# Plex HTPC feedback **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Players\ **Tags:** plex-htpc\ **Created:** [March 23, 2021, 1:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-feedback/703205 "2021-03-23T13:44:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 59
**Author:** ![gbooker02](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/gbooker02/32/9726_2.png) [@gbooker02](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gbooker02)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-feedback/703205/1199 "2022-03-01T20:53:00Z")
Version 1.12 has been released (see first post for links if you need them) ## HDR (on Windows) The big news: This new version adds support for `gpu-context=d3d11`. You will need to add this to your `mpv.conf` for now (will change in an upcoming version). Currently the app defaults to `angle` but we are looking at changing that depending on your experiences. You can confirm which you are using by bringing up the debug overlay and looking at the hardware decoding. If you see mention of `egl` then it is using ANGLE. Do note that we have noticed than ANGLE performs better with the certain scalers and D3D11 performs better with others. We conducted some tests on an Intel integrated GPU scaling 720p-\>1080p and saw that ANGLE performs better on `spline16`, `spline36`, `spline64`, `bicubic`, `bcspline`, `sinc`, and `lanczos` where as D3D11 performs better on `ewa_lanczos`, `haasnsoft`, `ewa_ginseng`, and `jinc`. Given that ANGLE is only performing better on the lighter scalers, it is likely only those on really low-end or old hardware would want to stick to ANGLE for performance reasons. For that reason we may combine the selection of ANGLE/D3D11 with the quality settings. We are looking at adding in luajit so you can use automatic profile selection such as in the links @supergregg provided earlier ([Plex HTPC feedback - #996 by supergregg](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-feedback/703205/996)) ---
**Author:** ![captain\_caveman2k](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/captain_caveman2k/32/139914_2.png) [@captain\_caveman2k](https://forums.plex.tv/u/captain_caveman2k)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-feedback/703205/1200 "2022-03-01T20:59:15Z")
> [@Moussa](#): > > Is this consistent or do you have steps to reproduce? We’ve seen reports of this and reproducible steps would make it easier to investigate. We do have some changes coming to the Live TV guide very soon that might also help so please let us know if you’re still seeing the issue after that release. > [@flatlandermachine](#): > > Hi, the bug seems consistent and has something to do with using Enter or Backspace specifically as using escape instead of backspace doesn’t reproduce it for me. I’ve got agree it is pretty consistent for me too. I’ve just upgraded to v1.12.0.2884 and the problem still exists even with the guide changes in this version: - Live TV: One Guide to Rule Them All (see [Cord Cutters Rejoice: All Your Live TV, All in One Place | Plex](https://www.plex.tv/en-gb/blog/cord-cutters-rejoice-all-your-live-tv-all-in-one-place)) - Live TV: Grid guide view performance improvements The bizarre thing, when this happens, is the cursor keys still work on the new guide heading such as **Entertainment, Movies** , **Reality** , **News + Opinion** , **Kids + Family** but as soon as I navigate to the channels they stop working. Press backspace to navigate back to the headings and they work again. Press the down arrow to return to scroll through the channels and they stop again - most odd ☹ ---
**Author:** ![JohnAlex](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/johnalex/32/5694_2.png) [@JohnAlex](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JohnAlex)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 10:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-feedback/703205/1201 "2022-03-01T22:55:01Z")
White flash has gone on opening HTPC but the animation has also gone on the Plex logo. Much smoother though. Now to play… ---
**Author:** ![gbooker02](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/gbooker02/32/9726_2.png) [@gbooker02](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gbooker02)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-feedback/703205/1202 "2022-03-02T16:47:21Z")
I forgot to mention in my prior post that the `gpu-context=d3d11` and the HDR output is only on Windows. ---
**Author:** ![olegvaravva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cc9497/32.png) [@olegvaravva](https://forums.plex.tv/u/olegvaravva)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-feedback/703205/1203 "2022-03-02T16:50:54Z")
I get “a playback error has occurred” on every file with the new 1.12 version (on Windows). Plex Media Player works. ---
