Plex Media Server 0.9.15.2 is now available for Plex Pass members.
NEW
(iOS) Sync soft subtitles to iOS clients.
Advanced preference to set the x264 preset used with background transcodes.
(Windows) Plex Media Server now requires the latest service pack or update, when installed on Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8.1.
FIXES
(Windows) Address installation errors on systems missing a required service pack or operating system update.
(Media Optimizer) Processing wouldn’t always restart to handle newly-added library content.
(Sync) Sync item configuration changes weren’t being picked up immediately.
(Sync) Watched items weren’t being immediately removed from unwatched-only sync items.
(Sync) Unwatched-only sync items might not include specific unwatched items in some rare cases.
(Sync) Run Cloud Sync every 24 hours, in order to sync view counts to the cloud.
Popular tracks list for artists wasn’t respecting sharing restrictions.
Netgear RN21x package no longer overwrites Preferences.xml on startup.
Incorrect auto-update download links in some rare cases.
Playback could fail to start on LG TVs in some rare cases.
Subtitles in ‘mov_text’ format might not transcode correctly.
Crash during episode post-play.
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January 26, 2016, 3:24pm
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Plex Media Server 0.9.15.2 is now available for everyone.
See previous release notes .
Plex Media Server 0.9.15.3 is now available for Plex Pass members.
FIXES
(Transcoder) Improve performance transcoding video to MP4 containers. (this change didn’t actually make it into this release)
(Media Optimizer) Crash after video transcode with certain subtitle configurations.
(Sync)(Windows) Issues ensuring transcode directory is writable.
(Sync)(iOS) Improve accuracy of synced resolution and bitrate metadata.
Plex Media Server 0.9.15.3 is now available for everyone.
See previous release notes .
Plex Media Server 0.9.15.4 is now available for Plex Pass members.
NEW
Recognize JPEG 2000 files as photos.
Recognize WebVTT files as external subtitles.
FIXES
(PS3, PS4) Incorrect aspect ratios transcoding anamorphic video.
(Chromecast) Remove 12Mbps video bitrate limit.
Remove folder view from library sections when user has restrictions.
Support unicode attributes scanning WMA files.
Recently Added hub items weren’t always sorted correctly.
Plex Media Server 0.9.15.5 is now available for Plex Pass members.
NEW
(UI) Easily secure insecure media servers on the local network.
Update Plex/Web to 2.5.6
FIXES
(Transcoder) Respect profile limitations around VBR audio.
Plex Media Server 0.9.15.6 is now available for everyone.
FIXES
Multiple subtitles in a single file could be lost after a metadata update.
Auto-update could require a manual install in some cases.
(Roku) Improve stability resuming video over HLS.
(Windows) Simplify auto-update experience.
(Windows) Never reboot after a media server auto-update.
(Windows) Fix license link in ‘about’ dialog.
Plex Media Server 0.9.16.0 is now available for Plex Pass members.
NEW
(Metadata) Support local artist posters and fanart.
(Metadata) Support local album fanart.
(Metadata) Support ‘short’, ‘featurette’ and ‘other’ sidecar movie extras.
Log files are now versioned as .X.log instead of .log.X.
(OS X) Log files are now stored in a dedicated “~/Library/Logs/Plex Media Server” directory
(PMP) Support remuxing FLAC audio for video transcodes.
(Prefs) Move advanced Update Channel pref to non-advanced section.
Improved startup times on multi-core systems.
FIXES
(Lyrics) Handle lyrics files with CR linebreaks.
(Media Optimizer) Improved default sorting of items for Media Optimizer, Playlists, and Sync.
(Metadata) Show correct release date for MP3 music files.
(Metadata) Read metadata from MP4 movie files without audio track.
(Metadata) Don’t strip dots from song titles.
(Metadata) Artists with trailing dots weren’t showing album metadata in music libraries using the Last.fm agent.
Generate thumbnails with correct aspect ratios for anamorphic content.
Reliably find local assets for multi-disc music albums.
Improve reliability of .plexignore handling.
Improve reliability of library cleanup during scanning.
Incorrect playlist durations when items have multiple versions.
Prevent scheduled tasks from starting and ending at the same time.
Don’t label media items as “Original” when there’s only one.
Enable uninstalling manually installed plugins.
