# \[RELEASE\] OpenPHT 1.6.0 **URL:** \ **Category:** Apps & Creations\ **Created:** [June 6, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-openpht-1-6-0/147187 "2016-06-06T20:31:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kwiboo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kwiboo](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Kwiboo)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-openpht-1-6-0/147187/1 "2016-06-06T20:31:12Z")
Today we announce the release of OpenPHT 1.6.0. This release brings lots of improvements to the playback engine backported from Kodi Jarvis 16.1. It is also the first release where OpenPHT and RasPlex is truly merged into one shared code base. Important new features includes the upgrade to ffmpeg 2.8 and support for installing/updating skins directly from the select skin dialog. Big thanks to the beta and skinning teams for making this release the best one to date! **New** - Updated branding and new splash screen - Direct play of HEVC and other codecs ffmpeg 2.8 supports - Transcode audio to AC3 for use with optical out - Improved gapless music support - Better 3D support - Preference option to disable preplay screen - Skin option to disable window and dialog fade animations - Music OSD added to default skin - Preference option to disable server side scaling of fanart and photos - Support for downloading, installing and updating supported skins in preferences - Updated seek handling with support for adaptive seeking and preview images - Previous menu and back button now switches to fullscreen when media is playing on home screen and vice versa - Embedded/RasPlex: Exprimental Bluetooth Audio support - works without issue on RPi3, on RPi0/1/2 with BT dongle it is dependent on the make of dongle which must support BT V4.1 at minimum **Fixes** - Fix filtered episodes view in default skin - Fix a shuffle all / create play queue issue - Fix a shoutcast redirect issue - Fix shoutcast stream title when ffmpeg avio is enabled - Fix audio and subtitle selection for media with multiple media items or parts - Avoid getting stuck in dim state when skin is reloaded - Fix wrong icon highlight and window switch in preferences menu - Font fixes for a common crash in windows version - Reset screen saver timer in plex http handler - Fix search result title in default skin - Embedded/RasPlex: Fix pre-cache of bigThumb art **Known Issues** - Windows SmartScreen could block the installer, use the Run anyway option to install - Auto-update of windows portable installs will fail and corrupt your portable install **Downloads** For Windows, OS X and Embedded see [OpenPHT 1.6.0 GitHub page](https://github.com/RasPlex/OpenPHT/releases/tag/v1.6.0.113-46fadd5e "OpenPHT 1.6.0 GitHub page") For Raspberry Pi devices see [RasPlex 1.6.0 release post](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/220649/release-rasplex-1-6-0/p1 "RasPlex 1.6.0 release post") **Auto Update** OpenPHT 1.6.0 will not make it to the pre-release update channel, a 1.6.1 bug-fix release will be pushed to the update pre-release channel once it is ready. **Bugs?** Please report bugs on GitHub, [https://github.com/RasPlex/OpenPHT/issues](https://github.com/RasPlex/OpenPHT/issues) ---
**Author:** ![dan-the-man](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dan-the-man/32/17300_2.png) [@dan-the-man](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dan-the-man)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-openpht-1-6-0/147187/2 "2016-06-06T20:42:05Z")
thank you guys for all your hard work. ---
**Author:** ![plex.plessers\_gmail.com](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/plex.plessers_gmail.com/32/10003_2.png) [@plex.plessers\_gmail.com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/plex.plessers_gmail.com)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 10:16pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-openpht-1-6-0/147187/3 "2016-06-06T22:16:05Z")
a very happy user here! Thanx for this incredible good work. A kiss for the whole team of you x 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![vdimitrov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e95f7d/32.png) [@vdimitrov](https://forums.plex.tv/u/vdimitrov)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 10:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-openpht-1-6-0/147187/4 "2016-06-06T22:37:07Z")
Thanks, but 1.6 doesn’t compile on Ubuntu 14.04. Posted a new topic as advised. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-openpht-1-6-0/147187/5 "2016-06-06T22:40:01Z")
@vdimitrov This topic is for the Windows/OSX release please post a new topic or the existing topic - [https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/219383/openpht-on-ubuntu-14-04#latest](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/219383/openpht-on-ubuntu-14-04#latest) - and remove the text in your post above, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![johnny15](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/johnny15/32/4966_2.png) [@johnny15](https://forums.plex.tv/u/johnny15)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 2:57am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-openpht-1-6-0/147187/6 "2016-06-07T02:57:39Z")
Any chance there will be an embedded build that will support the Pine64 board? ---
**Author:** ![Doc4000](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/doc4000/32/18989_2.png) [@Doc4000](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Doc4000)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 4:15am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-openpht-1-6-0/147187/7 "2016-06-07T04:15:17Z")
Awesome update, great work OpenPHT team! ---
