Plex Media Server 1.23.0.4459 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.
NEW:
(Web) Updated to 4.55.1
Updated translations.
FIXES:
(DVR) Guide refresh would not always cancel immediately. (#11286 )
(Library) Embedded ‘album’ tag for movies was not correctly used for collection creation (#12536 )
(Library) Improve database handling when refreshing large amounts of metadata (#12590 )
(Library) Smart Shuffle wasn’t picking the most popular tracks on each album.
(Library) Smart Shuffle would play some tracks more often than it should.
(LibraryGarbageCollector) Fix keep policy to consider multiple media as one item (#11885 )
(Metadata) Extended music metadata and lyrics would be removed after a refresh (#12585 )
(Metadata) Locked fields being not being set when also setting artwork (#12383 )
(Server) Server could fail to launch on 32-bit linux platforms
(TLS) Newly-renewed certs were incompatible with certain legacy Sonos devices (#12531 )
(Transcoder) GPU HDR tone mapping could unexpectedly fail on some newer Intel processors (#12534 )
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Plex Media Server 1.23.0.4480 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.
NEW:
(Web) Updated to 4.55.1
Updated translations.
FIXES:
(DVR) Guide refresh would not always cancel immediately. (#11286 )
(Library) Embedded ‘album’ tag for movies was not correctly used for collection creation (#12536 )
(Library) Improve database handling when refreshing large amounts of metadata (#12590 )
(Library) Smart Shuffle wasn’t picking the most popular tracks on each album.
(Library) Smart Shuffle would play some tracks more often than it should.
(LibraryGarbageCollector) Fix keep policy to consider multiple media as one item (#11885 )
(Linux) HW transcoding could cause a crash on systems with Nvidia GPUs.
(Metadata) Extended music metadata and lyrics would be removed after a refresh (#12585 )
(Metadata) Locked fields being not being set when also setting artwork (#12383 )
(Server) Server could fail to launch on 32-bit linux platforms.
(TLS) Newly-renewed certs were incompatible with certain legacy Sonos devices (#12531 )
(Transcoder) GPU HDR tone mapping could unexpectedly fail on some newer Intel processors (#12534 )
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Plex Media Server 1.23.0.4482 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.
NEW:
(Web) Updated to 4.55.1
Updated translations.
FIXES:
(DVR) Guide refresh would not always cancel immediately. (#11286 )
(Library) Embedded ‘album’ tag for movies was not correctly used for collection creation (#12536 )
(Library) Improve database handling when refreshing large amounts of metadata (#12590 )
(Library) Smart Shuffle wasn’t picking the most popular tracks on each album.
(Library) Smart Shuffle would play some tracks more often than it should.
(LibraryGarbageCollector) Fix keep policy to consider multiple media as one item (#11885 )
(Linux) HW transcoding could cause a crash on systems with Nvidia GPUs.
(Metadata) Extended music metadata and lyrics would be removed after a refresh (#12585 )
(Metadata) Locked fields being not being set when also setting artwork (#12383 )
(Server) Server could fail to launch on 32-bit linux platforms.
(TLS) Newly-renewed certs were incompatible with certain legacy Sonos devices (#12531 )
(Transcoder) GPU HDR tone mapping could unexpectedly fail on some newer Intel processors (#12534 )
(Windows) Plex Media Fingerprinter failing to run (#12649 )
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Plex Media Server 1.23.0.4497 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.
NEW:
(Web) Updated to 4.55.1
Updated translations.
FIXES:
(DVR) Guide refresh would not always cancel immediately. (#11286 )
(Library) Embedded ‘album’ tag for movies was not correctly used for collection creation (#12536 )
(Library) Improve database handling when refreshing large amounts of metadata (#12590 )
(Library) Smart Shuffle wasn’t picking the most popular tracks on each album.
(Library) Smart Shuffle would play some tracks more often than it should.
(LibraryGarbageCollector) Fix keep policy to consider multiple media as one item (#11885 )
(Linux) Debian systems did not start after upgrade
(Linux) HW transcoding could cause a crash on systems with Nvidia GPUs.
(Metadata) Extended music metadata and lyrics would be removed after a refresh (#12585 )
(Metadata) Locked fields being not being set when also setting artwork (#12383 )
(Server) Server could fail to launch on 32-bit linux platforms.
(TLS) Newly-renewed certs were incompatible with certain legacy Sonos devices (#12531 )
(Transcoder) GPU HDR tone mapping could unexpectedly fail on some newer Intel processors (#12534 )
(Windows) Intro detection and music audio matching failing to run (#12649 )
Plex Media Server 1.22.3.4523 is now available to everyone.
