Plex Media Server 1.41.0.8992 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.
NEW:
- (AdDetection) Allow ad detection in libraries without DVR (PM-1841)
- (Nvidia Shield) This release removes support for legacy plug-ins on Nvidia Shield devices (PM-1855)
- (Scanner) Look inside ‘subs’ and ‘subtitles’ sub-directories for external subtitle files (PM-1002)
- (Subtitles) Improved subtitle burn-in performance when Hardware Transcoding (PM-1764)
- (Tone Mapping) Added a preference to select tone mapping algorithm to use. Only available on some platforms/devices. (PM-1431)
- (Tonemapping) Added support for HW Tonemapping on Windows for some Intel devices (PM-532)
- (Web) Updated to 4.136.1
FIXES:
- (Library) In some cases library items were not properly sorted (PM-1729)
- (QNAP) Restores Plex Media Server icon in App Center (PM-2081)
- (Scanner) Improve performance when scanning in new movie items. Local metadata will now populate during initial refresh (PM-1777)
- (Single Item Sharing) Filtering shared media by type didn’t work (PM-1359)
- (Sorting) Default sort didn’t use natural sorting (10 should be after 3) (PM-1797)
- (Synology) DSM 7 packages failed to install on some ARMv7 devices (PM-2045)
- (Synology) DSM 7 packages failed to install on some x86 devices (PM-2092)
- (Tags) Tags with unicode characters could not be deleted (PM-2031)
- (Tone Mapping) Tone Mapping could fail on Windows for some Intel devices (PM-2026)
- Optimized Versions would show no items (PM-2030)
Plex Media Server 1.41.0.8992 is now available to everyone.
NEW:
- (AdDetection) Allow ad detection in libraries without DVR (PM-1841)
- (Nvidia Shield) This release removes support for legacy plug-ins on Nvidia Shield devices (PM-1855)
- (Scanner) Look inside ‘subs’ and ‘subtitles’ sub-directories for external subtitle files (PM-1002)
- (Subtitles) Improved subtitle burn-in performance when Hardware Transcoding (PM-1764)
- (Tone Mapping) Added a preference to select tone mapping algorithm to use. Only available on some platforms/devices. (PM-1431)
- (Tonemapping) Added support for HW Tonemapping on Windows for some Intel devices (PM-532)
- (Web) Updated to 4.136.1
FIXES:
- (Library) In some cases library items were not properly sorted (PM-1729)
- (QNAP) Restores Plex Media Server icon in App Center (PM-2081)
- (Scanner) Improve performance when scanning in new movie items. Local metadata will now populate during initial refresh (PM-1777)
- (Single Item Sharing) Filtering shared media by type didn’t work (PM-1359)
- (Sorting) Default sort didn’t use natural sorting (10 should be after 3) (PM-1797)
- (Synology) DSM 7 packages failed to install on some ARMv7 devices (PM-2045)
- (Synology) DSM 7 packages failed to install on some x86 devices (PM-2092)
- (Tags) Tags with unicode characters could not be deleted (PM-2031)
- (Tone Mapping) Tone Mapping could fail on Windows for some Intel devices (PM-2026)
- Optimized Versions would show no items (PM-2030)
Plex Media Server 1.41.0.8994 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.
