Download Plex Media Server 0.9.12.0

Version 0.9.12.0 of Plex Media Server has been released. This is a public release and not just for paid PlexPass holders. Plex Media Server is an open source media server for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, OS X and various NAS devices. It can serve content to clients on the same machine, within the local network or even over the Internet. Client software is available for the aforementioned operating systems, but also, for example, for iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Google TV and Chromecast.

The program includes its own App Store, where plug-ins can be exchanged. For example, content from various streaming services can be viewed via these plug-ins. In addition, there is PlexPass, a paid service that gives early access to new versions, in addition to discounts on ‘Premium features’. The release notes for this release can be found below.

New

• Korean and Hungarian translations.
• Massive speedups for HTTP server.
• Keep music in the library automatically refreshed via scheduled task.
• Added Similar Artists feature.
• Match and download metadata as we scan for movies and music.
• Added Recently Viewed Episodes hub.
• Add upcoming concert dates for artists.
• Music videos for tracks and artists. Vevo videos for Plex Pass.
• Plex Mix (Plex Pass only).
• Capture album year, and artwork (Plex Pass music scanner only) during scan.
• Added Continue Watching hub for home videos.
• Add sorting for TV shows based on number of unwatched episodes.
• Added multi-disc support in music libraries.
• Add two music video hubs for music libraries.
• Add a “throwback” hub for artists you haven’t listened to in X.
• Add track filter for moods (Plex Pass only).
• Add Track rating filter.
• Support for PS3/4 audio transcoding.
• Allow artists to have countries, allow filtering by country.
• Allow filtering albums by studio.
• Scan new media first.
• Improve background on-the-fly media analysis. Analyze albums on the fly.
• Add sorting by “Played At and “Play Count” for artists and albums.
• Strip diacriticals and macrons from sort titles and use for searching.
• Use filesystem times for “added at” during first scan.
• Import play counts during iTunes import.
• (API) Add director search provider to global search results.
• (API) Add group=X feature to the filtering language.
• (API) Support for batch editing, field autocompletion.
• (API) Support for deleting composite types (eg albums).
• (API) Support for computing common fields between multiple items.

Fixes

• Be smarter about when to merge identical albums and when to separate.
• Fix recently played hubs to not return things with zero play count.
• (OS X) Fix an issue where App Nap could affect server performance.
• (Windows) iTunes latest 64-bit release was broken.
• Improve searching to start at word boundaries.
• Clear playlist composite when clearing playlist.
• Order various artists albums by name, other artists by year descending.
• Speed ​​up various endpoints, including play queue creation.
• Fix a few hub crashes.
• Don’t scan right away on filesystem changes when starting up.
• Delete unused tags and tagging during database maintenance.
• Many performance and stability improvements.