Plex Media Server

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Plex Media Server 1.20.1.3252 is now available to everyone

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364

Plex Media Server 1.20.2.3343 is now available in the beta update channel.

NEW:

  • (DVR) Guide refresh checkbox moved to DVR settings dialog (#11660).
  • (DVR) Guide refresh time exposed under DVR settings dialog, with XMLTV being able to set custom start time (#11660).
  • (Loudness) Greatly improved the quality of soundprint data (#11500)

FIXES:

  • (Butler) Temporary cache files could sometimes not be removed (#11951)
  • (DVR) Managed user was unable to cancel their own recordings from conflict modal (#11316)
  • (DVR) Server would not display user selected commercial skip setting for scheduled recording (#11921).
  • (DVR) UI for XMLTV guide refresh interval setting would display 4 hours, instead of the default of 24 hours (#11660)
  • (Hubs) Reduce the time taken to load ‘home’
  • (Hubs) The Rediscover hub for TV shows could take a long time to load.
  • (Library) “Trashed” items could be removed if an analysis was run on them.
  • (Library) Certain file paths could result in incorrect matches for items in new Plex Movies libraries (#11925)
  • (Library) Items from related hubs on episode pre-plays could fail to play back
  • (Library) Shuffling content could result in deterministic results
  • (Loudness) Soundprint analysis could give incorrect results on files with very high sample rates (#11500)
  • (Metadata) Some series with punctuation or special characters in their titles wouldn’t match against TheTVDB.
  • (Music) If a request to match an album failed it would cause a crash (#11977)
  • (QNAP) Only create PlexData symlink to AppData if user has created a ‘PlexData’ share.
  • (Scanner) Local assets would not be available in Plex Movie libraries if the library was a UNC path (#11931)
  • (Subtitles) Subtitle files with names containing a percent sign could be scanned in with invalid paths (#11386)
  • (Transcoder) Hardware transcoding could have substantially reduced quality on Windows systems with Intel GPUs (#11036)
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365

Plex Media Server 1.20.2.3370 is now available in the beta update channel.

NEW:

  • (DVR) Guide refresh checkbox moved to DVR settings dialog (#11660).
  • (DVR) Guide refresh time exposed under DVR settings dialog, with XMLTV being able to set custom start time (#11660).
  • (Loudness) Greatly improved the quality of soundprint data (#11500)

FIXES:

  • (Butler) Temporary cache files could sometimes not be removed (#11951)
  • (DVR) Managed user was unable to cancel their own recordings from conflict modal (#11316)
  • (DVR) Server would not display user selected commercial skip setting for scheduled recording (#11921).
  • (DVR) UI for XMLTV guide refresh interval setting would display 4 hours, instead of the default of 24 hours (#11660)
  • (Hubs) Reduce the time taken to load ‘home’
  • (Hubs) The Rediscover hub for TV shows could take a long time to load.
  • (Library) “Trashed” items could be removed if an analysis was run on them.
  • (Library) Certain file paths could result in incorrect matches for items in new Plex Movies libraries (#11925)
  • (Library) Items from related hubs on episode pre-plays could fail to play back
  • (Library) Shuffling content could result in deterministic results
  • (Loudness) Soundprint analysis could give incorrect results on files with very high sample rates (#11500)
  • (Metadata) Some series with punctuation or special characters in their titles wouldn’t match against TheTVDB.
  • (Music) If a request to match an album failed it would cause a crash (#11977)
  • (QNAP) Only create PlexData symlink to AppData if user has created a ‘PlexData’ share.
  • (Scanner) Local assets would not be available in Plex Movie libraries if the library was a UNC path (#11931)
  • (Subtitles) Subtitle files with names containing a percent sign could be scanned in with invalid paths (#11386)
  • (Transcoder) Hardware transcoding could have substantially reduced quality on Windows systems with Intel GPUs (#11036)
  • (Hubs) Some hubs could go missing when upgrading to 1.20.2
  • (Transcoder) Hardware transcoding failures on Windows
2 Likes
366

Plex Media Server 1.20.2.3402 is now available in the beta update channel.

