Download Plex Media Server 0.9.8.14

With version number 0.9.8.14, a new public version of Plex Media Server has been released. This program is an open source media server for Linux, FreeBSD, OS X, Windows 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 iOS, Android, Windows Phone 7, Google TV and some TVs from LG and Samsung. The program includes its own App Store, where plug-ins can be exchanged. For example, these plug-ins allow instant viewing of content from Hulu, Netflix, and CNN Video. 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:

• Updated ffmpeg used in media analysis, should help in many ways.
• Track stream titles and codec ID in media analysis.

Fixes:

• Improve connectivity to myPlex.
• Massive improvements to Universal Transcoder quality. Fixes issues with artifacts.
• Increase audio bitrate at higher qualities.
• Failure to republish server after connectivity issue.
• Don’t log passwords. For real.
• Subtitle encoding detection improved for eastern European languages.
• (DLNA) Improve photo rendering.
• (Sync) An issue with a bogus resource path.
• (Windows) Eliminate a number of crashes.