# Plex for Windows and Windows Phone **URL:** \ **Category:** Announcements\ **Tags:** release-announcements\ **Created:** [March 7, 2013, 2:36am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-windows-and-windows-phone/30287 "2013-03-07T02:36:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mfeingol](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mfeingol/32/145140_2.png) [@mfeingol](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mfeingol)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 2:36am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-windows-and-windows-phone/30287/1 "2013-03-07T02:36:07Z")
1.0.2.1 NEW: Library and Channel groups are aggregated from all known servers, instead of just the active server NEW: Filter buttons and dialogs can be used with a remote control NEW: Audio and subtitle stream selection dropdowns can be used with a remote control NEW: The DEL key acts as a key accelerator for deleting media NEW: Music transcoding uses new Plex Media Server transcoder NEW: Ability to Direct Play mpeg/mpeg2video/ac3 video NEW: Servers Page allows editing and deleting any type of server NEW: Channel Store icon looks more like a store icon   FIX: Crash pressing stop from remote control or media keys (worked around Player Framework bug) FIX: Crash when selecting different audio or subtitle streams very quickly FIX: Crash refreshing Channel Store page FIX: Library section page progress bars could run indefinitely after refreshing or selecting filters FIX: Music player progress bar could run indefinitely when double-clicking on track FIX: Dialogs with text boxes should focus on first text box even if app is in remote control mode FIX: Reduced OnDeck elements to 6 instead of 8 at 1080p FIX: OnDeck elements without art should display some image FIX: Both ChPg Up and Down now do the same thing: toggle the app bar FIX: F5 now works as expected in Servers page FIX: Channel Store subpages refresh as expected, have a standard app bar, and display progress bars FIX: Media Info dialog always displays detailed metadata even if pre-play page hasn't finished loading FIX: Popup dialogs should close when a page is refreshed FIX: Stop stealing keypresses when flyouts are open FIX: Music player no longer displays longer duration when reaching end of track FIX: Video player should hide the pause button when media fails   Known Issues: [HTTP Live Streaming] AC-3 and MP3 are not supported [Video] Video may glitch when alt-tabbing in and out of the app [Microsoft Media Foundation issue] [Video] Selecting subtitles always triggers a transcode [Microsoft Media Foundation issue] [PlayTo] Using Xbox 360 as a PlayTo target can be very slow [Microsoft Xbox issue] [Remote Control] Most navigation commands don't work yet [WinRT issue] [Remote Control] Remote control won't work if the client's active server is on the same machine as the Plex app [Microsoft sandboxing issue]   1.0.2.0 NEW: Support playing multi-part media NEW: Support playback-related remote control actions from other Plex clients (off by default) NEW: Faster seeking with HTTP Live Streaming NEW: Support Direct Play of E-AC-3 audio streams NEW: Preference to enable Direct Play of MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 content (requires Windows Media Center Pack) NEW: Separate preferences for max local resolution when Direct Playing / Streaming and when transcoding NEW: Preference to make all Home Page groups optional NEW: Preference to disable conservative network behavior when on metered or roaming network NEW: Improved Media Info popup with: remux guesses, transcode reasons, network location, XML text, multi-part fixes, etc. NEW: Scroll position in grid views is now preserved when going back to a page NEW: Home page channels group is now sorted by last access NEW: The active server can now be set inactive on the Servers page NEW: Hidden option to force video Direct Play (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+P from pre-play page) NEW: Deprecated preferences for transcode protocol, alternate video player seek method NEW: Update Microsoft Player Framework to v1.1 NEW: Plex Media Server 0.9.7.14 is strongly recommended (0.9.7.12 is required)   FIX: Paused transcode sessions no longer time out FIX: First few frames no longer play again when stopping video playback FIX: Various HTTP Live Streaming hangs and crashes FIX: Playback of channel video requiring an internal web proxy (Comedy Central, Apple Movie Trailers) FIX: Seeking with Comedy Central channel video content FIX: Automatic audio stream selection now prefers multi-channel AC-3 over stereo AAC FIX: Mouse cursor in middle of video screen no longer prevents media controls from disappearing FIX: Entire UI now updates correctly when video is played, marked watched/unwatched, deleted, etc. FIX: Video