Software Update: Plex Media Server 1.16.0.1226/1.16.1.1246 Beta

Plex has released version 1.16.0.1226 of Plex Media Server. This version was previously available to holders of the paid PlexPass, but can now be downloaded by anyone. 1.16.1.1246 beta has also been released for PlexPass holders. Plex Media Server is a media server for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, macOS 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.

The program includes its own software store where plug-ins can be exchanged. Via these plug-ins, content from various streaming services can be viewed, among other things. In addition, there is PlexPassa paid service that gives early access to new versions, in addition to discounts on ‘Premium features’.

Plex Media Server 1.16.1.1246 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel

Live TV & DVR – Beginning on June 30, 2019 Plex will require Plex Media Server version 1.16.1 to maintain EPG data and overall Live TV & DVR functionality. Users in unsupported countries will have to switch to an XMLTV based EPG solution to maintain overall Live TV & DVR functionality. Users that don’t upgrade by the above date will begin losing guide data starting July 1, 2019. Since part of this process involves matching your current channel lineup to a new channel lineup, as well as matching any recordings that you may already have scheduled , we strongly encourage all users to refresh their program guide after updating Plex Media Server and then review their channel lineup and scheduled recordings.

SHIELD – Please note that the creation of new “Premium Music” libraries on the SHIELD is currently unsupported and all existing Premium Music libraries will gracefully fall back to using standard library matching. Improvements are actively being worked on and are coming soon (within the next few months at the latest)!

NEW:

• New EPG provider for Live TV & DVR.

Plex Media Server 1.16.0.1226 is now available to everyone!

FIXES:

• Updated translations

Plex Media Server 1.16.0.1220

SHIELD – Please note that the creation of new “Premium Music” libraries on the SHIELD is currently unsupported and all existing Premium Music libraries will gracefully fall back to using standard library matching. Improvements are actively being worked on and are coming soon (within the next few months at the latest)!

FIXES:

• (HTTP) Addressed network efficiency issues which could lead to slow Live TV tunes (#10151)
• (HTTP) Responses to requests on keep-alive connections could be delayed, potentially resulting in slow transcoder startups (#10118)
• (Live TV) The transcoder could take a very long time to start on streams from certain broadcasters or service providers (#10065)
• (Playback) The server could crash when a transcode session finished. These manifested as heap corruptions or double-frees (#9801 #9883 #9938 #9940 #9950)