Plex

This update adds support for GPU passthrough in umbrelOS 1.5.

The release notes of the previous version included the following changes:

• Added support for Icelandic in Movie and TV show libraries
• New preference for downloads temp directory
• Added option to set number of simultaneous background transcodes, including downloads
• Fixed issue with collection item counts for smart collections
• Resolved error when using Browse option for LiveTV EPG
• Improved descriptions for episode and album sorting preferences
• Enhanced security to address potential vulnerability

Full release notes are available at https://www.videohelp.com/software/Plex

🚨 This release includes important security fixes. Update is strongly recommended.

The update also includes several enhancements and bug fixes to improve your streaming experience:

• Added support for Icelandic in Movie and TV show libraries
• New preference for downloads temp directory
• Added option to set number of simultaneous background transcodes, including downloads
• Fixed issue with collection item counts for smart collections
• Resolved error when using Browse option for LiveTV EPG
• Improved descriptions for episode and album sorting preferences
• Enhanced security to address potential vulnerability

Full release notes are available at https://www.videohelp.com/software/Plex

This update to Plex includes several enhancements and bug fixes to improve your streaming experience:

• Updated web interface to version 4.147.1
• Improved handling of music files with embedded Release Type tags
• Enhanced networking preferences with client network options
• Fixed issues with GPS coordinate data for photos
• Resolved server instability when watching live TV on Shield devices
• Improved subtitle handling for SDH flags on external subtitles
• Fixed occasional server crashes during transcode progress reporting
• Enhanced detection of rotation metadata for transcoding

Full release notes are available at https://www.videohelp.com/software/Plex

This update to Plex includes several enhancements and bug fixes to improve your streaming experience.

Fixes:

• Fixed issue where transcode request bandwidth wasn't tracked
• Resolved potential failures in cleanup tasks during server startup
• Optimized database queries to reduce movie detail page load times

Full release notes are available at https://www.videohelp.com/software/Plex

New Features:

• Added ARMv8 support for TerraMaster devices
• Updated web interface to latest version

Fixes:

• Resolved issues with legacy agent requests and DOVI filters
• Fixed audio glitches during transcoding of high bitrate EAC-3 audio
• Improved handling of non-ascii characters in requests
• Addressed stalled conversion queues and transcoding issues

Full release notes are available at https://www.videohelp.com/software/Plex

New Features:

• Added ARMv8 support for TerraMaster devices
• Updated web interface to latest version

Fixes:

• Resolved issues with legacy agent requests and DOVI filters
• Fixed audio glitches and stalled conversion queues during transcoding
• Reverted a bandwidth fix to prevent database bloat

Full release notes are available at https://www.videohelp.com/software/Plex

New Features:

• Added DOVI filter to video libraries

Fixes:

• Fixed missing metadataID in download activities
• Fixed Continue Watching not updating after marking items as played
• Fixed local lyrics and extras not being picked up for music tracks
• Improved performance when loading items in many collections
• Fixed hardware transcode failures on older Intel iGPUs
• Clarified wording for "Include adult content" preference

Full release notes are available at https://www.videohelp.com/software/Plex

New Features:

• Added optional HEVC transcoding
• Updated web interface

Fixes:

• Fixed issues with chapter thumbnails, smart collection limits, and emoji in tags
• Improved poster consistency in Continue Watching and codec info in Now Playing
• Fixed scanner bugs with media renaming and date-based TV episode matching
• Resolved UI issues with subtitles, jump list sorting, and split-apart failures
• Reduced excessive debug logging

Full release notes are available at https://www.videohelp.com/software/Plex

New Features:

• Ad detection can now be run on media add
• Updated web interface

Fixes:

• Collections now properly visible for episode and track library filters
• Fixed edition titles not saving correctly to database
• Fixed metadata refresh issues during agent upgrades
• Improved QNAP compatibility with NVidia GPU and updated security mechanisms
• Fixed multiple transcoding issues including hardware transcodes, HEVC limitations, and subtitle problems
• Fixed voice activity detection failures during scheduled tasks

Full release notes are available at https://www.videohelp.com/software/Plex

New Features:

• Added support for more GPU hardware devices from NVIDIA, Intel, and AMD
• Added Folder Location filter for Movie, Episode, Track and Photo library views
• Updated web interface

Fixes:

• Fixed library item sorting issues
• Fixed view state sync issues
• Fixed edition titles not saving correctly to database
• Fixed library items being removed when mount points become unavailable
• Fixed Sonic Analysis not triggering for new albums after scan

Full release notes are available at https://www.videohelp.com/software/Plex

New Features:

• Added support for more GPU hardware devices from NVIDIA, Intel, and AMD
• Added Folder Location filter for Movie, Episode, Track and Photo library views
• Updated web interface to version 4.141.0

Fixes:

• Resolved library item sorting issues
• Fixed transcoding of MPEG2 live TV streams on Windows
• Fixed Chinese subtitle display issues on MacOS 15
• Resolved an issue that could cause view state sync to stop working

Full release notes are available at https://www.videohelp.com/software/Plex

New Features:

• Added additional hardware encoding settings for controlling DVR transcode output quality and file size.
• Enabled software decoders for live TV transcodes to avoid system errors.

