Plex HTPC for Mac, Windows, and Linux

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Version 1.22.1 has been released for Plex HTPC for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

NEW:

  • Live TV: Plex Media Server version 1.24.4 or newer is now required for Live TV
  • (Windows) MPV built with vulkan support (gpu-context=winvk) and gpu-next video output (vo=gpu-next)
  • Improved subtitle compatibility and performance

FIXED:

  • Fix subtitles not showing as selected after download
  • Corrected blocky VC1 hardware decoding on some hardware
  • Corrected some video freezes when tuning some Plex channels
3 Likes
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Version 1.23.2 has been released for Plex HTPC for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

NEW:

  • Fetch screensaver artwork more equally among PMS library sections
  • Show title and offer type for episode ‘other availability’ when there is a single service

FIXED:

  • (Linux) Inhibit power management and proxy on playback
  • Worked around MPNowPlayingInfoCenter causing UI freezes when playing audio tracks
  • Fixed wrong audio/subtitle tracks shown when playing a different video version
  • Fixed wrong version of videos sometimes getting selected by default
  • Fixed missing Discover source after switching from a managed user
  • Fixed background not showing after screensaver is closed
  • Live TV: Fix incorrect guide channel lineup after playing channel from PMS
2 Likes
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Version 1.24.2 has been released for Plex HTPC for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

FIXED:

  • Corrected autorepeat of keyboard input during playback
  • Disabled hdr-compute-peak in low quality profiles
  • Fixed incorrectly allowing pin entry for unprotected users
  • Fixed volume OSD not appearing when hitting minimum or maximum volume
  • Removed overflow button in recording priority page
  • Fixed offsets not working on non-sidecar subtitles
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Version 1.25.1 has been released for Plex HTPC for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

NEW:

  • Update messaging when deleting a user via Edit Profile Modal

FIXED:

  • Fixed possible focus loss when adding to watchlist from a trailer
  • Search: Fixed ‘Free Live TV’ results showing when Live TV is disabled
  • Watchlist: Fixed wrong title showing for count
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Version 1.26.1 has been released for Plex HTPC for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

FIXED:

  • (Windows) Better hide the cursor when playing HDR content
  • (Linux) Use DBUS session bus for session-based tasks
  • Work around SDL2 exhausting “Window Manager objects”
  • Fixed alignment issue for preplay buttons
  • Fixed admin pin input when editing managed users that don’t have a pin
  • Fixed home hubs from previous user remaining after user switch
  • Fixed preplay button not updating after Adding to Watchlist from a trailer
  • Make library icons the same size on the ‘Shared’ screen
  • Update Watchlist add/remove icons on Preplay Buttons
4 Likes
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Version 1.27.1 has been released for Plex HTPC for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

NEW:

  • (Windows) Added support for native media keys
  • Search: Show Genre results in ‘Free On Demand’ and improve genre item display
  • Inline video preview support

FIXED:

  • (Mac) Fixed crash in MPV on video resize
  • Fixed missing ‘More Ways to Watch’ toggle in search settings
  • Fixed incorrect initial focus on some preplays
  • Prevent focus into empty Scheduled and Priority DVR panels
3 Likes
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Version 1.28.1 has been released for Plex HTPC for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

NEW:

  • Change search history from stacked list to horizontal list
  • Add letter jump list to library filter options
  • (Windows) Added option for experimental HDR Metadata passthrough

FIXED:

  • Fixed an issue where playback can time out when ads are playing
  • Fixed tabs not animating when scrolling
  • Watch from these locations: Fixed titles with long words overflowing card
  • Improved performance while loading pre-play screens
  • Disable display mode switching for inline video
3 Likes
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Version 1.28.2 has been released for Plex HTPC for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

FIXED:

  • Minor fixes and improvements
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Version 1.28.3 has been released for Plex HTPC for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

FIXED:

  • Fixed photo playback not working
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Version 1.29.1 has been released for Plex HTPC for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

NEW:

  • Add cast hub to episodes screen
  • Add extras hub to episodes screen
  • Add Season Extras hub to episodes screen

FIXED:

  • Fix offline server icon color in More menu being incorrect in some cases
  • Fixed inline video previews sometimes appearing when they shouldn’t
  • Fixed invalid user PIN leading to a black screen
  • Reduce flashing on some platforms when inline preview video starts
  • Disabled pinch to zoom behaviour
3 Likes
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Version 1.30.1 has been released for Plex HTPC for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