**Author:** ![gbooker02](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/gbooker02/32/9726_2.png) [@gbooker02](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gbooker02)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-feedback/703205/1204 "2022-03-02T16:53:54Z")
No one can help you without application logs. ---
**Author:** ![InQuize](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/inquize/32/241330_2.png) [@InQuize](https://forums.plex.tv/u/InQuize)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 5:22pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-feedback/703205/1205 "2022-03-02T17:22:11Z")
It’s like 50/50 chance to start app using only a part of window: ![pht1](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/c/0/3/c037c07b4dc2496d5e2cdd2fd3a71c69bbcac79b.jpeg) No matter fullscreen or windowed mode: ![pht2](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/4/9/8/498a60ae8d16d743e0cece5477f4a66c875f8d81.jpeg) Main screen is a 1680x1050 monitor, secondary is a 1080p TV, maybe this has something to do… Win 10 Pro 21H1 19043.1526 Intel J1900 using iGPU PlexHTPC-1.11.0.2867-a8b910ed-x86\_64 ---
**Author:** ![olegvaravva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cc9497/32.png) [@olegvaravva](https://forums.plex.tv/u/olegvaravva)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 6:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-feedback/703205/1206 "2022-03-02T18:29:54Z")
My bad, it was something to do with insecure connections. I relaxed the setting in Plex HTPC, and it worked. ---
**Author:** ![gbooker02](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/gbooker02/32/9726_2.png) [@gbooker02](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gbooker02)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-feedback/703205/1207 "2022-03-02T19:36:11Z")
Do you have different scaling factors for the two displays? The other instance of this reported in this thread has 100% and 125% on the two displays and I’m wondering if that’s the factor at play here. ---
**Author:** ![Red5ive](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/red5ive/32/153756_2.png) [@Red5ive](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Red5ive)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 7:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-feedback/703205/1208 "2022-03-02T19:50:28Z")
Awesome stuff! Just to help forgetful numptys like myself can you remind us how to bring up the debug overlay? Also how do we know we know what scaler we are currently using? Is it related to quality setting? ---
**Author:** ![gbooker02](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/gbooker02/32/9726_2.png) [@gbooker02](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gbooker02)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 7:58pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-feedback/703205/1209 "2022-03-02T19:58:13Z")
> [@Red5ive](#): > > Just to help forgetful numptys like myself can you remind us how to bring up the debug overlay? Default keybinding is `ctrl-shft-d`. > [@Red5ive](#): > > Also how do we know we know what scaler we are currently using? Is it related to quality setting? The quality setting will set them as in this post: [Plex HTPC feedback - #1107 by gbooker02](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-feedback/703205/1107) Additionally, you can override these in the mpv.conf so if you’ve done that those values persist over the quality setting. ---
**Author:** ![InQuize](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/inquize/32/241330_2.png) [@InQuize](https://forums.plex.tv/u/InQuize)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-feedback/703205/1210 "2022-03-02T20:13:55Z")
Thank you, yes, I completely forgot I had 150% scaling on TV. Made like 5 startups after reverting to 100%, seems to work that way. I see that we have new release, but fail to find changelogs. How do we track those for HTPC app? ---
**Author:** ![Red5ive](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/red5ive/32/153756_2.png) [@Red5ive](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Red5ive)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-feedback/703205/1211 "2022-03-02T20:15:14Z")
See the Releases forum. ---
