Plex Media Server 0.9.8.6 may only run, work properly on Operating System or Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Vista, Windows XP. Plex Media Server 0.9.8.6. It can be downloaded totally FREE.
Plex Media Server 0.9.8.9 (PlexPass only) This release can be downloaded directly from here((login information here(NEW: - (API) Allow passing back some parent data in recently added endpoint. Add a new profile for the Samsung app. FIXES: - Unwatched episodes filter was pathologically slow. iTunes playlists weren't being read in. (OS X) Fix super slow loading of iTunes data on Mavericks. (OS X) Fix a common crash in the media server.
(Windows) Fix a common crash in the scanner. Tweak the Web and Wii U profiles to disallow 5.1 audio. (Windows) Fix a crash with certain network configurations. (Windows) Default configuration URL to localhost for Windows 8.1.
Plex Media Server 0.9.8.11 (PlexPass only) This release can be downloaded directly from (login information here(FIXES: - HLS playback errors with some Android devices. Fix scenario where myPlex connection failure could lead to re-transcoding Sync items. Fix a couple of Cloud Sync crashes. Delete all Cloud Sync files after all sync lists are removed.
Delete 0-byte files in Google Drive after failed uploads. Improved Cloud Sync error handling and logging.
(OS X) Fix codesigning on Mavericks. Plex Media Server 0.9.8.12 (PlexPass only) This release can be downloaded directly from (login information ). A bunch of fixes for your Plexing pleasure this weekend! Thanks very much to everyone who helped out in the forums with reproducing, diagnosing and testing these fixes, we really appreciate it! FIXES: - Plex Media XML is now locale-invariant - Added profiles for new iPhones and iPads - (Transcoder) Improve output quality with universal transcoder. (Transcoder) Improve resume/seek behavior on iOS7.
(Transcoder) Fix an issue where transcoded file was much bigger than source. Plex Media Server 0.9.8.13 (PlexPass only) This release can be downloaded directly from (login information ). NEW: - Rotated videos have correctly oriented thumbs.and video!
(When transcoded). Thanks to Jon C. For the help! FIXES: - Orientation analysis on rotated videos was incorrect. When the scanner generates thumbs, they're always updated in the UI. Sync transcodes sometimes ended up larger than original file. (OS X) Bundles weren't included with package.
(DLNA) Icon sometimes wouldn't appear. (DLNA) Transcode images for Sony Bravia television with 4:2:2 chroma subsampling (part 2).
(DLNA) Add profile option controlling how many photo resolutions we offer. (Windows) Crash when logging fails. Plex Media Server 0.9.8.15 (PlexPass only) This release can be downloaded directly from (login information ). We've included a super cool new option for tuning the transcoder (seen below in the screenshot). The selection influences how much CPU the transcodes use, and the resulting file size. If your system has over 6 cores (including hyper-threading) the Auto setting picks the higher quality profiles. Make sure you have a beefy CPU if you're going to pick the highest option!
NEW: - Add a setting for controlling transcoder quality. (API) Add minSize=1 option to image transcoder for 'outer' bounding box. Added missing transcoder profiles for a few new iPad mini models.
FIXES: - HTTP redirects now respect scheme. Large increase in CPU used by transcoder. Scanning is faster on OS X in directories with non-latin characters. An issue where track titles could become blank.
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(DLNA) Switch back to multicast. (OS X) An issue where stream titles could result in invalid XML.
Plex Media Server 0.9.9.0 is now available to PlexPass holders. This release contains a lot of under-the-hood changes, so please test it and report to our preview forums. If you require a 100% stable setup, you might want to wait until the next point release. Can be downloaded from NEW:. Cache information from plex.tv in case of downtime. Some other interesting stuff.
FIXES:. (Windows) Fix for analysis failing on files 4GB (e.g. MP4 files failing).
(Windows 8/Phone) Updated profiles. An issue where.plexignore files weren't working correctly. The system bundle could show up in recently used channels. (Cloud Sync) Use the newer Bitcasa API.
If media streams aren't present, perform on-the-fly analysis. Fix for rear channels being silent with Chromecast and 5.1 audio. (PowerPC) Fix for media analysis not working. Tweaks for universal profile to operate even without media analysis (fixes some iOS playback issues). (Samsung) Profile tweaks and improvements.
Fixes for media index files for Roku. Don't log tokens. Plex Media Server 0.9.9.1 is now available to Plex Pass holders. There are lots of good things in this release, especially for those of you who have large libraries and find full scans take a long time. Read carefully and discuss the new stuff in the preview release forum:) WARNING: we've gotten some reports that the new partial scanning stuff can remove stuff from your library and make you have to scan it in again.
The release can be downloaded from NEW:. Add ability to perform a partial scan of a library underneath a specific path (-directory). When refreshing a show, do a partial scan as well of that show's folder. Add ability to do partial scans based on folder changing (enabled by advanced preference). (API) Allow stack=0 to be passsed to global recentlyAdded endpoint. (API) Add audio and sub stream language as possible filters.
