Plex Media Server

Plex Media Server 1.25.4.5487 is now available to everyone.

NEW:

(NOTE) Database changes may cause longer than normal start-up times after initial installation of this update, especially on larger libraries. Please be patient and do not interrupt this process.

  • (Library) Refresh movie metadata periodically during scheduled tasks (#13250)
  • (Metadata) Add Bulgarian language option for modern movie and TV agents (#13263)
  • (TLS) Server-side HTTPS connection support is now always enabled for signed-in users; plaintext connections will continue to be supported as well by default (#13257)

FIXES:

  • (HttpClient) The server may quit unexpectedly if internal HTTP requests are made with certain timings (#13231)
  • (Library) Requesting the list of items starting with special characters could give unexpected results (#13251)
  • (Metadata) Some users could end up with massive amounts of duplicate extras (#13241)
  • (Optimized Versions) New versions shouldn’t be encoded from existing optimized versions (#13254)
  • (Scanner) Some file paths were causing errors when scanning movie libraries (#13323)
  • (Subtitles) On-demand subtitles would not work on optimized versions (#13218)
  • (Transcode) The transcoder process could fail to complete when encoding E-AC-3
  • (Windows) The relay executable would not launch.
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Plex Media Server 1.25.5.5492 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.

FIXES:

  • (Auto Update) Old update files were not cleaned up after a manual update. (#12693)
  • (Collections) Items added from TIDAL could not be added to collections (#13289)
  • (EPG) Guide could show wrong VCN if lineup has duplicate channel ids. (#13207)
  • (EPG) Lineup channels returned during DVR setup were not sorted. (#13188)
  • (Media Decision) The server could attempt to transcode files that use unsupported nonstandard colorspaces, even when other supported versions are available (#13183)
  • (Metadata) In rare instances some tv seasons could match to the incorrect episode ordering (#13312)
  • (Metadata) Local metadata for episode release dates would not get set correctly (#13189)
  • (Metadata) The SDH flag for subtitles would be ignored for TV episodes (#13307)
  • (Metadata) The embedded titleSort tag would be ignored when preferring local metadata for video files (#13266)
  • (Scanner) Files with certain name formatting could be matched with incorrect episode numbers (#13280)
  • (Scanner) Pick up 4 digit episode numbers when no season number exists (#13212)
  • (Scanner) Try to use a year hint from a movie filename if the parent path doesn’t contain one (#13310)
  • (Search) Music collections were not being returned in search results (#13000)
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Plex Media Server 1.25.5.5492 is now available to everyone.

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Plex Media Server 1.25.6.5545 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.

NEW:

  • (Collections) Promoted smart collection filtering based on selected user (#12605)
  • (QNAP) Allow PMS to automatically accommodate configuration changes (QTS & QuTS)
  • (QNAP) Improved Start/Stop control in App Center.
  • (Stream Metadata) Provide additional detail in display titles for HDR streams (#12492)

FIXES:

  • (Hubs) Custom hubs are not deduplicated anymore (#13338)
  • (Hubs) Fix collection hub visibility reset on preference change (#13337)
  • (Music) Embedded Musicbrainz Release ids were not always picked up (#13357)
  • (QNAP) PMS could not be restarted after unexpected failure in certain cases without restarting NAS.
  • (Scanner) Adding another version of a movie in the same path could cause one to unmatch (#13373)
  • (Scanner) In some scenarios movies could lose play history when replacing the media (#13373)
  • (Synology) PMS could not be restarted after unexpected failure in certain cases without restarting NAS.
  • (Synology) Plex Claim Token method would not actually claim under certain new installation conditions.
  • (Transcode) Improve output quality in files with highly-variable bitrate (#2729)
15 Likes

Plex Media Server 1.25.6.5577 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.

NEW:

  • (Collections) Promoted smart collection filtering based on selected user (#12605)
  • (QNAP) Allow PMS to automatically accommodate configuration changes (QTS & QuTS)
  • (QNAP) Improved Start/Stop control in App Center.
  • (Stream Metadata) Provide additional detail in display titles for HDR streams (#12492)

FIXES:

  • (Hubs) Custom hubs are not deduplicated anymore (#13338)
  • (Hubs) Fix collection hub visibility reset on preference change (#13337)
  • (Music) Embedded Musicbrainz Release ids were not always picked up (#13357)
  • (QNAP) PMS could not be restarted after unexpected failure in certain cases without restarting NAS.
  • (Scanner) Adding another version of a movie in the same path could cause one to unmatch (#13373)
  • (Scanner) In some scenarios movies could lose play history when replacing the media (#13373)
  • (Synology) PMS could not be restarted after unexpected failure in certain cases without restarting NAS.
  • (Synology) Plex Claim Token method would not actually claim under certain new installation conditions.
  • (Transcode) Improve output quality in files with highly-variable bitrate (#2729)
1 Like

Plex Media Server 1.25.6.5577 is now available to everyone

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Plex Media Server 1.25.7.5604 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.

