1.0.2.1
NEW: Library and Channel groups are aggregated from all known servers, instead of just the active server
NEW: Filter buttons and dialogs can be used with a remote control
NEW: Audio and subtitle stream selection dropdowns can be used with a remote control
NEW: The DEL key acts as a key accelerator for deleting media
NEW: Music transcoding uses new Plex Media Server transcoder
NEW: Ability to Direct Play mpeg/mpeg2video/ac3 video
NEW: Servers Page allows editing and deleting any type of server
NEW: Channel Store icon looks more like a store icon
FIX: Crash pressing stop from remote control or media keys (worked around Player Framework bug)
FIX: Crash when selecting different audio or subtitle streams very quickly
FIX: Crash refreshing Channel Store page
FIX: Library section page progress bars could run indefinitely after refreshing or selecting filters
FIX: Music player progress bar could run indefinitely when double-clicking on track
FIX: Dialogs with text boxes should focus on first text box even if app is in remote control mode
FIX: Reduced OnDeck elements to 6 instead of 8 at 1080p
FIX: OnDeck elements without art should display some image
FIX: Both ChPg Up and Down now do the same thing: toggle the app bar
FIX: F5 now works as expected in Servers page
FIX: Channel Store subpages refresh as expected, have a standard app bar, and display progress bars
FIX: Media Info dialog always displays detailed metadata even if pre-play page hasn't finished loading
FIX: Popup dialogs should close when a page is refreshed
FIX: Stop stealing keypresses when flyouts are open
FIX: Music player no longer displays longer duration when reaching end of track
FIX: Video player should hide the pause button when media fails
Known Issues:
[HTTP Live Streaming] AC-3 and MP3 are not supported
[Video] Video may glitch when alt-tabbing in and out of the app [Microsoft Media Foundation issue]
[Video] Selecting subtitles always triggers a transcode [Microsoft Media Foundation issue]
[Video] MKV containers, DTS audio, FLAC music are not supported for Direct Play [Microsoft Media Foundation issue]
[PlayTo] Using Xbox 360 as a PlayTo target can be very slow [Microsoft Xbox issue]
[Remote Control] Most navigation commands don't work yet [WinRT issue]
[Remote Control] Remote control won't work if the client's active server is on the same machine as the Plex app [Microsoft sandboxing issue]
1.0.2.0
NEW: Support playing multi-part media
NEW: Support playback-related remote control actions from other Plex clients (off by default)
NEW: Faster seeking with HTTP Live Streaming
NEW: Support Direct Play of E-AC-3 audio streams
NEW: Preference to enable Direct Play of MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 content (requires Windows Media Center Pack)
NEW: Separate preferences for max local resolution when Direct Playing / Streaming and when transcoding
NEW: Preference to make all Home Page groups optional
NEW: Preference to disable conservative network behavior when on metered or roaming network
NEW: Improved Media Info popup with: remux guesses, transcode reasons, network location, XML text, multi-part fixes, etc.
NEW: Scroll position in grid views is now preserved when going back to a page
NEW: Home page channels group is now sorted by last access
NEW: The active server can now be set inactive on the Servers page
NEW: Hidden option to force video Direct Play (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+P from pre-play page)
NEW: Deprecated preferences for transcode protocol, alternate video player seek method
NEW: Update Microsoft Player Framework to v1.1
NEW: Plex Media Server 0.9.7.14 is strongly recommended (0.9.7.12 is required)
FIX: Paused transcode sessions no longer time out
FIX: First few frames no longer play again when stopping video playback
FIX: Various HTTP Live Streaming hangs and crashes
FIX: Playback of channel video requiring an internal web proxy (Comedy Central, Apple Movie Trailers)
FIX: Seeking with Comedy Central channel video content
FIX: Automatic audio stream selection now prefers multi-channel AC-3 over stereo AAC
FIX: Mouse cursor in middle of video screen no longer prevents media controls from disappearing
FIX: Entire UI now updates correctly when video is played, marked watched/unwatched, deleted, etc.
