Plex Media Server

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Plex Media Server 1.42.0.9975 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.

NEW:

  • (Metadata) Support for Icelandic for Movie and TV show libraries (PM-2328)
  • (Preferences) Added pref for downloads temp directory (PM-3560)
  • (Preferences) Added preference for number of simultaneous background transcodes, including downloads (PM-3724)

FIXES:

  • (Collections) Adding tracks to a collection overwrites the disc number field (PM-2605)
  • (Collections) The collection item count subtitle for smart collections could be inaccurate for collections with limits (PM-2742)
  • (EPG) Using the Browse option for LiveTV EPG results in an error (PM-3698)
  • (Editions) Filmography listing don’t return movies which only exist as specific editions (PM-675)
  • (Library) Photo libraries would show legacy photo agent as selectable option (PM-3563)
  • (Preferences) Improve descriptions for episode and album sorting preferences (PM-724)
  • (Voice Activity Detection) Scheduled tasks could try to run items which have already been processed (PM-3458)
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686

Plex Media Server 1.42.1.10054 is now available to everyone.

NEW:

  • (Metadata) Support for Icelandic for Movie and TV show libraries (PM-2328) (Preferences)
  • Added pref for downloads temp directory (PM-3560) (Preferences)
  • Added preference for number of simultaneous background transcodes, including downloads (PM-3724)

FIXES:

  • (Collections) Adding tracks to a collection overwrites the disc number field (PM-2605)
  • (Collections) The collection item count subtitle for smart collections could be inaccurate for collections with limits (PM-2742)
  • (EPG) Using the Browse option for LiveTV EPG results in an error
  • (PM-3698) (Editions) Filmography listing don’t return movies which only exist as specific editions
  • (PM-675) (Library) Photo libraries would show legacy photo agent as selectable option
  • (PM-3563) (Preferences) Improve descriptions for episode and album sorting preferences
  • (PM-724) (Voice Activity Detection) Scheduled tasks could try to run items which have already been processed
  • (PM-3458) (Security) Address potential vulnerability. More details: Plex Media Server - Security Update (PM-3915)
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687

Plex Media Server 1.42.1.10060 is now available to everyone.

NEW:

  • (Metadata) Support for Icelandic for Movie and TV show libraries (PM-2328)
  • (Preferences) Added pref for downloads temp directory (PM-3560)
  • (Preferences) Added preference for number of simultaneous background transcodes, including downloads (PM-3724)

FIXES:

  • (Collections) Adding tracks to a collection overwrites the disc number field (PM-2605)
  • (Collections) The collection item count subtitle for smart collections could be inaccurate for collections with limits (PM-2742)
  • (EPG) Using the Browse option for LiveTV EPG results in an error (PM-3698)
  • (Editions) Filmography listing don’t return movies which only exist as specific editions (PM-3698)
  • (First Run) Initial setup can fail with ‘Core Component’ error (PM-3918)
  • (Library) Photo libraries would show legacy photo agent as selectable option (PM-675)
  • (Preferences) Improve descriptions for episode and album sorting preferences (PM-3563)
  • (Voice Activity Detection) Scheduled tasks could try to run items which have already been processed (PM-724)
  • (Security) Address potential vulnerability. More details: https://forums.plex.tv/t/pms-release-update/928341 (PM-3915)
5 Likes
688

Plex Media Server 1.42.2.10102 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.

NEW:

  • (Playback) Better caching of codec testing to improve start time of playback sessions (PM-3913)
  • (Preferences) Split transcoder slots into CPU and GPU slots (PM-3891)

FIXES:

  • (Ad Detection) Logs were left next to the target media file instead of in the Plex Log folder (PM-3580)
  • (Docker) Various issues related to permissions could occur when explicitly setting UID and GID. (PM-3925)
  • (Downloads) Any existing files in ‘Downloads temporary directory’ would be deleted. (PM-3944)
  • (Downloads) Setting ‘Maximum simultaneous background video transcode’ to ‘Unlimited’ would prevent any download transcodes or optimizations from running (PM-3957)
  • (Optimizations) HEVC Optimization could result in a file with no video (PM-3938)
  • (Subtitles) When automatically selecting subtitles forced subtitles were preferred over full subtitles. (PM-3728)
6 Likes
689

Plex Media Server 1.42.2.10122 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.

