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Plex Media Player Changelog

What's new in Plex Media Player 2.57.0.1074

May 14, 2020
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed seek bar missing for videos in photo library when casting from another Plex client

New in Plex Media Player 2.56.0.1071 (May 14, 2020)

  • FIXED:
  • Fixed an issue that could cause managed users to record Live TV content to libraries they don't have access to
  • Fixed an issue where searching for Other Videos doesn't return proper results, or in some cases causes a blank screen

New in Plex Media Player 2.55.0.1069 (Apr 15, 2020)

  • NEW:
  • Added support for subtitles in Movies on Plex content
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed possible display errors for TV shows in Movies on Plex
  • Fixed Windows-style line endings in extended info screen
  • Fixed an issue when searching for items in pinned sources that could cause results from other sources to be displayed

New in Plex Media Player 2.54.0.1067 (Apr 2, 2020)

  • NEW:
  • TV layout is now default
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed extended info details missing line breaks
  • Fixed focus sometimes being lost in preplay pages
  • Fixed an issue that could cause incorrect translations in stream title selection menu items
  • Bumped Desktop layout revision to correct ad playback issues

New in Plex Media Player 2.53.0.1063 (Mar 19, 2020)

  • FIXED:
  • Fixed an issue playing videos in photo libraries where progress wouldn't reset after switching between videos

New in Plex Media Player 2.52.2.1056 (Mar 9, 2020)

  • FIXED:
  • Fixed unselected subtitles displaying during playback in desktop layout

New in Plex Media Player 2.52.1.1054 (Mar 6, 2020)

  • FIXED:
  • Fixed an issue that could cause the app to crash when changing search targets
  • Fixed an issue that could cause incomplete search results
  • Fixed search shortcut key leading to error page
  • Fixed an issue that could cause TIDAL tracks to fail to play

New in Plex Media Player 2.51.0.1048 (Feb 21, 2020)

  • NEW:
  • Updated Desktop to 4.24.1
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed display of non UTF-8 sidecar subtitles
  • Fixed long press of backspace causing loss of focus when closing modals
  • Fixed an issue that caused search to never be performed when using the pointer
  • Fixed an issue that could cause the sidebar to become inaccessible after stopping playback from a controller app
  • Fixed loss of progress when VOD is stopped during initial ad after resuming
  • Fixed missing focus in `Plex is not reachable` page
  • Fixed an issue that caused sidebar items to display an infinite spinner when the app is offline
  • Fixed possible error on user switcher when plex.tv authentication is unavailable

New in Plex Media Player 2.50.0.1045 (Feb 5, 2020)

  • NEW:
  • Avoid transcoding of 4K video when another version is playable
  • Added server name to `Log to Media Server` app setting
  • New Search page with updated design and functionality:
  • Search VOD, News, Podcasts, Web Shows and TIDAL as well as PMS libraries
  • Keeps a history of recent searches
  • Change search target to search all media, pinned sources, specific source types or providers
  • Results are grouped by owned libraries, shared libraries and providers
  • Contextual results promoted based on where search was started from (i.e. if search is made from a library, results from that library will be promoted to the top)

New in Plex Media Player 2.49.0.1041 (Jan 22, 2020)

  • NEW:
  • Disabled the option to add hubs to home screen when `Automatic Home` is enabled
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed metadata line height issue on some preplay pages
  • Fixed an issue where some manually added hubs never loaded properly (requires re-adding those hubs to the home screen)
  • Fixed an issue that could cause loss of focus when switching between custom and auto home
  • Fixed an issue that sometimes made it impossible to reorder home hubs

New in Plex Media Player 2.48.0.1038 (Jan 8, 2020)

  • FIXED:
  • Fixed genres being too close to title on Web Shows and Podcast show pre plays
  • Fixed letter inputs not working when keyboard is set to uppercase
  • Fixed an issue where a no longer existing server could prevent you from sharing other servers
  • Fixed an issue where some hubs on the Home Screen overlap the separator
  • Fixed back key going back to user switcher when editing a managed user's name
  • Fixed pinned sources occasionally not influencing home screen content when switching between Auto and Custom modes
  • Disabled the option to add hubs to home screen when `Automatic Home` is enabled

New in Plex Media Player 2.47.0.1035 (Dec 11, 2019)

  • NEW:
  • Improved home screen customization reset behavior
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed hubs sometimes not loading in `Manage Hubs` modal in source settings
  • Fixed an issue with toggling subtitles on videos with multiple versions
  • Fixed an issue that caused the app to show an infinite loading indicator after backing away from a folder while in list view

New in Plex Media Player 2.45.0.1028 (Nov 15, 2019)

