Plexamp Release Notes

Plex Labs
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v3.4.0

This is our big :christmas_tree: :gift: for you all!

The most notable addition is the powerful new library filtering/playlist builder. We hope you enjoy using it as much as we enjoying building it. (And don’t worry, smart playlist editing/deleting is coming soon as well, we just couldn’t wait to get this out for you to play with before the end of the year.)

Android: released :woohoo:
Desktop: released :woohoo:
iOS: awaiting review :hourglass:

Added

  • Powerful filtering in library screens :fire:
  • Allow creating smart playlists :brain:
  • Allow downloading filtered library views :arrow_down:
  • Desktop: Add keyboard shortcut support for skip forward/back.
  • Allow tracks to be “played next” without a play queue.
  • Android: Allow installation on internal/external storage :android:
  • Folder mode :open_file_folder:
  • Grid layout for tracks inside library.
  • AutoPlay: Add DJ selections to Recent Plays.

Fixed

  • Desktop: Allow keyboard mapping Page Up/Down keys.
  • Don’t show container/codec until player reports it (fixes occasional glitch).
  • Display hours/minutes when duration of album is over two hours, not days/minutes.
  • Desktop: Don’t space out letter jump bar with tall window sizes.
  • Hide buttons on the action bar when window gets sized down.
  • AutoPlay: Don’t include artists themselves on “similar artists” card.
  • Don’t spin endlessly when trying to download an artist radio without tracks.
  • Cleanup offline directory in case there are stray/disconnected files.
  • In some cases, player time (e.g. notification/iOS home screen) would be incorrect.
  • Desktop: Don’t send redundant notifications e.g. during resize.
  • Desktop: Fix visual glitch at top left when resizing window.
  • Stop rounding/shadowing posters in mini-player.
  • Offline popup on tablets was too big.
  • Playing track 1 of non-first discs on CarPlay/Android Auto didn’t work.
  • Text color in black theme.
  • A rare case where offline playback would show up as something else entirely on server.
  • In some cases, external artist/album recommendations would show first and then disappear.
  • Improve text size for artist link on album page.
  • AutoPlay: Similar artists card could sometimes return collections.
  • Android: Ask for activity recognition permission.
  • Android: Listen for play/pause toggle commands too.
  • Fix buffering progress for Opus streams with non-standard conversion bitrates.
  • Tracks would re-send their ratings for no good reason from Related Tracks.
  • Spacing between More and Reset buttons in Related Tracks was wrong.
  • Some M4B files failed to play when not fully cached.
  • Android: Rare crash on start.
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