NEW:

  • (Playback) Better caching of codec testing to improve start time of playback sessions (PM-3913)
  • (Preferences) Split transcoder slots into CPU and GPU slots (PM-3891)

FIXES:

  • (Ad Detection) Logs were left next to the target media file instead of in the Plex Log folder (PM-3580)
  • (Docker) Various issues related to permissions could occur when explicitly setting UID and GID. (PM-3925)
  • (Downloads) Any existing files in ‘Downloads temporary directory’ would be deleted. (PM-3944)
  • (Downloads) Setting ‘Maximum simultaneous background video transcode’ to ‘Unlimited’ would prevent any download transcodes or optimizations from running (PM-3957)
  • (Music) Similar artist tags were not being loaded (PM-3848)
  • (Optimizations) HEVC Optimization could result in a file with no video (PM-3938)
  • (Subtitles) When automatically selecting subtitles forced subtitles were preferred over full subtitles. (PM-3728)
  • (Transcoder) SW fallback would fail when CPU slots were set to Unlimited (PM-3991)
4 Likes
690

Plex Media Server 1.42.2.10156 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.

NEW:

  • (Playback) Better caching of codec testing to improve start time of playback sessions (PM-3913)
  • (Preferences) Split transcoder slots into CPU and GPU slots (PM-3891)

FIXES:

  • (Ad Detection) Logs were left next to the target media file instead of in the Plex Log folder (PM-3580)
  • (CreditDetection) Credit detection would fail on windows servers (PM-4025)
  • (Docker) Various issues related to permissions could occur when explicitly setting UID and GID. (PM-3925)
  • (Downloads) Any existing files in ‘Downloads temporary directory’ would be deleted. (PM-3944)
  • (Downloads) Setting ‘Maximum simultaneous background video transcode’ to ‘Unlimited’ would prevent any download transcodes or optimizations from running (PM-3957)
  • (Music) Similar artist tags were not being loaded (PM-3848)
  • (Optimizations) HEVC Optimization could result in a file with no video (PM-3938)
  • (Subtitles) When automatically selecting subtitles forced subtitles were preferred over full subtitles. (PM-3728)
  • (Transcoder) SW fallback would fail when CPU slots were set to Unlimited (PM-3991)
2 Likes
691

Plex Media Server 1.42.2.10156 is now available to everyone.

5 Likes
692

Plex Media Server 1.43.0.10162 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.

NOTE: While the transcoder update included in this release does not include any new features it has been refreshed from the ground up. Even though this has undergone significant testing internally as well as in a forum preview build we realize there still may be some issues to work out so this build will stay in beta for longer than usual to give us time to find and address any lingering bugs.

NEW:

  • (Transcoder) Transcoder was updated to the ffmpeg 6.1 baseline. (PM-3882)
27 Likes
693

Plex Media Server 1.43.0.10231 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.

NOTE: While the transcoder update included in this release does not include any new features it has been refreshed from the ground up. Even though this has undergone significant testing internally as well as in a forum preview build we realize there still may be some issues to work out so this build will stay in beta for longer than usual to give us time to find and address any lingering bugs.

NEW:

  • (API) Add support for ‘squareArt’ element type (PM-2959)
  • (Metadata) Add support for local ‘squareArt’ image for movies and TV shows (PM-2959)
  • (Metadata) Add support for local clearLogo images for movies and TV shows (PM-4098)
  • (Transcoder) Transcoder was updated to the ffmpeg 6.1 baseline. (PM-3882)

FIXES:

  • (Transcoder) HLS streams could fail when seeking (PM-4075)
  • (Voice Activity) Detection could fail in some instances (PM-4066)
17 Likes
694

Plex Media Server 1.43.0.10346 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.

NOTE: While the transcoder update included in this release does not include any new features it has been refreshed from the ground up. Even though this has undergone significant testing internally as well as in a forum preview build we realize there still may be some issues to work out so this build will stay in beta for longer than usual to give us time to find and address any lingering bugs.

