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FIXES:
* (Web) Updated Plex Web 2.9.3, which was missing from the previous release
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NEW:
* New Feature - Streaming Brain.
* (Streaming Brain) Preference for limiting bandwidth on WAN uploads. Limits can be per-stream and total.
* (Streaming Brain) Preference for maximum number of simultaneous transcodes.
* (Streaming Brain) Admin session termination - the server admin can stop a user playback session and provide a reason that the client will display. This may require an updated client.
* (Streaming Brain) Playback session termination reasons are sent to the client and displayed to the user. This may require an updated client.
* (Streaming Brain) Removed 'Prioritize streaming transcodes' preference. Background transcodes such as Sync, Media Optimizer, and video preview thumbnail generation are always prioritized behind streaming transcodes, and will pause completely if the simultaneous transcode limit is reached.
* (Streaming Brain) Removed 'Cloud Sync upload speed limit' preference. Sync traffic automatically scales based on streaming WAN usage, and uses whatever bandwidth is left unused.
* (Web) Updated Plex Web to 2.9.3.
* (Relay) Allow multiple connections from PMS to relay servers. (#4894)
* (Windows) Localize installer for Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese locales. (#5189)
* (Linux) QNAP x64 packages for the new QTS 4.3 64bit firmware.
FIXES:
* (NVIDIA SHIELD) Support premium Plex music libraries. (#4991)
* (NVIDIA SHIELD) Relay was crashing on startup. (#5419)
* (Transcoder) Failures transcoding video files that lack a video stream. (#4503)
* (Transcoder) Stuttering video transcoding HE-AAC on macOS. (#5376)
* (Transcoder) Completed transcodes might continue to block static transcodes. (#5423)
* (Subtitles) Inconsistent automatic subtitle selection for media containing multiple embedded subtitles. (#5011)
* (On Deck) Handle specials and episodes without a known air date better in On Deck. (#4661)
* (Camera Upload) Fix a couple of edge case scenarios when resuming uploads. (#5152) (#5218)
* (Pub-Sub) Better load distribution selecting servers. (#4915)
* (Relay) Relay process might not be killed when the media server shuts down on certain Unix platforms. (#5173)
* (Butler) Issues deleting old files in cache directory.
* (Media Analysis) Scanner crashes analyzing mp4 files lacking moov atoms. (#5373)
* (Media Analysis) Some 1080i media wasn't being recognized as being interlaced. (#5279)
* (Media Analysis) Crashes analyzing certain photos with malformed metadata tags. (#5461)
* (Metadata) Issues recognizing episodes of shows whose names contain multiple numeric digits. (#5377)
* (Search) Duplicate results from different libraries now indicate the library of origin. (#4949)
* (Search) Treat searches using a single non-ASCII character the same as a single ASCII character. (#5319)
* (Linux) Local Media Agent errors when paths/files contained non-ASCII characters. (#5470)
* (Linux) Fixed Readynas RN2xx build to work on ReadyNAS OS Firmware 6.6.0 (#5512)
* A number of user-reported server crashes. (#5042) (#5459)
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NEW:
* (Web) Updated Plex Web to 2.8.1.
* (Nvidia Shield) Enable DLNA server. (#5013)
* (Security) Allow http requests using the server's machine name to authenticate using the "networks allowed without auth" preference. (#5270)
* Improved crash reporting infrastructure. (#4669)
FIXES:
* (LG) Connectivity problems when older LG MediaLink TVs connect to signed-in servers with whitelisted IP addresses. (#5271)
* (Ubuntu) Installation failures on certain VPS systems lacking /proc/1/comm. (#5300)
* (QNAP) Issues restarting PMS after unclean shutdown. (#5309)
* (Trailers) Plex Movie agent 'Use red band (restricted audiences) trailers when available' preference was being ignored when downloading trailers. (#5298)
* Enabling network logging in clients could cause the server to hang. (#5277)
* Spurious "Streaming session doesn't exist" errors when playing synced content on certain clients. (#5264)
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NEW:
* (Media Flags) Update bundle.
