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3.0.78

Note: This is a staged rollout. Only a small percentage of users will initially see the release, followed by a full rollout.

NEW

  • (UI) Toggle full screen from the title bar
  • Feedback Hub integration
  • Auto-advancing photo slideshow (#1765)
  • Enable panning gallery images with mouse pointer

FIX

  • (Video) The player sometimes failed to resume the video on the correct position and started at 0:00:00. We beat it into submission for you (#1854)
  • (Video) Remove labels from transport controls
  • (Video) When selecting a version from a movie with multiple versions, the choice was not always respected (#1853)
  • (UI) Hide app bars when opening a flyout, to avoid icons showing on top of flyout
  • (Album) Tracks without metadata have blank options on long hold (#1787)
  • (Sync) Cannot create sync item for album when navigating from a hub (#1850)
  • (Sync) Sometimes synced music failed to play
  • (Companion) Photos were not completely zoomed out on controller when casting to another player
  • (UI) Some improvements on keyboard/remote navigation (#1536)
  • (Music) Several background music playback reliability fixes
  • Fix a couple of situations where app was closing unexpectedly when resuming from suspended state
  • Use controller connection address to send timelines, if matching player connection is not available
  • Improve logging for crashes that occur at startup
  • A number of user-reported crashes
162

3.0.80

Note: This is a staged rollout. Only a small percentage of users will initially see the release, followed by a full rollout.
NEW

  • (Sync, WP) Attempt to continue sync after app is suspended also on mobile

FIX

  • (Remote) Improve compatibility with remote control and Xbox gamepad (#1873)
  • (UI) Fix breadcrumbs in certain pages (#1631)
  • (UI) Do not hide app bars when opening flyouts on desktop
  • (UI) Improve thumbnails for local media folders
  • (UI) Back button was only showing on the Anniversary Update build of Windows 10
  • A large number of small bug fixes and user-reported crashes
163

3.0.81

Note: This is a staged rollout. Only a small percentage of users will initially see the release, followed by a full rollout.
FIX

  • Refresh server list if the previously active server is not known when resuming the app
  • Fix invisible text and buttons on splash screen at startup for users who’ve purchased the app, but were running it for the first time, causing the impression that the app was frozen
  • A number of user-reported crashes
164

3.0.83

FIX

  • (Sync) Fix synced media playback after moving storage location
  • (Companion) Timelines were not being sent immediately when app was serving as a player
  • A number of user-reported crashes
165

3.1.1

NEW

  • Many improvements to “Search”, including a new UI, support for faster searches, and also for searching new types of content such as actors, directors or tracks (#1771)

FIX

  • (Music) Fix broken music playback (#1879)
  • (UI) Backspace key was interpreted as Back command when focus was on a password box (#1880)
  • Fix situation where app appeared to crash when it was suspended and then restored by the OS (such as when being minimized and then restored)
  • Automatically complete switch to selected server if security settings require downgrading during the switch and user accepts downgrade
  • (Server claiming) Don’t offer to claim nano servers (#1892)
  • A number of user-reported crashes
166

3.1.4

Note: This is a staged rollout. Only a small percentage of users will initially see the release, followed by a full rollout.
FIX

  • (Music) Fix unresponsive system transport controls while app is suspended
  • (Music) Fix UI not being updated after app resuming
  • (Search) Make filters created in response to a search navigation not persist
  • The app would sometimes unnecessarily stay in memory after being suspended
  • Could not see Plex Media Server running on same machine if disconnected from network
167

3.1.13

Note: This is a staged rollout. Only a small percentage of users will initially see the release, followed by a full rollout.

NEW

  • Photo Play Queues support (#1192). Casting of large photo libraries from other devices should start much more quickly now

FIX

  • (Music) Fix timeline not being updated in certain situations
  • (Search) Fix navigation to episode search results
  • (Search) Replace existing library section filters when navigating to a section
  • (Search) Fix crash on Windows 10 Mobile
  • (Search) Keyboard accelerators would be activated while typing a query (#1916)
  • (Search) Fix navigating to photos from a quick-search (#1917)
  • (Local Server) Fix local library compatibility with iOS client
  • (Sync) Add ‘Original’ quality for music syncing (#1904)
  • (Photo) Set correct state on gallery previous/next buttons when loading page (#1923)
  • (Play Queue) Trailer names were not appearing in the Play Queue popup in the video player page (#1924)
  • Fix ‘Ctrl+Shift+F’ and ‘Ctrl+Shift+B’ keyboard shortcuts
  • Remove media info popup (#1593)
  • Fix DNS Rebinding Protection warnings being displayed when device is offline (#1897)
  • Make sure that loopback servers are tested if device is offline (#1897)
  • Fix mouse cursor auto-hide behavior
  • A number of user-reported crashes
168

3.1.27

Note: This is a staged rollout. Only a small percentage of users will initially see the release, followed by a full rollout.