NEW:

  • (API) Add support for ‘squareArt’ element type (PM-2959)
  • (API) Added documentation for Metadata Providers (PM-3051)
  • (Agents) Visibility of legacy agents during library setup must be explicitly enabled in global library settings (PM-3605)
  • (Metadata) Add support for local ‘squareArt’ image for movies and TV shows (PM-2959)
  • (Metadata) Add support for local clearLogo images for movies and TV shows (PM-4098)
  • (Transcoder) Transcoder was updated to the ffmpeg 6.1 baseline. (PM-3882)
  • (Web) Updated to 4.152.0

FIXES:

  • (Commercials) Commercials were not being removed from live-TV recordings (PM-4208)
  • (Credit Detection) Transcoder update caused credit detection to fail. (PM-4167)
  • (EAC3) Only 4 channels were detected on 7.1 channel EAC3 tracks (PM-4085)
  • (Library) Server could crash when matching music (PM-4128)
  • (Library) Upgrading legacy agents set to Arabic language would fail (PM-3909)
  • (Live TV) Addressed issue using the aac_latm audio codec on live tv streams (PM-4099)
  • (Live TV) Tuning some live-tv channels would result in an error about unknown timestamps (PM-4104)
  • (Metadata) Identical albums with differing titles would all get the same title (PM-4097)
  • (Metadata) Personal Media agent for TV and Music would skip refreshes for child items (PM-4190)
  • (Metadata) Season art should not be set if it is identical to the show art (PM-3834)
  • (Metadata) Some library-level language preferences were not being applied correctly (PM-4110)
  • (Metadata) When unmatched items were refreshed the local metadata was being ignored (PM-4152)
  • (Plexamp) Transcoding tracks could result in missing data (PM-4114)
  • (Shield) A green border could have appeared when transcoding to HEVC (PM-4122)
  • (Transcoder) HLS streams could fail when seeking (PM-4075)
  • (Transcoding) Transcoding of EAC3 files would sometimes fail on HLS streams (PM-4084)
  • (Voice Activity) Detection could fail in some instances (PM-4066)
13 Likes
695

Plex Media Server 1.43.0.10389 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.

NOTE: While the transcoder update included in this release does not include any new features it has been refreshed from the ground up. Even though this has undergone significant testing internally as well as in a forum preview build we realize there still may be some issues to work out so this build will stay in beta for longer than usual to give us time to find and address any lingering bugs.

NEW:

  • (API) Add support for ‘squareArt’ element type (PM-2959)
  • (API) Added documentation for Metadata Providers (PM-3051)
  • (Agents) Visibility of legacy agents during library setup must be explicitly enabled in global library settings (PM-3605)
  • (Metadata) Add support for local ‘squareArt’ image for movies and TV shows (PM-2959)
  • (Metadata) Add support for local clearLogo images for movies and TV shows (PM-4098)
  • (Transcoder) Transcoder was updated to the ffmpeg 6.1 baseline. (PM-3882)
  • (Web) Updated to 4.156.0

FIXES:

  • (Commercials) Commercials were not being removed from live-TV recordings (PM-4208)
  • (Credit Detection) Transcoder update caused credit detection to fail. (PM-4167)
  • (EAC3) Only 4 channels were detected on 7.1 channel EAC3 tracks (PM-4085)
  • (Library) Server could crash when matching music (PM-4128)
  • (Library) Upgrading legacy agents set to Arabic language would fail (PM-3909)
  • (Live TV) Addressed issue using the aac_latm audio codec on live tv streams (PM-4099)
  • (Live TV) Tuning some live-tv channels would result in an error about unknown timestamps (PM-4104)
  • (Metadata) Identical albums with differing titles would all get the same title (PM-4097)
  • (Metadata) Personal Media agent for TV and Music would skip refreshes for child items (PM-4190)
  • (Metadata) Season art should not be set if it is identical to the show art (PM-3834)
  • (Metadata) Some library-level language preferences were not being applied correctly (PM-4110)
  • (Metadata) When unmatched items were refreshed the local metadata was being ignored (PM-4152)
  • (Plexamp) Transcoding tracks could result in missing data (PM-4114)
  • (Shield) A green border could have appeared when transcoding to HEVC (PM-4122)
  • (Transcoder) An error would occur when transcoding mpeg2 video (PM-4276)
  • (Transcoder) An error would sometimes occur when transcoding the lc profile of the aac codec (PM-4266)
  • (Transcoder) HLS streams could fail when seeking (PM-4075)
  • (Transcoder) The transcoder would crash when direct streaming eac3 to a mov container (PM-4274)
  • (Transcoding) Transcoding of EAC3 files would sometimes fail on HLS streams (PM-4084)
  • (Voice Activity) Detection could fail in some instances (PM-4066)
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