Plex Media Server

Announcements
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Plex Media Server 1.3.2 is now available for everyone.

NEW

  • (NAS) Improve support for Western Digital MyCloud PR2100 and PR4100 devices.

FIXES:

  • (Localization) Updated server translation text. (#5908)
142

Plex Media Server 1.3.3 is now available for everyone.

FIXES:

  • (Web) Updated Plex Web to 2.12.5.
  • (DLNA) Transcoded videos weren’t showing up on older Sony TVs and Blu-ray players. (#5902)
  • (Photos) Video clips in photo sections might have incorrect dates. (#5924)
  • (Media Optimizer) Version file names would replace non-ASCII characters with underscores. (#5944)
  • (Transcoder) Issues playing some MPEG-TS videos. (#5977)
  • (Transcoder) Issues burning PGS subtitles on Western Digital PR devices. (#6013)
  • (Transcoder) Issues encoding H.264 on the NVIDIA SHIELD. (#5921)
  • (TV) Episodes without season and episode numbers were sorting ahead of all others. (#5777)
  • (TV) Scanning a show with a new episode could leave the episode unlinked to its series until a library refresh. (#5939)
  • (Search) Better disambiguation of matching search results. (#5785)
  • (Search) Searches might return other users’ playlists. (#5972)
  • (Scanner) Changing the case of a filename would completely recreate the item on case-insensitive filesystems. (#5935)
  • (Media Analysis) Pre-play pages weren’t always triggering a media analysis refresh when needed.
  • Streaming Brain-related crash. (#5788)
  • Crash when handling old obsolete sync data. (#5894)
  • Updating a library could crash the server in rare cases. (#5981)
  • Lack of video stream in a video file could lead to server crash under some circumstances. (#5995)
  • Crash when handling transcode request due to some invalid media data. (#5997)
  • DLNA-related server crashes. (#5993) (#5994) (#5999)
  • Crash due to a rare unhandled exception when scanning for plugins. (#5991)
143

Plex Media Server 1.3.4 is now available for everyone.

NEW:

  • (Web) Updated Plex Web to 2.13.0
  • (Media Flags) Updated bundle to 2016-12-22 (#6033)

FIXES:

  • (DLNA) Crash browsing to certain photo library sections. (#5874)
  • (Streaming Brain) Certain videos might transcode instead even when enough bandwidth was available to direct play. (#6085) (#6216)
144

Plex Media Server 1.4.1 is now available for Plex Pass members.

NEW:

  • (DVR) Plex DVR beta 5.
  • (macOS) macOS version 10.8 is no longer supported. (#6155)
  • (Movies) Add related and post-play hubs for a movie’s collections. (#6005) (#6011)
  • (Music) Improved performance of music hubs with large libraries (#6060)
  • (Music) Removed ‘Music Videos For Recent Artists’ hub. (#6075)
  • (Photos) Added same-day and same-month hubs for photos. (#5666)
  • (Metadata) Added hidden ‘ArticleStrings’ preference, a comma-separated list of words considered to be grammatical articles when sorting titles in a library. (#6110)

FIXES:

  • (Windows) Work around crash on startup on some Windows 10 installations. (#5719)
  • (Web) Transcode multi-channel audio to stereo, when transcoding audio. (#5588)
  • (Music) MP3 files with certain ID3v2 tag patterns were being ignored. (#5093)
  • (Music) Local lyrics weren’t displayed in certain cases. (#6153)
  • (Music) Transcoding lossless audio at ‘original’ quality to a lossy codec could result in low-bitrate output. (#5858)
  • (Music) Issues with Plex Mixes on NVIDIA SHIELD. (#5724)
  • (Metadata) Sort cast entries from TVDB correctly. (#5744)
  • (Metadata) Posters and art were unnecessarily re-downloaded on every refresh. (#6001)
  • (Metadata) Score matches similarly for TMDB and IMDB results. (#6027)
  • (Metadata) Issues downloading metadata from TVDB over TLS. (#5986)
  • (Scanner) Improve performance refreshing album metadata. (#3894)
  • (Scanner) Fixed intermittent crash on startup, particularly for FreeBSD users. (#6026)
  • (Network) Server would transiently deny access to apps that hadn’t run for a while. (#5443)
  • (Network) Server might become unresponsive under load. (#5558)
  • (Network) Incorrect Remote Access status reported in some cases. (#5834) (#6105)
  • (Subtitles) Prefer embedded subtitles, over agent-provided sidecar subtitles in bundles. (#5848)
  • (Database) Improve database backup performance. (#5839)
  • (Transcoder) Improve streaming MKV output, improving seek performance with conformant clients. (#2495)
  • (Hubs) Adding many episodes from a single show could swamp Recently Added hubs. (#5687)
  • (Sync) Sync items in a failure state might not be cleared on next successful sync. (#6078)
  • (Sync) Improved performance when garbage-collecting (#6077)
  • (Sync) Empty sync items might not be marked as completed. (#6194)
  • (NAS) Rare installation failures on Synology devices. (#6045)
  • (Channels) Issues on Windows for some channels, e.g. ExportTools. (#6127)
  • (DVR) Fix for post-processing sometimes not moving files into library (#6087)
  • (DVR) Fix a rare crash while processing recording schedule (#6050)
  • (DVR) When adding or removing a device, make sure we re-run scheduling (#6177)
  • (DVR) Support for logical channels in XMLTV, may require remapping.
  • (DVR) Support for previously-shown element in XMLTV.
  • (DVR) A recording with pre-padding could be cancelled prematurely (#6256)
  • The default sort order for albums was alphabetical (#6255)
  • A rare crash when computing recently added TV shows.
145