(Transcoder) Improve performance transcoding video to MP4 containers.
(Transcoder) Prefer transcodes of stereo sources to AAC over other multi-channel codecs.
(Transcoder) Improve compatibility of HLS transcodes with some older Samsung TVs.
(Transcoder) Failures transcoding audio with low sampling rates for the Roku.
(Transcoder) Failures copying invalid chapters when transcoding to streaming MKV.
(Transcoder) Failures burning DVB subtitles.
(Transcoder) Incorrect name and language attributes when transcoding subtitles to WebVTT.
(Transcoder) Online content requiring a specific user agent wasn’t transcoding correctly.
(Prefs) Removed obsolete “Offer higher bitrates over 3G connections” preference.
(Prefs) Removed obsolete “Enable Dolby Digital on Apple TV” preference.
(Playlists) Sorting playlists by duration wasn’t working.
(Windows) Failures installing when Windows Firewall service is disabled.
(Windows) Automatically launch the server after auto update.
(Windows) Incorrect Windows version listed in installer logs.
(iOS) Failures playing MP4 video with MP3 audio.
(DLNA) Connect to remote media servers securely.
(DLNA) Crashes when video has no audio stream.
(Roku) TV play queues weren’t advancing.
(Bundles) A number of small service fixes.
NOTE : The 0.9.16.1 preview release has been pulled and is not available. We’re working to make an updated preview release available as soon as possible.
Plex Media Server 0.9.16.1 is now available for Plex Pass members.
NEW
FIXES
(Sync) Errors deleting transcoded media after client download.
(Sync) Prioritize sync and media optimizer transcodes above generating video preview thumbnails.
(Cloud Sync) Reduce maximum h264 level to 4.0.
(Media Optimizer) Preserve forced subtitle attribute.
(Transcoder) Some edge cases around MPEG4 video handling.
(Transcoder) Cleanly stop transcode sessions when writing to disk fails.
(Transcoder) Segmented WebVTT subtitles might be displayed incorrectly before long periods of silence.
(Lyrics) Handle deleted sidecar lyrics correctly.
(Relay) Issues starting relay service when plex.tv account name contains spaces.
(Relay) Improve logging of error conditions.
(Relay) Kill relay service process during shutdown.
(Windows) Delete files when moving to recycle bin fails.
(Windows) Launch as incorrect user when automatic update was installed using different account.
(Windows) Automatic update installs are no longer unattended (due to the issue above).
(Linux) Issues using the PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_USE_SYSLOG environment.
(QNAP) Ignore @Recycle folders.
When sorting shows by date added, the last-added episode date should be used.
Change .plexignore behavior to use glob matching for directories, while filtering subdirectories correctly.
Ensure all log traces are written before process shutdown.
Plex Media Server 0.9.16.2 is now available for Plex Pass members.
NEW
(NAS) Support Synology DS414j, DS416j and DSM 6.0 Beta
FIXES
(Windows) Occasional HTTP 500 errors when playing media.
(NAS) Warn if the Synology DSM version is too old.
(Transcoder) In rare cases, clients might see partial files when downloading segmented WebVTT subtitles.
(Transcoder) Failures transcoding online content with limited media analysis info.
(Transcoder) Don’t select an unavailable media item for playback when another one is available.
chrisc
March 19, 2016, 2:45am
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Plex Media Server 0.9.16.2 is now available for everyone.
See the previous notes for details.
Plex Media Server 0.9.16.3 is now available for everyone.
NEW
FIXES
New installs weren’t offering a simple way to sign into plex.tv .
Transcoded music playback was failing on Playstation 3 and 4 apps.
Plex Media Server 0.9.16.4 is now available for Plex Pass members.
NEW
FIXES
(Media Optimizer) Episodes from shows whose titles have trailing periods might be repeatedly reprocessed (on Windows).
(Media Optimizer) Transcoded special episodes weren’t following the naming convention.
(Media Optimizer) Optimized versions could be automatically deleted while being watched.
(Transcoder) Transcoder process crashes weren’t being reliably detected on non-Windows platforms.
(Transcoder) Issues transcoding music files with high sampling rates.
(Transcoder) The highest quality audio encoder wasn’t always selected with Direct Streaming disabled.