NEW

  • Support videos in photo libraries (#1388)

FIX

  • (Sync) Sync button was not working
  • (W10M) Resize view content when soft buttons appear and disappear
  • (Photos) Navigating to a specific photo from a hub would sometimes display the first photo in the play queue instead
  • (Photos) Ctrl-B / Ctrl-F do not work as advertised with Photo playback (#1940)
  • (Library Sections) Discover/Browse state would default again to Discover when navigating back to a library section (#1769)
  • (Sync) Force active pivot to Browse if server does not support hubs (#1952)
  • (Pre-play) Audio is listed as unknown when there are multiple versions of the same video (#1953)
  • (Server claiming) Could not claim server on same machine with ‘Enable local network discovery (GDM)’ setting disabled
  • Servers were not being discovered when app is started the first time
  • A number of user-reported crashes
169

3.1.30

NEW

  • (Photos) Related hubs on photo gallery (#1874)

FIX

  • (Camera Upload) Camera upload fails to upload photos (#1927)
  • (Video) Make Escape key exit full screen mode and only then exit the video player page
  • (Photos) Fix crash occurring when suspending the app while in the photo gallery page
  • (Photos) Trim photo title to available width
  • (Photo Section) Center photo horizontally in thumbnails
  • (Movie Section) Center movie art in thumbnails
  • (Music Player) Improve keyboard tab ordering
  • (Video Player) Improve keyboard tab ordering
  • (Plex Home) Navigate home when switching account through the account icon
  • A number of user-reported crashes
170

3.1.31

FIX

  • A crash when clicking on breadcrumbs
171

3.1.32

Note: This is a staged rollout. Only a small percentage of users will initially see the release, followed by a full rollout.

FIX

  • (Companion) Players list was only showing up after all the available players had been determined
  • (Continuum) Reposition popups correctly
  • (Streaming Brain) Video playback would quit without explanation if the server informed the client of a bandwidth limitation (#1964)
  • (Video) Only toggle full screen if the target of a double click is the video player
  • (Video) Fixed border under control panel
  • (Video) Ensure that control panel is hidden automatically after some idle time
  • (Photos) Moving past the 21st picture was not possible (#1963)
  • (Photos) Improve performance when quickly scrolling through photos in gallery (#1963)
  • A number of user-reported crashes
172

3.1.33

FIX

  • App disconnects from local machine PMS after a while (#1967)
  • (Streaming Brain) App was using remote server bandwidth limits if used over Wi-Fi (#1968)
  • A number of user-reported crashes
173

3.1.41

Note: This is a staged rollout. Only a small percentage of users will initially see the release, followed by a full rollout.
NEW

  • Add delete action to other media than Movies (#1945)

FIX

  • (Music) Music not playing over cellular (#1905)
  • (Music) Improved robustness and fixed several bugs
  • (Music) When the app was resumed from termination and music was still playing in the background, the app could crash (#1905)
  • (Background art) Improve resource usage
  • (Video) Play Queue button was not visible
  • (Video) Make back button exit the video player page immediately (#1973)
  • (Local Media) Slideshow from mobile server displays albums rather than pictures from albums (#1676)
  • (Local Media) Ratings were not reported correctly and could not be updated by companion apps
  • (Music) Fix Space and Ctrl+S keyboard shortcut behavior during music playback (#1938)
  • (Photo Gallery) Strange alignment of toggle repeat button when used as a remote player (#1966)
  • (Play Queue) Add title to list (#1966)
  • Right clicking on a Music album on a hub and selecting Play throws an error (#1975)
  • App crashes when tapping on the library name from the pre-play screen of synced audio (#1914)
  • A number of user-reported crashes
174

3.1.42

Note: This is a staged rollout. Only a small percentage of users will initially see the release, followed by a full rollout.
FIX

  • Show and season pages would not update if a child item was deleted or marked as watched after app is suspended/resumed
  • Delete action did not work after app was suspended and resumed (#1945)
  • (Music) Fix hickup when switching tracks while on slow connections
  • A number of user-reported crashes
175

3.2.5

Note: This is a staged rollout. Only a small percentage of users will initially see the release, followed by a full rollout.