Plex Media Server 1.4.2 is now available for Plex Pass members.

NEW:

  • (Search) Include matching collections in search results. (Requires performing an Optimize Database on the server before it can be used the first time.) (#6006)
  • (Media Flags) Updated bundle to 2017-02-15.

FIXES:

  • (macOS) Code-signing issues on macOS 10.9.x and 10.10.x. (#6318)
  • (macOS) Unexpected requests for firewall access when launching the server. (#6315)
  • (Linux) RPM installation failures. (#6314)
  • (Chromecast) Some H.264-specific limitations were being applied to all codecs. (#6342)
  • (Metadata) Issues obtaining artwork from third party agents. (#6326)
  • (Streaming Brain) Crash transcoding video file with no video stream. (#6334)
  • (Music) Crash parsing invalid GraceNote album data. (#6332)
  • (Photos) Crash generating composite image with invalid parameters. (#6329)
  • (Media Analysis) Crash generating thumbnails from media with over a hundred parts. (#6327)
  • (Media Analysis) Rare crash performing deep media analysis. (#6335)
  • (Media Optimizer) Rare crash optimizing media. (#6305)
  • (DVR) Rare crash pruning old airings. (#6316)
  • (Windows) Rare crash after disabling automatic library updates. (#6346)
  • (Home) Crash viewing movie libraries with content filters with certain clients. (#6370)
146

Plex Media Server 1.4.3 is now available for everyone.

NEW:

FIXES:

  • (macOS) Automatic updates from 1.4.2 were failing. (#6435)
  • (Streaming Brain) Occasional crashes when per-user bandwidth limits were enabled. (#6427)
  • (Subtitles) Issues playing soft subtitles with certain clients. (#6386)
  • (Database) Performance issues or deadlocks optimizing the database while scanning photo libraries. (#6358)
  • (Metadata) Preserve customized text fields when unmatching. (#4999)
  • (Metadata) Display issues with cast members for certain shows. (#6117)
  • (DLNA) Crash setting preferences when preference string in settings was corrupt. (#6421)
147

Plex Media Server 1.4.4 is now available for Plex Pass members.

NEW:

  • (Web) Updated Plex Web to 3.1.1.

FIXES:

  • (DVR) Deadlock scheduling recordings. (#6468)
  • (DVR) Deadlock recording while scanning photo libraries. (#6405)
  • (DVR) Deadlock downloading EPG data. (#6504)
  • (DVR) Issues recording content when remuxing to MKV from DVB-T/T2 sources. (#6498)
  • (Streaming Brain) Rare deadlock estimating client bandwidth. (#6505)
  • (DLNA) DLNA Server might start even when the setting was disabled. (#6469)
  • (On Deck) On Deck episodes weren’t showing for managed users with restrictions. (#6387)
  • (Transcoder) Matroska streams were missing duration metadata (causing playback issues on Chrome and some LG TVs). (#6462)
  • (Media Analysis) Audio format in MP4/M4V containers was incorrectly detected (causing playback issues on the Roku). (#6439)
  • (Media Analysis) Excessive logging analyzing certain files. (#6339)
  • (Media Analysis) Restore detection of header compression in Matroska containers. (#6460)
148

Plex Media Server 1.4.4 is now available for everyone.

See the previous notes for details.

149

Plex Media Server 1.5.0 is now available for Plex Pass members.

NEW:

  • (DVR) Support all SiliconDust HDHomerun tuners, including older generations.
  • (Media Flags) Updated bundle to 2017-02-27.
  • (TV) Add “Hide for single-season series” preference to library-level season settings. (#6349)

FIXES:

  • (DVR) Crash reading null data from OnConnect EPG. (#6516)
  • (DVR) Missing language name for Luba-Katanga. (#6402)
  • (TV) Playback issues with date-based episodes. (#6488)
  • (Updates) An update could be presented as being available, while being downloaded or installed. (#6374)
  • (Metadata) Improved classification of video resolution as 720p, 1080p, 4k, and 8k. (#2639)
  • (Metadata) Posters might be unnecessarily refreshed during local media agent refresh. (#6356)
  • (Transcoder) Don’t use sampling rates above 48kHz when transcoding audio. (#6302)
  • (Database) Deadlocks optimizing databases under certain conditions. (#6461)
  • (Extras) Manually refreshing a movie could duplicate extras. (#6310)
150

Plex Media Server 1.5.1 is now available for Plex Pass members.