heads-up display now shows duration for various channels FIX: Music player button glitches in snapped mode FIX: Music player position resets to zero when loading new content FIX: Music player wasn't progressing to next track under certain conditions FIX: Music player play/pause button could be incorrect when music was paused outside the player FIX: Music player had some unhealthy interactions with TV show theme music FIX: Channel store pages are now fully accessible using a remote control FIX: Keyboard shortcuts didn't always work when playing video FIX: Back mouse button now closes appbar when open, instead of going back directly FIX: Crash when cancelling a channel search dialog box FIX: Rare crash starting up when active server is unavailable FIX: Rare crash when paging channel content FIX: Inaccessible media is now detected correctly when a video is launched from On Deck FIX: Display correct media flags in video pre-play pages FIX: Resuming a video pre-play page no longer loses artwork FIX: Resuming paged library collections now works correctly FIX: Incremental loading could display out of order items for a short period of time FIX: Error messages from pages where the user already navigated away FIX: Flash/Silverlight content in Queue is now detected reliably FIX: Correctly detect servers that can't transcode FIX: Use the active server's transcoder when playing remote content from a server that can't transcode FIX: Rare error messages when attempting a transcode against a capable local server FIX: Timeline reports will no longer go out to remote servers not owned by the user FIX: Video heads-up display no longer changes if preferences change during video playback FIX: Many other small fixes and improvements    1.0.1.9  FIX: Aspect ratio was incorrect when resuming an HLS transcode  FIX: Don't transcode music when video preference disables Direct Play  FIX: Playing a second music playlist didn't work  FIX: Don't display skip back/ahead buttons when loading video  FIX: App could crash if user alt-tabs at precise moment a message dialog is being displayed   1.0.1.8 NEW: Use HTTP Live Streaming as default transcode format NEW: App bar and popup dialogs can now be navigated with cursor keys and remote controls NEW: Preference for Direct Play vs a higher-resolution transcodes NEW: Advanced preference to display selection caret by default, instead of on first keypress NEW: Display information about current transcode in application bar during video playback NEW: Media information popup in video pre-play pages NEW: Subtitle combo box now displays subtitle format, in addition to language NEW: Added buttons and keyboard accelerators for video skip/replay NEW: Plex Media Server version 0.9.7.12 is now required NEW: Subtitle burning is now much more reliable   FIX: Play the selected audio stream when Direct Playing FIX: Selecting None as the subtitle option didn't always work FIX: Mouse cursor now disappears when playing video FIX: Go back to previous page when video playback ends FIX: On Deck items now display resume button icon when appropriate FIX: Music player progress bar now advances  when page is revisited FIX: Initial server test dialog now re-discovers local servers if necessary FIX: Initial server test dialog now reconnects to myPlex if necessary FIX: Pick up server friendly name changes when testing a server FIX: RTMP videos in queue now play correctly FIX: Skipping with high bitrate video when Direct Playing FIX: Media flags now display correctly for content from myPlex FIX: Season page crash when refreshed FIX: Disable seeking when playing content that requires Flash/Silverlight FIX: Updated Microsoft Smooth Streaming Client SDK to 1.0.130111   1.0.1.5 NEW: support Direct Play for non-streaming video files (AVI, unoptimized MP4) NEW: support Direct Play for Apple Movie Trailers NEW: skip/seek/resume now works much, much better with Direct Play content NEW: support for PlayTo contract (works great with WMP, not so great with Xbox 360) NEW: support Windows Media Center remote controls NEW: support TV show theme music NEW: preferences are now broken into nice sub-sections NEW: preference for online video resolution and quality NEW: preference for subtitle size NEW: preference for audio boost NEW: ability to enqueue channel videos NEW: ability to mark library videos watched or unwatched NEW: ability to rate library videos NEW: ability to delete library videos NEW: support auto-paging for channels that page NEW: F5 refreshes all pages, F12 returns to main page   FIX: only pull content from active server (makes main page a bit more deterministic) FIX: iTunes music will now Direct Play instead of transcoding FIX: detect and warn about obsolete channel media FIX: open the appbar automatically when a video ends FIX: changing search category now scrolls results