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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Donald Webster