Software Update: Plex Media Server 1.20.4.3517

Plex has released version 1.20.4.3517 of Plex Media Server. This version was previously available to holders of the paid PlexPass, but can now be downloaded by anyone. 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, Google TV and Chromecast, for example. The program is free to use and also has PlexPass, a paid service that gives access to ‘premium features’ and earlier to new versions. The following improvements have been made in this release:

Plex Media Server 1.20.4.3508 (beta update channel)

New:

• (DVR) New Library option added to include all files during commercial detection (#12024).
• (Web) Updated to 4.43.4
• Update translations.

Fixes:

• (Analysis) Media analysis wouldn’t trigger correctly in Plex Movie libraries when modifications were detected (#12041)
• (DVR) Server would sometimes crash when scheduling shows to record (#12062).
• (Dashboard) Metadata for Live TV sessions would not update when airing changed. (#11306)
• (HTTP) Fixed an issue where clients could fail to connect to a server for some time after TLS certificate renewal (#11848)
• (ImageTranscoder) Memory would leak when rescaling or cropping images (#10040)
• (Library) Certain assets using UNC paths would not always work (#11931)
• (Library) Disabling automatic extras for Plex Movie libraries had no effect (#12033)
• (Library) Rating something 0 wasn’t distinguished from no rating.
• (Library) Some TV shows could fail to match or get metadata.
• (Library) Track and disk indexes could be incorrectly set for some multidisc albums (#11745)
• (Library) When sorting albums oldest first, only years were used, not full release dates.
• (Library) When tags only have release year, don’t use current m/d, use 1/1.
• (Live TV) Paused playback could not always be resumed reliably. (#11476)
• (QNAP) Remove unnecessary duplicate SSL port entry from config.
• (Transcoder) Freetype has been updated to 2.10.4, fixes CVE-2020-15999
• (Transcoder) Playback could fail on certain files with very large subtitle events
• (Windows Installer) Changed Plex Update Service start type to delayed start. (#11560)
• Similar artists limited to 10 in some places.

Plex Media Server 1.20.4.3517 (beta update channel)

Fixes:

• (ImageTranscoder) Memory would leak when rescaling or cropping images (#10040)

Plex Media Server 1.20.4.3517 is now available to everyone.