Download Plex Media Server 0.9.16.0

Earlier this week, version 0.9.16.0 of Plex Media Server was released to 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 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 0.9.16.0 is now available for Plex Pass members.

NEW

• (Metadata) Support local artist posters and fanart.
• (Metadata) Support local album fan art.
• (Metadata) Support ‘short’, ‘featurette’ and ‘other’ sidecar movie extras.
• Log files are now versioned as .X.log instead of .log.X.
• (OS X) Log files are now stored in a dedicated “~/Library/Logs/Plex Media Server” directory
• (PMP) Support remuxing FLAC audio for video transcodes.
• (Prefs) Move advanced Update Channel pref to non-advanced section.
• Improved startup times on multi-core systems.

FIXES

• (Lyrics) Handle lyrics files with CR linebreaks.
• (Media Optimizer) Improved default sorting of items for Media Optimizer, Playlists, and Sync.
• (Metadata) Show correct release date for MP3 music files.
• (Metadata) Read metadata from MP4 movie files without audio track.
• (Metadata) Don’t strip dots from song titles.
• (Metadata) Artists with trailing dots weren’t showing album metadata in music libraries using the Last.fm agent.
• Generate thumbnails with correct aspect ratios for anamorphic content.
• Reliably find local assets for multi-disc music albums.
• Improve reliability of .plexignore handling.
• Improve reliability of library cleanup during scanning.
• Incorrect playlist durations when items have multiple versions.
• Prevent scheduled tasks from starting and ending at the same time.
• Don’t label media items as “Original” when there’s only one.
• Enable uninstalling manually installed plugins.
• (Transcoder) Improve performance transcoding video to MP4 containers.
• (Transcoder) Prefer transcodes of stereo sources to AAC over other multi-channel codecs.
• (Transcoder) Improve compatibility of HLS transcodes with some older Samsung TVs.
• (Transcoder) Failures transcoding audio with low sampling rates for the Roku.
• (Transcoder) Failures copying invalid chapters when transcoding to streaming MKV.
• (Transcoder) Failures burning DVB subtitles.
• (Transcoder) Incorrect name and language attributes when transcoding subtitles to WebVTT.
• (Transcoder) Online content requiring a specific user agent wasn’t transcoding correctly.
• (Prefs) Removed obsolete “Offer higher bitrates over 3G connections” preference.
• (Prefs) Removed obsolete “Enable Dolby Digital on Apple TV” preference.
• (Playlists) Sorting playlists by duration wasn’t working.
• (Windows) Failures installing when Windows Firewall service is disabled.
• (Windows) Automatically launch the server after auto update.
• (Windows) Incorrect Windows version listed in installer logs.
• (iOS) Failures playing MP4 video with MP3 audio.
• (DLNA) Connect to remote media servers securely.
• (DLNA) Crashes when video has no audio stream.
• (Roku) TV play queues weren’t advancing.
• (Bundles) A ​​number of small service fixes.