(API) Return 'duplicate' as an advanced filter. Add includeAdvanced=1 parameter to /filters. (API) Add library section prefs endpoints (/library/sections/X/prefs). Added a new 'includeInGlobal' library section preference. Support for Synology DS214Play (download the Intel Synology build).
Fixed up packaging for ReadyNAS OS 6. Support for FreeBSD 9 & 10. FIXES:. (DLNA) Updated profiles for Roku.
Tweak for 4k video resolution detection. (Chromecast) All builds include fix for 5.1 audio. A crash in the experimental 'Quicksilver' transcoder.
(Synology/Intel) Issues with transcoder and video files not thumbnailing. Plex Media Server 0.9.9.2 is now available to Plex Pass holders. Lots of fixes in this release. Partial scanning features have been disabled completely by default, even though we think we fixed all the bugs. You can enable under advanced settings for library, and we'd appreciate any feedback you have. The release can be downloaded from FIXES:. Fixes for duplicates and missing files during partial scans.
A few fixes for media which wouldn't play remuxed on a Chromecast. Web app wouldn't launch on Synology boxes with bonded Ethernet. Some entries in Now Playing incorrectly wouldn't show a transcode session. Fix a crash deleting old transcode directories. Allow albums to have background art too. Greatly speed up recently viewed shows computation. Remove thumbnail streams during media analysis.
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Don't limit bitrate when video has no metadata, fixes low-quality channel transcodes. (Roku) Tweak profile to remove PAL framerate limitation. (Windows Phone) Downmix to stereo, improves playback. (DLNA) Photos were displayed at a low resolution on the PS3. Plex Media Server 0.9.9.3 is now available to Plex Pass holders.
Some tasty stuff in this release! The new Scheduled Tasks feature (Plex Pass only) gives you a way to keep your server running in top shape.
While you sleep, it's busy backing up your database, optimizing it, and making sure all your media is in perfect shape. This minimizes or eliminates the amount of on-the-fly media analysis and such we need to do, which can make browsing quicker and your entire server run more efficiently during the day, when you're using it:) This release also includes some important security fixes. Edit: You need to use the Plex Web App to access the new Scheduled Tasks settings The release can be downloaded from. Plex Media Server 0.9.9.4 is now available to Plex Pass holders. This release fixes a lot of the bugs reported for 0.9.9.3. NEW:. Added a new scheduled task to re-scan (refresh) all libraries.
Added an advanced preference to specify backup location for database. FIXES:. A crash performing database backups scheduled task (ironic, no?). Media index files scheduled task indexes from newest media to oldest. Stop listing 3am twice in scheduled task list, even though it's an awesome KLF song.
Fix the media analysis scheduled task to operate only on items which really need it. Workaround a common crash seen in the wild around NAT-PMP.
Fix an issue when transcoding media from another server. (CloudSync) Fix an issue around syncing media with subtitles.
Plex is media-playing software that can stream a file from one device to another over your local network. The base product is available for free on Windows without ads. Or you can subscribe to the Plex Pass, which adds features such as DVR recording, syncing files to mobile devices, and coordinating with cloud storage services to stream media from the cloud to your device. Pros The base version is very capable: If you just want to stream a video from your computer to your TV or a mobile device, the free version of Plex doesn't put up many roadblocks. It will encourage you to create a Plex account, but you can ignore that and just tell it to scan your PC for media to share locally. You can also create and manually add other folders, and Plex will add integrate that media and track those folders for future changes. Plex is everywhere: You need a Plex app on both ends of your stream, so it needs to be available on a variety of platforms for everything to go smoothly.
Thankfully, it's one of the most widely distributed apps on the planet: You can get it for Windows, MacOS, iOS, Android, Linux, game consoles, Apple TV, Roku, and Chromecast. It's not free on every one of these platforms, but the price tag is less than you'd pay for a deli sandwich and helps to fund future development. Easily scales to your environment: If you're trying to stream media over a spotty Wi-Fi connection, you can tell Plex to reduce the quality level, which reduces the network speed that you need for smooth playback.
Or, if you have a fast and reliable connection, you can scale back those network optimizations and keep the video looking as good as possible. Cons Adding media to your library can take a while: Your media library is easier to visually scan if you're using cover art instead of navigating by file name. Plex can also provide the year of release, the names of actors and directors, and other parameters for sorting and searching more easily. The flip side is that this added functionality requires processing time. If you have a sizeable amount of MP3s and whatnot, be prepared to do something else to occupy your time until Plex is ready to stream it all.
Bottom Line While you can use VLC media player (, ) to stream media over a local network, Plex provides a much friendlier way to do that. And it has a proper media collection interface and better tools for handling different network speeds.