  • NEW:
  • Mobile servers no longer appear in sidebar
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed an issue that could cause the jump bar to not be displayed in library pages

New in Plex Media Player 2.44.0.1018 (Oct 15, 2019)

  • NEW:
  • Mobile servers no longer appear in sidebar
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed an issue that could cause the jump bar to not be displayed in library pages

New in Plex Media Player 2.42.0.1013 (Sep 18, 2019)

  • NEW:
  • Adjusted message displayed in empty "My Podcasts", "My Webshows" and "My TIDAL" screens
  • Ensured search via controller/keyboard shortcut uses preferred server selected during first run
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed an issue that could cause the app to crash when navigating to Playlists in sidebar after switching users
  • Fixed an issue that could cause some filters to not work correctly
  • Fixed focus not being correctly restored when going back to Categories/Channels pages
  • Fixed margin below artist on album preplay
  • Fixed an issue that could cause navigating the sidebar to fail on certain pages
  • Fixed missing current position time during Live TV playback
  • Fixed an issue where removing content from "My TIDAL" did not always update "My TIDAL" page properly

New in Plex Media Player 2.41.0.1010 (Sep 5, 2019)

  • NEW:
  • Moved source page settings ("Manage Hubs") to sidebar and header menus
  • Moved home page settings ("Manage Hubs" and "Restore to defaults") to sidebar and header menus
  • FIXED:
  • More readable support.plex.tv URLs in app
  • Fixed various layout issues on sidebar
  • Fixed video playlist thumbnails size
  • Fixed Live TV/DVR hub titles overlapping line borders
  • Fixed tab titles not being translated when changing app language in settings
  • Fixed an issue that prevented resetting customization from certain pages
  • Fixed pause not working while seeking
  • Fixed home button in sidebar not being selected when returning home from search page

New in Plex Media Player 2.40.0.1007 (Aug 21, 2019)

  • NEW:
  • Improved sidebar pointer support
  • Renamed "Online Content" group to "Plex" in sidebar "More" menu and moved it after user servers
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed size of related photos thumbnails in photo player
  • Fixed wrong playback titles being shown sometimes for video clips
  • Fixed hidden focus when going back from preplay
  • Fixed an issue that could cause albums and seasons lists to fail to load in artist and tv show pages
  • Fixed lyrics fetching error message flashing
  • Fixed wrong thumbnail image for photos in album list view
  • Fixed Preplay buttons too close to summary on preplay screen
  • Fixed sidebar customization being skipped for users with only one server and no enabled online media sources

New in Plex Media Player 2.39.0.1005 (Aug 7, 2019)

  • NEW:
  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.104.2
  • Added an item count to collections
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed delay when skipping forward or back using arrow keys
  • Fixed scrollbar sometimes showing up in toolbar
  • Fixed seeking sometimes not updating progress bar and elapsed/remaining times
  • Fixed an issue that could cause home page hubs to display a `Content Unavailable` error
  • Fixed showing the more actions menu in the video player while playing movies
  • Fixed app losing focus after reconnecting to server
  • Fixed non-functional search button in Home screen
  • Fixed play/pause not working while changing subtitle offset
  • Fixed occasional unexpected behavior when attempting to use lyrics as a non-Plex Pass user
  • Fixed cast members linking to pre-UNO view
  • Fixed an error loading `Manage Hubs` modal in TIDAL
  • Fixed an issue that could cause albums and seasons lists to fail to load in artist and tv show pages
  • Fixed sidebar customization being skipped for users with only one server and no enabled online media sourc

New in Plex Media Player 2.37.1.994 (Jul 10, 2019)

  • NEW:
  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.104.1
  • Disabled List View and Browse By Folder for Photo libraries
  • Replaced "Browse by Folder" option available in PMS libraries with "Folders" option in types menu
  • UNO preview: Added "Remember Selected Tab" app setting
  • UNO preview: Removed "Go to " metadata item action
  • FIXED:
  • UNO preview: Fixed Live TV hubs missing airing information
  • UNO preview: Fixed an issue that could cause the sidebar to become inaccessible after ending playback
  • UNO preview: Fixed an issue that made it possible to navigate from the jump bar to the page header
  • UNO preview: Fixed an issue that could result in managed users not seeing the onboarding screens
  • UNO preview: Fixed an edge case that allowed a pre-UNO page header to be visible while browsing sources
  • UNO preview: Don't show Search button in Home screen when no preferred server was selected

New in Plex Media Player 2.36.0.988 (Jun 26, 2019)

