Download Plex Media Server 1.29.2.6364

Version 1.29.2.6364 of Plex Media Server has been released. This version was previously available to holders of the paid PlexPass, but can now be downloaded by anyone. Plex Media Server is a media server for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, macOS and various nas devices. The software can serve content to clients on the same machine, within the local network or over the Internet. Client software is available for the aforementioned operating systems, but content can also be viewed on iOS, Android, Google TV and Chromecast, for example. The program is free to use and has additional features PlexPass, a paid service that gives access to ‘premium features’ and earlier to new versions. Since version 1.29.0.6244 the following changes and improvements have been made:

Plex Media Server 1.29.1.6260 (Plex Pass/Beta update channel)

New:

• (HTTP) Added additional startup state notifications
• (macOS) Plex Media Server now requires macOS 10.11 or newer to run.
• (Linux) External user-mode graphics drivers no longer need to be installed to use hardware tone mapping on Intel systems

Fixed:

• (Auto Update) Old update files are now cleaned up upon server start.
• (DVR) EPG data might be lost for new recordings
• (DVR) Plex Tuner Service might become unresponsive in certain complex scenarios
• (DVR) Sports events recording by team might not be shown in DVR schedule
• (Downloads) Corrected a case where played downloaded media was not marked as played on server
• (Photos) Photos could get reprocessed for geolocation unnecessarily
• (Playback) Corrected playback decisions where metadata contained multiple medias and only some could be directly played or downloaded
• (Scanner) Improvements to episode matching logic

Plex Media Server 1.29.1.6276 (Plex Pass/Beta update channel)

Fixed:

• Fixes an issue where 1.29.1.6260 crashes on startup for users running macOS 10.11 and 10.12

Plex Media Server 1.29.1.6316 (Plex Pass/Beta update channel)

New:

• (HTTP) Added additional startup state notifications
• (Linux) External user-mode graphics drivers no longer need to be installed to use hardware tone mapping on Intel systems
• (macOS) Plex Media Server now requires macOS 10.11 or newer to run

Fixed:

• (Auto Update) Old update files are now cleaned up upon server start.
• (DVR) EPG data might be lost for new recordings
• (DVR) Plex Tuner Service might become unresponsive in certain complex scenarios
• (DVR) Sports events recording by team might not be shown in DVR schedule
• (Downloads) Corrected a case where played downloaded media was not marked as played on server
• (Maintenance) Plex Media Server could quit unexpectedly when asked to clean bundles under certain conditions
• (Photos) Photos could get reprocessed for geolocation unnecessarily
• (Playback) Corrected playback decisions where metadata contained multiple medias and only some could be directly played or downloaded
• (Scanner) Improvements to episode matching logic
• (Database) Removed potential SQL syntax error

Plex Media Server 1.29.2.6334 (Plex Pass/Beta update channel)

New:

• (Security) Support new, streamlined first-run claiming experience on macOS (#13864)

Fixed:

• (EPG) Server might become unresposible when parsing special episodes in XMLTV guide data (#13117)
• (IntroDetection) Decreased memory consumption for intro detection (#13361)
• (Library) Running a Clean Bundles operation could crash the server (#13855)
• (Maintenance) Plex Media Server could quit unexpectedly when asked to clean bundles under certain conditions (#13855)
• (Music) Existing tracks could lose loudness data and be unable to rerun the loudness analysis (#13897)

Plex Media Server 1.29.2.6364 (Plex Pass/Beta update channel)

New:

• (Security) Support new, streamlined first-run claiming experience on macOS (#13864)

Fixed:

• (EPG) Server might become unresposible when parsing special episodes in XMLTV guide data (#13117)
• (IntroDetection) Decreased memory consumption for intro detection (#13361)
• (Library) Running a Clean Bundles operation could crash the server (#13855)
• (Maintenance) Plex Media Server could quit unexpectedly when asked to clean bundles under certain conditions (#13855)
• (Music) Existing tracks could lose loudness data and be unable to rerun the loudness analysis (#13897)
• (Security) Fixes to the new macOS first-run claiming process.

Plex Media Server 1.29.2.6364 is now available to everyone