PUBLIC - Version 1.45.1

Platform: Windows, Mac, and Linux

New

  • Change default remote quality from 4Mbps to 12Mbps Added volume support for Plex Companion

Fixes

  • Fixed episodes hub not displaying on miniseries preplay screens for Discover source
  • [Community] Number of friend suggestion hub items is now 10
  • [Discover Together] Fixed disclaimer overflow in the Privacy Settings screen

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  • amigan@lemmy.dynatron.meEnglish
    62·
    11 months ago

    Instead of a practically hourly PMS release cadence, how about making the Android TV client not a radioactive dumpster fire?

      • amigan@lemmy.dynatron.meEnglish
        11·
        11 months ago

        Yes. I actually haven’t really used it in the past month or so because I’ve been using Kodi locally, but I put up with bugs for 3 years, at least. For example, subtitles just dying, and files refusing to play. It got so bad, I setup a home assistant script that used adb_command to force kill and restart the Plex app. I could say “hey Google, piece of trash” whenever subtitles fully just stopped working, or it hung randomly, or whatever. My blood pressure has gone down significantly since switching to Kodi, but I keep pms running for mobile and web.

        • TheWildTangler@lemmy.worldEnglish
          31·
          11 months ago

          Ngl I’ve had a CCwGTV since launch and haven’t experienced any of this. In fact it’s been the most stable Plex experience I’ve had other than the desktop app.

          • YodaDaCoda@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            1·
            11 months ago

            I’ve had heaps of issues with transcoding, possibly because some of my hardware is old, but since using tdarr to transcode my library to something the CCwGTV can play directly is mostly smooth sailing.

            • TheWildTangler@lemmy.worldEnglish
              11·
              11 months ago

              CCwGTV should direct play just about anything that’s odd.

              When I had transcoding issues it was down to bitrate or client device. CCwGTV can handle HEVC and OPUS audio with a subtitle track just fine (an Xbox would transcode OPUS audio and subtitles). I did have to get an ethernet adapter and stronger AC adapter in order to play high bitrate 4k but I’ve downgraded almost all of my 4K to 1080p anyway

              Edit: depending on which model of GTV you have, you might not be able to play AV1 but that’s fine because nobody is transcoding releases to AV1 yet

      • amigan@lemmy.dynatron.meEnglish
        21·
        11 months ago

        Yes, please see my other comment on this thread. It’s really horrible, at least for me.

        • bauhaus@lemmy.mlOPMEnglish
          2·
          11 months ago

          holy crapola. sorry to hear. I’ve always used Apple TVs, so I haven’t had to deal with TV apps much. sorry to hear :(

          • amigan@lemmy.dynatron.meEnglish
            21·
            11 months ago

            Thanks for your sympathy! It’s not all bad, Kodi is awesome, and plex is great on Android Mobile and web. But yeah, the Android TV variant needs some love.

      • TheWildTangler@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        11 months ago

        No it’s not at all. I’m not sure what part of their config is causing this, but I specifically have people use either a CCwGTV, Fire Stick, or Apple TV for HEVC and none of the Chromecast users have had any complaints. I have subtitles turned on across the entire server too.

          • TheWildTangler@lemmy.worldEnglish
            13·
            11 months ago

            No why would I ever burn subs? I direct play either MKV or MP4 and overlay the subs. You just need the right client devices to direct play. One thing about the CC that is a definite issue is you can’t cast from your phone, you have to use the actual Plex Android TV app. If you’re playing high bitrate 4K, you might need an ethernet adapter and power supply with some more wattage

            Edit: users are welcome to change their subtitle settings, but the default on my server is English subs if available.

            • amigan@lemmy.dynatron.meEnglish
              21·
              11 months ago

              You might burn subs because not burning them is buggy af. I’m using the native app, I don’t ever cast. I have a 60W PSU, and a USB hub with builtin GbE and a fast 64GB thumb drive setup as Android system storage. And again, Kodi has zero trouble whatsoever on this device, even with very demanding workloads (an NFS client on a huge library, and also a TVheadend HTSP client for an ATSC tuner). And I don’t ever even play 4k.