  • NEW:
  • Added Artist TV Radio
  • Added News personalize settings link to News sources in UNO sidebar
  • Added loading default tab and saving last viewed tab for Playlists sources in UNO sidebar
  • Automatically remove pinned sources from deleted libraries in UNO sidebar
  • Improved video quality for News, Web Shows, and TIDAL Music Videos during beginning of playback
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed showing "home screen media types" setting when UNO preview is enabled
  • Fixed an issue with video playback where attempting to hold down left/right would result in constant buffering indicator interrupting seeking
  • Fixed an issue in search where the type would reset to "All" after pressing search button from more results
  • Fixed related photos in photo player showing limited results
  • Fixed an issue in UNO where users are unable to select initial pinned sources if they only have one server
  • Fixed pinned sources in UNO sidebar showing error icons after switching users
  • Fixed an issue in UNO where server unavailable icon won't update
  • Fixed an issue where the More poster was too big for some hubs
  • Fixed an issue in UNO where going back to a Recommended tab could sometimes result in focus being lost
  • Fixed an issue in UNO where switching between sources chould sometimes result in loss of focus
  • Fixed missing focus in TIDAL playlist pages when UNO preview is enabled
  • Fixed an issue with reordering UNO sidebar pinned sources where the wrong item would be moved
  • Fixed search in UNO not correctly restricting results per type by default

New in Plex Media Player 2.34.0.983 (May 23, 2019)

  • NEW:
  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.100.0
  • Added a new base background image
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed missing news hubs
  • Fixed titles missing for music videos in playlist

New in Plex Media Player 2.33.1.979 (May 2, 2019)

  • FIXED:
  • Fixed blurry letter avatar in user menu
  • Fixed text getting cut off in related hubs
  • Fixed user avatar not appearing in playlists with shared content
  • Fixed quick links hubs not correctly positioned with line borders
  • Fixed On Right Now hub for Live TV not showing "More..." button
  • Fixed loss of focus when only server goes offline

New in Plex Media Player 2.32.0.973 (Apr 17, 2019)

  • FIXED:
  • Fixed user icon in settings modal displaying square instead of round initially

New in Plex Media Player 2.31.0.967 (Apr 3, 2019)

  • NEW:
  • Added subtitles offset controls for external subtitle files
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed podcasts related episodes getting cut off
  • Fixed user ratings showing the wrong value on the extended info screen

New in Plex Media Player 2.30.1.966 (Mar 27, 2019)

  • NEW:
  • Added subtitles offset controls for external subtitle files
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed podcasts related episodes getting cut off
  • Fixed user ratings showing the wrong value on the extended info screen

New in Plex Media Player 2.30.0.965 (Mar 26, 2019)

  • NEW:
  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.83.2
  • Fixed playing media when controlled by remote player
  • Fixed positioning of poster/text in Live TV conflict items
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed regression with search shortcut
  • Fixed issue changing audio or subtitles during playback of multi-part files
  • Fixed focus order issue on photo tag page
  • Fixed missing Playlists link for Other Videos
  • Fixed audio tracks being transcoded to AC3 or EAC3 instead of AAC
  • Fixed an issue that prevented playing tracks on playlists with items of different sources

New in Plex Media Player 2.29.1.961 (Mar 11, 2019)

  • NEW:
  • Added deletion of external subtitle files from Plex Media Server
  • Renamed 'More...' subtitles option to 'Search...'
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed image not loading in actions modal during playback
  • Fixed an issue where the wrong images could be displayed for items played from other shared or own servers
  • Fixed an issue where focus could be lost after reordering types or changing types visibility
  • Fixed loss of focus on My Webshows/Podcasts when one or more is removed
  • Fixed companion pre-play being lost after companion playback
  • Fixed an issue where focus could be lost on back navigation
  • Fixed regression that caused videos with AC3 audio tracks to direct play and result in no sound
  • Fixed loss of focus when going to an empty web shows page
  • Fixed navigation order after switching to the admin user
  • Fixed News and Podcasts directories so they don't touch navigation bar
  • Fixed extended info poster not positioned properly

New in Plex Media Player 2.27.0.949 (Feb 8, 2019)

  • NEW:
  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.83.1
  • Support translation of relative time strings
  • Adjusted library page jump bar so more characters can be shown
  • Changed user menu from dropdown to full screen modal
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed playback controls not showing the correct duration when lightweight seeking
  • Fixed possible endless spinner when downloading subtitles
  • Fixed player controls sometimes not closing when playing from companion app

New in Plex Media Player 2.26.0.947 (Jan 29, 2019)

  • NEW:
  • Added actions menu to Web Shows and Podcasts show preplay pages
  • Added Chapter Selection title to chapter selection menu
  • Don't show 'More...' botton when there is only one more item
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed possible error on user switcher screen
  • Fixed chapter selection sometimes losing focus at the end of the list
  • Fixed Live TV restarting from another position when enabling or disabling Closed Captioning
  • Fixed some issues with video transcoding when it can direct stream