back to beginning FIX: search results now show source server FIX: search items now correctly display images when connected to inactive server FIX: main page now displays a sad face when no content is available   1.0.1.0 NEW: search function NEW: channel store NEW: MPEG-2 TS transcode format, supporting remuxing for most h264 video (experimental) NEW: audio and subtitle stream selection for video (subtitles only work when transcoding) NEW: improved keyboard accessibility, with shortcuts for most important functionality NEW: release requires Plex Media Server 0.9.7.8 or higher   FIX: corrected video buffering when transcoding using Smooth Streaming FIX: inability to connect to server on same machine as client FIX: improved reliability of server discovery FIX: simplified video resolution and quality preferences FIX: video resolution and quality preferences default to more conservative values FIX: highest resolution is now chosen when transcoding video with multiple resolutions FIX: don't attempt to direct-play file types that don't stream correctly (e.g. avi, mp4 sans early moov atom) FIX: display warning in video pre-play page when file is unavailable FIX: buttons now have tooltips (displaying keyboard shortcuts, resume times, etc.) FIX: crashes if client couldn't talk to server during filter application FIX: music player repeat button glitches FIX: music player text wrapping FIX: main page will refresh itself more reliably when the active server changes FIX: main page will display server name subtitles for library/channel items when connected to remote server FIX: touch issues on servers page FIX: added clarifying text to empty servers page when no servers found FIX: manually added connections can now be deleted FIX: overwrite discovered connections whose IP addresses change (e.g. due to DHCP) FIX: display underlying network error when new connection cannot be established FIX: many small UI bugs and other issues   1.0.0.0 First official release ---
**Author:** ![xain09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/b2d939/32.png) [@xain09](https://forums.plex.tv/u/xain09)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 9:46am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-windows-and-windows-phone/30287/2 "2013-03-09T09:46:24Z")
LOVE the Windows  client! Thanks for all the work :) ---
**Author:** ![tomasswood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@tomasswood](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tomasswood)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 4:03am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-windows-and-windows-phone/30287/3 "2013-03-10T04:03:41Z")
I've just disovered the 'Follow Topic' feature. Can you please maintain one windows 8 release thread :D ? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![mfeingol](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mfeingol/32/145140_2.png) [@mfeingol](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mfeingol)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-windows-and-windows-phone/30287/4 "2013-03-11T20:54:13Z")
Yeah, good suggestion. ---
**Author:** ![tomasswood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@tomasswood](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tomasswood)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-windows-and-windows-phone/30287/5 "2013-03-11T21:08:04Z")
Thanks :D ---
**Author:** ![mfeingol](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mfeingol/32/145140_2.png) [@mfeingol](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mfeingol)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 5:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-windows-and-windows-phone/30287/6 "2013-04-04T17:29:57Z")
1.0.3.0 NEW:   - Remote Control other Plex clients   - (Social) Manage myPlex friends   - (Social) Send media recommendations to friends   - (Social) Share media on social networks   - (Social) Support for push notifications for friend requests and recommendations   - (Playback) Support Direct Play of PCM audio streams   - (Playback) Added lower quality settings (320p and 240p)   - (Playback) Separate preferences for max resolution when Direct Playing / Streaming and when transcoding for remote and online content   - (Interface) Queued and Recommended content can be marked watched and unwatched   - (Interface) Added All/Unwatched/Watched filters on Queue and Recommended pages   - (Interface) Preference allowing direct navigation through library sections when intermediate pages contain a single item   - (Interface) Preference allowing play and play/pause buttons to cause media items to play when selected via remote control   - (Interface) Preference to auto-disappear the mouse cursor   - (Interface) Added a dialog asking users to rate the application after a certain period