FIXES:
* (NAS) Non-ASCII characters were being encoded to XML incorrectly on certain ARM devices. (#5255)
* (Android) Enforce h264 profile limitations correctly. (#5233)
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1.1.1
NEW:
* (Web) Updated Plex Web to 2.7.10
* (Security) "Networks allowed without auth" preference now also works when server is signed in.
* (Security) "Networks allowed without auth" preference can be used with IP addresses, as well as netmask filters.
* (Network) Browsers denied access to the server's root path are now redirected to Plex Web. (#5100)
FIXES:
* (Subtitles) Subtitle auto selection didn't quite match the specification. (#4565)
* (Relay) Issues starting relay on certain NAS devices. (#5126)
* (Metadata) Show theme music wasn't downloaded when using third party TVDB DVD order agent. (#5159)
* (Metadata) Occasional issues getting metadata from TVDB. (#5199)
* (Shows) Fixed viewing seasons with the unwatched filter enabled on older and third party clients. (#5182)
* (Thumbnails) Failures running scheduled task for thumbnail generation. (#5195)
* (Extras) Cloud trailers might not be downloaded on startup on faster systems. (#5188)
* (Channels) Only offer iTunes, iPhoto, and Aperture channel preferences on supported platforms. (#5157)
* (Windows) Disable iTunes channel by default. (#5157)
* (Windows) Issues loading Plex Web on IE11 (#5181)
* (OS X) Fix auto-update not working in some cases. (#5212)
* (Now Playing) Issues with play queues containing mixed photos and videos. (#5164)
* Some rare server crashes. (#4951)
1.1.2.2680-09e98fb
FIXES:
* (Security) Devices authorized with the "networks allowed without auth" preference were unable to render images and play media when the server was signed in.
* (OS X) Fix issue with automatic updates. (Upgrades from 1.1.0 and 1.1.1 will require manual installation.)
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NEW:
* Support videos in photo libraries. (#3928)
* Support uploading videos to photo libraries. (Android support is available now and other mobile apps are coming soon.) (#3522)
* (Web) Updated Plex Web to 2.7.8.
* (Security) When server is signed in, clients must be signed in as well, even if they are on the LAN or on localhost. (#3819)
* (Preferences) New pref to enable/disable deep media analysis.
* (Windows) Updating the server from Plex Web no longer requires user intervention. (#4136)
FIXES:
* (Sync) Items present in multiple synced playlists would only appear in the first synced playlist. (#4967)
* (Media Optimizer) Unexpected behavior when version jobs overlap to include the same videos. (#4840)
* (Media Optimizer) Reprocess item when original processing decided a media item was compatible, but the media item was deleted. (#4840)
* (Transcoder) Playback failures with pcm_dvd audio. (#4980)
* (Transcoder) Use faster AAC encoder on slower NAS systems. (#5058)
* (Media Analysis) Scanner hangs with early AAC files from iTunes. (#5041)
* (Media Analysis) Detect DTS-HD MA audio streams again. (#4766)
* (Media Analysis) Improve performance of deep media analysis. (#5068)
* (Media Analysis) Issues generating video preview thumbnails for certain HEVC videos on windows. (#5139)
* (Butler) Long-running Butler tasks could starve others from executing (#4873)
* (Chapters) Chapter thumbnail generation could fail repeatedly with invalid media. (#5043)
* (Metadata) Improve TVDB agent performance by not using TMDb information. (#5110)
* (Metadata) Changing title could overwrite sort title. (#3971)
* (Metadata) Fall back to release dates from TMDB when IMDB has no data. (#4978)
* (Metadata) Fall back to English-language fields when metadata is unavailable in desired language. (#5015)
* (Metadata) Show durations in minutes could be incorrectly interpreted as milliseconds (#5012)
* (Metadata) Handle empty movie release dates from TMDb. (#5096)
* (Photos) Photos might play back in wrong order. (#5035)
* (Nvidia Shield) Enable DLNA server. (#5013)
* (Windows) Install Media Feature Pack on Windows Anniversary Update N and KN (#5064)
* (Windows) Plex Relay process wasn't starting up in some configurations. (#5118)
* (OS X) Plex Relay executable wasn't correctly signed.