New in Plex Media Player 2.25.0.940 (Jan 14, 2019)

  • NEW:
  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.77.4
  • Added extended artist biography on artist preplay
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed podcast/web show episodes being marked as played as soon as playback is initiated
  • Fixed app settings sometimes wrongly showing an item as selected
  • Fixed media provider hubs occasionaly not loading
  • Fixed an issue where the application could show a blank screen when all servers are unavailable

New in Plex Media Player 2.24.0.924 (Dec 13, 2018)

  • FIXED:
  • Fixed an issue where signing out or switching users could cause the app to freeze
  • Fixed an issue where the app could crash when loading a type view
  • Fixed an issue where focus would be lost after removing the last item from a list
  • Fixed as issue where enabling recording all episodes for certain shows could return in nothing getting added to the priority list
  • Fixed an issue that could cause a blank screen to appear after playback
  • Fixed loss of focus on episode preplay in some cases

New in Plex Media Player 2.23.0 (Dec 13, 2018)

  • NEW:
  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.77.2
  • Updated look of playlist/collection posters
  • FIXED:
  • Managed users can no longer change the `Automatically Sign In` setting
  • Improved image upscale quality for episode posters
  • Fixed sorting/filtering being reset when deleting item

New in Plex Media Player 2.22.1.917 (Dec 6, 2018)

  • NEW:
  • Reverted Desktop web-client updated to 3.73.2
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed play queue starting playback automatically when app is unlocked

New in Plex Media Player 2.20.0.909 (Oct 3, 2018)

  • NEW:
  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.71.1
  • Improved stream titles (requires PMS 1.13.8 or higher)
  • FIXED:
  • Block app key shortcuts when entering subtitles search title
  • Sped up initial loading dashboard
  • Fixed blinking thumbnails when moving between items in photo player
  • Fixed missing empty dashboard message for managed/shared users with restrictions
  • Fixed background being lost when navigating away from news player
  • Fixed some edge cases around deleting media that could cause the app to become unresponsive
  • Fixed Chapter Selection focus box not showing sometimes
  • Fixed occasional unexpected focused element in app settings modal after closing via pointer click
  • Fixed some navigation bugs in home screen media types settings
  • Fixed settings changes not being immediately visible in the UI
  • Fixed pressing seek buttons during music playback making it impossible to bring up player controls afterwards
  • Fixed subtitles search modal title button width changing when focused
  • Fixed news ads playback putting the app in a broken state
  • Fixed progress bar being focusable during ads playback
  • Fixed news tags and news feed being visible during ads playback
  • Fixed news feed being slightly cut off at the bottom
  • Fixed issue preventing companion commands
  • Fixed display issues with long stream titles on preplay pages

New in Plex Media Player 2.19.1.904 (Sep 21, 2018)

  • FIXED:
  • Fixed an issue connecting to Plex Cloud servers

New in Plex Media Player 2.19.0.902 (Sep 20, 2018)

  • NEW:
  • Added chapter titles to the chapter selection
  • Added the ability to focus the progress bar and move the playhead to seek more accurately
  • Added preview thumbnails while seeking (when available)
  • Adjusted rewind and fast-foward behavior to move the playhead automatically at 1x, 2x or 3x speed
  • Added new music mini player
  • Added new user button design in the application header
  • Added split fullscreen and layout switching controls
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed shuffle commands received from companion apps not being recognized
  • Fixed dashboard hubs sometimes failing to load when switching between Home users
  • Fixed advancing to the same item as the one currently playing putting the player in a broken state
  • Fixed focus not being restored when returning to playlists list page
  • Fixed missing placeholder for chapter selection preview thumbnails
  • Fixed broken focus behaviour when pressing right twice quickly on settings
  • Fixed missing 'Collections' and 'Albums' links from dashboards

New in Plex Media Player 2.18.0.893 (Sep 5, 2018)

  • Added:
  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.67.1
  • Automatically refresh the dashboard when playback ends
  • Fixed:
  • Fixed pressing play on post play next item leaving OSD open
  • Fixed indirect connection being chosen prematurely in some cases
  • Fixed inability to change audio stream when being controlled as companion player
  • Fixed being unable to remove manual server settings
  • Fixed alignment of checkboxes for Live TV advanced recording settings
  • Fixed timed lyrics not scrolling as track progresses

New in Plex Media Player 2.17.0.890 (Aug 22, 2018)

