Plex for Windows and Windows Phone

2.0.0.2

NEW

  • (UI) Home movie thumbnails are now landscape aspect

FIX

  • (Single Server) Fix issue causing selected server to not be retained when switching users
  • (Single Server) Add visual indication of additional items in Server list
  • (Preferences) Media preference for cellular quality now works as expected
  • A number of user-reported crashes

2.0.0.3

FIX
  • Remote Control step back and step forward weren't working as expected
  • (Home) When signing in with vault credentials, a PIN is now required for the owning user
  • (Home) When signing in with vault credentials, servers weren't always available in the server picker
  • A number of user-reported crashes

2.0.0.4

FIX

  • Local and synced media might not show up in certain cases.

2.0.0.5

FIX
  • (UI) Show OnDeck and RecentlyAdded for shared servers
  • (UI) Show media flags from plex.tv content when a server is available to provide them
  • Enable logging on first app run
  • Optimize local video playback
  • A number of user-reported crashes

2.0.0.6
 
NEW

  • Support more view types when Synced filter is active

FIX

  • (OnePass) Don't prompt to activate when playing local content
  • (Play Queues) Stop prompting to replace the play queue when tapping a track to play
  • Regression on filters/sorts/views not persisting across app sessions
  • A number of user-reported crashes
2.0.0.7
 
FIX
  • Crash on search page
  • Application sometimes hanged on first time run while discovering devices

2.0.0.8
 
FIX

  • Alternative server would not be selected when network was down
  • A number of user-reported crashes

2.0.0.9
 
FIX

  • A number of user-reported crashes

2.0.0.10
 
NEW

  • (Music) Native FLAC codec support on Windows 10
  • (Video) Native HEVC codec support on Windows 10
  • (Video) Enable Direct Play of avi/msmpeg4/wmav2 files

FIX

  • (Single Server) Selected server not always correctly restored at startup if server is app itself
  • (Single Server) "Searching for servers" indication would sometimes remain visible after signing in to Plex
  • (Sync) Library section filters/sorts/views not used for sync items
  • (Sync) Moving sync cache from a short path to a longer path would sometimes fail due to path character limit
  • (Sync) Crash on Manage Sync page on Windows 10
  • (Home) Fix PIN entry focus issue on Windows 10
  • A number of user-reported crashes

2.0.0.11

FIX

  • (Single Server) Server content from remote servers was sometimes missing
  • (Video Player) Display whether or not a subtitle is forced
  • (UI) Add home button to music player and photo gallery

2.0.0.13
 
NEW

  • (Video Player) Add preference to enable/disable AC3 remux

FIX

  • (Video Player) Fix remaining time sometimes wrongly showing as 0:00:00
  • (Single Server) Unavailable servers could be sometimes be selected by the user
  • (Security) Fix rare unexpected prompts for downgrade to HTTP
  • (UI) Fix keyboard navigation on popups
  • (UI) Add refresh button to home page if no content from the server is displayed
  • A number of user-reported crashes

2.1.0.1

NEW

  • (Camera Upload) Added Camera Upload to automatically upload all the images in your Pictures library
  • (Video Player) Support media version selection in pre-play pages
  • (Video Player) Support video quality selection during playback
  • (Video Player) Support subtitle selection during playback
  • (Video Player) Support audio track selection during playback
  • (Video Player) Support soft subtitles when Direct Playing, avoiding needless transcoding
  • (Video Player) Detect slow networks while streaming video, and slow servers while transcoding
  • (Preferences) New Media preference for controlling subtitle burning
  • (Preferences) Remove default filter preferences for Watch Later and Recommended sections, remembering last selection instead
  • (Preferences) Remove sync default quality preferences, instead remembering last selection
  • (Preferences) Added secure connections preference
  • (Sync) Use resolution and bitrate for video sync quality, instead of Low->Highest settings
  • (Sync) Removed ability to sync channel content
  • (UI) Blurred section backgrounds
  • (UI) Updated design for libraries on home page
  • (UI) Many small UI improvements

FIX

  • (UI) Hide Cast and Director info if not available
  • A number of bugfixes and user-reported crashes

2.1.0.3

FIX

  • (Sync) Default sync quality setting not read back correctly
  • (Sync) Setting a different sync quality setting did not work for managed users

2.1.0.5

FIX

  • Transcode music if bitrate is 50% over limit
  • Add 30Mbps 4K playback quality
  • Problem logging in with passwords containing symbols
  • (Plex Home) Select current user when bringing up account selection dialog
  • (UI) Theme all menu flyouts dark

2.1.0.6

FIX

  • Issues installing app on vanilla Windows 8.1.
  • A number of bugfixes and user-reported crashes

2.1.0.7

FIX

  • (Video) Certain online videos with AAC audio might transcode when they could direct play
  • (UI) Focus caret might disappear going to some pages when using a remote control
  • (UI) Queue button might appear on channel pages without leaf media content

2.1.1.2

NEW

  • (Sync) Performance improvements
  • (Photos) Save photos from photo gallery
  • (Photos) Enable photo pinch-zoom
  • (Win) (UI) Merged Sync, Camera Upload and Friends into single Status page
  • (UI) Status page item options use context menus instead of secondary appbar buttons
  • (UI) Sort servers in server picker dropdown
  • (UI) Modernize semantic zoom letter style

FIX

  • (WP) (Music) A number of problems playing music
  • (WP) (UI) User icon wasn’t displaying on resume
  • (Win) (UI) Automatically enter true full-screen in Windows 10, when launched in tablet mode
  • (Win) (UI) Semantic Zoom issues in library sections
  • (Win) (UI) Focus issues in show, season and artist pages and in library sections
  • (Win) (UI) Wider items when displaying folder names
  • (Win) (Music) Present the correct filter types in album view
  • (Win) (Prefs) Hide pref for Media Center Pack on Windows 10
  • A number of user-reported crashes

2.1.1.3

FIX

  • (Music) Improved stability
  • (Sync) Major performance and responsiveness improvements
  • (Single Server) Server selection is now correctly restored at startup
  • (Single Server) This PC/Phone is selected when user signs in for the first time
  • (UI) Movie cover art sometimes takes a large portion of the screen on Windows 10
  • (UI) Make Now Playing button more remote-control friendly
  • (UI) Semantic Zoom glitches
  • (Status) Not able to enter Status page on Windows 8.1
  • (Status) Entering Status page while offline pops a retry/back dialog
  • (Win) Some small UI tweaks
  • (WP) Fix PlayQueue popup menu on devices with virtual buttons
  • Do not show activation dialog when media is flung from another app
  • A number of user-reported crashes

2.1.1.4

FIX

  • A number of user-reported crashes

2.1.1.5

FIX

  • (WP) Fix bug where the app was unusable without internet connection due to 404 HTTP errors
  • (UI) Fix selection in Camera Upload comboboxes
  • (Camera Upload) Fix upload for library/album names containing leading/trailing spaces
  • Mark remote servers as unavailable when entering airplane mode
  • A number of user-reported crashes