# Plex Media Server **URL:** \ **Category:** Announcements\ **Tags:** release-announcements\ **Created:** [March 10, 2013, 3:33am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server/30447 "2013-03-10T03:33:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![StSimm1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/stsimm1/32/152068_2.png) [@StSimm1](https://forums.plex.tv/u/StSimm1)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 9:34am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server/30447/282 "2019-08-22T09:34:22Z")
Plex Media Server 1.16.5.1554 is available in the Beta update channel **NEW:** - (Web) Updated to 3.108.2 **FIXES:** - (DVR) Re-enable signal strength updates for all tuners except Hauppauge. (#10352) - (Library) The Track Last Skipped filter could return the incorrect results (#10309) - (Live) In some circumstances, new recordings could use an additional tuner, rather than sharing one already tuning the same channel. This could manifest as a missing “watch from start” option (#9736) - Watching a trailer could mark the corresponding movie watched in some cases (#9481) - (DVR) Live session buffer data could be pruned prematurely, resulting in live TV being unable to seek back as far as expected (#10430) - (Playback) Certain clients could receive corrupted data in media requests, leading to corruption during playback (#10436) ---
**Author:** ![drzoidberg33](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/drzoidberg33/32/4184_2.png) [@drzoidberg33](https://forums.plex.tv/u/drzoidberg33)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server/30447/283 "2019-08-26T11:50:12Z")
**Plex Media Server 1.16.5.1554 is now available to everyone** ---
**Author:** ![drzoidberg33](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/drzoidberg33/32/4184_2.png) [@drzoidberg33](https://forums.plex.tv/u/drzoidberg33)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 1:01pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server/30447/284 "2019-08-26T13:01:28Z")
**Plex Media Server 1.16.6.1559 is available in the Beta update channel** NEW: - Enhance the loudness leveling to reflect recent research. FIXES: - (EPG) Make episode detection more robust when using XMLTV guide data (#10390) - (Library) Sorting a Show by Oldest first didn’t work correctly (#7800) - (Music) Items added from TIDAL would not show up in collection hubs (#10306) - Plex Relay could fail to start on Netgear R9000 devices. (#10395) - Read track titles from embedded tags in audio files. - Repair trailing slashes which could appear in audio metadata. ---
**Author:** ![chrisallen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chrisallen/32/309972_2.png) [@chrisallen](https://forums.plex.tv/u/chrisallen)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 1:05am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server/30447/285 "2019-08-28T01:05:37Z")
**Plex Media Server 1.16.6.1592 is available in the Beta update channel** FIXES: - Resolved an issue loading Plex Web settings page on various Linux/NAS platforms. ---
**Author:** ![emilybersin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@emilybersin](https://forums.plex.tv/u/emilybersin)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server/30447/286 "2019-09-16T20:25:52Z")
**Plex Media Server 1.17.0.1709 is available in the Beta update channel** NEW: - (Transcoder) Update to current upstream ffmpeg - (Transcoder) Support for hardware transcoding on Linux with Intel 9th-gen processors - (Transcoder) Support for VC-1 hardware decoding on supported platforms - (Transcoder) Support for hardware decoding on Linux with Nvidia GPUs - (Transcoder) Support for zero-copy hardware transcoding on Linux with Nvidia GPUs - (Transcoder) Support for zero-copy hardware transcoding of interlaced media FIXES: - (DVR) Comskip was not available in recording options on FreeBSD. - (DVR) Enhanced Plex Media Server’s performance by skipping reads of previously processed XMLTV guide data. (#9846) - (Transcoder) The server could become unresponsive after certain precisely-timed client interactions. - Corrects Live TV playback error when tuning to channel that contains space(s) in it. - (Transcoder) The server could use large amounts of CPU time when converting subtitles (#10478) **Note: Hardware transcoding with Nvidia GPUs now requires driver v418.30 or newer** ---
**Author:** ![emilybersin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@emilybersin](https://forums.plex.tv/u/emilybersin)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 10:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server/30447/287 "2019-09-24T22:38:40Z")
**Plex Media Server 1.17.0.1709 is now available to everyone** ---
**Author:** ![StSimm1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/stsimm1/32/152068_2.png) [@StSimm1](https://forums.plex.tv/u/StSimm1)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2019, 9:40am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server/30447/288 "2019-10-01T09:40:00Z")
**Plex Media Server 1.17.0.1841 is now available to everyone** FIXES: - (EPG) On Windows, XMLTV guide would fail to refresh (#10624) ---
**Author:** ![ahiyahiya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@ahiyahiya](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ahiyahiya)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server/30447/289 "2019-10-02T14:12:11Z")
**Plex Media Server 1.18.0.1846 is available to PlexPass users in the Beta update channel** Starting with this Plex Media Server release, we’re introducing new and improved features for music libraries: better matching, improved metadata, better artwork, and more! There are no longer “basic” vs “premium” music libraries; there is just a single type of music