NEW:

  • (Security) Certain critical server-management requests are now logged regardless of the configured log level (#13394)
  • (Security) Downgrading the server’s log level now requires a PMS restart (#13393)
  • (Security) Preroll video files now must have a recognized video file extension (#13397)
  • (Security) When possible, request logs now include the name of the device associated with the auth token (#13392)

FIXES:

  • (Collections) Manually ordered items in collections would not always retain their set position (#13350)
  • (EPG) Fix parsing XMLTV time including milliseconds (#13353)
  • (Linux) The server could exit unexpectedly when processing dates in the distant past with certain time zone configurations (#13371)
  • (Music) Improve matching accuracy of multi-disc albums (#13358)
  • (Network) The server could react excessively to minor internal network configuration changes, such as those produced by starting and stopping containers (#13351)
19 Likes

Plex Media Server 1.25.7.5604 is now available to everyone.

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Plex Media Server 1.25.8.5621 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.

NEW:

  • (DVR) Add Transponders list for dvb-c NetColgone German Cable provider (#12012)

FIXES:

  • (DVR) Fix port rebind issue on PTS restart (#12988)
  • (Metadata) Editing director, writer or producer fields could result in duplicated entries (#13384)
1 Like

Plex Media Server 1.25.8.5663 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.

NEW:

  • (DVR) Add Transponders list for dvb-c NetColgone German Cable provider (#12012)

FIXES:

  • (DVR) Fix port rebind issue on PTS restart (#12988)
  • (Metadata) Editing director, writer or producer fields could result in duplicated entries (#13384)
  • (Windows) Sonic Analysis would fail.

Plex Media Server 1.25.8.5663 is now available to everyone.

Plex Media Server 1.25.9.5673 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.

NEW:

  • (Series Scanner) Allow the server owner to create “.plexmatch” files providing hints for more accurate matching of nonstandard file naming schemes (#13211) see details at Match Hinting for TV Series | Plex Support
  • (Web) Updated to 4.76.1

FIXES:

  • (AdDetector) Fix potential crash (#13421)
  • (Scanner) Improved parsing of certain episode filename formats (#13419)
  • (TV) Remove the deprecated TVDB ratings source option (#13426)
6 Likes

Plex Media Server 1.25.9.5721 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.

NEW:

  • (Series Scanner) Allow the server owner to create “.plexmatch” files providing hints for more accurate matching of nonstandard file naming schemes (#13211) see details at Match Hinting for TV Series | Plex Support
  • (Web) Updated to 4.76.1

FIXES:

  • (AdDetector) Fix potential crash (#13421)
  • (PubSub) A pubsub server with sub-optimal latency could be selected (#13480)
  • (Scanner) Improved parsing of certain episode filename formats (#13419)
  • (TV) Remove the deprecated TVDB ratings source option (#13426)
  • Fix for Window related EventSource crashes (#13437)
7 Likes

Plex Media Server 1.25.9.5721 is now available to everyone.

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Plex Media Server 1.26.0.5715 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.

NEW:

  • (Metadata) Pull down country info for TV shows during metadata refreshes (#13463)

FIXES:

  • (Music) Improve artist searches when the search term is an alias (#13441)
  • (PubSub) A pubsub server with sub-optimal latency could be selected (#13480)
  • (Transcoder) Hardware transcoding could fail on Nvidia SHIELD TV systems (#13452)
12 Likes

Plex Media Server 1.26.0.5715 is now available to everyone

1 Like

Plex Media Server 1.26.1.5762 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.

FIXES:

  • (DVR) Plex Tuner Service does not return non-unicode encoded channels (#13374)
  • (DVR) Plex Tuner Service only returns a small number of channels (#13261)
  • (HttpClient) Plex Media Server could exit unexpectedly after HTTP requests completed with certain timing conditions (#13489)
  • (Metadata) Manually setting the Originally Available date on an item would result in an incorrect value being stored (#13508)
  • (Subtitles) Automatic character set conversion could fail with certain language codes (#13492)
  • (TLS) Plex Media Server could exit unexpectedly when loading an incomplete user-provided certificate (#13484)
  • (Transcoder) QSV tone-mapping could fail on Linux distributions using newer versions of libstdc++ (#13453)
6 Likes

Plex Media Server 1.26.1.5772 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.
FIXES:

  • (Metadata) Manually setting the Originally Available date on an item would result in an incorrect year being stored (#13508)
8 Likes

Plex Media Server 1.26.1.5798 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.
FIXES:

  • (DVR) Episodes scheduled for deletion could be removed prematurely (#13506)
  • (DVR) Plex Tuner Service does not return non-unicode encoded channels (#13374)
  • (DVR) Plex Tuner Service only returns a small number of channels (#13261)
  • (DVR) “automatically delete after 30 days” is deleting all new episodes (#13506)
  • (DVR): correct date in EPG guide for date based episodes (#13533)
  • (HttpClient) Plex Media Server could exit unexpectedly after HTTP requests completed with certain timing conditions (#13489)
  • (Metadata) Editing the Originally Available date on an item could result in an incorrect year being stored (#13517)
  • (Metadata) Manually setting the Originally Available date on an item would result in an incorrect year being stored (#13508)
  • (Subtitles) Automatic character set conversion could fail with certain language codes (#13492)
  • (TLS) Plex Media Server could exit unexpectedly when loading an incomplete user-provided certificate (#13484)
  • (Transcoder) QSV tone-mapping could fail on Linux distributions using newer versions of libstdc++ (#13453)
5 Likes

Plex Media Server 1.26.1.5798 is now available to everyone.

2 Likes