Plex for Windows and Windows Phone

Announcements
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2.1.2.24

NEW

  • (W10, HLS) AC3 audio can be remuxed and no longer requires transcoding

FIX

  • (Remote) Photo casting got some love in the form of several bug fixes
  • (Music) Music playback now continues if user leaves player page
  • (Subtitles) Improvements in resiliency in regard to transient communication failures
  • (HLS) Fix MP3 audio on transcoded videos
  • (UI) Playlist popup items were not responding to touch
  • (UI) Improve responsiveness of server picker
  • (UI) Force landscape orientation of video page when casting content
  • A number of bug fixes and user-reported crashes
102

2.1.2.25

NEW

  • (Video) New post play experience

FIX

  • Fix crash when opening Now Playing list
  • Fix missing items from quality list in video player
  • A number of bug fixes and user-reported crashes
103

2.1.2.26

FIX

  • (Video) Differentiate a slow connection from a possibly slow machine
  • (Video) Fix missing video qualities in video player page picker for channel content
  • (Play Queues) Only the first item of play queues consisting of local content would play
  • A number of bug fixes and user-reported crashes
104

2.1.2.27

NEW

  • (UI) Update server picker UI

FIX

  • (Play Queues) Fix “Add to Up Next” behavior in music albums
  • (Video) Allow screen to turn off during Post Play screen
  • A number of bug fixes and user-reported crashes
105

2.1.2.28

NEW

  • (Video) Display thumbnail while scrubbing video

FIX

  • (HLS) Fix never ending buffering state when Direct Streaming certain files
  • (Post Play) Display episode name and movie name correctly
  • A number of bug fixes and user-reported crashes
106

2.1.2.29

FIX

  • (Win, Video) Fix crash playing Direct Play content
  • (Win, UI) Fix clipped summary text in TV series episode page
107

2.1.2.30

NEW

  • Introduce anonymous application metrics to help drive future improvements (if you don’t want to participate, you can disable it in the app preferences - Advanced section)

FIX

  • (WP) Improve app startup performance
  • (WP, UI) Fix clipped text on activation dialog when in landscape mode
  • (Video) Optimize video seek thumbnail loading
  • A number of user-reported crashes
108

2.1.2.31

FIX

  • (WP, Music) Darken lyrics background for better contrast
  • A number of user-reported crashes
109

2.1.2.32

FIX

  • (Win10, Video) Fix stuttering at playback startup of Direct Play MKV/multi-channel AC3 files
  • (Post Play) Fix crash when displaying suggestions
  • Fix crash in Season and Status pages affecting some users
  • Fix crash when selecting a video for playback affecting some users
  • Fix issue with server connection testing
110

2.1.2.33

FIX

  • Speed up application startup
111

2.1.2.34

FIX

  • (Video) Crash when backing out of video player page while casting to another player
  • (Subtitles) Changes to selected subtitles did not take effect if Direct Play playback started with no subtitles selected
  • A number of user-reported crashes
112

2.1.3.1

NEW

  • (Video) Improve client profile so that more formats are Direct Played (details in forums.plex.tv release announcement)
  • (Video) Attempt Direct Stream before a transcode when media fails to play
  • (Video) Always display available audio streams during playback, even when transcoding
  • (Camera Upload) Allow managed users to use Camera Upload.

FIX

  • (Video) Restarting playback did not work after a failure
  • (Video) Fix issue with mouse input after first video finished playing
  • (Video) Attempt to improve the situation of stuttering on MKV/AC-3 playback
  • (Video) If video quality was limited in preferences, selecting Original during playback would have no effect
  • (Shows) Play button was not visible when unwatched episodes existed
  • (Music) Fix playback error when skipping track on higher latency connections such as 3G
  • (Companion) Mirror details to newly selected player
  • (Companion) Correctly handle flung Watch Later/Recommended items
  • Increase timeout for connection testing of remote connections
  • A number of user-reported crashes

New formats which Direct Play

  • Windows 8.1

    • mp4/mov container with msmpeg/msmpegv2 video
    • avi container with msmpeg/msmpegv2 video
    • aac container with aac audio
    • wav container with pcm audio

  • Windows Phone 8.1

    • wav container with pcm audio

  • Windows 10 Desktop

    • mkv container with flac/pcm audio
    • mkv container with mpeg4/msmpeg4/vc1 video
    • mp4/mov container with hevc/vc1/wmv/dvvideo/mjpeg video
    • dv container with dvvideo video
    • mp2 container with mp1/mp2 audio
    • ac3 container with ac3/eac3 audio
    • aac container with aac audio
    • wav container with pcm audio

  • Windows 10 Mobile

    • mkv container with flac/pcm audio
    • mkv container with mpeg4/msmpeg4/vc1 video
    • mp4/mov container with hevc/vc1/msmpeg4/mjpeg video
    • mp2 container with mp1/mp2 audio
    • aac container with aac audio
    • wav container with pcm audio

Full info at https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/62229/direct-play-formats/p1

113

2.1.3.2

FIX

  • (Home) Discovered servers should not be available for managed users
  • A number of user-reported crashes
114

2.1.4.1

NEW

  • Add support for Relay connections

FIX

  • A number of user-reported crashes
115

2.1.4.2

FIX

  • (Video) Remove pcm audio as an allowed codec for mp4 containers in Direct Play profile
  • (Relay) Report devices as offline instead of requiring relay if no connection is available
  • (Logging) Automatically enable logging if the app crashes 2 consecutive times at startup - this should help investigating rare situations where app hangs at startup
  • (WP, Logging) Automatically export diagnostics file after 2 consecutive app crashes at startup for better chances of fixing future issues
  • (Logging) Ensure the log contents are flushed before exporting, an app crash occurs, or app enters standby
  • A number of user-reported crashes
116

2.1.4.3

FIX

  • (Relay) Fix a few minor issues regarding connection stability
  • A number of user-reported crashes
117

2.1.4.4

FIX

  • WP: Try to fix hangs at startup experienced by some users
  • WP: Broken e-mail diagnostics in 2.1.4.2
  • Increase communication timeouts when using cellular connection, to account for increased latency
  • A number of user-reported crashes
118

2.1.4.5

FIX

  • (Music) Improve reliability of music playback
  • (Controller) Notify if flinging media would interrupt remote playback session
  • Improvement in application startup time
  • Better handling of server discovery on cellular connections
  • A number of user-reported crashes
119

2.1.4.6

FIX

  • A number of user-reported crashes
120

2.1.4.7

FIX

  • (Video) On Deck does not get updated when video is played
  • A number of user-reported crashes

UPDATE: Unfortunately a line of test code was inadvertently committed just before release, which prevents videos from playing. Please hold off updating until 2.1.4.8 becomes available.