# 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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**Author:** ![PlexReleaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@PlexReleaser](https://forums.plex.tv/u/PlexReleaser)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 4:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server/30447/689 "2025-09-08T16:04:27Z")

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**Plex Media Server 1.42.2.10122 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.**

NEW:

- (Playback) Better caching of codec testing to improve start time of playback sessions (PM-3913)
- (Preferences) Split transcoder slots into CPU and GPU slots (PM-3891)

FIXES:

- (Ad Detection) Logs were left next to the target media file instead of in the Plex Log folder (PM-3580)
- (Docker) Various issues related to permissions could occur when explicitly setting UID and GID. (PM-3925)
- (Downloads) Any existing files in ‘Downloads temporary directory’ would be deleted. (PM-3944)
- (Downloads) Setting ‘Maximum simultaneous background video transcode’ to ‘Unlimited’ would prevent any download transcodes or optimizations from running (PM-3957)
- **(Music) Similar artist tags were not being loaded (PM-3848)**
- (Optimizations) HEVC Optimization could result in a file with no video (PM-3938)
- (Subtitles) When automatically selecting subtitles forced subtitles were preferred over full subtitles. (PM-3728)
- **(Transcoder) SW fallback would fail when CPU slots were set to `Unlimited` (PM-3991)**

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