Download Plex Media Server 0.9.16.4

Earlier this week, version 0.9.16.4 Plex Media Server was released for holders of a paid PlexPass subscription, but now it can be downloaded 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’. In this release we find a newer version of Plex/Web and several bugs have been fixed.

New

• Update Plex/Web to 2.6.0

Fixes

• (Media Optimizer) Episodes from shows whose titles have trailing periods might be repeatedly reprocessed (on Windows).
• (Media Optimizer) Transcoded special episodes weren’t following the naming convention.
• (Media Optimizer) Optimized versions could be automatically deleted while being watched.
• (Transcoder) Transcoder process crashes weren’t being reliably detected on non-Windows platforms.
• (Transcoder) Issues transcoding music files with high sampling rates.
• (Transcoder) The highest quality audio encoder wasn’t always selected with Direct Streaming disabled.
• (DLNA) Crashes entering movie sections with Samsung Smart TV DLNA client.
• (Windows) Show tray icon on recent Windows Insider Preview builds.
• (Windows) Overwrite older files more reliably during setup.
• (Metadata) Download higher quality artist posters from last.fm.
• (Metadata) Fix top tracks for music libraries.
• (Metadata) Missing Rotten Tomatoes metadata when movie has no trailers and language is not set to English
• (PS4) Certain images weren’t being cached while browsing.
• (Web) Plex Pass privileges weren’t being recognized on first sign-in.
• Issues with .plexignore files.
• Issues with playback from some unofficial Plex Channels.