# Plex Media Player
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-player/120475
**Category:** Announcements
**Tags:** release-announcements
**Created:** [October 27, 2015, 3:41pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-player/120475 "2015-10-27T15:41:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 3
### Author:  [@pcalves](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pcalves)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2018, 10:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-player/120475/41 "2018-02-06T22:29:46Z")
Plex Media Player v2.4.0 Beta is now available for Plex Pass users on macOS and Windows.
**NEW:**
- Desktop web-client updated to 3.35.2
- Updated the sources selector UI
- Added sources modal
- Added ability to reorder sources from sources modal
- Added ability to hide sources from sources list
- Added support for inline collections
- Added automatic fallback to transcode if direct stream audio fails
- Playing an item from the play queue will automatically close the play queue
**FIXED:**
- Fixed the app sometimes showing incomplete lists when returning from the player
- Fixed the error message displayed for unavailable videos
- Fixed play/pause keys in player while the player controls are hidden
- Fixed the first `enter` press when the player controls are hidden showing the controls and executing the active button action immediately
- Fixed empty play queue when playing watch later/recommended videos
- Fixed a rare bug where the app could become unresponsive when selecting a user
- Fixed the PIN entry in user switching screen still being displayed after user presses `back` to close it
- Fixed the exit confirmation dialog not being visible when user attempts to exit from user switching screen
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### Author:  [@pcalves](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pcalves)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2018, 10:25pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-player/120475/42 "2018-02-07T22:25:11Z")
Plex Media Player v2.4.1 Beta is now available for Plex Pass users on macOS and Windows.
**FIXED:**
- Fixed a rare bug where the app could lose focus in user switching screen
- Fixed missing focus in photo player after selecting a related photo
- Fixed button alignment on subtitle selection modal
- Fixed missing focus after replaying the same video from post-play
- Fixed missing post-play after returning from screensaver
- Selecting the dashboard type button will navigate to the active library
---
### Author:  [@markus101](https://forums.plex.tv/u/markus101)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2018, 5:23pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-player/120475/43 "2018-02-08T17:23:36Z")
Plex Media Player v2.4.1 is now available to all macOS and Windows users.
**New:**
- Live TV with timeshifting is now available to all Plex Pass users
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### Author:  [@pcalves](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pcalves)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2018, 6:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-player/120475/44 "2018-02-20T18:38:20Z")
Plex Media Player v2.5.0 is now available to all macOS and Windows users.
**NEW** :
- Updated translations
**FIXED** :
- Fixed the titles for recently added TV shows
- Fixed the player sometimes not being able to play watch later/recommended videos
- Fixed bug that could cause app to fail to load
- Fixed cases where playback would error or fallback to a transcode near the end of a video
- Fixed issues with Apple IR remotes on High Sierra
---
### Author:  [@pcalves](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pcalves)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2018, 11:33pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-player/120475/45 "2018-03-06T23:33:11Z")
Plex Media Player v2.6.0 is now available to all macOS and Windows users.
**NEW:**
- Desktop web-client updated to 3.37.2
- Added subtitle support for videos in the photo player
- Remember last active library when switching between dashboard types
**FIXED:**
- Fixed the type dropdown showing collections for Live TV
- Fixed missing separator line for Online Content in libraries
- Fixed an issue with the player controls sometimes unexpectedly disappearing after changing playing item
- Fixed video restarting from offset when changing the audio or subtitle streams
- Fixed movie filters dropdown getting cut off on certain screen sizes
- Fixed an issue where it wasn’t possible to close the player until the content finished loading
- Fixed the player remaining paused after changing an item in the play queue
- Fixed title getting cut off on Live TV preplay pages
- Fixed the player controls briefly appearing when closing the player
- Fixed seeking in Live TV playback in desktop mode
- Fixed a rare bug that could cause the app to become unresponsive to key input after signing in
- Fixed some issues with item actions for some older servers
- Fixed an issue that prevented using keyboard shortcuts to mark an item as unwatched
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### Author:  [@pcalves](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pcalves)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2018, 3:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-player/120475/46 "2018-03-20T15:51:20Z")
Plex Media Player v2.7.0 is now available to all macOS and Windows users.
**ADDED** :
- Added Plex News
- Added scrolling to dashboard header type buttons when more than 5 buttons are visible
- Swapped the Record and Play buttons on Live TV item screens
- Desktop web-client updated to 3.41.2
**FIXED** :
- Fixed possible endless buffering at start of playback
- Fixed short movie/episode summary alignment
- Fixed version count not showing up on poster lists
- Fixed the recording schedule not displaying an empty message when no events are displayed
- Fixed the next airing wrapping to two lines on the recording priority page
- Selecting “Sign Out” after selecting “Switch User” from the app’s home screen no longer shows homescreen content below the confirmation modal
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### Author:  [@pcalves](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pcalves)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2018, 12:09am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-player/120475/47 "2018-04-04T00:09:23Z")
Plex Media Player v2.8.0 is now available to all macOS and Windows users.