  • NEW:
  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.65.1
  • Added menu in settings to reorder and show/hide media types
  • Added AdChoices link to Privacy settings
  • Automatically sort dashboard buttons based on which types the user has access to
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed an issue that could cause the UI to become unresponsive when browsing News settings
  • Fixed album preplay sometimes wrapping titles off screen
  • Fixed video direct play setting incorrectly affecting music playback
  • Fixed Cloud Sync server library names not showing up in source modal
  • Fixed lost focus when opening User Menu while offline
  • Fixed inconsistency with Mark as Played string naming
  • Removed errant app settings section
  • Fixed an issue that could cause dashboard pages to fail to load while the app is offline
  • Fixed update check in settings

New in Plex Media Player 2.16.0.885 (Aug 9, 2018)

  • Fixed subtitles being burned unnecessarily when transcoding
  • Fixed skipping instead of seeking with remote
  • Fixed cut off text on preplay pages with long synopses
  • Fixed photo thumbnails not showing a background when scrolling
  • Fixed an issue that could cause selected settings sections to reset when changing selected options
  • Fixed formatting of no recordings page on some devices
  • Fixed long translations getting cut off in the user menu
  • Fixed source list order changes not saving in some rare circumstances
  • Improved Audio Passthrough settings labels

New in Plex Media Player 2.15.0.882 (Jul 25, 2018)

  • NEW:
  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.61.1
  • Added soft subtitles with direct play (requires PMS 1.13.4 or above)
  • FIXED:
  • Added missing unwatched triangles to Watch Later/Recommended
  • Fixed sometimes only the background showing when going back to the pre-play page
  • Fixed items in On Right Now starting playback immediately after going to Watch Now
  • Fixed icon for server and source lists
  • Fixed an issue where pressing left or right while video is paused causes you to go to previous/next video instead of seeking

New in Plex Media Player 2.14.1.880 (Jul 11, 2018)

  • Fixed error showing when recording is post processing
  • Fixed troubles selecting embedded subtitle streams in videos without audio streams
  • Fixed grid view programs getting duplicated when refreshing EPG with grid view open
  • Fixed video quality setting does not properly show user selection
  • Fixed: Show error modal when provider fetch and update requests fail

New in Plex Media Player 2.13.0.877 (Jun 27, 2018)

  • NEW:
  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.57.1
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed focus disappearing after selecting a different news clip from the play queue
  • Fixed missing jump bars when viewing Artists and Albums from Quick Links
  • Don't show 'Browse by Folder' option when not applicable
  • Fixed missing shuffle button from Collections PrePlay

New in Plex Media Player 2.12.1.871 (Jun 17, 2018)

  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.55.3

New in Plex Media Player 2.12.0.869 (Jun 13, 2018)

  • NEW:
  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.53.6
  • FIXED:
  • Restored ability to delete Watch Later/Recommended items
  • Fixed Browse by Folder showing unwatched flags on folders
  • Fixed cursor getting lost when navigating up to menu on Live TV Watch Now
  • Fixed metadata being displayed behind episode thumbnail in some cases
  • Fixed smooth scroll behaviour on some dashboard pages
  • Fixed audio & subtitle preference changes not being reflected immediately on the preplay page
  • Removed Discover and Watch Now buttons from Live TV Browse All

New in Plex Media Player 2.11.1.870 (Jun 6, 2018)

  • NEW:
  • TV web-client updated to 3.54.2
  • FIXED:
  • Removed non-functional Channel provider

New in Plex Media Player 2.11.0.867 (May 30, 2018)

  • NEW:
  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.52.2
  • Qt updated to 5.9.5
  • Updated "(Un)Watched" text to "(Un)Played"
  • FIXED:
  • Restored ability to Watch Later/Recommended items
  • Fixed several possible situations where focus could disappear
  • Fixed the shuffle for a TV season selecting episodes from outside of that season
  • Fixed the focus order on a show preplay page (with extras only) being incorrect
  • Make sure quality setting is respected for autoplaying next episode
  • Fixed HLS videos in Watch Later not playing in some cases
  • Fixed some occurrences of "Repeat All" not repeating single video play queues
  • Fixed Live TV type buttons cutoff in list view
  • Fixed inconsistent queue behavior when playing season with no unwatched episodes
  • Fixed music play queues not correctly restoring on app start
  • Fixed an issue that prevented playing content from a Controller while the app is in the PIN entry screen

New in Plex Media Player 2.10.0.860 Beta (May 19, 2018)

  • NEW:
  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.47.1
  • Added Privacy Policy and Terms of Service viewing in settings
  • Added quick links action buttons for type discovery pages
  • Updated translations
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed an issue that would cause back button presses on certain remotes to be registered twice
  • Fixed the app not loading if plex.tv is unavailable
  • Fixed the version badge not updating after deleting a version
  • Fixed missing videos in a photo library failing silently
  • Fixed the OSD not hiding when resuming playback after the screensaver was shown
  • Fixed high CPU usage during music playback