* (OS X) Occasional crashes on some older versions of MacOS. (#5028)
* (Android) Improve H.264 limitations in profile. (#4930)
* (iOS) 'Go to Show' from episode context menu wasn't working. (#4811)
* (Xbox One) Improve reliability when proxying Plex Companion commands. (#4002)
* Improve localization of certain error messages. (#4587)
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FIXES:
* Crash handling certain requests from PS4 clients. (#4984)
* (OS X) Don't prevent the display from going to sleep.
* (Metadata) Issues obtaining data from TVDB, requiring server restart.
* (Metadata) Fallback to English TVDB searches when searching with another language fails. (#4933)
* (Metadata) Tracks and disc numbers in premium music libraries could be affected by bad tag data. (#4437)
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NEW:
* Save track offsets in music libraries that have opted in. (#3370)
* Updated Media Flags bundle.
FIXES:
* (OS X) Startup failures on some older versions of MacOS. (#4969)
* (Windows) DLNA server process might not have a firewall exemption. (#4136)
* (Claiming) Better error message if server claiming fails (#4907)
* (Linux) Fix migration script for users with custom app data directories. (#4808)
* (Linux) Improve Fedora/Ubuntu SELinux support. (#4808)
* (Metadata) Issues fetching metadata for Pokémon TV series. (#4966)
* (Metadata) Handle multiple directors returned from TVDB. (#4960)
* (Metadata) Fetch localized titles correctly using Plex Movie Agent. (#4963)
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NEW:
* Update Plex Web to 2.7.4.
* Updated Media Flags bundle.
* (Preferences) Advanced preference to run the scanner at low priority (intended for low-powered devices). (#4845)
* (Metadata) Rename Freebase Agent to Plex Movie Agent.
* (Metadata) Plex Movie Agent combines the best possible metadata from multiple sources (IMDb, The Movie Database, and Rotten Tomatoes).
* (Metadata) Added preferences to Plex Movie Agent and TheTVDB Agent to control metadata source of rating, cast info, and summary.
* (Metadata) Allow TheTVDB agent to use The Movie DB's HD episode images, so you can have the best of both worlds.
* (Metadata) Upgrade to TheTVDB API v2.
FIXES:
* (Transcoder) Playback failures playing subtitles on iOS with a Windows server. (#4828)
* (Transcoder) Crashes with unreliable internet connections. (#4827)
* (Transcoder) Playback issues with AAC audio containing more than six channels on Windows (#4830, #4843)
* (Transcoder) Crashes in certain error cases. (#4881)
* (Transcoder) Errors transcoding source audio with negative timestamps on Windows. (#4833)
* (Transcoder) Errors transcoding subtitles. (#4862)
* (Transcoder) Errors decoding MSMPEG4v3 video on certain platforms. (#4919)
* (Transcoder) Server hangs while transcoding in certain rare cases. (#4943)
* (Media Analysis) Scanner could hang with 100% CPU usage when analyzing videos with invalid packets. (#4821)
* (Metadata) Remove broken Google search for matching movies and TV shows.
* (Now Playing) Channel content wasn't showing up in Now Playing. (#4893)
* (Security) Refresh TLS certificate after signing out multiple times. (#4817)
* (Network) Respect X-Forwarded-For headers sent from local or loopback addresses. (#4682)
* (Network) Crashes unpublishing the server in certain rare cases. (#4885)
* (Framework) Noisy 'HTTPError' object has no attribute 'read' errors in logs. (#4449)
* (FreeBSD) Update checks weren't working correctly. (#4844)
* (OS X) In some cases, lyrics would not display (#4872)
* (Web) Playback failures when media has unselected subtitles. (#4939)
* (PHT) Compatibility issues with version 1.0.0 (#4831)
* Chapters from ChapterDB might not load under some circumstances. (#4814)
* Crashes in deep media analysis. (#4886)
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* Update Plex Web to 2.7.0.