**ADDED** :
- Desktop web-client updated to 3.44.1
- Added new flat Rotten Tomatoes icons
- Added link to view all hub list items
- Updated translations
**FIXED** :
- Avoid showing icon or text placeholders in poster lists until item metadata has loaded
- Show track artist, if available, instead of album artist for play queue tracks
- Fixed Companion connectivity issues in certain situations
- Fixed soft subtitles positioning while player controls are visible
- Fixed posters for other episodes not showing on Live TV episode details
- Fixed an issue that would cause the Home page to be displayed for media types without libraries
- Fixed issues around playing music with Plex Companion
- Fixed an issue that could cause the delete version action to delete all versions
- Fixed an issue that made some News clips dates innacurate until the poster was focused
- Fixed casting camera roll from iOS
- Clarified error codes in modal when playback fails
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### Author:  [@pcalves](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pcalves)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2018, 9:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-player/120475/48 "2018-04-17T21:39:59Z")
Plex Media Player v2.9.0 is now available to all macOS and Windows users.
**ADDED:**
- Desktop web-client updated to 3.47.1
- Added automatic fallback to transcode if direct playing music fails
- Updated translations
**FIXED:**
- Fixed an issue that prevented toggling between timed and untimed lyrics
- Fixed library lists sometimes not scrolling to the end correctly
- Fixed the dashboard type list sometimes not scrolling to the end correctly
- Don’t show the library list if there are no libraries available
- Fixed a rare bug that could cause pointer-only UI elements to appear while not controlling the app with a pointer
- Fixed an issue with news tags sometimes appearing offscreen
- Fixed an issue where going to an empty recording schedule page would make the application unresponsive to input
- Fixed UI sounds
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### Author:  [@markus101](https://forums.plex.tv/u/markus101)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-player/120475/49 "2018-05-01T22:04:18Z")
Plex Media Player v2.10.0 is now available to all macOS and Windows users.
**NEW:**
- Added Privacy Policy and Terms of Service viewing in settings
- Added quick links action buttons for type discovery pages
**FIXED:**
- Fixed the app not loading if [plex.tv](http://plex.tv) was unavailable
- Fixed the version badge not updating after deleting a version
- Fixed missing videos in a photo library failing silently
- Fixed the OSD not hiding when resuming playback after the screensaver was shown
- Fixed high CPU usage during music playback
- Fixed deleting of file with multiple versions
- Fix missing video titles on photo album pages
- Fix the rest of the episodes in the play queue after selecting play from the show level
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### Author:  [@pcalves](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pcalves)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-player/120475/50 "2018-05-29T16:45:13Z")
Plex Media Player v2.11.0 is now available to all macOS and Windows users.
**NEW:**
- Desktop web-client updated to 3.52.2
- Qt updated to 5.9.5
- Updated “(Un)Watched” text to “(Un)Played”
**FIXED:**
- Restored ability to delete Watch Later/Recommended items
- Fixed several possible situations where focus could disappear
- Fixed an issue where shuffling a TV season would result in a play queue containing episodes from outside of that season
- Fixed an issue where the order in which items on a show page are focused could sometimes be inconsistent
- Ensured quality setting is respected when autoplaying next video
- Fixed HLS videos in Watch Later not playing in some cases
- Fixed some occurrences of “Repeat All” not repeating single video play queues
- Fixed Live TV type buttons cutoff in list view
- Fixed inconsistent queue behavior when playing season with no unwatched episodes
- Fixed music play queues not correctly restoring on app start
- Fixed an issue that prevented playing content from a Controller while the app is in the PIN entry screen
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### Author:  [@markus101](https://forums.plex.tv/u/markus101)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2018, 9:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-player/120475/51 "2018-06-05T21:39:19Z")
Plex Media Player v2.11.1 is now available to all macOS and Windows users.
**NEW:**
- TV web-client updated to 3.54.2
**FIXED:**
- Removed non-functional Channel provider
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### Author:  [@pcalves](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pcalves)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2018, 4:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-player/120475/52 "2018-06-12T16:10:42Z")
Plex Media Player v2.12.0 is now available to all macOS and Windows users.
**NEW:**
- Desktop web-client updated to 3.53.6
**FIXED:**
- Restored ability to delete Watch Later/Recommended items
- Fixed Browse by Folder showing unwatched flags on folders
- Fixed cursor getting lost when navigating up to menu on Live TV Watch Now
- Fixed metadata being displayed behind episode thumbnail in some cases
- Fixed smooth scroll behaviour on some dashboard pages
- Fixed audio & subtitle preference changes not being reflected immediately on the preplay page
- Removed “Discover” and “Watch Now” buttons from Live TV Browse All
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### Author:  [@pcalves](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pcalves)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2018, 10:27am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-player/120475/53 "2018-06-15T10:27:58Z")
Plex Media Player v2.12.1 is now available to all macOS and Windows users.
**NEW:**
- Desktop web-client updated to 3.55.3
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### Author:  [@pcalves](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pcalves)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2018, 3:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-player/120475/54 "2018-06-26T15:24:34Z")
Plex Media Player v2.13.0 is now available to all macOS and Windows users.