**Author:** ![wally007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bc8723/32.png) [@wally007](https://forums.plex.tv/u/wally007)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 5:36am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-openpht-1-6-0/147187/8 "2016-06-07T05:36:09Z")
Thank you !!! I modified the default skin, is there anyway to quickly see what has changed in the default skin between 1.52 and 1.60 ? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 6:03am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-openpht-1-6-0/147187/9 "2016-06-07T06:03:23Z")
> @johnny15 said: > Any chance there will be an embedded build that will support the Pine64 board? No, sorry. Regards ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 6:10am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-openpht-1-6-0/147187/10 "2016-06-07T06:10:06Z")
> @wally007 said: > Thank you !!! > > I modified the default skin, is there anyway to quickly see what has changed in the default skin between 1.52 and 1.60 ? See the release notes, if you are not bothered about the new Now Playing OSD then continue using your old default skin copy, the default skin name has been changed so will coexist with the old one. Regards ---
**Author:** ![Bartlomiej\_Baraniec](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/bartlomiej_baraniec/32/14531_2.png) [@Bartlomiej\_Baraniec](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Bartlomiej_Baraniec)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 8:20am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-openpht-1-6-0/147187/11 "2016-06-07T08:20:35Z")
On first start I’ve got message that there is an update for my skin (add-on update). Can it be done from within OpenPHT? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 8:40am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-openpht-1-6-0/147187/12 "2016-06-07T08:40:38Z")
Yes, select the updated skin and it will download and install it for you. Regards ---
**Author:** ![mastoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@mastoul](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mastoul)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 9:23am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-openpht-1-6-0/147187/13 "2016-06-07T09:23:16Z")
For the embedded version should I use the new rasplex or wait for Open plexHT embedded? ---
**Author:** ![nielsvdp](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/nielsvdp/32/127658_2.png) [@nielsvdp](https://forums.plex.tv/u/nielsvdp)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 10:04am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-openpht-1-6-0/147187/14 "2016-06-07T10:04:08Z")
Awesome ! Installed and works like a charm ! (using embedded on an ASUS Chromebox) ---
**Author:** ![Massaguana](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/massaguana/32/1151_2.png) [@Massaguana](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Massaguana)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-openpht-1-6-0/147187/15 "2016-06-07T13:52:32Z")
First impressions with an clean install runs with my Asus ChromeBox… It works… Thanks alot for your work Here are some problem`s with it. - In openPHT Settings and PlexBlackSkin the 4 Menu icons on left are flickering when i klicking during menu. after 2 oder 3 seconds it stops flickering. - Hibernade Mode are don´t work. After Press Hibernate, Plex jumps back to Homescreen ans is not answering to keyboard action. SSH working… Here are an debug log, there are many ERROR Messages… but i cant see something to hibernate Regards Massaguana ---
**Author:** ![MediaHorder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mediahorder/32/160753_2.png) [@MediaHorder](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MediaHorder)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 4:54pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-openpht-1-6-0/147187/16 "2016-06-07T16:54:14Z")
~~Why can I not toggle passthrough on / off per codec?~~ Found it sorry! Are there video scaling methods in this version? I can’t see any and I thought @Kwiboo said they were coming with 1.6? ---
**Author:** ![nilsv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@nilsv](https://forums.plex.tv/u/nilsv)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 9:16pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-openpht-1-6-0/147187/17 "2016-06-07T21:16:03Z")
> @mastoul said: > For the embedded version should I use the new rasplex or wait for Open plexHT embedded? My RasPlex just automatically updated to OpenPHT 1.6.0! 😮 ---
**Author:** ![Kwiboo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kwiboo](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Kwiboo)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 10:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-openpht-1-6-0/147187/18 "2016-06-07T22:38:12Z")
> @danjames92 said: > Are there video scaling methods in this version? I can’t see any and I thought @Kwiboo said they were coming with 1.6? You can change video scaling method in the video osd → video settings dialog. It should have all scaling methods supported, some of the hq scaling methods depend on the ‘enable hq scalers for scaling above’ option. ---
**Author:** ![Kwiboo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kwiboo](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Kwiboo)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 10:42pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-openpht-1-6-0/147187/19 "2016-06-07T22:42:49Z")
> @wally007 said: > I modified the default skin, is there anyway to quickly see what has changed in the default skin between 1.52 and 1.60 ? You can use the following git command to get the full diff: ```auto git diff v1.5.2.514-310d4f7e..v1.6.0.113-46fadd5e addons/skin.plex/ ``` ---
**Author:** ![superdx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@superdx](https://forums.plex.tv/u/superdx)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-openpht-1-6-0/147187/20 "2016-06-08T01:52:04Z")
I got instant crashes trying to play a movie. Log is attached. [Next page](https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-openpht-1-6-0/147187.md?page=2)