Software Update: Plex Media Server 1.29.0.6244

By admin On Sep 29, 2022

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Version 1.29.0.6244 of Plex Media Server has been released. 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 has additional features PlexPass, a paid service that gives access to ‘premium features’ and earlier to new versions. Since version 1.28.0.5999, the following changes and improvements have been made:

Plex Media Server 1.28.0.5999 (Plex Pass/Beta update channel)

New:

Native support for Apple Silicon.

Fixes:

(Android) Music artwork on Android based servers could disappear after refreshing metadata (#13677)
(Hubs) The “Most Played in Month” music hub could fail to populate (#13660)
(Library) Release dates before 1901 could be saved incorrectly on Windows (#13661)
(Linux) Improve handling of Intel Compute Runtime (ICR) vs Beignet requirement detection.
(Music) Read in album sort tags (#13653)
(Music) Setting artwork from the edit dialog could result in low quality images getting set (#13677)
(Music) Track titles could sometimes become blank after scanning the library (#13615)
(Playlists) Playlists would lose uploaded artwork after running a Clean Bundles operation.
(Windows) The server could crash due to incorrect behavior in Microsoft’s linker (#13588)

Plex Media Server 1.28.1.6041 (Plex Pass/Beta update channel)

New:

(Debian) Reduced external command usage 80% during installation
(Debian) repository signing upgraded to use GPG signing key Ubuntu 20+ and Debian 10+
(Pivots) Add genre categories to Movies and TV Shows libraries (#12309)
(Transcoder) Improved subtitle burning compatibility and performance
(Transcoder) Support reporting more detailed HDR metadata information in HLS manifests

Fixes:

(Debian) Intel N and G series CPUs not always detected
(Debian) Some 10th, 11th and 12th gen CPUs not properly detected during inventory scan
(EPG) Guide might have shown items duplicated and misaligned following items when airing ends at 00:00 UTC (#13573)
(Library) Certain smart playlists could cause server to crash (#13710)
(Music) Local tags for track artist would be ignored if it was identical to the album artist (#13712)
(Pivots) Show only genres with non-restricted items (#13751)
(Scanner) Mark ‘scan’ and ‘refresh’ CLI actions as deprecated (#13700)
(Transcoder) Static transcodes were terminated if paused too long (#13682)

Plex Media Server 1.28.1.6057 (Plex Pass/Beta update channel)

New:

(Debian) Reduced external command usage 80% during installation
(Debian) repository signing upgraded to use GPG signing key Ubuntu 20+ and Debian 10+
(Pivots) Add genre categories to Movies and TV Shows libraries (#12309)
(Transcoder) Improved subtitle burning compatibility and performance
(Transcoder) Support reporting more detailed HDR metadata information in HLS manifests

Fixes:

(Debian) Intel N and G series CPUs not always detected
(Debian) Some 10th, 11th and 12th gen CPUs not properly detected during inventory scan
(EPG) Guide might have shown items duplicated and misaligned following items when airing ends at 00:00 UTC (#13573)
(Library) Certain smart playlists could cause server to crash (#13710)
(Music) Local tags for track artist would be ignored if it was identical to the album artist (#13712)
(Pivots) Show only genres with non-restricted items (#13751)
(Pivots) Show only genres with non-restricted items (#13751)
(Scanner) Mark ‘scan’ and ‘refresh’ CLI actions as deprecated (#13700)
(Transcoder) Static transcodes were terminated if paused too long (#13682)

Plex Media Server 1.28.1.6092 (Plex Pass/Beta update channel)

New:

(Debian) Reduced external command usage 80% during installation
(Debian) repository signing upgraded to use GPG signing key Ubuntu 20+ and Debian 10+
(Pivots) Add genre categories to Movies and TV Shows libraries (#12309)
(Transcoder) Improved subtitle burning compatibility and performance
(Transcoder) Support reporting more detailed HDR metadata information in HLS manifests

Fixes:

