position to playback settings.
  • Improved playback settings modal.
  • Added Artist Radio.
  • Added automatic sidebar navigation to sidebar menu items.
  • Added theme music to TV show screen.
  • Added language selection and filename input for subtitle search.
  • Added a reduced motion setting to disable automatic sidebar navigation and some animations.
  • 5.1.2
    • Display thumbnails (if available) while changing seek position.
    • Reduced size of player buttons and added quality, stream, and audio selection options.

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 OSD not showing up when seeking with remote FF/RW buttons.
  • 5.1.2
    • Fixed seeking to beginning of episode instead of previous episode when skipping back.
    • Fixed Normal subtitle size and vertical spacing/positioning for all sizes.
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Preview Update: Version 5.2.1

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
  • Change default setting for Allow Insecure Connections to On same network as server
  • 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
  • (SmartCast) Fixed garbled audio for Opus with more than 2 channels (SX7B chipset)
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Preview Update: Version 5.3.1

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
  • (SmartCast) Fixed rotated video failing to play for some devices and resolutions
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Preview Update: Version 5.4.1

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
  • 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
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Preview Update: Version 5.5.1

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