Plexamp Release Notes

Plexamp v4.50.20-beta.29

This one rolls up the last few betas. Desktop is on the beta channel now, Android is in Play testing, and iOS is in TestFlight.

Added

  • The experimental Chromecast receiver is now available to everyone: Settings › Remote Control › Use Experimental Receiver, then restart Plexamp.
  • Caldera players’ settings can take a file, so you can import an AutoEQ profile as an EQ preset or upload a room-correction filter (needs a Caldera beta that isn’t out yet).

Fixed

  • Switching libraries from CarPlay or Android Auto works again.
  • CarPlay: no more crash or freeze when playback starts just as it connects, such as from a Shortcut.
  • CarPlay: shuffling an album opened from the Home screen plays it instead of loading forever.
  • Fixed a crash while another device is fetching a file from Plexamp.
  • Visualizers should line up better with what you hear, including over Bluetooth and AirPlay.
  • A section’s › sits beside its title instead of at the far edge.
  • Compilations are listed by title, with the full A-Z bar.
  • Rows in sorted library lists are evenly spaced.
  • An artist’s Similar Artists rows follow the page’s Grid or List setting.
  • Windows: fixed a crash at launch for some people.
  • macOS: keys work as soon as the window opens, without a click first.
  • Linux: the cursor no longer gets stuck as a resize arrow.
  • Desktop: album pages sit on the cover’s own colors, and an artist’s background art spans the top of the page without flickering.
  • Desktop: the sidebar meets the player bar without a seam, and arrowing left lands on the right row.

Plexamp v4.50.20-beta.30

Desktop is on the beta channel now, Android is in Play testing, and iOS is on its way to TestFlight.

Added

  • Playing to a Caldera player shows a light for how pure its signal path is; tap it to see every step from file to speaker (needs the latest Caldera).
  • Tablets use the desktop layout, with a sidebar and player bar.
  • Desktop: a new setting, Always Show Artist Picture, shows the artist’s picture even over background art.

Changed

  • Desktop: artist collections follow the page’s Grid, List or Carousel setting, like the albums.
  • Desktop: artist background art shows at its own shape, so less of it is cropped.
  • Long menus open scrolled to the selected option, such as the current visualizer or sort.

Fixed

  • Background gradients no longer split into two halves with a hard diagonal edge on some albums.
  • Desktop: sidebar icons stay legible in light mode with pale album art.

Plexamp v4.50.20-beta.33

Desktop is out on the beta channel, and mobile is on its way to TestFlight and Play testing. The main ones: artist pages on a computer or tablet got a lot of attention, and Android Auto’s queue stops jumping back to the top.

Added

  • Desktop: drag the sidebar’s edge to make it wider or narrower; it remembers the width.
  • Desktop/Tablet: choose what an artist page’s header shows from its ⋯ menu: background art, the artist’s picture, or both.
  • Similar artists, Sonic Recommendations and music service hubs follow the page’s Grid, List or Carousel setting.
  • Sonic matches show their percentage and whose library they’re from in Grid and List too.
  • The signal path light sits after the codec and is a glowing dot; tap either to open the signal path.

Fixed

  • Desktop/Tablet: artists without background art get a header that fits their picture.
  • Desktop/Tablet: the artist header leaves the first row of albums in view in a short window.
  • Similar artists in a carousel keep loading as you scroll.
  • Albums on an artist page no longer draw twice as it opens.
  • Windows/Linux: album, artist and playlist titles no longer have their descenders clipped.
  • Android Auto: the play queue no longer jumps back to the top while music plays.
  • Android: music no longer stops in the background when a song changes sample rate.

Plexamp v4.50.20-beta.35

Desktop is on the beta channel now, and mobile is on its way to TestFlight and Play testing. This one also covers beta 34, which never got its own post.

Fixed

  • Downloads no longer lose an artist’s songs, or show an album as empty, when several libraries refresh while your server is unreachable.
  • A multiroom speaker’s equalizer, and the speed test, open again instead of returning to the player or closing the app.
  • On a computer or tablet, an album with its own background art shows it behind the album’s header again.
  • Sonic matches on artist and album pages no longer cut off their percentage or codec.
  • Desktop: page titles on Library, Downloads and Settings go back to the left after the window narrows.
  • Desktop: after moving a window with no title bar, the sidebar’s edge no longer starts resizing as the pointer passes over it.
  • Desktop: sidebar icons stay readable in dark themes when the album’s colour is a dark blue.
  • Mac: Plexamp goes back to full screen at launch even when another app is already full screen.
  • iOS: cover art shows up more reliably on Bluetooth displays and in cars when a new queue starts.