Download Plex Media Server 1.0

On Friday, June 24, Plex Media Server was released with version number 1.0. This means that the media server really comes out of its beta phase for the first time, writes Elan Feingold in a blog post. According to him, it is now time to finally document the APIs and clean up the download archive in the ‘V1.0+ era’.

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 PlexPassa paid service that gives early access to new versions, in addition to discounts on ‘Premium features’.

As of this version, Windows Vista, Server 2008, OSX 10.6 and 10.7 are no longer supported.

New

• 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 (#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) Weird crashes with unreliable internet connections. (#4803)