NEW:

  • (DVR) Guide refresh checkbox moved to DVR settings dialog (#11660).
  • (DVR) Guide refresh time exposed under DVR settings dialog, with XMLTV being able to set custom start time (#11660).
  • (Loudness) Greatly improved the quality of soundprint data (#11500)

FIXES:

  • (Butler) Temporary cache files could sometimes not be removed (#11951)
  • (DVR) Guide refresh would sometimes not initiate (#12004).
  • (DVR) Managed user was unable to cancel their own recordings from conflict modal (#11316)
  • (DVR) Server would not display user selected commercial skip setting for scheduled recording (#11921).
  • (DVR) XMLTV Guide refresh would occur every 4 hours (#11660).
  • (Hubs) Reduce the time taken to load ‘home’
  • (Hubs) Some hubs could go missing when upgrading to 1.20.2
  • (Hubs) The Rediscover hub for TV shows could take a long time to load.
  • (Library) “Trashed” items could be removed if an analysis was run on them.
  • (Library) Certain file paths could result in incorrect matches for items in new Plex Movies libraries (#11925)
  • (Library) Items from related hubs on episode pre-plays could fail to play back
  • (Library) Shuffling content could result in deterministic results
  • (Loudness) Soundprint analysis could give incorrect results on files with very high sample rates (#11500)
  • (Metadata) Some series with punctuation or special characters in their titles wouldn’t match against TheTVDB.
  • (Music) If a request to match an album failed it would cause a crash (#11977)
  • (QNAP) Only create PlexData symlink to AppData if user has created a ‘PlexData’ share.
  • (Scanner) Local assets would not be available in Plex Movie libraries if the library was a UNC path (#11931)
  • (Subtitles) Subtitle files with names containing a percent sign could be scanned in with invalid paths (#11386)
  • (Transcoder) Hardware transcoding could have substantially reduced quality on Windows systems with Intel GPUs (#11036)
3 Likes
367

Plex Media Server 1.20.2.3402 is now available to everyone.

5 Likes
368

Plex Media Server 1.20.3.3401 is now available in the beta update channel.

NEW:

  • (Collections) Show alternate poster and background options when editing collections created by the Plex Movie agent (#11968)
  • (Subtitles) Plex Movie libraries now support an additional “sdh” or “cc” flag for SDH designation of sidecar subtitles (#11966)

FIXES:

  • (DVR) Allow recording when partials are disabled if airing started less than 30 seconds ago. (#11916)
  • (DVR) Guide refresh would sometimes not initiate (#12004).
  • (DVR) dvb-c Hauppauge soloHD/dualHD tuners fail to scan channels (#11826)
  • (EPG) DST time change would cause high CPU usage. (#10770)
  • (Library) Plexignore rules in the directory root would not respect wildcard folder paths (#11955)
  • (Scanner) Chapter and preview thumbnail jobs for movies would run for all items instead of only new ones if that preference was enabled (#11982)
  • (Subtitles) Sidecar subtitles using language codes with a region subtag would return the language as Unknown (#11956)
8 Likes
369

Plex Media Server 1.20.3.3421 is now available in the beta update channel.

FIXES:

  • (Player) Remote control of another player did not work.
3 Likes
370

Plex Media Server 1.20.3.3430 is now available in the beta update channel.

FIXES:

  • (HTTPS) Certain network errors or service outages could result in the server entering a broken state from which it would not automatically recover (#12037)
  • (Library) Custom search parameters in Fix Match for Plex Movie and Music libraries were not being respected.
4 Likes
371

Plex Media Server 1.20.3.3437 is now available in the beta update channel.

FIXES:

  • (LiveTV) LiveTV hubs could go missing from the home screen
3 Likes
372

Plex Media Server 1.20.3.3437 is now available to everyone.

9 Likes
373

Plex Media Server 1.20.3.3483 is now available to everyone

FIXES:

  • (Transcoder) Freetype has been updated to 2.10.4, fixes CVE-2020-15999
  • (Transcoder) Playback could fail on certain files with very large subtitle events
4 Likes
374

Plex Media Server 1.20.4.3508-6abbd541f is now available in the beta update channel

NEW:

  • (DVR) New Library option added to include all files during commercial detection (#12024).
  • (Web) Updated to 4.43.4
  • Update translations.