library. Plex Pass subscribers will continue having access to premium music-related features (automatic lyrics, Sweet Fades, loudness leveling, visualizers, etc.) just like before. Visit our [Upgrading Plex Music Libraries](https://forums.plex.tv/t/upgrading-plex-music-libraries/469659) forum topic to get started! **NEW:** - (Library) Brand new music scanner and metadata system! More details at [https://support.plex.tv/articles/upgrade-music-libraries-new-metadata-system/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/upgrade-music-libraries-new-metadata-system/) - (BIF) Improved performance when generating media indexes (#10455) - (DVR) Now supports team and sport tags in XMLTV guide data (#6272). - (Library) Add an “Unmatched” filter. - (Library) Allow artist/album title override during fix match. - (Library) Improved music library preferences. - (Library) Magic shuffle heuristics now employed in many more scenarios (e.g. smart playlists). - (Library) Maximum number of On Deck items is now a preference. - (Library) Mood now works for artists and albums, and add new style tag. - (Library) Support for reading OGG tags. - (Transcoder) Support for zero-copy hardware transcoding on Windows with Intel GPUs - (Web) Updated to 4.8.3 **FIXES:** - (Companion) Some companion apps would not be available to control from the Web player (#10522) - (Diagnostics) Attempts to download logs from WD MyCloud would fail - (DVR) Rarely would crash while extending a rolling subscription (#10535) - (EPG) Change to daily full guide refresh instead of incremental refreshes multiple times a day. (#9403) - (EPG) On Windows, XMLTV guide would fail to refresh (#10624). - (Library) An issue on macOS where media with non-ASCII characters could be removed and added during scans. - (Library) Disable popular tracks for Various Artists. - (Library) Ignore a few more prefix characters when generating sort titles. - (Library) In some cases, cast members could be shown in the wrong order. - (Library) More fields are read from music file tags during refresh. - (Library) Newer locations are now scanned before older ones. - (Library) Refreshing Various Artists now refreshes all its albums. - (Library) Slight speedup for database writes. - (Music) Albums added from TIDAL would not match correctly with the new Plex Music libraries. - (Networking) The server could become inaccessible when IPv6 is configured on Android (#10426) - (Transcoder) Fixed H263 hardware decoding (#10580) - (Transcoder) Hardware encoding wasn’t used in some situations when hardware decoding was unavailable for HEVC Main 10 (#7897) - (Transcoder) Hardware transcoding could fail on input with ATSC closed captions on Windows systems with Intel GPUs (#8509) (#9840) (#10517) - (Transcoder) Individual subtitle lines could fail to display in some clients when there are no subtitle lines for a long period afterwards - (Transcoder) Individual subtitle lines could randomly fail to appear in certain clients - (Transcoder) Playback could fail after a long period between subtitle lines in certain circumstances (#10582) - (Transcoder) Reduced the amount of I/O load when streaming subtitles - (Transcoder) Some packets could randomly be skipped in certain clients, resulting in a “skipping” effect (#10401) - (Transcoder) Subtitles could vanish after a random period after seeking in certain clients (#10573) - (Transcoder) Transcoding HEVC Main 10 content could fail on hardware without built-in support (#10590) - A rare crash during scanning. - Fix for empty/missing “Shows you might like” hub. (#10375) - Long-standing issue which could lead to lack of recommended media in some cases. - The blob database was not cleaned up during periodic maintenance. - When analyzing tracks, menu item would never re-enable (#8477) - When fixing match for an album, the year could disappear temporarily. ---
**Author:** ![ahiyahiya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@ahiyahiya](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ahiyahiya)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 10:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server/30447/290 "2019-10-07T22:05:23Z")
~~**Plex Media Server 1.18.0.1892 is available to PlexPass users in the Beta update channel**~~ **2019-10-7 Notice** - This Beta build has been removed. Sorry for the inconvenience. NEW: • (Web) Updated to 4.8.4 FIXES: • (Butler) Fix periodic metadata refresh to work with Plex Music libraries; corrected broken EPG refresh (#10676). • (Library) Disallow scan of Plex Music libraries while offline (#10637). • (DVR) Recordings with an apostrophe in them would no longer record after 1.18.0 (#10673). (CoreExperience) Only include playlists that match the contentDirectoryID filter(#10599). ---
**Author:** ![StSimm1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/stsimm1/32/152068_2.png) [@StSimm1](https://forums.plex.tv/u/StSimm1)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 8:03am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server/30447/291 "2019-10-08T08:03:23Z")
**Plex Media Server 1.18.0.1906 is available to PlexPass users in the Beta update channel** FIXES: - (NAS) Permissions issues resulting in failures to start - (Butler) Failures to complete all tasks when a music library exists ---
**Author:** ![ahiyahiya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@ahiyahiya](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ahiyahiya)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 2:50am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server/30447/292 "2019-10-09T02:50:21Z")
**Plex Media Server 1.18.0.1913 is available to PlexPass users in the Beta update channel** FIXES: • (Library) Music could fail to scan when added to a new or upgraded