of time   - (Interface) Added button to trigger library section rescan   - (Interface) Pressing space bar now pauses video   - (Interface) New orange icon   - (Media Info) Detect MKV header compression as transcode reason   - (Media Info) Display MKV header compression method in Media Info dialog   - At least PMS version 0.9.7.17 is now required FIX:  - (Focus) Focused control no longer changes after dialog opens and closes  - (Focus) Focus caret wasn't always present in remote control mode when pages incrementally load data (e.g. library sections)  - (Focus) Group header focus wasn't preserved when going back  - (Focus) Moving to the topmost group item via remote control would move to the group header above it  - (Focus) Filter dialogs no longer close when enter or remote control 'ok' is pressed  - (Focus) Filter dialogs didn't always have a focus caret on the first item  - (Servers) Server capabilities weren't being preserved across app restarts when server was unavailable  - (Servers) Duplicate local connections when discovered server is also published to myPlex  - (Interface) Go back to page with content when last media item is deleted from a library section  - (Interface) Media Info dialog rows are now only visible when they have content  - (Search) Starting app from search interface meant you couldn't go back to the home page  - Crash refreshing Season page  - Crash after deleting active server  - Crash on app startup with many PMS servers on the network  - Crash leaving photo gallery  - Rare crashes selecting audio or subtitle streams KNOWN ISSUES:   - (Connectivity) Connecting to a Plex Media Server on the local machine requires a loopback exemption [Microsoft sandboxing issue]   - (HTTP Live Streaming) AC-3 and MP3 are not supported   - (Video) On some systems, video may glitch when alt-tabbing in and out of the app [Microsoft Media Foundation issue]   - (Video) Selecting subtitles always triggers a transcode [Microsoft Media Foundation issue]   - (PlayTo) Using Xbox 360 as a PlayTo target can be very slow [Microsoft Xbox issue]   - (Remote Control) Most navigation commands don't work yet [WinRT issue]   - (Remote Control) Remote control won't work if the client's active server is on the same machine as the Plex app [Microsoft sandboxing issue] ---
**Author:** ![mfeingol](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mfeingol/32/145140_2.png) [@mfeingol](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mfeingol)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-windows-and-windows-phone/30287/7 "2013-04-17T18:08:52Z")
1.0.3.1 FIX:  - (Playback) User-specified volume is now saved and restored across video playback sessions  - (Playback) Video heads-up display now appears with video playback controls, instead of as a top appbar  - (Playback) Fall back to transcoding if Direct Play fails (fixes some channels that misreport video metadata)  - (Music) Progress bar wouldn't progress  every second time a track was explicitly selected from the list  - (Remote Control) Broadcast 'Plex player' status to network every thirty seconds  - (Remote Control) Fix crash when remote controller requested playback of transcoded content from a server not on local servers list  - (Remote Control) Requested media item didn't always play when an iOS client was acting as remote controller  - (Remote Control) Use a dialog to request text to send remotely (fixes always popping a keyboard on tablets)  - (Servers) Prefer an available WAN connection to a server over an untested LAN connection  - (Interface) Updated icon to more conservative orange color KNOWN ISSUES:   - (Connectivity) Connecting to a Plex Media Server on the local machine requires a loopback exemption [Microsoft sandboxing issue]   - (HTTP Live Streaming) AC-3 and MP3 are not supported   - (Video) On some systems, video may glitch when alt-tabbing in and out of the app [Microsoft Media Foundation issue]   - (Video) Selecting subtitles always triggers a transcode [Microsoft Media Foundation issue]   - (PlayTo) Using Xbox 360 as a PlayTo target can be very slow [Microsoft Xbox issue]   - (Remote Control) Most navigation commands don't work yet [WinRT issue]   - (Remote Control) Remote control won't work if the client's active server is on the same machine as the Plex app [Microsoft sandboxing issue]  ---