NEW:

  • Added AV1 playback Support

FIXED:

  • Fixed items row being incorrectly positioned when there was only one visible
  • Fixed times shown at top of Live TV grid being displayed as UTC instead of local time
  • Fixed settings items showing Plex badge or theme colors
  • Increase photo library delay to 10 seconds before showing buffering indication
  • Remove check for library “Includes adult content” for Discover Credits
13 Likes
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Version 1.31.1 has been released for Plex HTPC for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

NEW:

  • Album art is now displayed in the OS media controls on macOS and Windows
  • Discover: Add dismiss button to “Find What to Watch, Anywhere” prompt
  • New splash animation
2 Likes
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Version 1.32.2 has been released for Plex HTPC for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

NEW:

  • Change Settings screen to use Streaming Services modal instead of embedded list
  • Added reading media buffer size

FIXED:

  • Corrected switching back to SDR on NVIDIA GPUs when playback stopped while paused
  • Corrected subtitle selection with Closed Caption subs are present
  • Remove library type & add seasons/episodes count to “Watch from these locations” row
  • Search: Fixed disabling “More Ways to Watch” not disabling “Popular Searches on Plex” row
  • Search: Left-align heading regardless of search history
5 Likes
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Version 1.33.2 has been released for Plex HTPC for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

NEW:

  • Allow default key bindings from mpv Lua scripts to take effect

FIXED:

  • Fixed stopping playback sometimes leading to a black screen
  • Fixed some TrueHD decode cases
4 Likes
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Version 1.34.1 has been released for Plex HTPC for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

NEW:

  • Additional host functionality is now exposed via the mpv scripting interfaces. See scripts/scripting.md in the app’s configuration directory for more details

FIXED:

  • (Windows) Incorrect episode numbers could be shown in the system player controls
  • [Discovery] Update streaming services management selection style
  • [Discover Together] Fix unreleased items thumbnail in watch history
  • [Discover Together] Fix activity feed card focus reset when user navigates to the next one from action bar
  • Reduce screen flash when starting inline video sometimes
4 Likes
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Version 1.35.1 has been released for Plex HTPC for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

FIXED:

  • Fixed viewing of people pages sometimes triggering a local media scan
  • Person page: Fixed items in “Media Libraries” row not including library name
  • [Discovery] Fixed checkmark displaying for unselected streaming service options
  • [Live TV] Fixed missing image on some Live TV channel items
2 Likes
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Version 1.36.1 has been released for Plex HTPC for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

FIXED:

  • Audio could be desynced from the video when playing Plex Live TV content
  • Playback could fail repeatedly after a failure occurs playing a live stream
  • Subtitles muxed into some containers could fail to play back
  • Fixed a rendering issue with multi line text
  • Fixed dates being incorrect on people pages
  • [Search] Fixed long titles without spaces overflowing on results
  • Fixed subtitles not rendering on some Live TV on Plex channels
4 Likes
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Version 1.37.2 has been released for Plex HTPC for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

NEW:

  • Preview thumbnails on Plex Movies & Shows content
  • [Live TV] Transition to full screen playback when app is idle on Live TV guide for 60s

FIXED:

  • Fixed some translations not appearing correctly
  • Fixed previous/next tab button presses not updating active tab indicator
  • [Discovery] Fix missing checkmark on selected streaming services
2 Likes
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Version 1.37.3 has been released for Plex HTPC for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

FIXED:

1 Like
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Version 1.38.2 has been released for Plex HTPC for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

NEW:

  • For streaming services, enable add/remove context options for screens and for items in search and hubs
  • [Discover Together] Added new zero state in pre-play social proof button
  • [Search] Enable streaming service results

FIXED:

  • Corrected TrueHD passthrough in some cases
  • Fixed an issue with casting sometimes freezing the device
  • Fixed restoring focus states on Episodes screens when applicable
  • Fixed duplicate Cast row displaying in place of Extras
  • Fixed Movies & Shows episodes not automatically playing episodes from subsequent seasons
  • Fixed watchlist status not updating after using actions menu
  • [Discover Together] Fixed visibility of user display name and username in report issue modal
4 Likes