Plex Media Server 0.9.7.16 Download instructions can be found here. We've got an exciting new release for you today. Since we launched PlexSync, and enabled apps like Kepler and the Roku to use the new transcoder, we've heard a few complaints that the new transcoder was slower than the old one. Just recently we got a sample, ran some tests, and made some changes that should make the new transcoder much faster (like 2x to 3x faster) for both streaming and sync conversion. Please try this out, and let us know how it works for you, but I would also expect it to resolve a number of stuttering/buffering issues, because of the increased speed. What can I say, it's Thursday, I'm optimistic. Fixed an issue where background color wasn't correct in the image transcoder (fixes section icons on Roku). Large speedups for the new transcoder in many scenarios (sync, streaming, seeking). Please let us know how it works for you!

Plex Media Server 1.27.0.5889 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel. NEW: (Database) Improved startup performance by up to 70% when several migrations are run in sequence (#13541) (Music) Modernized the metadata matching and refresh logic (#13539) FIXES: (Bandwidth) In some cases downloads didn’t respect bandwidth limits (#13545) (Butler) Artists would get refreshed too frequently during the scheduled task window (#13575) (DVR) Fix stream DVR/Live TV to Chromecast (#13205) (EPG) Original air dates could be imported with incorrect time zone offsets for shows (#13533) (Library) Setting items’ originally-available dates to certain values in the distant past could fail (#13544) (Library) The server could crash while searching for lyrics during metadata updates (#13622) (Metadata) Don’t pull in ratings from legacy TVDB agent (these no longer exist) (Metadata) Episodes could get incorrect dates set on them with “Prefer local metadata” enabled (#13580) (Music) Artists would not save sort title from embedded tags (#13604) HW Transcoding failing on NVidia Shield (Android 11) #13192 (macOS) Auto-update could fail to update to 1.27.0.5873

Plex Media Server 1.27.0.5897 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel. NEW: (Database) Improved startup performance by up to 70% when several migrations are run in sequence (#13541) (Music) Modernized the metadata matching and refresh logic (#13539) FIXES: (Bandwidth) In some cases downloads didn’t respect bandwidth limits (#13545) (Butler) Artists would get refreshed too frequently during the scheduled task window (#13575) (DVR) Fix stream DVR/Live TV to Chromecast (#13205) (EPG) Original air dates could be imported with incorrect time zone offsets for shows (#13533) (Library) Setting items’ originally-available dates to certain values in the distant past could fail (#13544) (Library) The server could crash while searching for lyrics during metadata updates (#13622) (LibraryGarbageCollector) Watched content scheduled for deletion could be removed prematurely (#13617) (Metadata) Don’t pull in ratings from legacy TVDB agent (these no longer exist) (Metadata) Episodes could get incorrect dates set on them with “Prefer local metadata” enabled (#13580) (Music) Artists would not save sort title from embedded tags (#13604)

Plex Media Server 1.27.0.5897 is now available to everyone.

Plex Media Server 1.27.1.5891 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel. FIXES: (Library) When media was deleted it could leave behind its sidecar files (#13479) (Music) Album year and date fields could differ when preferring local metadata (#13591) (Transcoder) Audio could drop out partway through playback when remuxing videos with very long keyframe intervals to DASH (#13411)

Plex Media Server 1.27.1.5916 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel. FIXES: (Database) Fix an issue where re-migrating a database could fail after downgrading, interrupting the server startup process, then immediately re-upgrading (#13643) (Library) When media was deleted it could leave behind its sidecar files (#13479) (Music) Album year and date fields could differ when preferring local metadata (#13591) (Transcoder) Audio could drop out partway through playback when remuxing videos with very long keyframe intervals to DASH (#13411)

Plex Media Server 1.27.2.5929 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel. NEW: (Logging) Improved context provided in log lines related to asynchronous HTTP request processing (#13530) (Music) Support for Musicbrainz release type embedded tags (#13593) FIXES: (Linux) Improve Intel Compute Runtime version detection in packaging on Ubuntu 22.04 and newer. (MDE) Remuxes could be rejected unnecessarily on files with certain color spaces (#13634) (Scanner) Album release date tags could be imported incorrectly from tags when using the legacy music scanner (#13560)

Plex Media Server 1.27.2.5929 is now available to everyone.

Plex Media Server 1.28.0.5973 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel. NEW: Native support for Apple Silicon. FIXES: (Android) Music artwork on Android based servers could disappear after refreshing metadata (#13677) (Hubs) The “Most Played in Month” music hub could fail to populate (#13660) (Library) Release dates before 1901 could be saved incorrectly on Windows (#13661) (Linux) Improve handling of Intel Compute Runtime (ICR) vs Beignet requirement detection. (Music) Read in album-sort tags (#13653) (Music) Setting artwork from the edit dialog could result in low quality images getting set (#13677) (Music) Track titles could sometimes become blank after scanning the library (#13615)

Plex Media Server 1.28.0.5998 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel. NEW: Native support for Apple Silicon. FIXES: (Android) Music artwork on Android based servers could disappear after refreshing metadata (#13677) (Hubs) The “Most Played in Month” music hub could fail to populate (#13660) (Library) Release dates before 1901 could be saved incorrectly on Windows (#13661) (Linux) Improve handling of Intel Compute Runtime (ICR) vs Beignet requirement detection. (Music) Read in album-sort tags (#13653) (Music) Setting artwork from the edit dialog could result in low quality images getting set (#13677) (Music) Track titles could sometimes become blank after scanning the library (#13615) (Playlists) Playlists would lose uploaded artwork after running a Clean Bundles operation.

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Plex Media Server 1.27.1.5916 is now available to everyone.

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