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

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

FIXED:

  • Home showing an endless spinner

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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FIXED:

  • Minor fixes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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