NEW:
- (AdDetection) Allow ad detection in libraries without DVR (PM-1841)
- (Nvidia Shield) This release removes support for legacy plug-ins on Nvidia Shield devices (PM-1855)
- (Scanner) Look inside ‘subs’ and ‘subtitles’ sub-directories for external subtitle files (PM-1002)
- (Subtitles) Improved subtitle burn-in performance when Hardware Transcoding (PM-1764)
- (Tone Mapping) Added a preference to select tone mapping algorithm to use. Only available on some platforms/devices. (PM-1431)
- (Tonemapping) Added support for HW Tonemapping on Windows for some Intel devices (PM-532)
- (Web) Updated to 4.136.1
FIXES:
- (ARM) The server could exit unexpectedly on ARM-based devices (PM-2054)
- (Android) The server could restart unexpectedly (PM-2054)
- (Auto-Sync Subtitles) The server could crash when playing back very short media with auto-sync enabled (PM-2141)
- (Library) In some cases library items were not properly sorted (PM-1729)
- (QNAP) Restores Plex Media Server icon in App Center (PM-2081)
- (Scanner) Improve performance when scanning in new movie items. Local metadata will now populate during initial refresh (PM-1777)
- (Single Item Sharing) Filtering shared media by type didn’t work (PM-1359)
- (Sorting) Default sort didn’t use natural sorting (10 should be after 3) (PM-1797)
- (Synology) DSM 7 packages failed to install on some ARMv7 devices (PM-2045)
- (Synology) DSM 7 packages failed to install on some x86 devices (PM-2092)
- (Tags) Tags with unicode characters could not be deleted (PM-2031)
- (Tone Mapping) Tone Mapping could fail on Windows for some Intel devices (PM-2026)
- Optimized Versions would show no items (PM-2030)
Plex Media Server 1.41.0.8994 is now available to everyone.
NEW:
- (AdDetection) Allow ad detection in libraries without DVR (PM-1841)
- (Nvidia Shield) This release removes support for legacy plug-ins on Nvidia Shield devices (PM-1855)
- (Scanner) Look inside ‘subs’ and ‘subtitles’ sub-directories for external subtitle files (PM-1002)
- (Subtitles) Improved subtitle burn-in performance when Hardware Transcoding (PM-1764)
- (Tone Mapping) Added a preference to select tone mapping algorithm to use. Only available on some platforms/devices. (PM-1431)
- (Tonemapping) Added support for HW Tonemapping on Windows for some Intel devices (PM-532)
- (Web) Updated to 4.136.1
FIXES:
- (ARM) The server could exit unexpectedly on ARM-based devices (PM-2054)
- (Android) The server could restart unexpectedly (PM-2054)
- (Auto-Sync Subtitles) The server could crash when playing back very short media with auto-sync enabled (PM-2141)
- (Library) In some cases library items were not properly sorted (PM-1729)
- (QNAP) Restores Plex Media Server icon in App Center (PM-2081)
- (Scanner) Improve performance when scanning in new movie items. Local metadata will now populate during initial refresh (PM-1777)
- (Single Item Sharing) Filtering shared media by type didn’t work (PM-1359)
- (Sorting) Default sort didn’t use natural sorting (10 should be after 3) (PM-1797)
- (Synology) DSM 7 packages failed to install on some ARMv7 devices (PM-2045)
- (Synology) DSM 7 packages failed to install on some x86 devices (PM-2092)
- (Tags) Tags with unicode characters could not be deleted (PM-2031)
- (Tone Mapping) Tone Mapping could fail on Windows for some Intel devices (PM-2026)
- Optimized Versions would show no items (PM-2030)
Plex Media Server 1.41.1.9057 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.
NEW:
- (DVR) DVR recordings now utilize hardware for encoding when available and DVR Transcoding is enabled. (PM-1906)
- (Web) Updated to 4.138.0
FIXES:
- (Agents) Posters for items in libraries using the Plex Personal Media agent can sometimes not load correctly during the intitial scan (PM-2133)
- (Metadata) Additional poster and art images fail to load when editing item metadata (PM-2033)
- (Metadata) Reduced length of a stream’s
displayTitle which was often a duplicate of extendedDisplayTitle (PM-2027)
- (Music) Libraries using Plex Personal Media for the agent do not group tracks properly when no album folders are present (PM-2133)
- (Photo Transcoder) The PhotoTranscoder cache can store cached versions of images unnecessarily (PM-1167)
- (Preview Thumbnails) Preview thumb generation can sometimes fail when using keyframes only (PM-1601)
- (Preview Thumbnails) Preview thumb generation never stops retrying after failing (PM-1601)
- (Transcoder) Transcodes using the h264_mf encoder would fail (PM-2116)
Plex Media Server 1.41.1.9057 is now available to everyone.