FIXES:

  • (Analysis) Media analysis wouldn’t trigger correctly in Plex Movie libraries when modifications were detected (#12041)
  • (DVR) Server would sometimes crash when scheduling shows to record (#12062).
  • (Dashboard) Metadata for Live TV sessions would not update when airing changed. (#11306)
  • (HTTP) Fixed an issue where clients could fail to connect to a server for some time after TLS certificate renewal (#11848)
  • (Library) Certain assets using UNC paths would not always work (#11931)
  • (Library) Disabling automatic extras for Plex Movie libraries had no effect (#12033)
  • (Library) Rating something 0 wasn’t distinguished from no rating.
  • (Library) Some TV shows could fail to match or get metadata.
  • (Library) Track and disk indexes could be incorrectly set for some multidisc albums (#11745)
  • (Library) When sorting albums oldest first, only years were used, not full release dates.
  • (Library) When tags only have release year, don’t use current m/d, use 1/1.
  • (Live TV) Paused playback could not always be resumed reliably. (#11476)
  • (QNAP) Remove unnecessary duplicate SSL port entry from config.
  • (Transcoder) Freetype has been updated to 2.10.4, fixes CVE-2020-15999
  • (Transcoder) Playback could fail on certain files with very large subtitle events
  • (Windows Installer) Changed Plex Update Service start type to delayed start. (#11560)
  • Similar artists limited to 10 in some places.
5 Likes
375

Plex Media Server 1.20.4.3517-ab5e1197c is now available in the beta update channel

FIXES:

  • (ImageTranscoder) Memory would leak when rescaling or cropping images (#10040)
2 Likes
376

Plex Media Server 1.20.4.3517-ab5e1197c is now available to everyone.

5 Likes
377

Plex Media Server 1.20.5.3551-95465c7cd is now available in the beta update channel

FIXES:

  • (DVR) The correct frequencies could not be scanned in Colombia, Panama, and Trinidad and Tobago.
  • (Library) Movie files stored in the drive root on Windows could fail to match (#12107)
  • (Library) Use a deterministic order when consuming local poster and art assets for Plex Movie libraries (#12070)
  • (Metadata) Certain unsupported local assets could be used for Plex Movie item backgrounds (#12070)
  • (Metadata) Embedded posters for movies would be used regardless if ‘Prefer local metadata’ preference was set or not (#12070)
  • (Metadata) Loading movies from some clients wouldn’t reflect changes to local sidecar subtitles.
  • (Transcoder) Older versions of Nvidia drivers (supporting API version 9.0 but not version 10.0) are now supported again (#12091)
  • (Webhooks) Added librarySectionTitle to payload. (#11906)
8 Likes
378

Plex Media Server 1.20.5.3583-309e93364 is now available in the beta update channel

FIXES:

  • (DVR) Require XMLTV guide for countries not supported by Gracenote.
2 Likes
379

Plex Media Server 1.20.5.3600-47c0d9038 is now available to everyone

FIXES:

  • (DVR) Require XMLTV guide for countries not supported by Gracenote.
  • (DVR) The correct frequencies could not be scanned in Colombia, Panama, and Trinidad and Tobago.
  • (Library) Movie files stored in the drive root on Windows could fail to match (#12107)
  • (Library) Use a deterministic order when consuming local poster and art assets for Plex Movie libraries (#12070)
  • (Metadata) Certain unsupported local assets could be used for Plex Movie item backgrounds (#12070)
  • (Metadata) Embedded posters for movies would be used regardless if ‘Prefer local metadata’ preference was set or not (#12070)
  • (Metadata) Loading movies from some clients wouldn’t reflect changes to local sidecar subtitles.
  • (Transcoder) Older versions of Nvidia drivers (supporting API version 9.0 but not version 10.0) are now supported again (#12091)
  • (Webhooks) Added librarySectionTitle to payload. (#11906)
4 Likes
380

Plex Media Server 1.21.0.3608-f7262c352 is now available in the beta update channel.

FIXES:

  • (Filters) HDR filter could miss some items (#12060)
  • (Library) Date-based shows weren’t getting metadata.
  • (Transcoder) Older versions of Nvidia drivers (supporting API version 9.0 but not version 10.0) are now supported again (#12091)
6 Likes
381

Plex Media Server 1.21.0.3616 is now available to everyone.

NEW:

FIXES:

  • (Filters) HDR filter could miss some items (#12060)
  • (Library) Date-based shows weren’t getting metadata.
  • (Transcoder) Older versions of Nvidia drivers (supporting API version 9.0 but not version 10.0) are now supported again (#12091)
15 Likes
382

Plex Media Server 1.21.0.3711 is now available to everyone.

FIXES:

  • (EPG) Reintroduce support for the following countries once the Gracenote provider is enabled - Australia, Hungary, India, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland, Uruguay. (#12135)
8 Likes