Fixes:

• Resolved an issue where specific file paths could cause movie scanning to exit prematurely.
• Fixed a parsing error that prevented certain external subtitle files from syncing automatically.
• Made downloaded subtitles available to all media versions when using the subtitle search function.
• Corrected an issue where hardware transcodes of VC1 files could hang instead of displaying an error.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when transcoding music files.
• Updated service parameters during server auto-updates.

Full release notes are available at https://www.videohelp.com/software/Plex

New Features:

• Ad detection now works in libraries without DVR.
• Removed support for legacy plug-ins on Nvidia Shield devices.
• Scanner now looks for external subtitles in ‘subs’ and ‘subtitles’ folders.
• Improved subtitle burn-in performance when using hardware transcoding.
• Added an option to choose a tone mapping algorithm on some platforms/devices.
• Added hardware tone mapping support for some Intel devices on Windows.
• Web client updated to version 4.136.1.

Fixes:

• Fixed unexpected server exits on ARM-based devices.
• Resolved tone mapping issues on Intel devices using Windows.
• Fixed missing items in optimized versions.
• Prevented server crashes when playing short media with auto-sync subtitles.
• Improved library sorting and natural order (e.g., “10” after “3”).
• Restored the Plex icon in QNAP App Center.
• Faster scanning for new movies with better local metadata handling.
• Fixed filtering issues when sharing media by type.

Full release notes are available at https://www.videohelp.com/software/Plex

What’s New:

• Ad Detection: Now works in all libraries, even without DVR.
• Nvidia Shield: Removed support for older plug-ins.
• Subtitles: Improved handling of external subtitle files and better performance for subtitles when using hardware transcoding.
• Tone Mapping: Added options to choose different tone mapping methods, with new support for certain Intel devices on Windows.
• Web App Update: Upgraded to the latest version for a smoother experience.

Fixes:

• Improved sorting of library items.
• Restored the Plex icon on QNAP devices.
• Faster scanning of new movies and better handling of local metadata.
• Fixed issues with sharing and sorting media.
• Resolved installation problems on some Synology devices.
• Fixed issues with deleting tags and improved tone mapping on Windows.
• Corrected a problem where optimized versions of media were not displaying.

Full release notes are available at https://www.videohelp.com/software/Plex

This release includes several improvements and fixes:

• Reduced log messages when starting playback on NVIDIA devices
• Added noautorestart command line parameter on Windows to prevent auto-restart after updates
• Fixed preview thumbnail generation for newly added media
• Improved sidecar lyrics loading
• Enhanced view state syncing with fewer requests to plex.tv
• Resolved issues with QNAP server starts after system restarts
• Fixed potential crashes related to software encoding fallback
• Improved tonemapping stability on Linux for certain Intel devices

⚠️ This update includes a security patch for CVE-2024-7272

Full release notes are available at https://www.videohelp.com/software/Plex

NEW:

• Ad detection in libraries without DVR
• Improved subtitle burn-in performance with Hardware Transcoding
• Added preference to select tone mapping algorithm (available on some platforms/devices)
• Added support for HW Tonemapping on Windows for some Intel devices
• Web updated to 4.136.1

FIXES:

• Improved library item sorting
• Enhanced performance when scanning new movie items
• Fixed filtering of shared media by type
• Improved default sorting to use natural sorting

⚠️ This release removes support for legacy plug-ins on Nvidia Shield devices

Full release notes are available at https://www.videohelp.com/software/Plex

NEW:

• Metadata: Added support for additional TVDB episode orderings in TV Show preferences. This requires a metadata refresh.
• Web: Updated to 4.132.2

FIXES:

• Library: Multi-episode files will only retain one of the episodes.
• Live-TV: Fixed an issue where tuning slots were not properly released if the tune was canceled during startup, such as when rapidly changing channels.
• Scanner: Removed deprecated support for modern metadata agent scan/refresh via Scanner CLI.
• Scanner: Fixed an issue where the scanner would not ignore #snapshot/s directories.
• Scanner: Fixed an issue where the scanner would not ignore @eaDir copy directories.
• Serialization: The viewUpdatedAt field is now included when requested.
• Tonemapping: Hardware Tonemapping failed on intel devices when run on Synology.
• Transcoder: Corrected the quality parameter for devices without rate control.
• Transcoder: Hardware Transcoding failed when using an AMD or Intel device on windows.
• Transcoder: Windows would fail to HW transcode after an RDP session is started or ended.