NEW

  • (Camera Upload) Support uploading of videos (#1869)
  • (Search) Move focus to search box when user presses Search or F3 (#1957)
  • (Plex Pass) Show movie trailers hub (#1947)
  • (Play Queues) Add “Add to Queue” at library section level (#1627)
  • (Video) Add remote quality setting (#2007)
  • (Video) Add active quality setting indication to in-player quality selector (#2007)
  • Add option to dim background art instead of the blur effect (#1991)

FIX

  • (Camera Upload) Inform the server regarding the user preference for auto-tagging when creating a new library (#1960)
  • (Camera Upload) Display error messages from server instead of generic error message (#1835)
  • (Mobile) Subtitle selector is not visible inside video player (#1986)
  • (Mobile) Continue Watching hub items could have wrong width upon initialization
  • (Mobile) Add a chevron to the jump lists in order to improve the visibility of the clickable area
  • (Post Play) Fix playback not starting after previous video completed playback (#1983)
  • (Music) Playlist not loading more tracks as user moves through playlist (#1982)
  • (Plex Home) Adapt user avatar’s image resolution when used in devices with display scaling above 100%
  • (Video) Don’t pause automatically if user switches to another virtual desktop, or opens another full screen UWP app
  • (Video) Fixed a situation where the app would not attempt to transcode if the server denied direct playback due to bandwidth limits (#1995)
  • (Companion) Players were not being tested if insecure connections were not allowed
  • (Search) Do not trigger search automatically when running on Mobile, as that takes the input field away from the user
  • (Search) App crashes when selecting item with multiple locations from search (#1915)
  • (Companion) Improve handling when the app attaches to a player which is playing content not accessible to the signed in user (#2004, #2006)
  • Improve app startup time in cases where the Windows Store is not responding
  • Fix battery drain issue reported by some users
  • Fix inadvertent signing out of user when no internet connectivity is available (#1977)
  • Cache images to improve performance when navigating (#1987)
  • Breadcrumbs not truncating when names are longer than available space (#1785)
  • Fixed issue where flyout on Discover pivot didn’t always show options (#1851)
  • Fixed an aspect of DNS rebinding protection detection
  • A number of user-reported crashes
176

3.2.9

Note: This is a staged rollout. Only a small percentage of users will initially see the release, followed by a full rollout.

NEW

  • (Video) Display any error messages and buffering status
  • (Relay) Improvements to handling of indirect connections (#2008)
  • (Relay) Show indicator in video quality selector when video quality is restricted due to an indirect connection
  • (Hubs) Show modeless error message when we fail to retrieve hubs, so that the user isn’t left with an empty screen
  • Disable the play button in video pre-play pages until the data is loaded
  • Add support for dimmed background art on ‘This Device’
  • Improvements to connection testing

FIX

  • (Video) Finally managed to beat the video player into submission when it insists on restarting a video from the beginning (#2009)
  • (Cortana) Support for all 5 english variants (#1955)
  • (Post Play) Fix ‘Next’ button losing focus just after Post Play appears
  • (Status) Fix glitch where ‘no items’ notice could appear under the actual sync items
  • (Play Queue) Fix non-responding context menu on hub items
  • Fix connections no longer getting tested in a rare situation
  • Only check for DNS rebinding protection if the device is on our network and the connection is local
  • A number of user-reported crashes
177

3.2.12

Note: This is a staged rollout. Only a small percentage of users will initially see the release, followed by a full rollout.

FIX

  • (Video) Fix poster flickering when opening video player
  • (Video) Stop progress indicator once there is a playback failure
  • (Video) Use subtitle decision from server if a limitation kicks in
  • (Video) Improve reliability in some scenarios
  • (Video) Fix bug where video could get marked as watched if the transcoding session got terminated by the server
  • (Video) Fix jarring animation of ‘buffering’ message
  • (Sync) Playing a synced show would result in playback starting from the first episode, not the first unwatched episode
  • (W10M) Center the background art so that it remains recognizable on portrait orientation
  • (Music) When repeat all was set it wasn’t possible to loop around with the previous track button (#2000)
  • (Search) Make sure side bar is open when using a keyboard shortcut to activate search (#1992)
  • (Playlists) Deleting a playlist caused other playlists to be hidden (#2002)
  • Do not hide breadcrumbs when switching pages, to avoid jumps in the UI
  • A number of user-reported crashes
178

3.2.13

Minor stability update to 3.2.12

179

3.2.14

FIX

  • (Movie) Fix broken audio/subtitle stream selection after returning from video playback
  • (Movie) The audio/subtitle stream indicators weren’t refreshing when page was refreshed
  • Avoid requesting library sections from servers which aren’t active
  • Don’t force selection on the first item of a list if there’s already something selected
  • Only resume app state if suspended recently
180

3.2.16

Note: This is a staged rollout. Only a small percentage of users will initially see the release, followed by a full rollout.

NEW

  • (Album) Add album year information
  • Minor performance improvements to page refreshing
  • Refresh main page when resuming app from termination

FIX

  • (Subtitles) Fix subtitles not showing when resuming an HLS stream from a 1.4.x+ PMS
  • (Photos) Don’t automatically advance on time interval in slideshow for video items
  • Fix problem of watched items not getting marked/removed after app has been resumed from termination
  • Fix “mark watched/unwatched” buttons not showing up after resuming the app
  • Only refresh main page if app is resumed after more than 5 minutes later
  • A number of user-reported crashes