New in Plex Media Player 2.10.0.849 (May 3, 2018)

  • Added:
  • Added Privacy Policy and Terms of Service viewing in settings
  • Added quick links action buttons for type discovery pages
  • Fixed:
  • Fixed the app not loading if plex.tv was unavailable
  • Fixed the version badge not updating after deleting a version
  • Fixed missing videos in a photo library failing silently
  • Fixed the OSD not hiding when resuming playback after the screensaver was shown
  • (PMP) Fixed high CPU usage during music playback
  • Fixed deleting of file with multiple versions
  • Fix missing video titles on photo album pages
  • Fix the rest of the episodes in the play queue after selecting play from the show level

New in Plex Media Player 2.9.0.824 (Apr 18, 2018)

  • NEW:
  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.47.1
  • Added automatic fallback to transcode if direct playing music fails
  • Updated translations
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed an issue that prevented toggling between timed and untimed lyrics
  • Fixed library lists sometimes not scrolling to the end correctly
  • Fixed the dashboard type list sometimes not scrolling to the end correctly
  • Don't show the library list if there are no libraries available
  • Fixed a rare bug that could cause pointer-only UI elements to appear while not controlling the app with a pointer
  • Fixed an issue with news tags sometimes appearing offscreen
  • Fixed an issue where going to an empty recording schedule page would make the application unresponsive to input
  • Fixed UI sounds

New in Plex Media Player 2.7.0.806 (Mar 21, 2018)

  • NEW:
  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.41.2
  • Added scrolling to dashboard header type buttons when more than 5 buttons are visible
  • Swapped the Record and Play buttons on Live TV item screens
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed possible endless buffering at start of playback
  • Fixed short movie/episode summary alignment
  • Fixed version count not showing up on poster lists
  • Fixed the recording schedule not displaying an empty message when no events are displayed
  • Fixed the next airing wrapping to two lines on the recording priority page
  • Selecting "Sign Out" after selecting "Switch User" from the app's home screen no longer shows homescreen content below the confirmation modal

New in Plex Media Player 2.6.0.803 (Mar 7, 2018)

  • NEW:
  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.37.2
  • Added subtitle support for videos in the photo player
  • Remember last active library when switching between dashboard types
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed the type dropdown showing collections for Live TV
  • Fixed missing separator line for Online Content in libraries
  • Fixed an issue with the player controls sometimes unexpectedly disappearing after changing playing item
  • Fixed video restarting from offset when changing the audio or subtitle streams
  • Fixed movie filters dropdown getting cut off on certain screen sizes
  • Fixed an issue where it wasn't possible to close the player until the content finished loading
  • Fixed the player remaining paused after changing an item in the play queue
  • Fixed title getting cut off on Live TV preplay pages
  • Fixed the player controls briefly appearing when closing the player
  • Fixed seeking in Live TV playback in desktop mode
  • Fixed a rare bug that could cause the app to become unresponsive to key input after signing in
  • Fixed some issues with item actions for some older servers
  • Fixed an issue that prevented using keyboard shortcuts to mark an item as unwatched

New in Plex Media Player 2.5.0.792 (Feb 20, 2018)

  • Fixed the titles for recently added TV shows
  • Fixed the player sometimes not being able to play watch later/recommended videos
  • Fixed bug that could cause app to fail to load
  • Fixed cases where playback would error or fallback to a transcode near the end of a video
  • Fixed issues with Apple IR remotes on High Sierra

New in Plex Media Player 2.4.1.787 (Feb 8, 2018)

  • Fixed a rare bug where the app could lose focus in user switching screen
  • Fixed missing focus in photo player after selecting a related photo
  • Fixed button alignment on subtitle selection modal
  • Fixed missing focus after replaying the same video from post-play
  • Fixed missing post-play after returning from screensaver
  • Selecting the dashboard type button will navigate to the active library

New in Plex Media Player 1.3.12.755 (Dec 15, 2017)

  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.29.7.

New in Plex Media Player 1.3.11.729 (Oct 31, 2017)

  • NEW:
  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.26.2
  • Bumped deps
  • FIXES:
  • (Desktop) Seeking while transcoding
  • (macOS) Fullscreen UI corruption

New in Plex Media Player 1.3.10.720 (Oct 12, 2017)

  • NEW:
  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.21.2
  • Bumped deps
  • FIXES:
  • Ghosting effect with some files
  • (Desktop) Library scanning alerts appearing over video

New in Plex Media Player 1.3.9.714 (Sep 28, 2017)

  • TV web-client updated to 3.13.3.
  • Scaling issues on 4k screens.