(DLNA) Crashes entering movie sections with Samsung Smart TV DLNA client.
(Windows) Show tray icon on recent Windows Insider Preview builds.
(Windows) Overwrite older files more reliably during setup.
(Metadata) Download higher quality artist posters from last.fm.
(Metadata) Fix top tracks for music libraries.
(Metadata) Missing Rotten Tomatoes metadata when movie has no trailers and language is not set to English
(PS4) Certain images weren’t being cached while browsing.
(Web) Plex Pass privileges weren’t being recognized on first sign-in.
Issues with .plexignore files.
Issues with playback from some unofficial Plex Channels.
Plex Media Server 0.9.16.4 is now available for everyone.
See the previous notes for details.
Plex Media Server 0.9.16.5 is now available for Plex Pass members.
NEW
Update Plex/Web to 2.6.1 Various updates to Services and Media Flags. (Services updates will be in a follow up release)
(Windows) Localized tray icon to German, Spanish, French, Japanese, and Chinese.
FIXES
(Metadata) Improve TVDB matching of newly added shows.
(Metadata) Prevent movie sort titles getting reverted to default values. (#3817 )
(Metadata) Detect forced flag in external idx/sub subtitles file name. (#4196 )
(Transcoder) Client profile limitations could be applied incorrectly in rare cases. (#4292 )
(HTTP) Respect case-insensitivity of HTTP headers. (#3735 )
(Web) Save “Include in dashboard” library setting correctly with Chrome. (#4295 )
(Windows) Crashes transcoding large numbers of srt files. (#4276 )
Subtitles might not be automatically selected when an audio stream was forced. (#4271 )
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Plex Media Server 0.9.16.6 is now available for Plex Pass members.
NEW
Various updates to Services and Media Flags.
Plex Media Server 0.9.16.6 is now available for everyone.
See the previous notes for details.
Ridley
May 27, 2016, 10:45pm
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Plex Media Server - Transcoder Preview: 0.9.17.0
This is a special forums-only (Plex Pass) preview release; see the thread for download links.
NEW:
(Transcoder) Prune HLS and DASH segments when disk space is low, instead of failing transcodes with insufficient space. (#3918 )
(Preferences) Preference to control chapter thumbnail generation. (#4232 )
(Metadata) Add director and writer images for supported clients. (#3863 )
(Search) Quick Search now searches across all libraries of the same type. (#4153 )
Services bundle auto-updates independently of media server installations again. (#4272 )
Use CineMaterial instead of MoviePosterDB.
Updated Media Flags.
Updated client profiles for a number of platforms.
(OS X) Mac OS versions 10.6 and 10.7 are no longer supported.
(Windows) Windows Vista is no longer supported.
(Windows) Install Media Feature Packs during setup on Windows N and KN SKUs.
(Linux) ARMv5, PowerPC and ROS4 NAS devices are no longer supported (see complete list here: https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/218212517 )
(Linux) QNAP ARMv5 devices are no longer supported (eg. TS-x19).
(Linux) Synology ARMv5 and PPC devices are no longer supported (eg. DS-x12 and older devices).
(Linux) Thecus PPC devices are no longer supported.
(Linux) Western Digital MyCloud Ex4 is no longer supported (Its ARMv5).
(Linux) Netgear ReadyNAS OS4 platforms are no longer supported.
