Plex Media Player

Plex Media Player v2.37.1 is now available to all macOS and Windows users.

NEW:

  • Disabled List View and Browse By Folder for Photo libraries
  • Replaced Browse by Folder option available in PMS libraries with Folders option in types menu
  • UNO preview: Added “Remember Selected Tab” app setting
  • UNO preview: Removed Go to <library> metadata item action

FIXED:

  • UNO preview: Fixed Live TV hubs on missing airing information
  • UNO preview: Fixed an issue that could cause the sidebar to become inaccessible after ending playback
  • UNO preview: Fixed an issue that made it possible to navigate from the jump bar to the page headerfalse
  • UNO preview: Fixed an issue that could result in managed users not seeing the onboarding screens
  • UNO preview: Fixed an edge case that allowed a pre-UNO page header to be visible while browsing sources
  • UNO preview: Don’t show Search button in Home screen when no preferred server was selected
6 Likes

Plex Media Player v2.37.2 is now available to all macOS and Windows users.

FIXED:

  • Home showing an endless spinner
1 Like

Plex Media Player v2.38.0 is now available to all macOS and Windows users.

NEW:

  • Plex’s new UI experience with many major enhancements including
    • Customizable / always accessible sidebar navigation
    • Ability to pin and reorder your favorite libraries to the sidebar
    • Quick access to all of your media through the “More” menu item
    • Redesigned tab views that remember your previous view within each library (can be controlled via setting)
    • A customizable home screen including pinning content rows from any library to home
  • Added “Reset Customization” button in user menu to reset sidebar and home screen
  • Added automatic refresh when library is rescanned
  • Don’t show “More” button when user has no servers and has disabled all online media providers

FIXED:

  • Fixed an issue that could cause the app to become unresponsive after deleting a hub from the Home screen
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Home page to display an infinite spinner after finishing the onboarding
  • Fixed an issue that could result in managed users not seeing the onboarding screens
  • Fixed home hub labels not updating after changing the language
  • Fixed an issue where a scrollbar sometimes appears up on the source edit screen
  • Fixed long song names not marqueeing when focused on album view
  • Fixed empty library message being shown for Live TV
  • Fixed an issue that could cause home page hubs to display a Content Unavailable error
  • Fixed showing the more actions menu in the video player while playing movies
  • Fixed app losing focus after reconnecting to server
  • Fixed non-functional search button in Home screen
2 Likes

Plex Media Player v2.39.0 is now available to all macOS and Windows users.

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NEW:

  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.104.2
  • Added an item count to collections

FIXED:

  • Fixed delay when skipping forward or back using arrow keys
  • Fixed scrollbar sometimes showing up in toolbar
  • Fixed seeking sometimes not updating progress bar and elapsed/remaining times
  • Fixed an issue that could cause home page hubs to display a Content Unavailable error
  • Fixed showing the more actions menu in the video player while playing movies
  • Fixed app losing focus after reconnecting to server
  • Fixed non-functional search button in Home screen
  • Fixed play/pause not working while changing subtitle offset
  • Fixed occasional unexpected behavior when attempting to use lyrics as a non-Plex Pass user
  • Fixed cast members linking to pre-UNO view
  • Fixed an error loading Manage Hubs modal in TIDAL
  • Fixed an issue that could cause albums and seasons lists to fail to load in artist and tv show pages
  • Fixed sidebar customization being skipped for users with only one server and no enabled online media sources
3 Likes

Plex Media Player v2.40.0 is now available to all macOS and Windows users.

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NEW:

  • Improved sidebar pointer support
  • Renamed “Online Content” group to “Plex” in sidebar “More” menu and moved it after user servers

FIXED:

  • Fixed size of related photos thumbnails in photo player
  • Fixed wrong playback titles being shown sometimes for video clips
  • Fixed hidden focus when going back from preplay
  • Fixed an issue that could cause albums and seasons lists to fail to load in artist and tv show pages
  • Fixed lyrics fetching error message flashing
  • Fixed wrong thumbnail image for photos in album list view
  • Fixed Preplay buttons too close to summary on preplay screen
  • Fixed sidebar customization being skipped for users with only one server and no enabled online media sources
3 Likes

Plex Media Player v2.41.0 is now available to all macOS and Windows users.

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NEW:

  • Moved source page settings (“Manage Hubs”) to sidebar and header menus
  • Moved home page settings (“Manage Hubs” and “Restore to defaults”) to sidebar and header menus

FIXED:

  • More readable support.plex.tv URLs in app
  • Fixed various layout issues on sidebar
  • Fixed video playlist thumbnails size
  • Fixed Live TV/DVR hub titles overlapping line borders
  • Fixed tab titles not being translated when changing app language in settings
  • Fixed an issue that prevented resetting customization from certain pages
  • Fixed pause not working while seeking
  • Fixed home button in sidebar not being selected when returning home from search page
7 Likes

Plex Media Player v2.42.0 is now available to all macOS and Windows users.

