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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

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