Plex Media Server 1.41.2.9092 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.
NEW:
- (DVR) Added additional HW encoding settings for controlling DVR transcode output quality and file size (PM-2169)
- (Live TV) Use software decoders for livetv transcodes in order to avoid system errors (PM-2116)
FIXES:
- (Scanner) Some very specific file paths could cause movie scanning to exit prematurely (PM-2038)
- (Subtitles) Certain external subtitle files fail when being parsed for automatic syncing (PM-2176)
- (Subtitles) When using the subtitle search function, make downloaded subtitle available to all media versions (PM-664)
- (Transcoding) HW transcodes of VC1 files could hang instead of presenting an error. (PM-2157)
Plex Media Server 1.41.2.9134 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.
NEW:
- (DVR) Added additional HW encoding settings for controlling DVR transcode output quality and file size (PM-2169)
- (Live TV) Use software decoders for livetv transcodes in order to avoid system errors (PM-2116)
FIXES:
- (Scanner) Some very specific file paths could cause movie scanning to exit prematurely (PM-2038)
- (Subtitles) Certain external subtitle files fail when being parsed for automatic syncing (PM-2176)
- (Subtitles) When using the subtitle search function, make downloaded subtitle available to all media versions (PM-664)
- (Transcoding) HW transcodes of VC1 files could hang instead of presenting an error. (PM-2157)
- (Transcoding) Transcoding music files could cause PMS to crash. (PM-2327)
- (Win64 Installer) Update Service parameters are now updated during server auto-update (PM-2249)
Plex Media Server 1.41.2.9200 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.
(There are no changes to release notes for this release)
Plex Media Server 1.41.2.9200 is now available to everyone.
Plex Media Server 1.41.3.9232 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.
NEW:
- (GPU) Updated the list of NVIDIA, Intel, and AMD HW devices (PM-2138)
- (Library) Added Folder Location filter for Movie, Episode, Track and Photo library views (PM-1739)
- (Web) Updated to 4.141.0
FIXES:
- (Library) In some cases library items were not properly sorted (PM-2106)
- (Livetv) Transcoding mpeg2 livetv streams would fail on windows (PM-2241)
- (Subtitles) Chinese subtitles were not correctly burnt in on MacOS 15 (PM-2168)
- (ViewStateSync) An exception could cause VSS to stop working
Plex Media Server 1.41.3.9276 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.
NEW:
- (GPU) Updated the list of NVIDIA, Intel, and AMD HW devices (PM-2138)
- (Library) Added Folder Location filter for Movie, Episode, Track and Photo library views (PM-1739)
- (Web) Updated to 4.141.0
FIXES:
- (Android) Fix regression for fix which addressed Nvidia Shield devices to crash periodically (PM-2054)
- (Library) Edition titles were not being saved to the database correctly (PM-2474)
- (Library) In some cases library items were not properly sorted (PM-2106)
- (Livetv) Transcoding mpeg2 livetv streams would fail on windows (PM-2241)
- (Subtitles) Chinese subtitles were not correctly burnt in on MacOS 15 (PM-2168)
- (Transcoder) Expat has been updated to 2.6.4, fixes CVE-2022-22822 (PM-2454)
- (ViewStateSync) An exception could cause VSS to stop working
Plex Media Server 1.41.3.9292 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.