**NEW:**
- Desktop web-client updated to 3.57.1
**FIXED:**
- Fixed focus disappearing after selecting a different news clip from the play queue
- Fixed missing jump bars when viewing Artists and Albums from Quick Links
- Don’t show ‘Browse by Folder’ option when not applicable
- Fixed missing shuffle button from Collections PrePlay
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### Author:  [@paulboy99](https://forums.plex.tv/u/paulboy99)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2018, 8:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-player/120475/55 "2018-07-10T20:38:23Z")
Plex Media Player v2.14.1 is now available to all macOS and Windows users.
**FIXED:**
- Fixed error showing when recording is post processing
- Fixed troubles selecting embedded subtitle streams in videos without audio streams
- Fixed grid view programs getting duplicated when refreshing EPG with grid view open
- Fixed video quality setting does not properly show user selection
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### Author:  [@pcalves](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pcalves)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2018, 10:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-player/120475/56 "2018-07-24T22:32:42Z")
Plex Media Player v2.15.0 is now available to all macOS and Windows users.
**NEW:**
- Desktop web-client updated to 3.61.1
- Added soft subtitles with direct play (requires PMS 1.13.4 or above)
**FIXED:**
- Added missing unwatched triangles to Watch Later/Recommended
- Fixed sometimes only the background showing when going back to the pre-play page
- Fixed items in On Right Now starting playback immediately after going to Watch Now
- Fixed icon for server and source lists
- Fixed an issue where pressing left or right while video is paused causes you to go to previous/next video instead of seeking
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### Author:  [@pcalves](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pcalves)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2018, 5:16pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-player/120475/57 "2018-08-08T17:16:34Z")
Plex Media Player v2.16.0 is now available to all macOS and Windows users.
**NEW:**
- Desktop web-client updated to 3.63.1
- Add Chapter Selection to video playback
- Updated app settings to match new UI
**FIXED:**
- Fixed subtitles being burned unnecessarily when transcoding
- Fixed skipping instead of seeking with remote
- Fixed cut off text on preplay pages with long synopses
- Fixed photo thumbnails not showing a background when scrolling
- Fixed an issue that could cause selected settings sections to reset when changing selected options
- Fixed formatting of no recordings page on some devices
- Fixed long translations getting cut off in the user menu
- Fixed source list order changes not saving in some rare circumstances
- Improved Audio Passthrough settings labels
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### Author:  [@pcalves](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pcalves)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2018, 9:25am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-player/120475/58 "2018-08-22T09:25:23Z")
Plex Media Player v2.17.0 is now available to all macOS and Windows users.
**NEW** :
- Desktop web-client updated to 3.65.1
- Added menu in settings to reorder and show/hide media types
- Added AdChoices link to Privacy settings
- Automatically sort media types on first run
**FIXED** :
- Fixed an issue that could cause the UI to become unresponsive when browsing News settings
- Fixed album preplay sometimes wrapping titles off screen
- Fixed video direct play setting incorrectly affecting music playback
- Fixed Cloud Sync server library names not showing up in source modal
- Fixed lost focus when opening User Menu while offline
- Fixed inconsistency with Mark as Played string naming
- Removed errant app settings section
- Fixed an issue that could cause dashboard pages to fail to load while the app is offline
- Fixed update check in settings
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### Author:  [@pcalves](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pcalves)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2018, 11:35am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-player/120475/59 "2018-09-05T11:35:29Z")
Plex Media Player v2.18.0 is now available to all macOS and Windows users.
**NEW** :
- Desktop web-client updated to 3.67.1
- Automatically refresh the dashboard when playback ends
**FIXED** :
- Fixed pressing play on post play next item leaving OSD open
- Fixed indirect connection being chosen prematurely in some cases
- Fixed inability to change audio stream when being controlled as companion player
- Fixed being unable to remove manual server settings
- Fixed alignment of checkboxes for Live TV advanced recording settings
- Fixed timed lyrics not scrolling as track progresses
- Fixed pathological resume behavior in edge cases, [#736](https://github.com/plexinc/plex-media-player/issues/736)
---
### Author:  [@pcalves](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pcalves)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-player/120475/60 "2018-09-18T20:42:11Z")
Plex Media Player v2.19.0 is now available to all macOS and Windows users.
**NEW** :
- Added chapter titles to the chapter selection
- Added the ability to focus the progress bar and move the playhead to seek more accurately
- Added preview thumbnails while seeking (when available)
- Adjusted rewind and fast-foward behavior to move the playhead automatically at 1x, 2x or 3x speed
- Added new music mini player
- Added new user button design in the application header
- Added split fullscreen and layout switching controls
**FIXED** :
- Fixed shuffle commands received from companion apps not being recognized
- Fixed dashboard hubs sometimes failing to load when switching between Home users
- Fixed advancing to the same item as the one currently playing putting the player in a broken state
- Fixed focus not being restored when returning to playlists list page
- Fixed missing placeholder for chapter selection preview thumbnails
- Fixed broken focus behaviour when pressing right twice quickly on settings
- Fixed missing ‘Collections’ and ‘Albums’ links from dashboards
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