Plex Media Server

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)
2 Likes

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)
4 Likes

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)
1 Like

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:

  • (Web) Updated to 4.57.4

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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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.

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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:

  • (Web) Updated to 4.57.4

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

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)

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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.
11 Likes

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.

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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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