* (Chromecast) Use opus instead of mp3 when transcoding music. (#4805)
* (Sync) Changed Sync database format. Downgrading to older Plex Media Server builds may cause Sync problems. (#3959)
FIXES:
* (Sync) Synced content wouldn't show up on iOS in some rare cases. See https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/175998/planned-features-known-issues/ (#3959)
* (Media Analysis) Crashes analyzing certain .wtv files. (#4789)
* (Network) Update plex.tv server information when port mapping fails. (#4758)
* (Metadata) Speed up album refreshes in some cases when using Last.fm agent.
* (Transcoder) Playback failures skipping to near end of video. (#4803)
* (Transcoder) Rare crashes with unreliable internet connections. (#4803)
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* Get concert information from Songkick service. (#4664)
* (Sync, Media Optimizer) Unthrottle background transcodes when all streaming transcodes are throttled. (#4621)
FIXES:
* (Sync) Time out if upload to cloud storage provider stalls. (#4772)
* (Network) Respect X-Forwarded-For headers when determining remote address. (#4682)
* (Security) Corrected some edge cases parsing the allowed networks preference. (#730)
* (Security) Don't re-enable server publishing on sign-in, if it was disabled. (#4118)
* (Security) Refresh TLS certificate at most once per process. (#4765)
* (Transcoder) Run background transcodes at normal priority when preference to prefer streaming transcodes is disabled. (#4625)
* (Transcoder) Unthrottle background transcodes when streaming transcodes throttle. (#1901)
* (Transcoder) Don't store files in /Plex directory (#4718)
* (Media Analysis) Incorrect duration in certain rare cases. (#4703)
* (Media Optimizer) Defer in-progress directory creation until transcode begins. (#4709)
* (Metadata) Missing metadata with non-English locales. (#4712)
* (Metadata) Failures getting metadata from TMDb metadata. (#4738, #4746)
* (Linux) Invalid locale crashes with certain startup scripts. (#4717)
* (NAS) Crashes on some Synology devices. (#4737)
* After splitting two merged home movies, editing one would affect the other. (#4524)
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This reverts commit 94142a7cb6327dcc4c58acad0c1b1b6eb6f06a16.
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0.9.17.1
NEW:
* Updated Media Flags bundle.
* (Linux) unRAID 32-bit is no longer supported (see https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/218212517)
FIXES:
* (Sync) Rare case where transcodes could fail when transcoding to an empty directory. (#4589)
* (Sync) Unable to sync global On Deck to Sync v1 clients. (#4652)
* (Media Optimizer) Manually deleting version files should disable the versions. (#4656)
* (Windows) Install Media Foundation prerequisite on Windows Server 2008 R2.
* (Windows) Always request a reboot after installing Media Foundation on Windows Server.
* (Windows) Playback and media analysis problems with MSMPEG4v3 video.
* (OS X) Bundle wasn't signed correctly. (#4626)
* (Bundles) Be more resilient installing unrelated bundles when one fails. (#4612)
* (Plex Media Player) Transcodes using unusual channel layouts might fail.
* (Metadata) Failures connecting to OpenSubtitles.org.
* (Metadata) Issues with search results from The Movie DB.
* Crashes playing transcoded content with older versions of Firefox. (#4630)
* Occasional crashes playing video. (#4616)
0.9.17.2
FIXES:
* (OS X) Unnecessary "Allow Incoming Connections" prompt on server startup. (#3923)
* (Security) Servers using custom certificates could fail to publish secure addresses to plex.tv. (#4601)
* (On Deck) Episodes could display out of order. (#4680)
* (Transcoder) Failures transcoding some RTMP channel content. (#4684)
* (Transcoder) Failures seeking inside some transcoded videos containg remuxed AAC audio.
