# Plex Media Server

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server/30447>\
**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")\
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**Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server/30447/634 "2024-07-31T17:06:46Z")

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**Plex Media Server 1.40.5.8796 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.**

NEW:

- (Log) Reduced the number of log messages generated when starting playback on an NVIDIA device. (PM-1417)
- (Windows) noautorestart command line parameter added which prevents PMS from restarting after an auto update (PM-1305)

FIXES:

- **(Analysis) Preview thumbnail generation would not run on newly added media regardless if the preference was set (PM-1782)**
- **(QNAP) PMS might not start in all cases after QTS/QuTS restart.**
- (View State Sync) Item plays could be duplicated when state synced from service.
- (Windows 64bit) Not all files were removed on uninstall (PM-1632)
- **Plex Media Server could crash when falling back to SW encoding. (#15026)**

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