New in Plex Media Player 1.3.8.712 (Sep 27, 2017)

  • TV web-client updated to 3.13.2.

New in Plex Media Player 1.3.7.701 (Sep 26, 2017)

  • TV web-client updated to 3.13.1.

New in Plex Media Player 1.3.6.699 (Sep 22, 2017)

  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.20.6.

New in Plex Media Player 1.3.5.689 (Aug 1, 2017)

  • NEW:
  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.14.1
  • Updated dependencies (Windows/macOS)
  • FIXES:
  • Errors when opening the player (Desktop)

New in Plex Media Player 1.3.5.677 Beta (Jul 4, 2017)

  • NEW:
  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.10.0
  • Updated dependencies (Windows/macOS)

New in Plex Media Player 1.3.4.670 (Jun 16, 2017)

  • NEW:
  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.9.1.

New in Plex Media Player 1.3.3.666 (Jun 9, 2017)

  • FIXES:
  • Fix plaxback with optical device type and AC3 enabled
  • Fix direct play with some DVR recordings (LATM)

New in Plex Media Player 1.3.2.657 (May 27, 2017)

  • Added:
  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.7.0
  • Fixed:
  • Casting to PMP (Desktop)

New in Plex Media Player 1.3.1.651 Beta (May 20, 2017)

  • NEW:
  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.6.0

New in Plex Media Player 1.3.1.649 (May 17, 2017)

  • Fixed:
  • Reverted QT to 5.7
  • Crash on macOS
  • AC3/DTS on RPi

New in Plex Media Player 1.3.0.642 Beta (May 13, 2017)

  • NEW:
  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.5.0
  • TV web-client updated to 3.3.0
  • Updated QT to 5.8
  • Updated Dependencies
  • FIXES:
  • LIRC keyup detection

New in Plex Media Player 1.3.0.641 Beta (May 4, 2017)

  • NEW:
  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.5.0
  • TV web-client updated to 3.3.0
  • Updated QT to 5.8
  • Updated Dependencies
  • FIXES:
  • LIRC keyup detection

New in Plex Media Player 1.2.5.606 (Apr 6, 2017)

  • FIXES:
  • (TV) Interface not using full window size.

New in Plex Media Player 1.2.3.589 (Mar 17, 2017)

  • NEW:
  • Desktop web-client updated to 3.0.1
  • TV web-client updated to 2.13.1
  • Add an experimental setting to force what screen PMP should be shown on in fullscreen
  • Add experimental refreshrate.avoid_25hz_30hz and audio_delay.50hz hidden settings
  • FIXES:
  • (Desktop) Mark as watched/unwatched on recently played items
  • (Desktop) Added exit fullscreen button for Windows users
  • (Desktop) Fixed translations
  • (OSX) Improvements to cursor hiding
  • (OSX) Fix display mode switching and display mode determination not working (by FrostedMint)
  • Fixes to autorepeat handling (includes fixing accidental pausing when starting playback)

New in Plex Media Player 1.2.2.555 (Dec 24, 2016)

  • NEW:
  • Desktop web-client updated to 2.12.6
  • TV web-client updated to 2.10.8-fd540f9
  • FIXES:
  • (Desktop) Fixed the player fullscreen button in Windows
  • (Desktop/TV) Added better companion support for certain devices
  • Fixed respect automatically update setting

New in Plex Media Player 1.2.1.494 (Dec 16, 2016)

  • NEW:
  • Desktop web-client updated to 2.12.5
  • TV web-client updated to 2.10.8-9a2e1fb
  • Multimedia keys (play, next, prev) now work in desktop mode
  • Changes to mode switching. There is now a new setting called "layout" which can be set to "tv" or "auto". Auto will behave as 1.2.0 and switch to TV mode when in full-screen. Set this to TV to "lock" the tv layout and not automatically switch to desktop mode. This can also be set by adding --tv to the command line.
  • Added new command line switch to control the scale factor of the UI --scale-factor=X
  • New subtitle color added
  • Automatic subtitle encoding detection on macOS and Linux
  • FIXES:
  • (Desktop) Prevent screensaver during video/photo playback
  • (Desktop) Respect video quality setting
  • Various playback related fixes

New in Plex Media Player 1.2.0.481 (Dec 1, 2016)

  • NEW:
  • Add a desktop UI mode.
  • FIXED:
  • Fix mp2-in-mkv decoding on Windows
  • Fix enabling audio pass-through on new installations
  • Fix music playback failures in some corner cases
  • Allow automatic GPU switching on OS X

New in Plex Media Player 1.1.7.442 (Nov 23, 2016)