**Author:** ![mfeingol](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mfeingol/32/145140_2.png) [@mfeingol](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mfeingol)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2013, 6:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-windows-and-windows-phone/30287/8 "2013-05-06T18:28:33Z")
1.0.3.2 NEW: - myPlex credentials now roam between devices belonging to same Microsoft account - Preference to enable a simple application log file FIX: - (Video) Orientation changes could cause video playback failures - (Video) Flash/Silverlight video now uses the same interface as regular video - (Channels) Fixed several issues blocking Pandora channel from working - (Channels) Display error messages sent by channels instead of a generic error message - (Interface) Most dialogs now soft-dismiss instead of using a cancel button - (Interface) Ignore unresponsive servers when aggregating content into Main Page - (Interface) Move Channel Store button from channels page to appbar - (Interface) Truncated appbar button text on lower resolution screens - (Interface) Better error message when user plays video on non-existent active player - (Interface) Cellular quality preferences no longer display without the presence of a cellular network adapter - Crash playing video in the pinned state - Crash starting up when playlist index was saved and playlist data wasn't. - Crash when searching channels fails KNOWN ISSUES:   - (Connectivity) Connecting to a Plex Media Server on the local machine requires a loopback exemption [Microsoft sandboxing issue]   - (HTTP Live Streaming) AC-3 and MP3 are not supported   - (Video) On some systems, video may glitch when alt-tabbing in and out of the app [Microsoft Media Foundation issue]   - (Video) On some systems, returning from video playback hangs the interface until user input is provided.   - (Video) Selecting subtitles always triggers a transcode [Microsoft Media Foundation issue]   - (PlayTo) Using Xbox 360 as a PlayTo target can be very slow [Microsoft Xbox issue]   - (Remote Control) Most navigation commands don't work yet [WinRT issue]   - (Remote Control) Remote control won't work if the client's active server is on the same machine as the Plex app [Microsoft sandboxing issue]   ---
**Author:** ![mfeingol](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mfeingol/32/145140_2.png) [@mfeingol](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mfeingol)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 5:33pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-windows-and-windows-phone/30287/9 "2013-06-20T17:33:04Z")
1.0.3.3 NEW: - Support for multi-user Plex Media Servers - Support for mobile servers - Support for CloudSync sections - Raised price to $4.99 FIX: - (Connectivity) Spurious connection errors at startup when the active server is remote - (Video) Some high bitrate H264 rips (e.g. from Blu-Ray) were failing to DirectStream - (Video) Unavailable media elements were causing available elements to not play - (Interface) Server availability changes cause main page and sub-pages to refresh - (Interface) Server availability is now tested periodically and when main page refreshes KNOWN ISSUES:   - (Connectivity) Connecting to a Plex Media Server on the local machine requires a loopback exemption [Microsoft sandboxing issue]   - (HTTP Live Streaming) AC-3 and MP3 are not supported   - (Video) On some systems, video may glitch when alt-tabbing in and out of the app [Microsoft Media Foundation issue]   - (Video) On some systems, returning from video playback hangs the interface until user input is provided.   - (Video) Selecting subtitles always triggers a transcode [Microsoft Media Foundation issue]   - (PlayTo) Using Xbox 360 as a PlayTo target can be very slow [Microsoft Xbox issue]   - (Remote Control) Most navigation commands don't work yet [WinRT issue]   - (Remote Control) Remote control won't work if the client's active server is on the same machine as the Plex app [Microsoft sandboxing issue] ---
**Author:** ![mfeingol](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mfeingol/32/145140_2.png) [@mfeingol](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mfeingol)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 7:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-windows-and-windows-phone/30287/10 "2013-07-01T19:29:14Z")
1.0.3.4 FIX: - (Video) Videos end at the 48:10 mark - (Music) Crash playing transcoded WMA lossless stream - (Interface) Shared sections could on rare occasions show up in the main page's Library group KNOWN ISSUES:   - (Connectivity) Connecting to a Plex Media Server on the local machine requires a loopback exemption [Microsoft sandboxing issue]   - (HTTP Live Streaming) AC-3 and MP3 are not supported   - (Video) On some systems, video may glitch when alt-tabbing in and out of the app [Microsoft Media Foundation issue]   - (Video) On some systems, returning from video playback hangs the interface until user input is provided.   - (Video) Selecting subtitles always triggers a transcode [Microsoft Media Foundation issue]   - (PlayTo) Using Xbox 360 as a PlayTo target can be very slow [Microsoft Xbox issue]   - (Remote Control) Most navigation commands don't work yet [WinRT issue]   - (Remote Control) Remote control won't work if the client's active server is on the same machine as the Plex app [Microsoft sandboxing issue] ---
