Plex Media Player

[pcalves]

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

[pcalves]

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

[markus101]

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

[pcalves]

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

[pcalves]

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

[pcalves]

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

[pcalves]

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

[pcalves]

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

[markus101]

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 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

[pcalves]

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

[markus101]

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

[pcalves]

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

[pcalves]

Plex Media Player v2.12.1 is now available to all macOS and Windows users.

NEW:

• Desktop web-client updated to 3.55.3

[pcalves]

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

[paulboy99]

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

[pcalves]

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

[pcalves]

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

[pcalves]

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

[pcalves]

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

[pcalves]

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