music library on Nvidia SHIELD devices. • (NAS) Permissions issues resulting in failures to start ---
**Author:** ![ahiyahiya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@ahiyahiya](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ahiyahiya)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 7:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server/30447/293 "2019-10-09T19:04:37Z")
**Plex Media Server 1.18.0.1913 is now available to everyone** ---
**Author:** ![StSimm1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/stsimm1/32/152068_2.png) [@StSimm1](https://forums.plex.tv/u/StSimm1)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2019, 2:33pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server/30447/294 "2019-10-11T14:33:20Z")
**Plex Media Server 1.18.0.1944 is now available in the Beta update channel** FIXES: • (LiveTV) A regression in 1.18.0 could cause pixellation / stuttering in LiveTV/DVR playback ---
**Author:** ![drzoidberg33](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/drzoidberg33/32/4184_2.png) [@drzoidberg33](https://forums.plex.tv/u/drzoidberg33)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2019, 10:35am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server/30447/295 "2019-10-14T10:35:36Z")
**Plex Media Server 1.18.0.1944 is now available to everyone** ---
**Author:** ![Ridley](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ridley/32/297728_2.png) [@Ridley](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Ridley)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server/30447/296 "2019-10-16T09:58:16Z")
**Plex Media Server 1.18.1.1973 is now available in the Beta update channel** NEW: - (Localization) Updated translations - Add an HDR filter for movies (#9652) - Improve detection of udevadm on newer debian-based distros. - Set the DLNA server feature to be turned off by default. It can be manually re-enabled if required in Plex Web’s server settings (#10530) - (Linux) Improved quality and performance of hardware transcoding on Linux systems with 8th-generation or later GPUs - (Linux) Improved automatic detection of Intel GPUs on systems that also have other graphics FIXES: - (Library) Some portrait videos could return the incorrect resolution value (#10586) - (Linux) An internal system directory could be displayed unexpectedly in the directory browser on certain NAS platforms (#10630) - (Transcoder) Hardware transcoding could fail on systems with recent systemd versions (#10723) - (Transcoder) Fixed hardware decoding of VC1 - (Transcoder) Output streams could be corrupted in certain cases (#10709) - (Metadata) Improved reliability of music lookups ---
**Author:** ![chrisallen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chrisallen/32/309972_2.png) [@chrisallen](https://forums.plex.tv/u/chrisallen)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 6:43pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server/30447/297 "2019-10-28T18:43:35Z")
**Plex Media Server 1.18.1.1973 is now available to everyone** ---
**Author:** ![gbooker02](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/gbooker02/32/9726_2.png) [@gbooker02](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gbooker02)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 1:57am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server/30447/298 "2019-11-08T01:57:16Z")
**Plex Media Server 1.18.2.2015 is now available in the Beta update channel** NEW: - (DVR) Ability to browse upcoming airings in a library style view (#10556) - (DVR) Added explanation for partial recording (#10167). - (DVR) Added smarter logic for detecting existing recordings (#9669). - (Dashboard) FreeBSD CPU and memory graphs (#10611) FIXES: - (Butler) Some butler tasks would not run. - (Camera Upload) Don’t allow shared users to enable Camera Upload if they don’t have access to any photo libraries. (#8787) - (Library) Add album critic rating as a field. - (Library) Add track mood back as filter/field. - (Library) Allow sorting on user ratings of artists, there are no artist critic ratings. - (Library) Plex Music libraries have critic ratings, allow sorting on them. - (Music) Related TIDAL hubs could sometimes stop showing (#10738) - (Music) Shared users using artist shuffles could get unavailable items in the play queue (#9827) - (Startup) The server would hang when the application support directory was not writable. (#7492) - Improve movie and TV show matching in some cases (#10641) ---
**Author:** ![StSimm1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/stsimm1/32/152068_2.png) [@StSimm1](https://forums.plex.tv/u/StSimm1)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server/30447/299 "2019-11-11T17:17:12Z")
**Plex Media Server 1.18.1.2019 is now available to everyone** FIXES: • (LiveTV) Hubs and Grid may not load for shared users (or may take a long time to do so) ---
**Author:** ![drzoidberg33](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/drzoidberg33/32/4184_2.png) [@drzoidberg33](https://forums.plex.tv/u/drzoidberg33)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server/30447/300 "2019-11-13T16:36:30Z")
**Plex Media Server 1.18.2.2029 is now available in the Beta update channel** FIXES: - (DVR) Preserve EPG metadata when assimilating Sports and News recordings. (#10544) - (Playlists) Recently added playlists were not sorted correctly ---
**Author:** ![gbooker02](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/gbooker02/32/9726_2.png) [@gbooker02](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gbooker02)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 2:21pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server/30447/301 "2019-11-14T14:21:05Z")
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