(Debian) Intel N and G series CPUs not always detected
(Debian) Some 10th, 11th and 12th gen CPUs not properly detected during inventory scan
(EPG) Guide might have shown items duplicated and misaligned following items when airing ends at 00:00 UTC (#13573)
(Library) Certain smart playlists could cause server to crash (#13710)
(Music) Local tags for track artist would be ignored if it was identical to the album artist (#13712)
(Pivots) Genres may not be shown for tv shows in some cases (#13751)
(Pivots) Show only genres with non-restricted items (#13751)
(Pivots) Show only genres with non-restricted items (#13751)
(Scanner) Mark ‘scan’ and ‘refresh’ CLI actions as deprecated (#13700)
(Transcoder) Static transcodes were terminated if paused too long (#13682)

Plex Media Server 1.28.2.6093 (Plex Pass/Beta update channel)

New:

(HTTP) Indicate when a database migration is being run (#13651)
(Web) Updated to 4.87.2

Fixes:

(Collections) Playing a collection of shows/seasons resulted in no playback in certain clients (#12977)
(Library) Cleaning up legacy music agent bundle files could fail when running a Clean Bundles (#13761)
(Music) Read artist and album sort tags from m4a audio files (#13760)
(Music) Upgrading an album should retain the added date of the original (#13753)
(Photos) Timelines could get reprocessed unnecessarily leading to incorrect placement of photos in the timeline (#13730)
(Transcoder) Subtitles could become mis-timed when multiple events shared the same start timestamp
Server could hang in certain circumstances (#13758)

Plex Media Server 1.28.1.6104 (available to everyone)

Fixes:

Installation on AMD and ARM-based Linux would fail.

Plex Media Server 1.28.2.6103 (Plex Pass/Beta update channel)

New:

(HTTP) Indicate when a database migration is being run (#13651)
(Web) Updated to 4.87.2

Fixes:

(Collections) Playing a collection of shows/seasons resulted in no playback in certain clients (#12977)
(Library) Cleaning up legacy music agent bundle files could fail when running a Clean Bundles (#13761)
(Music) Read artist and album sort tags from m4a audio files (#13760)
(Music) Upgrading an album should retain the added date of the original (#13753)
(Photos) Timelines could get reprocessed unnecessarily leading to incorrect placement of photos in the timeline (#13730)
(Transcoder) Subtitles could become mis-timed when multiple events shared the same start timestamp
Installation on AMD and ARM-based Linux would fail.
Server could hang in certain circumstances (#13758)

Plex Media Server 1.28.2.6106 (Plex Pass/Beta update channel)

New:

(HTTP) Indicate when a database migration is being run (#13651)
(Web) Updated to 4.87.2

Fixes:

(Collections) Playing a collection of shows/seasons resulted in no playback in certain clients (#12977)
(Library) Cleaning up legacy music agent bundle files could fail when running a Clean Bundles (#13761)
(Library) Running a Clean Bundles operation could crash the server (#13787)
(Music) Read artist and album sort tags from m4a audio files (#13760)
(Music) Upgrading an album should retain the added date of the original (#13753)
(Photos) Timelines could get reprocessed unnecessarily leading to incorrect placement of photos in the timeline (#13730)
(Transcoder) Subtitles could become mis-timed when multiple events shared the same start timestamp
Installation on AMD and ARM-based Linux would fail.
Server could hang in certain circumstances (#13758)

Plex Media Server 1.28.2.6151 (available to everyone)

Fixes:

(HTTP) Certain client apps could quit unexpectedly when connecting to a server during startup maintenance (#13802)

Plex Media Server 1.29.0.6209 (Plex Pass/Beta update channel)

New:

(Windows) Add 64-bit x86 Windows builds
(Windows) Support zero-copy hardware transcoding with Nvidia GPUs on 64-bit Windows

Fixes:

(Butler) The server could become unresponsive during database optimization (#13820)
(HTTP) Certain client apps could quit unexpectedly when connecting to a server during startup maintenance (#13802)
(Music) Locking the date field for albums wouldn’t lock the year value (#13786)
(Scanner) Improve scanner performance (#13804)

Plex Media Server 1.29.0.6219 (Plex Pass/Beta update channel)

Fixes:

(Windows) Support zero-copy hardware transcoding with Nvidia GPUs on PMS 64-bit For Windows

Plex Media Server 1.29.0.6244 (available to everyone)

Version number	1.29.0.6244
Release status	Final
Operating systems	Windows 7, Android, Linux, macOS, iOS, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11
Website	Plex
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License type	Freeware/Paid