This release is dedicated to @nedthenerd, thanks for all the hard work you have put into RasPlex and OpenPHT over the years, you will be deeply missed!
Lots of new features and fixes in this release, as such we expect there to be some glitches, please report any new issues you encounter.
New
Improved Streaming Brain support
Improved iOS companion support
Support for showing imdb rating
Preference option to include watched in watch later and recommended
Skin option to hide fanart in library
Lots of skinning engine and other improvements: (thanks @bkury )
Mouse Support
New preference category for OpenPHT options
Preference option to stack recently added
Preference option to disable preplay screen based on content
Added reboot option on supported systems (default skin)
Support for 3rd-party Kodi remote apps (e.g. Yatse)
FileManager and SystemInfo support (requires skin support)
Quick filter support (requires skin support)
V.L. System M-Play Blast remote support
Updated Italian translation (thanks @NicolaIsotta )
Updated help and version branding (now say OpenPHT instead of XBMC on command line)
Updated to ffmpeg 2.8.8
Fixes
Performance/smoothness and CPU usage optimizations (fixed cpu spike when browsing library)
Fix search window focus issue
Fix reconnecting to the adapter upon libcec callback CEC_ALERT_CONNECTION_LOST
Fix typo (‘Video resolution to large’ now ‘Video resolution too large’)
Fix missing overlay/episode info for focused deck item
Fix selected item when returning to home window
Allow shared servers to be used as best server (fixes channel issue when only shared servers is available)
Only use best server service lookup for myplex clips
Fix for broken music volume with Apple Remote (thanks @WN1188 )
Installed 1.7 on a 8gb card tonight using pi filler on a pi2 … working great
Using both iphone and ipad tested both 4.4.1 and 4.5 … remote functioned fine… played serveral test movies both direct and transcode as well as music… all looking pretty good
Still an issue with having stacked movies with diffenent encodes and being able to choose the version to play with trailers enabled … will write up a bigger review after 1.7.1 since changes as coming…
Solid work boys… thanks for showing the Plex guys how its done…
Lets see how many more months PMP goes broken…
And they have a LONG way to catch up with the systems settings gui you have vs having to SSH the box to set it up… rediculous …!!!
Oh that’s really upsetting. I remember him being a driving force in the early days of rasplex and always extremely helpful. Thanks for letting me know, my thoughts are with his family.
@markandlina said:
When can we expect it to arrive, not showing yet…
Manual updates are all that’s available at the moment. In-app updates will be allowed soon.
In-app soon? ETA on soon? In a couple of hours? Days maybe? Shouldn’t this release be pushed immediately if it fixes several annoying bugs?
No it should not. Every release has the potential of having MORE annoying or even detrimental bugs. So staggering the release to ‘manual only’ before the release channel creates a safety net, so we don’t accidentally blow up everyone who has auto-update enabled.
If you want to beta test a “pre-release” as soon as it’s available, you can image or reinstall like everyone else. The opportunity is there, you just have to actually want to test it. Don’t treat it like an approved update until it’s in the stable channel.
However, coincidentally and unrelated to your comment, 1.7.1 was pushed to the pre-release update channel a few hours ago.