* (Transcoder) Failures transcoding MSMPEG4v3 video.
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NEW:
* (Transcoder) Prune HLS and DASH segments when disk space is low, instead of failing transcodes with insufficient space. (#3918)
* (Preferences) Preference to control chapter thumbnail generation. (#4232)
* (Metadata) Add director and writer images for supported clients. (#3863)
* (Search) Quick Search now searches across all libraries of the same type. (#4153)
* Services bundle auto-updates independently of media server installations again. (#4272)
* Use CineMaterial instead of MoviePosterDB.
* Updated Media Flags.
* Updated client profiles for a number of platforms.
* (OS X) Mac OS versions 10.6 and 10.7 are no longer supported.
* (Windows) Windows Vista is no longer supported.
* (Windows) Install Media Feature Packs during setup on Windows N and KN SKUs.
* (Linux) ARMv5, PowerPC and ROS4 NAS devices are no longer supported (see complete list here: https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/218212517)
* (Linux) QNAP ARMv5 devices are no longer supported (eg. TS-x19).
* (Linux) Synology ARMv5 and PPC devices are no longer supported (eg. DS-x12 and older devices).
* (Linux) Thecus PPC devices are no longer supported.
* (Linux) Western Digital MyCloud Ex4 is no longer supported (Its ARMv5).
* (Linux) Netgear ReadyNAS OS4 platforms are no longer supported.
FIXES:
* (Sync) Reprocess items if necessary when original media is removed. (#3800)
* (Sync) Sync v1 items were including redundant subtitle streams. (#1704)
* (Sync) Show a clear error message when a user's sync item is no longer authorized. (#4453)
* (Security) Reload server's TLS certificate if cached copy doesn't work. (#4235)
* (Security) Reuse certificate when secure connections are disabled, then re-enabled. (#4007)
* (Thumbnails) Don't re-attempt failed thumbnail generation using the same version of the transcoder. (#3973)
* (Media Optimizer) Optimization jobs might fail on some NAS devices when the optimization folder was kept open. (#4446)
* (Chapters) Ignore lone video chapters near start position (#4399)
* (Now Playing) Missing show and artist data and artwork (#4042)
* (Hubs) 'Start Watching' hub no longer includes shows with partially watched episodes. (#4015)
* (Hubs) 'Continue Watching' hub for TV libraries was missing progress bars. (#3524)
* (Hubs) Music hubs for restricted users could be slow in certain cases. (#3958)
* (Hubs) Improve performance of play queues created from 'Recently Added' hubs (#4238)
* (Postplay) Postplay screen for managed users displayed results for admin account. (#4344)
* (Agents) Use HTTPS where possible when talking to external services. (#4148)
* (Transcoder) Errors transcoding photos when localhost is not 127.0.0.1 (#4008)
* (Transcoder) Setting the throttle buffer to zero wasn't disabling throttling. (#4556)
* (Remote Access) Incorrect internal IP address displayed on server mapping page. (#3908)
* (OS X) Improve idle sleep prevention. (#3930)
* (Windows) Better tray icon. (#4314)
* (Windows) Don't open iTunes app when iTunes channel is disabled. (#4328)
* (Composites) Make composite image generation more random. (#2153)
* (Composites) Failures generating composite images for certain playlists. (#4021)
* (Scanner) Import genre, year and image from WMA music files. (#4364)
* (Scanner) Don't merge music albums which were wrongly identified as the same album. (#3629)
* (Scanner) Tolerate errors reading corrupt FLAC file tags. (#4076)
* (Scanner) Don't stop scanning when a single file is corrupt or has other issues. (#4432)
* (Scanner) Improve matching by recognizing reversed filenames. (#4358)
* (Preferences) Hide plugin time-out preference, ensure it's always at least fifteen seconds. (#4406)
* (Network) Process Accept-Language headers correctly. (#4367)
* (Network) Process HTTP headers as case-insensitive (#3735)
* (Network) Rare cases where HTTP requests might be received, but never processed (#4248)
* (Network) Rare HTTP 401 responses when server is starting up (#4376)
* Remove hard-coded limit on number of Recently Added items. (#3966)
* Music videos For Recent Artists was incorrectly being randomized. (#4041)
* Incorrect filters were being displayed with unwatched only filter. (#4252)
* Hide music video extras for albums which have user restrictions. (#3121)
* Device names with non-latin characters weren't being handled correctly. (#4028)
* Slow performance accessing item details. (#1761)
* Detect process launch failures more accurately on Unix systems (#3738)
* Improve stability with premium music libraries. (#4159)
* Improve stability of TMDb agent.