FIXES:
(Sync) Reprocess items if necessary when original media is removed. (#3800 )
(Sync) Sync v1 items were including redundant subtitle streams. (#1704 )
(Sync) Show a clear error message when a user’s sync item is no longer authorized. (#4453 )
(Security) Reload server’s TLS certificate if cached copy doesn’t work. (#4235 )
(Security) Reuse certificate when secure connections are disabled, then re-enabled. (#4007 )
(Thumbnails) Don’t re-attempt failed thumbnail generation using the same version of the transcoder. (#3973 )
(Media Optimizer) Optimization jobs might fail on some NAS devices when the optimization folder was kept open. (#4446 )
(Chapters) Ignore lone video chapters near start position (#4399 )
(Now Playing) Missing show and artist data and artwork (#4042 )
(Hubs) ‘Start Watching’ hub no longer includes shows with partially watched episodes. (#4015 )
(Hubs) ‘Continue Watching’ hub for TV libraries was missing progress bars. (#3524 )
(Hubs) Music hubs for restricted users could be slow in certain cases. (#3958 )
(Hubs) Improve performance of play queues created from ‘Recently Added’ hubs (#4238 )
(Postplay) Postplay screen for managed users displayed results for admin account. (#4344 )
(Agents) Use HTTPS where possible when talking to external services. (#4148 )
(Transcoder) Errors transcoding photos when localhost is not 127.0.0.1 (#4008 )
(Transcoder) Setting the throttle buffer to zero wasn’t disabling throttling. (#4556 )
(Remote Access) Incorrect internal IP address displayed on server mapping page. (#3908 )
(OS X) Improve idle sleep prevention. (#3930 )
(Windows) Better tray icon. (#4314 )
(Windows) Don’t open iTunes app when iTunes channel is disabled. (#4328 )
(Composites) Make composite image generation more random. (#2153 )
(Composites) Failures generating composite images for certain playlists. (#4021 )
(Scanner) Import genre, year and image from WMA music files. (#4364 )
(Scanner) Don’t merge music albums which were wrongly identified as the same album. (#3629 )
(Scanner) Tolerate errors reading corrupt FLAC file tags. (#4076 )
(Scanner) Don’t stop scanning when a single file is corrupt or has other issues. (#4432 )
(Scanner) Improve matching by recognizing reversed filenames. (#4358 )
(Preferences) Hide plugin time-out preference, ensure it’s always at least fifteen seconds. (#4406 )
(Network) Process Accept-Language headers correctly. (#4367 )
(Network) Process HTTP headers as case-insensitive (#3735 )
(Network) Rare cases where HTTP requests might be received, but never processed (#4248 )
(Network) Rare HTTP 401 responses when server is starting up (#4376 )
Remove hard-coded limit on number of Recently Added items. (#3966 )
Music videos For Recent Artists was incorrectly being randomized. (#4041 )
Incorrect filters were being displayed with unwatched only filter. (#4252 )
Hide music video extras for albums which have user restrictions. (#3121 )
Device names with non-latin characters weren’t being handled correctly. (#4028 )
Slow performance accessing item details. (#1761 )
Detect process launch failures more accurately on Unix systems (#3738 )
Improve stability with premium music libraries. (#4159 )
Improve stability of TMDb agent.
Improve media analysis for non-H.264 video.
View state from the wrong user could be displayed in certain cases. (#4074 )
Auto-update downloads could stall without timing out.
Crashes with invalid HTTP requests. (#4403 )
Crashes logging certain string patterns (#4438 )
Plex Media Server - Transcoder Preview: 0.9.17.1
This is a special forums-only (Plex Pass) preview release; see the thread for download links.
NEW:
FIXES:
(Sync) Rare case where transcodes could fail when transcoding to an empty directory. (#4589 )
(Sync) Unable to sync global On Deck to Sync v1 clients. (#4652 )
(Media Optimizer) Manually deleting version files should disable the versions. (#4656 )
(Windows) Install Media Foundation prerequisite on Windows Server 2008 R2.
(Windows) Always request a reboot after installing Media Foundation on Windows Server.
(Windows) Playback and media analysis problems with MSMPEG4v3 video.
(OS X) Bundle wasn’t signed correctly. (#4626 )
(Bundles) Be more resilient installing unrelated bundles when one fails. (#4612 )
(Plex Media Player) Transcodes using unusual channel layouts might fail.
(Metadata) Failures connecting to OpenSubtitles.org .
(Metadata) Issues with search results from The Movie DB.
Crashes playing transcoded content with older versions of Firefox. (#4630 )
Occasional crashes playing video. (#4616 )
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Plex Media Server 0.9.17.2 is now available for Plex Pass members.
FIXES:
(OS X) Unnecessary “Allow Incoming Connections” prompt on server startup. (#3923 )
(Security) Servers using custom certificates could fail to publish secure addresses to plex.tv . (#4601 )
(On Deck) Episodes could display out of order. (#4680 )
(Transcoder) Failures transcoding some RTMP channel content. (#4684 )
(Transcoder) Failures seeking inside some transcoded videos containg remuxed AAC audio.
(Transcoder) Failures transcoding MSMPEG4v3 video.