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NEW:

  • Adjusted message displayed in empty “My Podcasts”, “My Webshows” and “My TIDAL” screens
  • Ensured search via controller/keyboard shortcut uses preferred server selected during first run

FIXED:

  • Fixed an issue that could cause the app to crash when navigating to Playlists in sidebar after switching users
  • Fixed an issue that could cause some filters to not work correctly
  • Fixed focus not being correctly restored when going back to Categories/Channels pages
  • Fixed margin below artist on album preplay
  • Fixed an issue that could cause navigating the sidebar to fail on certain pages
  • Fixed missing current position time during Live TV playback
  • Fixed an issue where removing content from “My TIDAL” did not always update “My TIDAL” page properly
2 Likes

Plex Media Player v2.43.0 is now available to all macOS and Windows users.

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NEW:

  • Added Russian language selection

FIXED:

  • Fixed the sidebar and preplay page content not loading correctly after starting playback quickly
  • Fixed an issue where restoring the home screen to its default state twice in quick sucession could cause the app to crash
6 Likes

Plex Media Player v2.44.0 is now available to all macOS and Windows users.

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NEW:

  • Mobile servers no longer appear in sidebar

FIXED:

  • Fixed an issue that could cause the jump bar to not be displayed in library pages
2 Likes

Plex Media Player v2.45.0 is now available to all macOS and Windows users.

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NEW:

  • Added better sorting for shared servers. We now sort by the username, and use the username as the primary title

FIXED:

  • Fixed subtitles not showing up when advancing to the next episode
  • Fixed an issue that could result in broken sidebar functionality on poor network conditions
  • Fixed being unable to return to other views after selecting a Collections tab for a library without collections
7 Likes

Plex Media Player v2.46.0 is now available to all macOS and Windows users.

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FIXED:

  • Minor fixes
2 Likes

Plex Media Player v2.47.0 is now available to all macOS and Windows users.

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NEW:

  • Improved home screen customization reset behavior

FIXED:

  • Fixed hubs sometimes not loading in Manage Hubs modal in source settings
  • Fixed an issue with toggling subtitles on videos with multiple versions
  • Fixed an issue that caused the app to show an infinite loading indicator after backing away from a folder while in list view
3 Likes

Plex Media Player v2.48.0 is now available to all macOS and Windows users.

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FIXED:

  • Fixed genres being too close to title on Web Shows and Podcast show pre plays
  • Fixed letter inputs not working when keyboard is set to uppercase
  • Fixed an issue where a no longer existing server could prevent you from sharing other servers
  • Fixed an issue where some hubs on the Home Screen overlap the separator
  • Fixed back key going back to user switcher when editing a managed user’s name
  • Fixed pinned sources occasionally not influencing home screen content when switching between Auto and Custom modes
  • Disabled the option to add hubs to home screen when Automatic Home is enabled
1 Like

Plex Media Player v2.49.0 is now available to all macOS and Windows users.

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FIXED:

  • Fixed metadata line height issue on some preplay pages
  • Fixed an issue where some manually added hubs never loaded properly (requires re-adding those hubs to the home screen)
  • Fixed an issue that could cause loss of focus when switching between custom and auto home
  • Fixed an issue that sometimes made it impossible to reorder home hubs
1 Like

Plex Media Player v2.50.0 is now available to all macOS and Windows users.

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NEW:

  • New Search page with updated design and functionality:
    • Search VOD, News, Podcasts, Web Shows and TIDAL as well as PMS libraries
    • Keeps a history of recent searches
    • Change search target to search all media, pinned sources, specific source types or providers
    • Results are grouped by owned libraries, shared libraries and providers
    • Contextual results promoted based on where search was started from (i.e. if search is made from a library, results from that library will be promoted to the top)
  • Avoid transcoding of 4K video when another version is playable
  • Added server name to Log to Media Server app setting
13 Likes

Plex Media Player v2.51.0 is now available to all macOS and Windows users.

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NEW:

  • Updated Desktop to 4.24.1

FIXED:

  • Fixed display of non UTF-8 sidecar subtitles
  • Fixed long press of backspace causing loss of focus when closing modals
  • Fixed an issue that caused search to never be performed when using the pointer
  • Fixed an issue that could cause the sidebar to become inaccessible after stopping playback from a controller app
  • Fixed loss of progress when VOD is stopped during initial ad after resuming
  • Fixed missing focus in “Plex is not reachable” page
  • Fixed an issue that caused sidebar items to display an infinite spinner when the app is offline
  • Fixed possible error on user switcher when plex.tv authentication is unavailable
4 Likes

Plex Media Player v2.52.0 is now available to all macOS and Windows users.

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FIXED:

  • Fixed an issue that could cause the app to crash when changing search targets
  • Fixed an issue that could cause incomplete search results
  • Fixed search shortcut key leading to error page
  • Fixed an issue that could cause TIDAL tracks to fail to play

Plex Media Player v2.52.1 is now available to all macOS and Windows users.

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FIXED:

  • Fixed toggling subtitles using keyboard shortcut
  • Fixed unselected subtitles displaying during playback
2 Likes

Plex Media Player 2.52.2 is now available to all macOS and Windows users.

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FIXED:

  • Fixed unselected subtitles displaying during playback in the desktop layout.
2 Likes

Plex Media Player v2.53.0 is now available to all macOS and Windows users.

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FIXED:

  • Fixed an issue playing videos in photo libraries where progress wouldn’t reset after switching between videos
4 Likes