[RELEASE] OpenPHT 1.6.1

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Today we announce the release of OpenPHT 1.6.1.

This release includes fixes for issues reported with the 1.6.0 release and updates to the default skin.

Big thanks to @nedthenerd, @dlanor and the rest of the team for working hard to ensure it’s polished and ready to roll.

New

  • Skin option to add Play File to home menu in default skin
  • Updates to default skin (thanks @magnumdoomguy )
    • Skin option to Hide Thumbnails for Unwatched Episodes
    • Added Portrait Posters for Home Videos
    • Added Landscape Posters for Home Videos On Deck/Recently Added
    • Added Categories to Skin Settings
    • Cleanup of unused skin code
  • Update some Italian strings (thanks @robello84 )

Fixes

  • Fix Plex Companion app connection issues (RasPlex/OpenPHT#69)
  • Fix hevc typo in RPi 720p check (RasPlex/RasPlex#501)
  • Fix RasPlex/OpenPHT causing PMS to crash on plugin usage (RasPlex/RasPlex#492)
  • Fixes for fullscreen toggle (RasPlex/OpenPHT#65)
  • Fix for ass/ssa subtitles (RasPlex/OpenPHT#74)
  • Workaround for crash related to plex companion and screensaver (RasPlex/OpenPHT#75)
  • Fix selecting/starting an item in a channel list sometime selects/starts the first item (RasPlex/OpenPHT#63)
  • Prevent playing wrong item using Play Button with Channel Items (RasPlex/OpenPHT#44)
  • Enable use of harfbuzz with libass (RasPlex/RasPlex#482)
  • Use overlay image to determine watched / unwatched state (RasPlex/OpenPHT#77)
  • Fix play/pause in keymaps (RasPlex/OpenPHT#80)
  • Only show addon update notification when addon is in use
  • Fix ListItem usage in onload and onunload window actions
  • RasPlex/Embedded: Update to linux 4.4.13 and latest rpi firmware

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 1.6.1 GitHub page
For Raspberry Pi devices see RasPlex 1.6.1 release post

Auto Update
OpenPHT 1.6.1 is now available on the pre-release update channel.

Bugs?
Please report bugs on GitHub, https://github.com/RasPlex/OpenPHT/issues

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Thank you for this. OpenPHT is great. Is it possible to add subtitles services like on kodi? Like opensubtitles or addic7ed ?

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Already possible in Plex, see the support documents at Plex.tv.

Regards

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@NedtheNerd said:
Already possible in Plex, see the support documents at Plex.tv.

Regards

Ah haven’t tried doing that in like 2 years. Maybe it works better now. I’ll give it a shot.

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Upgraded to OpenPHT ver. 1.6.1 after it has been released (1.6.1.dev-e452beab).
Removed the .plexht folder and started a new configuration.
Only issue so far is in Preferences - System - Advanced.
Under Video the first entry is “?0?” By moving the arrows value changes “?-1?” or “?0?”.
Tried on default and Black skin.

Thanks.

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Yes, I have this aswell - doesnt seem to do anything - there wasnt even an option there on 1.6 in the first place.

Going to test this one - thanks for the release !!

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When cleaning up screen/video settings and fullscreen toggle it now enforces restrictions if the build supports fullscreen or not (embedded). This is possibly only an issue on linux, please report an issue on github to make it easier to keep track :slight_smile:

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Thanks for the hard work. I’ll check it out and keep in touch.

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I haven’t test it yet. Did the skip delay that destroys the picture quality while moving forward or backward at the 750ms been resolved? Or I still have to set it to none?

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What kernel is on the latest embedded release? Want to test it on a NUC6i5SYK

EDIT: If you use LibreELEC as embedded source why haven’t you started using 4.6.2 kernel?

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Because we haven’t!

Regards

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Will you also support ROKU too one day. I like this look and the abilities to change skins and other features.

Keep up the great work

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Sorry, no Roku support, ever, other devices are in the pipeline (which Plex Inc don’t have official clients for), don’t ask which at the moment, early days.

Regards

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thanks guys, i am using it already, works great!!!

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I’m pleased with this update, great job OpenPHT team!

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Always asks to allow firewall access on launch.

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I originally posted this in the 1.6.0 thread (http://forums.plex.tv/discussion/comment/1198171/#Comment_1198171), but it got locked before my comment was responded to.

@Kwiboo said:
You can change the Playback → Advanced video → Skip delay option in Preferences to 0 ms to get back the old instant seeking behavior, default in 1.6 is to use adaptive seeking where if you repeatedly press skip forward/backwards within 750 ms the seek time will advance in steps of 30s, 1m, 2m, 3m, 5m+ until you finally stop

I made this change on my RasPlex install as I prefer the old behaviour. However it seems to have had the side-effect of disabling the preview images whilst seeking Is that by design, or is it a (known?) issue?
For me the perfect combo is non-adaptive seeking with preview images, since the usual behaviour in our house is to hold down the seek button until reaching the desired area. With the new adaptive seeking, that very quickly leads to seeking to the end of the episode!

This is still the case with 1.6.1. Can somebody confirm if this behaving as designed, or whether its a bug? Thanks!

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Preview images are only available when using adaptive seeking, if you have reverted to the old behaviour then preview images are not available.

Regards

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Thanks @NedtheNerd. Do you know if there are plans to bring this feature to non-adaptive seeking in the future?

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@benadderson said:
Thanks @NedtheNerd. Do you know if there are plans to bring this feature to non-adaptive seeking in the future?

Preview images will always require some sort of delay before the seeking is actually performed.
Making the seek steps configurable (they are in Kodi) and only use -15,+30 should probably fit your usage pattern better. Please make a feature request on GitHub to make seek steps configurable (will most likely be implemented as an advancedsettings.xml setting) to help make it easier to track this.