Download Plex Media Server 0.9.12.8

Version 0.9.12.8 of Plex Media Server has been released. This is a public release and not just for paid PlexPass subscribers. Plex Media Server is an open source media server for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, OS X 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 also for iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Google TV and Chromecast.

The program includes its own software 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’. Since the previous public release, the following changes and improvements have been made:

Plex Media Server 0.9.12.8

Fixes

• Fixed some regressions in Linux and NAS packaging in 0.9.12.7.
• (OS X) Fix a case where deleting a media file failed.
• Fix for remote access in certain cases involving proxies.

Plex Media Server 0.9.12.7

New

• (Web) Restore the player on launch if the app was playing when page was reloaded/closed.
• (Web) Added shuffle and repeat modes to the music player.
• (Web) Added an “Allow Channels” restriction for shared users.

Fixes

• Deleting media files moves them to trash (restoring old behavior).
• Manually specified ports for remote access are sent to the cloud correctly.
• Upgrades work properly for Drobo, Thecus, Ubuntu and other platforms.
• Fixed a case where hitting APPLY button showed no remote access incorrectly.
• In some rare cases, multiple versions of a plugin could be started at once.
• (Web) Prefer AAC by default in Microsoft Edge.
• (Web) Better expose the enable / disable buttons in Remote Access.

Plex Media Server 0.9.12.6

Fixes

• Some packages were missing critical system bundles (eg Asustor, CentOS, Ubuntu i386, and others).
• Disabled an expensive database migration which caused high CPU on start.

Plex Media Server 0.9.12.5

New

• Support for moods in album view.
• Last.FM scrubbing!
• Allow filtering shows by Network.
• Allow filtering episodes for duplicates.
• Allow publishing arbitrary connections for servers.
• Support for shared users’ language and subtitle preferences from plex.tv
• All plugins/agents now bundled with and locked to server releases. Should be the end of having to delete System/Framework.

Fixes

• (Web) Remove AAC bitrate limitations.
• (Sync) Assorted fixes and improvements.
• (Sync) Fix an issue when syncing back play status.
• (Transcoder) Fix a few deadlocks.
• (Transcoder) Some videos play in slow motion.
• (Transcoder) Improve video quality when converting from HEVC, VP9, ​​and 10-bit H.264.
• (Transcoder) Fixed an issue involving VOBSUB subtitles on interlaced video.
• Improvements to NAT traversal, especially using UPnP.
• Potential fix for a rare issue resolving EventSource server.
• If Internet access comes back after outage, make sure NAT port is still mapped (thanks, sa2000!)
• For unmatched media, the Local Media Agent data wasn’t properly loaded.
• When signing out and in again, make sure we properly publish TLS availability (thanks, sa2000!)
• (Local Media) Read sort titles from MP4 files.
• (Local Media) Fix a bug where album art wasn’t getting cleared out.
• (Plex Music) Improved artwork download.
• (Plex Music) Fix “None” genre preference for artists.
• (Plex Music) Don’t add data/posters for Soundtrack and other such generic artists.
• Better analysis of MP3 files for duration.
• Improve quality of downscaled images.
• Fix an issue where cached tags could get out of sync with full tag set.
• Fix a regression where every play was showing as Direct Play in the web app.
• Improve ID3v2 skipping code.
• Don’t move deleted bundles to Trash, delete them right away.
• During analysis, make sure we check the existance (or lack thereof) of media index files.
• Season posters weren’t always showing up in season editor.
• On Deck wasn’t working for users with restrictions.
• (FreeBSD) Fix start.sh to work.
• Optimize the library after deleting a library.
• Make sure selected artwork is downloaded locally, fixes cases where selected posters can be reset.
• (Linux) Further improvements to filesystem-watching code.
• Make sure we update plex.tv when disabling remote access.
• (Windows) Adding/removing a library doesn’t cause it to scan all other other ones.
• Revamped iOS device profiles to provide better quality streams to newest (and unreleased) devices.
• Publish connections to plex.tv when connected directly to the Internet.