Download Plex Media Server 0.9.15.2

Earlier this week, version 0.9.15.2 of Plex Media Server was released to holders of a paid PlexPass subscription, but it is now available for download by everyone. 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 content can also be viewed on iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Google TV and Chromecast, for example. However, the latter requires additional software to get the stream on the 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 0.9.15.2

New

• (iOS) Sync soft subtitles to iOS clients.
• Advanced preference to set the x264 preset used with background transcodes.
• (Windows) Plex Media Server now requires the latest service pack or update, when installed on Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8.1.

Fixes

• (Windows) Address installation errors on systems missing a required service pack or operating system update.
• (Media Optimizer) Processing wouldn’t always restart to handle newly-added library content.
• (Sync) Sync item configuration changes weren’t being picked up immediately.
• (Sync) Watched items weren’t being immediately removed from unwatched-only sync items.
• (Sync) Unwatched-only sync items might not include specific unwatched items in some rare cases.
• (Sync) Run Cloud Sync every 24 hours, in order to sync view counts to the cloud.
• Popular tracks list for artists wasn’t respecting sharing restrictions.
• Netgear RN21x package no longer overwrites Preferences.xml on startup.
• Incorrect auto-update download links in some rare cases.
• Playback could fail to start on LG TVs in some rare cases.
• Subtitles in ‘mov_text’ format might not transcode correctly.
• Crash during episode post play.

Plex Media Server 0.9.15.1 (Plex Pass only)

New

• (Sync) Transcodes for iOS now include all audio streams from the source file.
• (iOS/Apple TV) Support Direct Play for HLS streams from channels.
• Support Synology DiskStation DS216play and DS716+ devices

Fixes

• (Windows) Resolved installer error “Another version of this product is already installed”.
• (Windows) Allow host PC to go to sleep.
• (Windows) Transcoder errors with non-ASCII user names.
• (Media Optimizer) Update default target max bitrates to 1080p/8Mbps (TV) and 720p/4Mbps (Mobile).
• (Sync) Original item order wasn’t preserved when processing items.
• (Sync) Unwatched-only policies weren’t working as expected for some sync items.
• (Sync) Unwatched-only and limit policies weren’t being applied to synced playlists.
• (Sync) Cloud Sync stability improvements.
• Improved accuracy and reliability of PubSub server selection.
• In some cases, movie year was incorrectly being set to the file’s creation time.
• Playlist duration and item count could be incorrect in some cases.
• Fixed a case where optimizing the database could hang the server.
• Fixed crash on WD ARMv7 devices
• Fixed favicon requests.