Full release notes are available at https://www.videohelp.com/software/Plex

NEW:

• Metadata: Added support for additional TVDB episode orderings in TV Show preferences. This requires a metadata refresh.

FIXES:

• Live-TV: Fixed an issue where tuning slots were not properly released if the tune was canceled during startup, such as when rapidly changing channels.
• Scanner: Removed deprecated support for modern metadata agent scan/refresh via Scanner CLI.
• Scanner: Fixed an issue where the scanner would not ignore #snapshot/s directories.
• Scanner: Fixed an issue where the scanner would not ignore @eaDir copy directories.
• Serialization: The viewUpdatedAt field is now included when requested.
• Transcoder: Corrected the quality parameter for devices without rate control.
• Transcoder: Fixed an issue where Windows would fail to hardware transcode after an RDP session is started or ended.

Full release notes are available at https://www.videohelp.com/software/Plex

This is a hotfix release that resolves an issue where users were unable to install both Plex and Home Assistant on the same device.

⚠️ If you have not yet upgraded to Plex 1.40.2, then please be patient during this update as large libraries may take a while to update.

Full release notes are available at https://www.videohelp.com/software/Plex

⚠️ Please be patient during this update to version 1.40.2. Large libraries may take a while to update.

Full release notes are available at https://www.videohelp.com/software/Plex

NEW:

• Items added to a collection from the item context menu will now lock the collection field on the items
• Store track genres and add filtering options
• Support ID3v2.4 null-separated tags for genres and release type
• No longer create a view history entry for items marked as played

FIXES:

• Changing a ‘Other Videos’ type library to the modern movie agent would fail
• It is possible that agents are not initialised during startup on rare occasions
• Server could become unresponsive when collection membership changes
• When performing fix match on items from certain music libraries the language would default to Arabic
• and many more

See full release notes here: https://www.videohelp.com/software/Plex

NEW:

• (Web) Updated to 4.116.1

FIXES:

• (Library) “Episode sorting” and “Album sorting” preferences had meaningless “Library default” global library setting (#14522)
• (Library) The default season sort order in TV libraries may not work as intended (#14570)
• (LiveTV) Transcoded video would fail to play in some circumstances (#14539)
• (Metadata) Items could lose metadata if a refresh request failed due to a network failure (#14551)
• (Player) Controlling a player didn’t work in some cases (#14567)
• (Sharing) Sharing a single episode was not playable by sharee (#14559)
• (Transcoder) HW transcoding failed on GeminiLake CPUs when running on linux (#14465)
• (Transcoder) Videos HW encoded on the shield would display a black screen on some devices (#14384)
• (Updater) Windows Updater would hang when run with PMSService (#14322)

See full release notes here: https://www.videohelp.com/software/Plex

NEW:

• (Web) Updated to 4.116.1

FIXES:

• (Library) “Episode sorting” and “Album sorting” preferences had meaningless “Library default” global library setting
• (Library) The default season sort order in TV libraries may not work as intended
• (LiveTV) Transcoded video would fail to play in some circumstances
• (Metadata) Items could lose metadata if a refresh request failed due to a network failure
• (Player) Controlling a player didn’t work in some cases
• (Sharing) Sharing a single episode was not playable by sharee
• (Transcoder) HW transcoding failed on GeminiLake CPUs when running on linux
• (Transcoder) Videos HW encoded on the shield would display a black screen on some devices

See full release notes here: https://www.videohelp.com/software/Plex

NEW: (TerraMaster) Improve multi-volume support when adding folders to libraries. (Transcoder) Enable hardware transcoding by default where available (#14282)

FIXES: (Hubs) User could order a hub before Continue Watching hub (#14236) (Library) In some cases, media item presence and accessibility could fail to be reported (#14307) (Metadata) Items could lose metadata if a refresh request failed due to a network failure (#14551) (Photos) Autotag data was not visible even if photos had pre-existing autotags (#14493) (Photos) Places filter was not visible even if photos had pre-existing place data (#14519) (Preferences) Adjust library section preference text for intro and credits detection (#14152) (Scanner) Episodes with absolute numbering of 264 and 265 could get ignored (#14084) (Security) Certain requests could trigger unwanted notifications (#14524) (Transcoding) Hardware transcoding failed on linux machines (#14553)

See full release notes here: https://www.videohelp.com/software/Plex

This update includes many bug fixes and performance improvements, as well as the following new features:

• New “Deep Cuts” music station.
• Hardware transcoding is now supported for SDR media on AMD GPUs on Linux
• Hardware transcoding is now supported when running Plex Media Server on headless Windows systems
• The GPU used for transcoding can now be selected in server preferences

See full release notes here: https://www.videohelp.com/software/Plex/version-history

This update includes new features such as improved series and season-level preferences, increased support for different naming formats, and numerous bug fixes.