**Author:** ![InQuize](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/inquize/32/241330_2.png) [@InQuize](https://forums.plex.tv/u/InQuize)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-feedback/703205/1212 "2022-03-02T20:20:54Z")
oh, so this is for each version and not the app as a whole? > **What’s new in HTPC** > > ### What’s new in Plex HTPC? > > - Support for lots of newer features, including: > - Skip intro > - Live TV & DVR grid-style program guide > - Tracks from movies and TV episodes > - Free on-demand movies and TV shows from Plex > - Free live TV channels from Plex > - More screen saver options: media artwork and photos > > - The app is designed to be run in fullscreen on a TV or projector. It has a fixed 16:9 aspect ratio, and you can choose between 1280x720 (720p), 1920x1080 (1080p), and 3840x2160 (4K) in settings. > - Updated some input mappings. A few Plex Media Player input mappings are no longer available in Plex HTPC (complete list [here](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1v9iqNHdmiJCmL0KNm8MDDPUU5IyX8cLrxlcY0AWw0wM/)). Inputs and mappings can be customized similar to Plex Media Player (more details [here](https://gist.github.com/mseeley/91fb9be39007ee68d2b9360d4f501424)). > - Updated Bluetooth gamepad mappings for DualShock 4 and Xbox One on macOS and Windows. DualSense and Xbox Series X are only supported on macOS for now. The app only responds to gamepad input when it’s focused. > - Updated the player engine. We’d love lots of feedback around the playback experience. How is 1080p and 4K playback working compared to PMP? > - Updated CEC integration. If you use CEC in your setup, please try this out and let us know how it goes! Was initially looking for a log, which as the name implies saves history for version numbers. Missed it. ---
**Author:** ![gbooker02](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/gbooker02/32/9726_2.png) [@gbooker02](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gbooker02)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-feedback/703205/1213 "2022-03-02T21:26:00Z")
That’s for a fairly old version. This thread is likely what you are looking for: [Plex HTPC - #9 by Moussa](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc/703783/9) ---
**Author:** ![Sittingmongoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Sittingmongoose](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Sittingmongoose)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 2:54am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-feedback/703205/1214 "2022-03-03T02:54:10Z")
So HDR actually works with this new release in the windows release? Any chance of DV support? ---
**Author:** ![Mitzsch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mitzsch/32/308163_2.png) [@Mitzsch](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Mitzsch)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 9:06am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-feedback/703205/1215 "2022-03-03T09:06:04Z")
> [@Sittingmongoose](#): > > Any chance of DV support? Dolby Vision is proprietary closed source stuff from Dolby, so the answer is probably no. (even if dolby releases the code to the public mpv has to implement it first) ---
**Author:** ![Mitzsch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mitzsch/32/308163_2.png) [@Mitzsch](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Mitzsch)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 9:09am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-feedback/703205/1216 "2022-03-03T09:09:06Z")
> - Added resolution switching ([Plex HTPC for Mac, Windows, and Linux - #9 by Moussa](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc/703783/9)) Many thanks to the devs for bringing this feature to Plex HTPC!! ---
**Author:** ![evian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5e9695/32.png) [@evian](https://forums.plex.tv/u/evian)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 9:19am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-feedback/703205/1217 "2022-03-03T09:19:44Z")
so I created a mpv.conf named .txt file contaning gpu-context=d3d11 also tried gpu-context=“d3d11” and ive tried putting it in C:\Users\chris\AppData\Local and C:\Program Files\Plex\Plex HTPC and C:\Program Files\Plex\Plex HTPC\resources\Profiles however debug menu reports its still using egl which is ANGLE what am i doing wrong? this is with windows 11/rtx 3060ti/11400f/latest drivers/latest plex htpc ---
**Author:** ![Mitzsch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mitzsch/32/308163_2.png) [@Mitzsch](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Mitzsch)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 9:32am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-feedback/703205/1218 "2022-03-03T09:32:40Z")
The mpv.conf (containing gpu-context=d3d11) needs to be placed where the mpv.conf.md is located. (C:\Users\XXXX\AppData\Local\Plex HTPC) Then it should work. You can also check the logs. With the mpv.conf in place, you should find these lines that say > DEBUG - [MPVEngine/mpv] cplayer: Setting option ‘gpu-context’ = ‘d3d11’ (flags = 4) and > DEBUG - [MPVEngine/mpv] vo/gpu/d3d11: Initializing GPU context ‘d3d11’ [Previous page](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-feedback/703205.md?page=58) [Next page](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-feedback/703205.md?page=60)