NEW:
- (GPU) Updated the list of NVIDIA, Intel, and AMD HW devices (PM-2138)
- (Library) Added Folder Location filter for Movie, Episode, Track and Photo library views (PM-1739)
- (Web) Updated to 4.141.0
FIXES:
- (Android) Fix regression for fix which addressed Nvidia Shield devices to crash periodically (PM-2054)
- (Library) Edition titles were not being saved to the database correctly (PM-2474)
- (Library) In some cases library items were not properly sorted (PM-2106)
- (Library) Items would be removed from library if mount point became unavailable (PM-2460)
- (Livetv) Transcoding mpeg2 livetv streams would fail on windows (PM-2241)
- (Music) Sonic Analysis would not trigger correctly for new albums after a scan (PM-2486)
- (Subtitles) Chinese subtitles were not correctly burnt in on MacOS 15 (PM-2168)
- (Transcoder) Expat has been updated to 2.6.4, fixes CVE-2022-22822 (PM-2454)
- (ViewStateSync) An exception could cause VSS to stop working
Plex Media Server 1.41.3.9292 is now available to everyone.
Plex Media Server 1.41.3.9314 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.
NEW:
- (GPU) Updated the list of NVIDIA, Intel, and AMD HW devices (PM-2138)
- (Library) Added Folder Location filter for Movie, Episode, Track and Photo library views (PM-1739)
- (Web) Updated to 4.141.0
FIXES:
- (Android) Fix regression for fix which addressed Nvidia Shield devices to crash periodically (PM-2054)
- (DB) Fetching media from database would crash if a part contained no streams (PM-2542)
- (Library) Edition titles were not being saved to the database correctly (PM-2474)
- (Library) In some cases library items were not properly sorted (PM-2106)
- (Library) Items would be removed from library if mount point became unavailable (PM-2460)
- (Livetv) Transcoding mpeg2 livetv streams would fail on windows (PM-2241)
- (Music) Sonic Analysis would not trigger correctly for new albums after a scan (PM-2486)
- (Subtitles) Chinese subtitles were not correctly burnt in on MacOS 15 (PM-2168)
- (Transcoder) Expat has been updated to 2.6.4, fixes CVE-2022-22822 (PM-2454)
- (ViewStateSync) An exception could cause VSS to stop working
Plex Media Server 1.41.3.9314 is now available to everyone.
Plex Media Server 1.41.4.9380 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.
NEW:
- (AdDetection) Ad detection can now be run on media add (PM-1988)
- (Web) Updated to 4.143.0
FIXES:
- (Collections) Collections wouldn’t be visible for episode and track library filters (PM-2142)
- (Library) Edition titles were not being saved to the database correctly (PM-2474)
- (Library) Performing a metadata agent upgrade with Refresh Metadata checked would not always refresh metadata (PM-2330)
- (QNAP) Increase time alloted for NVidia to start on QTS/QuTS before proceeding without the Nvidia GPU. (PM-2414)
- (QNAP) Updates PlexData shared folder to be compliant with new QTS/QuTS security mechanism. (PM-2414)
- (Transcoder) Don’t throttle hardware transcodes (PM-2238)
- (Transcoding) On linux, hw burn-in of bitmapped subtitles would fail when the frame size changed mid-stream (PM-2596)
- (Transcoding) Transcodes would fail with idx or sup external subtitle files (PM-2596)
- (Voice Activity Detection) Scheduled tasks for voice activity detection could fail if processing a single bad file (PM-2244)
Plex Media Server 1.41.4.9399 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.