FIXES:
(Collections) Playback of show collections could fail (#12326 )
(Library) Bring back ‘exclude from home’ library preference
(TLS) Newly-issued certificates could fail to verify with certain highly-strict TLS clients (#12669 )
(TLS) The server could request replacement certificates excessively frequently (#12669 )
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Plex Media Server 1.23.1.4528 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.
FIXES:
(Library) Improve responsiveness when performing large scan/refresh operations on TV libraries (#12611 )
(Metadata) Don’t auto download season specific backgrounds in the Plex TV Series agent.
3 Likes
Plex Media Server 1.23.1.4571 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.
NEW:
FIXES:
(DVR) Device title not always correctly set during DVR setup. (#12703 )
(Library) Improve responsiveness when performing large scan/refresh operations on TV libraries (#12611 )
(Metadata) Don’t auto download season specific backgrounds in the Plex TV Series agent.
2 Likes
Plex Media Server 1.23.1.4571 is now available to everyone.
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Ridley
May 25, 2021, 11:48pm
432
Plex Media Server 1.23.2.4584 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.
FIXES:
(PlayQueues) Playing a special could result in starting playback on wrong episode (#12505 )
N.B. Release rollout has been paused whilst we investigate an issue.
2 Likes
Ridley
May 27, 2021, 6:01pm
433
Plex Media Server 1.23.2.4600 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.
FIXES:
An issue could occur on Windows systems when downgrading and re-upgrading
Work around a bug in certain Eero routers that prevented PMS on Linux from connecting to Plex cloud services
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Plex Media Server 1.23.1.4602 is now available to everyone.
NEW:
FIXES:
(DVR) Device title not always correctly set during DVR setup. (#12703 )
(Library) Improve responsiveness when performing large scan/refresh operations on TV libraries (#12611 )
(Metadata) Don’t auto download season specific backgrounds in the Plex TV Series agent.
(Network) Certain environments could experience DNS lookup failures. (#12710 )
1 Like
Ridley
June 2, 2021, 12:11am
435
Plex Media Server 1.23.2.4625 is now available to everyone.
FIXES:
(Music) Fix regression with Add to Library when adding artists and albums from TIDAL (#12741 )
(PlayQueues) Playing a special could result in starting playback on wrong episode (#12505 )
NOTICE (we have removed the availability of this update as we investigate an issue for Windows users creating duplicate or new servers)
7 Likes
Ridley
June 5, 2021, 3:24am
436
Plex Media Server 1.23.2.4656 is now available to everyone.
This release addresses the issue in previous 1.23.2 builds that could cause loss of some preference data (including plex.tv sign-in and device identification) in certain cases on Windows. Users affected by this issue should see this post for more details. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
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Plex Media Server 1.23.3.4692 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.
NEW:
(Library) Add ability to sort things randomly.
(Music) Add “artist last played” field.
(Music) Add popularity as a new track sort field.
(Music) Allow periodic music refresh to perform metadata upgrades.
(Music) If a single directory appears to have multiple albums, match them all.
(Music) Support for ‘releasetime’ tags in FLAC to give precise release dates.
(Search) Ability to search for track artists.
FIXES:
(Jobs) The server could get into a state where it no longer processed media index files until the next restart (#12698 )
(Library) Changes to local metadata wouldn’t be detected automatically for movies and episodes using the Plex agents (#12700 )
(Music) Improvements to Smart Shuffle to improve diversity.
(Music) Use style radios over genre unless the library has genres coming from tags.
(Photos) Photos with geolocation metadata failed to load.
(Preferences) Fix temporary preferences.xml files on Windows (#12718 )
(Preferences) Use international time format for hours of day preferences (#12664 )
(Radio) Play queues could end up repeating in some rare cases.
(Search) Improve searching for exact matches.
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Plex Media Server 1.23.3.4706 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.
NEW:
(Library) Add ability to sort things randomly.
(Music) Add “artist last played” field.
(Music) Add popularity as a new track sort field.
(Music) Allow periodic music refresh to perform metadata upgrades.
(Music) If a single directory appears to have multiple albums, match them all.
(Music) Support for ‘releasetime’ tags in FLAC to give precise release dates.
(Search) Ability to search for track artists.