* Improve media analysis for non-H.264 video.
* View state from the wrong user could be displayed in certain cases. (#4074)
* Auto-update downloads could stall without timing out.
* Crashes with invalid HTTP requests. (#4403)
* Crashes logging certain string patterns (#4438)
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NEW:
* Update Plex/Web to 2.6.1
* Various updates to Services and Media Flags.
* (Windows) Localized tray icon to German, Spanish, French, Japanese, and Chinese.
FIXES:
* (Metadata) Improve TVDB matching of newly added shows.
* (Metadata) Prevent movie sort titles getting reverted to default values. (#3817)
* (Metadata) Detect forced flag in external idx/sub subtitles file name. (#4196)
* (Transcoder) Client profile limitations could be applied incorrectly in rare cases. (#4292)
* (HTTP) Respect case-insensitivity of HTTP headers. (#3735)
* (Web) Save "Include in dashboard" library setting correctly with Chrome. (#4295)
* (Windows) Crashes transcoding large numbers of srt files. (#4276)
* Subtitles might not be automatically selected when an audio stream was forced. (#4271)
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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.
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NEW:
* Update Plex/Web to 2.5.9
FIXES:
* New installs weren't offering a simple way to sign into plex.tv.
* Transcoded music playback was failing on Playstation 3 and 4 apps.
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NEW:
* (NAS) Support Synology DS414j, DS416j and DSM 6.0 Beta
FIXES:
* (Windows) Occasional HTTP 500 errors when playing media.
* (NAS) Warn if the Synology DSM version is too old.
* (Transcoder) In rare cases, clients might see partial files when downloading segmented WebVTT subtitles.
* (Transcoder) Failures transcoding online content with limited media analysis info.
* (Transcoder) Don't select an unavailable media item for playback when another one is available.
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NEW:
* Update Plex/Web to 2.5.8
FIXES:
* (Sync) Errors deleting transcoded media after client download.
* (Sync) Prioritize sync and media optimizer transcodes above generating video preview thumbnails.
* (Cloud Sync) Reduce maximum h264 level to 4.0.
* (Media Optimizer) Preserve forced subtitle attribute.
* (Transcoder) Some edge cases around MPEG4 video handling.
* (Transcoder) Cleanly stop transcode sessions when writing to disk fails.
* (Transcoder) Segmented WebVTT subtitles might be displayed incorrectly before long periods of silence.
* (Lyrics) Handle deleted sidecar lyrics correctly.
* (Relay) Issues starting relay service when plex.tv account name contains spaces.
* (Relay) Improve logging of error conditions.
* (Relay) Kill relay service process during shutdown.
* (Windows) Delete files when moving to recycle bin fails.
* (Windows) Launch as incorrect user when automatic update was installed using different account.
* (Windows) Automatic update installs are no longer unattended (due to the issue above).
* (Linux) Issues using the PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_USE_SYSLOG environment.
* (QNAP) Ignore @Recycle folders.
* When sorting shows by date added, the last-added episode date should be used.