NEW:
- (AdDetection) Ad detection can now be run on media add (PM-1988)
- (Web) Updated to 4.143.0
FIXES:
- (Collections) Collections wouldn’t be visible for episode and track library filters (PM-2142)
- (Library) Edition titles were not being saved to the database correctly (PM-2474)
- (Library) Performing a metadata agent upgrade with Refresh Metadata checked would not always refresh metadata (PM-2330)
- (QNAP) Increase time alloted for NVidia to start on QTS/QuTS before proceeding without the Nvidia GPU. (PM-2414)
- (QNAP) Updates PlexData shared folder to be compliant with new QTS/QuTS security mechanism. (PM-2414)
- (Transcoder) Don’t throttle hardware transcodes (PM-2238)
- (Transcoding) HEVC transcodes were being limited to 8 bits on the web client (PM-2671)
- (Transcoding) On linux, hw burn-in of bitmapped subtitles would fail when the frame size changed mid-stream (PM-2596)
- (Transcoding) Transcodes would fail with idx or sup external subtitle files (PM-2596)
- (Voice Activity Detection) Scheduled tasks for voice activity detection could fail if processing a single bad file (PM-2244)
d MetadataItemResponse support to provider match endpoint (PM-2526)
- (Matcher) Add MetadataItemResponse/JSON support to local metadata matcher (PM-2494)
- (Nano) Added JSON files to transition to RN (PM-1647)
- (Signal) Changed network change and server startup/shutdown to signal events (#15211)
Plex Media Server 1.41.4.9421 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.
NEW:
- (AdDetection) Ad detection can now be run on media add (PM-1988)
- (Web) Updated to 4.143.0
FIXES:
- (Collections) Collections wouldn’t be visible for episode and track library filters (PM-2142)
- (Library) Edition titles were not being saved to the database correctly (PM-2474)
- (Library) Performing a metadata agent upgrade with Refresh Metadata checked would not always refresh metadata (PM-2330)
- (QNAP) Increase time alloted for NVidia to start on QTS/QuTS before proceeding without the Nvidia GPU. (PM-2414)
- (QNAP) Updates PlexData shared folder to be compliant with new QTS/QuTS security mechanism. (PM-2414)
- (Transcoder) Don’t throttle hardware transcodes (PM-2238)
- (Transcoder) Unconditional unthrottling of HW transcodes would affect streaming transcodes (PM-2703)
- (Transcoding) HEVC transcodes were being limited to 8 bits on the web client (PM-2671)
- (Transcoding) On linux, hw burn-in of bitmapped subtitles would fail when the frame size changed mid-stream (PM-2596)
- (Transcoding) Transcodes would fail with idx or sup external subtitle files (PM-2596)
- (Voice Activity Detection) Scheduled tasks for voice activity detection could fail if processing a single bad file (PM-2244)
d MetadataItemResponse support to provider match endpoint (PM-2526)
- (Matcher) Add MetadataItemResponse/JSON support to local metadata matcher (PM-2494)
- (Nano) Added JSON files to transition to RN (PM-1647)
- (Signal) Changed network change and server startup/shutdown to signal events (#15211)
Plex Media Server 1.41.4.9463 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.
NEW:
- (AdDetection) Ad detection can now be run on media add (PM-1988)
- (Web) Updated to 4.143.0
FIXES:
- (Collections) Collections wouldn’t be visible for episode and track library filters (PM-2142)
- (Library) Edition titles were not being saved to the database correctly (PM-2474)
- (Library) Performing a metadata agent upgrade with Refresh Metadata checked would not always refresh metadata (PM-2330)
- (QNAP) Increase time alloted for NVidia to start on QTS/QuTS before proceeding without the Nvidia GPU. (PM-2414)
- (QNAP) Updates PlexData shared folder to be compliant with new QTS/QuTS security mechanism. (PM-2414)
- (Transcoder) Don’t throttle hardware transcodes (PM-2238)
- (Transcoder) Unconditional unthrottling of HW transcodes would affect streaming transcodes (PM-2703)
- (Transcoding) HEVC transcodes were being limited to 8 bits on the web client (PM-2671)
- (Transcoding) HW transcodes would fail on older intel igpus (PM-2756)
- (Transcoding) On linux, hw burn-in of bitmapped subtitles would fail when the frame size changed mid-stream (PM-2596)
- (Transcoding) Transcodes would fail with idx or sup external subtitle files (PM-2596)
- (Voice Activity Detection) Scheduled tasks for voice activity detection could fail if processing a single bad file (PM-2244)