FIXES:
(DVR) Scheduling sports team subscription would cause server to crash. (#12768 )
(Jobs) The server could get into a state where it no longer processed media index files until the next restart (#12698 )
(Library) Changes to local metadata wouldn’t be detected automatically for movies and episodes using the Plex agents (#12700 )
(Music) Improvements to Smart Shuffle to improve diversity.
(Music) Use style radios over genre unless the library has genres coming from tags.
(Photos) Photos with geolocation metadata failed to load.
(Preferences) Fix temporary preferences.xml files on Windows (#12718 )
(Preferences) Use international time format for hours of day preferences (#12664 )
(Radio) Play queues could end up repeating in some rare cases.
(Search) Improve searching for exact matches.
3 Likes
Plex Media Server 1.23.3.4707 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.
NEW:
(Library) Add ability to sort things randomly.
(Music) Add “artist last played” field.
(Music) Add popularity as a new track sort field.
(Music) Allow periodic music refresh to perform metadata upgrades.
(Music) If a single directory appears to have multiple albums, match them all.
(Music) Support for ‘releasetime’ tags in FLAC to give precise release dates.
(Search) Ability to search for track artists.
FIXES:
(DVR) Scheduling sports team subscription would cause server to crash. (#12768 )
(Jobs) The server could get into a state where it no longer processed media index files until the next restart (#12698 )
(Library) Changes to local metadata wouldn’t be detected automatically for movies and episodes using the Plex agents (#12700 )
(Music) Improvements to Smart Shuffle to improve diversity.
(Music) Use style radios over genre unless the library has genres coming from tags.
(Photos) Photos with geolocation metadata failed to load.
(Preferences) Fix temporary preferences.xml files on Windows (#12718 )
(Preferences) Use international time format for hours of day preferences (#12664 )
(Radio) Play queues could end up repeating in some rare cases.
(Scanner) Certain music files could cause a crash during scanning.
(Search) Improve searching for exact matches.
3 Likes
Plex Media Server 1.23.3.4707 is now available to everyone.
1 Like
Plex Media Server 1.23.4.4712 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.
NEW:
(Transcoder) Improved audio quality when encoding AAC (#12743 )
FIXES:
(Debian) Nvidia hardware transcoding could fail on some system configurations
(Network) DNS lookups could fail on some Linux systems that rely solely on systemd-resolved (#12791 )
(PlayQueue) Server would sometimes play the wrong episode when show contains specials with no air date (#12758 )
(Transcoder) Transcode sessions using NVDEC for video decode could use excessive amounts of GPU memory (#12765 )
(Utilities) The Plex SQLite utility failed to launch on FreeBSD systems (#12796 )
The server could become unresponsive after certain play queue operations (#12749 )
Note: If you are using Nvidia HW Transcoding on Linux, please ensure you are using driver version v450.66 or newer – as documented in our support articles .
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Plex Media Server 1.23.4.4755 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.
NEW:
(Transcoder) Improved audio quality when encoding AAC (#12743 )
FIXES:
(Debian) Nvidia hardware transcoding could fail on some system configurations
(Network) DNS lookups could fail on some Linux systems that rely solely on systemd-resolved (#12791 )
(PlayQueue) Server would sometimes play the wrong episode when show contains specials with no air date (#12758 )
(Transcoder) Transcode sessions using NVDEC for video decode could use excessive amounts of GPU memory (#12765 )
(Utilities) The Plex SQLite utility failed to launch on FreeBSD systems (#12796 )
The server could become unresponsive after certain play queue operations (#12749 )
Note: If you are using Nvidia HW Transcoding on Linux, please ensure you are using driver version v450.66 or newer – as documented in our support articles .
4 Likes
Plex Media Server 1.23.4.4805 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.
NEW:
(Transcoder) Improved audio quality when encoding AAC (#12743 )
(QNAP) Add preliminary support for QTS 5.0 Beta
FIXES:
(Debian) Nvidia hardware transcoding could fail on some system configurations
(Network) DNS lookups could fail on some Linux systems that rely solely on systemd-resolved (#12791 )
(PlayQueue) Server would sometimes play the wrong episode when show contains specials with no air date (#12758 )
(Transcoder) Transcode sessions using NVDEC for video decode could use excessive amounts of GPU memory (#12765 )
(Utilities) The Plex SQLite utility failed to launch on FreeBSD systems (#12796 )
The server could become unresponsive after certain play queue operations (#12749 )
Note: If you are using Nvidia HW Transcoding on Linux, please ensure you are using driver version v450.66 or newer – as documented in our support articles .
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