**Author:** ![mfeingol](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mfeingol/32/145140_2.png) [@mfeingol](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mfeingol)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 6:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-windows-and-windows-phone/30287/11 "2013-07-22T18:09:02Z")
1.0.3.5 FIX: - (Interface) Faster interface thanks to resized images - (Video) Crash playing back AMT streams - (Video) [Twit.TV](http://Twit.TV) streams now play correctly KNOWN ISSUES: - (Connectivity) Connecting to a Plex Media Server on the local machine requires a loopback exemption [Microsoft sandboxing issue] - (HTTP Live Streaming) AC-3 and MP3 are not supported - (Video) On some systems, video may glitch when alt-tabbing in and out of the app [Microsoft Media Foundation issue] - (Video) On some systems, returning from video playback hangs the interface until user input is provided. - (Video) Selecting subtitles always triggers a transcode [Microsoft Media Foundation issue] - (PlayTo) Using Xbox 360 as a PlayTo target can be very slow [Microsoft Xbox issue] - (Remote Control) Most navigation commands don’t work yet [WinRT issue] - (Remote Control) Remote control won’t work if the client’s active server is on the same machine as the Plex app [Microsoft sandboxing issue] ---
**Author:** ![mfeingol](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mfeingol/32/145140_2.png) [@mfeingol](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mfeingol)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 5:08pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-windows-and-windows-phone/30287/12 "2013-11-06T17:08:49Z")
1.0.3.7   NEW: - New icons   FIX: - (Connectivity) Access denied errors when connecting to servers requiring LAN authentication - (Connectivity) Access denied playing media from servers that require authentication - (Remote) Changing "listen for remote control commands" preference no longer requires an app restart to take effect - (Interface) Media info popup displays RTMP video information better - (Interface) Improve startup error message on N and KN Windows SKUs - (Video) Update HTTP Live Streaming stack - (Video) Play multi-part media correctly when transcoding - (Video) The Daily Show video skips correctly again - (Video) Rare crash leaving video player - (Video) Inert video player when suspending/resuming   KNOWN ISSUES:   - (Connectivity) Connecting to a Plex Media Server on the local machine requires a loopback exemption [Microsoft sandboxing issue]   - (Video) HTTP Live Streaming does not support Direct Streaming AC-3 audio (it will transcode to multi-channel AAC)   - (Video) On some systems, video may glitch when alt-tabbing in and out of the app [Microsoft Media Foundation issue]   - (Video) On some systems, returning from video playback hangs the interface until user input is provided [Likely a video driver issue]   - (PlayTo) Using Xbox 360 as a PlayTo target can be very slow [Microsoft Xbox issue]   - (Remote Control) Receiving navigation commands does not work [Microsoft WinRT issue]   - (Remote Control) Remote control from the app to a player on the same physical machine does not work [Microsoft sandboxing issue] ---
**Author:** ![mfeingol](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mfeingol/32/145140_2.png) [@mfeingol](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mfeingol)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-windows-and-windows-phone/30287/13 "2013-12-11T17:31:33Z")
1.5.1.0 NEW: - Support new Plex second screen feature - Faster startup - New icons - Improved alignment with other Plex Clients around user interface and settings - Improved HLS playback - MP3 audio direct streaming over HLS - Dedicated volume control for music - Support network logging - Support crash reports sent directly to Plex Inc. FIX: - Many bug fixes and under-the-hood improvements KNOWN ISSUES: - (Connectivity) Connecting to a Plex Media Server on the local machine requires a loopback exemption [Microsoft sandboxing issue] - (Video) HTTP Live Streaming does not support Direct Streaming AC-3 audio (it will transcode to multi-channel AAC) - (Video) On some systems, video may glitch when alt-tabbing in and out of the app [Microsoft Media Foundation issue] - (Video) On some systems, returning from video playback hangs the interface until user input is provided [Likely a video driver issue] - (PlayTo) Using Xbox 360 as a PlayTo target can be very slow [Microsoft Xbox issue] - (Remote Control) Receiving navigation commands does not work [Microsoft WinRT issue] - (Remote Control) Remote control from the app to a player on the same physical machine does not work [Microsoft sandboxing issue] ---