NEW:

  • (Transcoder) Changed codecs for AC3, EAC3 and TrueHD.

FIXES:

  • (DVR) Channel scans in non-US regions could return invalid options during DVR setup. (#6552)
  • (Scanner) Crashes during scanner shutdown. (#6463)
151

Plex Media Server 1.5.2 is now available for Plex Pass members.

NEW:

  • (Web) Updated Plex Web to 3.2.0.

FIXES:

  • (Network) Slower than expected streaming over fast connections with high latency. (#6548)
  • (Transcoder) Playback failures during concurrent sessions (#6590)
  • (DVR) Older SiliconDust HDHomerun tuners weren’t being detected on FreeBSD.
  • (Localization) Updated server translation text.
152

Plex Media Server 1.5.3 is now available for Plex Pass members.

NEW:

  • (Web) Updated Plex Web to 3.2.1.

FIXES:

  • (Photos) Large libraries could be slow to load under some circumstances
153

Plex Media Server 1.5.3 is now available to everyone.

Note: Some FreeNAS/BSD users using the Docker issues may experience issues with audio-transcoding. We are working on a fix, but a workaround is available at: https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/265492/transcoder-fails-when-transcode-is-on-a-network-share

154

Plex Media Server 1.5.4 is now available to everyone

FIXED:

  • (Transcoder) A/V sync issues when transcoding TrueHD audio
  • (Transcoder) Transcodes could fail if the transcoder cache directory did not support filesystem change notifications (This is a fix for the known issue in 1.5.3, the workaround described above should no longer be necessary).
155

Plex Media Server 1.5.5 is now available to everyone

FIXED:

  • (Transcoder) Fix an issue with transcodes failing with long Windows user names. (#6709)
156

Plex Media Server 1.6.0 is now available for Plex Pass members.

This release is not currently flagged for auto-updating. You can grab the version from our Downloads page and update manually in the meantime.

NEW:

  • (Web) Updated Plex Web to 3.4.1
  • (Localization) Updated server translations
  • (NAS) Synology x86_64 package support
  • (NAS) Use /shares as the library root for WD MyCloud (#6678)

FIXES:

  • (Playlists) ‘Play All’ may not play in the expected order (#5035 #5071)
  • (Playlists) Thumnails may not be generated for smart playlists (#6459)
  • (Search) Searches including an apostrophe would fail (#6585)
  • (DVR) Recording timeslot preference could be off by one hour during DST (#5671)
  • (DVR) End-padded recordings can terminate prematurely (#6284)
  • (Metadata) TMDB API errors could cause PlexMovie agent failures
  • (Network) Crashes when diagnosing with the connections endpoint (#5713)
  • (Linux) Ubuntu/Fedora/CentOS systemd startup warnings (#6741)
  • (Smart TV) Playback could fail when servers were not signed in (#6715)
  • (PMP) Playback could fail when servers were not signed in (#6524)
157

Plex Media Server 1.6.1 is now available for Plex Pass members.

This release is not currently flagged for auto-updating. You can grab the version from our Downloads page and update manually in the meantime.

FIXES:

  • (Transcoder) Fix an issue with transcodes failing with long Windows user names. (#6709)
158

Plex Media Server 1.5.6 is now available to everyone.

NEW:

  • (Windows) Installer improvements
159

Plex Media Server 1.7.0 is now available to PlexPass users.

NEW:

  • (Transcoder) Updated transcoder
  • (Library) Enable the ‘Allow media deletion’ preference on new and default installations (#6753)
  • (NAS) Added Synology multivolume support (#6782)
  • (DVR) Recordings are now remuxed by default

FIXED:

  • (Camera Upload) Trying to upload files larger than 4GB would fail.
  • (Linux) Install issue if user has a systemd override.conf in place for PMS. (#6904)
  • (Linux) Install error on Ubuntu 17.04 (#6783)
  • (Music) Albums were incorrectly sorted (#6537 #6043)
  • (Streaming Brain) Rare deadlock when transcoding DASH
  • (Scannner) Cancelling a photo section scan could take a significant amount of time (#6663 #6699)
160

Plex Media Server 1.7.1 is now available to PlexPass users.

FIXED:

  • (Streaming Brain) Incorrectly chose to Direct Stream audio under certain circumstances