  • NEW:
  • Some audio setting defaults were changed for OSX. Exclusive audio mode is disabled by default, and the "Channels" option is now set to "auto" by default. This does not affect existing installations, unless you delete or reset your PMP config file.
  • Removed the "Advanced" checkbox in the audio settings. PMP now behaves the same as if "Advanced" was always enabled in previous versions.
  • Added a new "copy-back" hardware decoding setting. Useful only in specific situations.
  • FIXED:
  • Fix screensaver behavior. In particular, the screensaver should now also start before any videos were played.
  • (Embedded) Fix performance regression on RPI
  • Subtitle selection for vobsubs with multiple stream should now finally work
  • Fix rate display mode auto switching with imprecise media FPS values values like 24.999 (and the same for imprecise display refresh rates)
  • Fix subtitle/audio stream selection failure under certain circumstances. Requires at least server version 1.2.1.
  • Fixed remote control compatibility with latest version of Plex for iOS
  • Progress when playing back mp3's didn't always update
  • (Embedded) Remove the version string in the top left corner

New in Plex Media Player 1.1.6.408 (Oct 5, 2016)

  • FIXED:
  • (Embedded) Fix video playback crashing on Raspberry PI
  • Fix that PMP did not remember the fullscreen state on Windows

New in Plex Media Player 1.1.5.405 (Oct 5, 2016)

  • NEW:
  • Updated web-client to 2.10.0 which includes fixes for Streaming Brain
  • Updated LibreELEC to version 7.90.006
  • Added always on top setting (thanks to Lukas Pitschl)
  • Enabled power options on Embedded x86 (thanks to Jonathan Leroy)
  • PMP now selects multi-channel audio over stereo if your system is configured for more channels than 2 in settings.
  • Add audio_delay.25hz setting for tweaking audio delay for 25hz mode
  • Add new mode to force 16:9 aspect ratio for 4:3 video
  • Audio now does not always force upmixing, e.g. playing stereo even if 7.1 is configured. To enable this you need to go and reselect the number of channels in audio configuration.
  • FIXED:
  • (Embedded) Linux kernel updated to 4.7.5 for RPi and x86_64
  • (Embedded) Samba fixes
  • (Embedded) NVIDIA driver update (legacy to 340.98 and regular to 367.44)
  • (Embedded) Update to audio drivers
  • Fixed respawning helper process
  • Fixed a bug where going into fullscreen could end up in a bad loop
  • Subtitle selection for vobsubs should now work
  • Crash fixes

New in Plex Media Player 1.1.4.393 (Aug 9, 2016)

  • FIXED:
  • changing aspect ratio during playback could halt playback
  • fix volume up with "+" on some keyboards (fix as suggested by wayned42 on the forums)
  • playback sometimes did not end (for example playing mp3 music on OSX)
  • issues with msmpeg and wmv1 codecs on some platforms
  • (OS X) Restore app icon
  • (Embedded) Fix multichannel PCM output on RPI

New in Plex Media Player 1.1.3.380 (Jul 8, 2016)

  • NEW:
  • Qt bumped to version 5.7.0
  • (Embedded) core OS upgraded to LE 7.0.2.
  • Change how web-client is bundled.
  • FIXED:
  • (Embedded) fix installation on nVidia legacy hardware. Affected users should do a clean reinstall.
  • (Embedded) screen saver was broken after first playback

New in Plex Media Player 1.1.2.359 (Jun 28, 2016)

  • NEW:
  • (Embedded) The embedded distribution is now based on LibreELEC instead of OpenELEC. Embedded users will have to do a clean install because of this change. AutoUpdate is disabled.
  • (Embedded) Moved to a EFI bootloader - Some BIOS's may need enabling of EFI to find the install media
  • (Embedded) Skylake support
  • (Embedded) NVIDIA legacy build is deprecated and incorporated into the Generic build
  • Improved hardware decoding on Windows and x86 Embedded.
  • Qt bumped to version 5.6.1
  • There has been some changes how PMP is built on Windows and OSX. We no longer bundle ffmpeg and mpv with the build system and you need to download and install them yourself. This only applies to people that build PMP by themself
  • FIXED:
  • There was an issue where the web-client and the playback engine could get out of state and cause screensaver to show up during movies or not let you press play/pause. This is now fixed.
  • Non US locales could create problems with playback on Linux
  • CEC keyhandling is now back to the default (no auto-repeat) beacuse of many incompatiblities. If you have a CEC device that gives you press and release events you can enable autorepeat by editing the configuration file.
  • PMP should now install correctly on Windows 10N
  • PMP can now be built with Qt 5.7
  • PMP should no longer prevent sleeping on OSX / Windows
  • Screensaver should be smooth again