PMS 1.29.1 HW Tonemapping Testing, Questions , and Answers

[pshanew]

I’m not sure about the location of the new beta, but this forum preview works nicely on my server:

Plex Media Server 1.30.0.6359 - New Transcoder Preview

Hello, forum users! It’s time again for an update to Plex’s transcoding and analysis backend. This is a special forums-only preview release; the changes in this build will be included in an upcoming regular release once any new issues are handled. Please test this version with a variety of different media file formats and clients. If you notice any new issues (specifically ones that don’t also happen on the current beta release), please respond to this discussion instead of starting a new one, …

[ChuckPa]

@pshanew

’m not sure about the location of the new beta, but this forum preview works nicely on my server:

https://plex.tv/downloads

The PlexPass version

This is not Forum Preview. This is proper Beta

[Krazeh]

The available plexpass download is 1.29.0.6244.

[pshanew]

@ChuckPa

The PlexPass version

This is not Forum Preview. This is proper Beta

The Plex Pass and non-Plex Pass versions are identical at this time. I could have worded my statement a little more clearly.

Would you prefer I remove my link to the forum preview so as not to muddy the purpose of this thread?

[ChuckPa]

Hang on… something got screwed up

[ChuckPa]

TO ALL FOLLOWING:

I’ve been updated by the team.

There is an issue with MacOS 10.11 which they decided to withdraw the whole beta until one person can confirm the fix works.

PLEASE HOLD TIGHT. This will be where we continue.

[tusing]

Tonemapping on DS918+ is still broken, choking the CPU and preventing transcoding.

Edit: running the wrong version, will try again

[ChuckPa]

ALL:

Plex Media Server 1.30.0.6359 - New Transcoder Preview

Hello, forum users! It’s time again for an update to Plex’s transcoding and analysis backend. This is a special forums-only preview release; the changes in this build will be included in an upcoming regular release once any new issues are handled. Please test this version with a variety of different media file formats and clients. If you notice any new issues (specifically ones that don’t also happen on the current beta release), please respond to this discussion instead of starting a new one, …

Closing this thread in favor of 1.29.2