* Change .plexignore behavior to use glob matching for directories, while filtering subdirectories correctly.
* Ensure all log traces are written before process shutdown.
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* (Metadata) Support local artist posters and fanart.
* (Metadata) Support local album fanart.
* (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.
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FIXES:
* Multiple subtitles in a single file could be lost after a metadata update.
* Auto-update could require a manual install in some cases.
* (Roku) Improve stability resuming video over HLS.
* (Windows) Simplify auto-update experience.
* (Windows) Never reboot after a media server auto-update.
* (Windows) Fix license link in 'about' dialog.
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NEW:
* (UI) Easily secure insecure media servers on the local network.
* Update Plex/Web to 2.5.6
FIXES:
* (Transcoder) Respect profile limitations around VBR audio.
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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.
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NEW:
* Lyrics!
* Allow overriding log file location using an environment variable, on non-Windows platforms.
FIXES:
* Apple TV could display subtitle streams as English instead of the actual language.
* (Media Optimizer) Display correct set of optimized videos for unwatched-only optimizations.
* (Media Optimizer) Don't fail if the file system doesn't support creating a dot-prefixed directory.
* Update plex.tv information when secure connections preference changes.
* Browse errors in some clients after restricting music library sharing by album label.
* In rare cases, newly added episodes might not receive correct metadata.
* (Windows) Crash on startup if iTunes registry key is corrupted.
* (Windows) Show DTS-HD media flag correctly.
* Improved last.fm scrobble support.
* Remove an unused file that could trigger false positives from anti-virus scanners.
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FIXES:
* (Sync) Sync and Cloud Sync stability improvements.
* (Sync) Update cloud automatically when Cloud Sync items are deleted.
* (Sync) Subtitles would not be burned in unless manually selected.
* Crashes using the legacy trans coder.
* Crashes signing out of server.
* Playback could end early when subtitles were enabled.
* WebVTT subtitles could cause playback to fail.
* (OS X) Incomplete or invalid media analysis results for some streams.
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FIXES:
* Improve reliability of free disk space check.
* Fix broken playback on PlayStation and possibly the iOS v3.5 app.
* Resolved subtitle issues in files without audio.
* (Sync) Subtitles were sometimes wouldn't be synced when they should have been.
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NEW:
* Media Optimizer - stream the best version of your media to any device (https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/214079318).
FIXES:
* Playback issues on servers with small temp partitions.
* Playback issues with videos with non-standard orientations.
* Fixed an issue with Cloud Sync reliability.
* Embedded metadata in video files wasn't being read correctly.
* Media analysis could crash on PPC NAS devices when media contained embedded artwork.
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NEW:
* Allow client profiles to prefer MP3 over AAC audio when transcoding stereo sources.
* Allow client profiles to specify a protocol when declaring Direct Play support.
* Write server and operating system version info to every log file.
* Advise clients when HTTPS is configured to be required.
FIXES:
* (Sync) Sync v1 clients wouldn't download new files until server restart.
* (Sync) Fix composite images for photo albums.
* Fix iTunes channel playback issues.
* Fix filter requests with studio names containing commas.
* Refresh cached transcoded thumbs when underlying photo changes.
* Don't show older unwatched episodes in OnDeck after watching a newer one.
* Media analysis could generate duplicated streams in some rare cases.
* Media analysis could crash on PPC NAS devices when media contained embedded artwork.
* Sort Artist metadata could be overwritten when updating other metadata.
* Fix a socket leak that could cause the server to become unresponsive.
* Fix an issue with transcoded subtitles on Firefox.
* Disallow transcoding online content for non-owners unless channels are shared.
* Don't start streaming transcode sessions when disk space is too low.
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FIXES:
* Xbox 360 playback issues
* Apple TV playback issues with MP4 videos containing MP3 audio
* Prefer MP3 to AAC when transcoding for Apple TV
* Occasional failures moving items within a play queue
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