**Author:** ![mfeingol](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mfeingol/32/145140_2.png) [@mfeingol](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mfeingol)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 5:33pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-windows-and-windows-phone/30287/14 "2013-12-12T17:33:57Z")
1.5.1.1 FIX: - A number of user-reported crashes - Images use 16:9 aspect ratio in a few video-related pages ---
**Author:** ![mfeingol](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mfeingol/32/145140_2.png) [@mfeingol](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mfeingol)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 12:14am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-windows-and-windows-phone/30287/15 "2013-12-19T00:14:39Z")
1.5.1.2 FIX: - Fix a number of customer-reported crashes - Fix play/pause commands from Media Center remote when watching video ---
**Author:** ![mfeingol](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mfeingol/32/145140_2.png) [@mfeingol](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mfeingol)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 10:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-windows-and-windows-phone/30287/16 "2013-12-20T22:03:30Z")
1.6.0.1 NEW: - Native Windows 8.1 support - Live Tile support - Share charm support - Large start screen tile support - Fluid layout support - Photo gallery transitions are now animated - Warning in Servers page when loopback exemption might be needed   FIX: - A number of user-submitted crashes - 16:9 aspect ratio for episode thumbnails ---
**Author:** ![mfeingol](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mfeingol/32/145140_2.png) [@mfeingol](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mfeingol)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2013, 3:38am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-windows-and-windows-phone/30287/17 "2013-12-24T03:38:59Z")
1.6.0.2 FIX: - Application bar buttons are usable with a remote control - Main page updates renamed sections when refreshed - Music volume can be controlled by a companion app - Live tile now shows artist name instead of album name - Fix a number of user-reported crashes ---
**Author:** ![mfeingol](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mfeingol/32/145140_2.png) [@mfeingol](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mfeingol)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 12:24am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-windows-and-windows-phone/30287/18 "2013-12-27T00:24:08Z")
1.6.0.3   NEW: - NBC channel is now supported   FIX: - Theme music stops when leaving TV-related pages - Player dialog wouldn’t load if related server was down - Library sections update when renamed - Video playback page didn’t resume correctly - A number of user-submitted crashes ---
**Author:** ![mfeingol](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mfeingol/32/145140_2.png) [@mfeingol](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mfeingol)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 9:18pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-windows-and-windows-phone/30287/19 "2013-12-31T21:18:39Z")
1.6.0.4 Beta - PlexPass only Download from [here](http://plex.r.worldssl.net/plex-windows/1.6.0.4/PlexWindows_ReleaseBeta_1.6.0.4.zip). NEW: - Share to Plex Queue from other 'modern' apps - Player selection dialogs are now remote-control friendly FIX: - Ignore stale published server entries - Update play progress for queued and recommended content - OnDeck updates automatically when episodes are played - Ctrl+P works as expected in video pre-play pages - Hyperlinks to new website - A number of user-submitted crashes ---
**Author:** ![mfeingol](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mfeingol/32/145140_2.png) [@mfeingol](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mfeingol)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 5:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-windows-and-windows-phone/30287/20 "2014-01-07T17:51:01Z")
1.6.0.5 NEW: - Share to Plex Queue from other 'modern' apps - Player selection dialogs are now remote-control friendly - Improve discovery of local servers that failed to publish - Reference the new website FIX: - Update play progress for queued and recommended content - OnDeck updates automatically when episodes are played - Ignore stale published server entries - Don't respond to GDM searches when listening for Plex Companion commands is disabled - Plex Companion compatibility issues with iOS client - Ctrl+P works as expected in video pre-play pages - A number of user-reported crashes [Next page](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-windows-and-windows-phone/30287.md?page=2)