FIX: Video heads-up display now shows duration for various channels
FIX: Music player button glitches in snapped mode
FIX: Music player position resets to zero when loading new content
FIX: Music player wasn't progressing to next track under certain conditions
FIX: Music player play/pause button could be incorrect when music was paused outside the player
FIX: Music player had some unhealthy interactions with TV show theme music
FIX: Channel store pages are now fully accessible using a remote control
FIX: Keyboard shortcuts didn't always work when playing video
FIX: Back mouse button now closes appbar when open, instead of going back directly
FIX: Crash when cancelling a channel search dialog box
FIX: Rare crash starting up when active server is unavailable
FIX: Rare crash when paging channel content
FIX: Inaccessible media is now detected correctly when a video is launched from On Deck
FIX: Display correct media flags in video pre-play pages
FIX: Resuming a video pre-play page no longer loses artwork
FIX: Resuming paged library collections now works correctly
FIX: Incremental loading could display out of order items for a short period of time
FIX: Error messages from pages where the user already navigated away
FIX: Flash/Silverlight content in Queue is now detected reliably
FIX: Correctly detect servers that can't transcode
FIX: Use the active server's transcoder when playing remote content from a server that can't transcode
FIX: Rare error messages when attempting a transcode against a capable local server
FIX: Timeline reports will no longer go out to remote servers not owned by the user
FIX: Video heads-up display no longer changes if preferences change during video playback
FIX: Many other small fixes and improvements
1.0.1.9
FIX: Aspect ratio was incorrect when resuming an HLS transcode
FIX: Don't transcode music when video preference disables Direct Play
FIX: Playing a second music playlist didn't work
FIX: Don't display skip back/ahead buttons when loading video
FIX: App could crash if user alt-tabs at precise moment a message dialog is being displayed
1.0.1.8
NEW: Use HTTP Live Streaming as default transcode format
NEW: App bar and popup dialogs can now be navigated with cursor keys and remote controls
NEW: Preference for Direct Play vs a higher-resolution transcodes
NEW: Advanced preference to display selection caret by default, instead of on first keypress
NEW: Display information about current transcode in application bar during video playback
NEW: Media information popup in video pre-play pages
NEW: Subtitle combo box now displays subtitle format, in addition to language
NEW: Added buttons and keyboard accelerators for video skip/replay
NEW: Plex Media Server version 0.9.7.12 is now required
NEW: Subtitle burning is now much more reliable
FIX: Play the selected audio stream when Direct Playing
FIX: Selecting None as the subtitle option didn't always work
FIX: Mouse cursor now disappears when playing video
FIX: Go back to previous page when video playback ends
FIX: On Deck items now display resume button icon when appropriate
FIX: Music player progress bar now advances when page is revisited
FIX: Initial server test dialog now re-discovers local servers if necessary
FIX: Initial server test dialog now reconnects to myPlex if necessary
FIX: Pick up server friendly name changes when testing a server
FIX: RTMP videos in queue now play correctly
FIX: Skipping with high bitrate video when Direct Playing
FIX: Media flags now display correctly for content from myPlex
FIX: Season page crash when refreshed
FIX: Disable seeking when playing content that requires Flash/Silverlight
FIX: Updated Microsoft Smooth Streaming Client SDK to 1.0.130111
1.0.1.5
NEW: support Direct Play for non-streaming video files (AVI, unoptimized MP4)
NEW: support Direct Play for Apple Movie Trailers
NEW: skip/seek/resume now works much, much better with Direct Play content
NEW: support for PlayTo contract (works great with WMP, not so great with Xbox 360)
NEW: support Windows Media Center remote controls
NEW: support TV show theme music
NEW: preferences are now broken into nice sub-sections
NEW: preference for online video resolution and quality
NEW: preference for subtitle size
NEW: preference for audio boost
NEW: ability to enqueue channel videos
NEW: ability to mark library videos watched or unwatched
NEW: ability to rate library videos
NEW: ability to delete library videos
NEW: support auto-paging for channels that page
NEW: F5 refreshes all pages, F12 returns to main page
FIX: only pull content from active server (makes main page a bit more deterministic)
FIX: iTunes music will now Direct Play instead of transcoding
FIX: detect and warn about obsolete channel media
FIX: open the appbar automatically when a video ends
FIX: changing search category now scrolls results back to beginning
FIX: search results now show source server
FIX: search items now correctly display images when connected to inactive server
FIX: main page now displays a sad face when no content is available
1.0.1.0
NEW: search function
NEW: channel store
NEW: MPEG-2 TS transcode format, supporting remuxing for most h264 video (experimental)
NEW: audio and subtitle stream selection for video (subtitles only work when transcoding)
NEW: improved keyboard accessibility, with shortcuts for most important functionality
NEW: release requires Plex Media Server 0.9.7.8 or higher
FIX: corrected video buffering when transcoding using Smooth Streaming
FIX: inability to connect to server on same machine as client
FIX: improved reliability of server discovery
FIX: simplified video resolution and quality preferences
FIX: video resolution and quality preferences default to more conservative values
FIX: highest resolution is now chosen when transcoding video with multiple resolutions
FIX: don't attempt to direct-play file types that don't stream correctly (e.g. avi, mp4 sans early moov atom)
FIX: display warning in video pre-play page when file is unavailable
FIX: buttons now have tooltips (displaying keyboard shortcuts, resume times, etc.)
FIX: crashes if client couldn't talk to server during filter application
FIX: music player repeat button glitches
FIX: music player text wrapping
FIX: main page will refresh itself more reliably when the active server changes
FIX: main page will display server name subtitles for library/channel items when connected to remote server
FIX: touch issues on servers page
FIX: added clarifying text to empty servers page when no servers found
FIX: manually added connections can now be deleted
FIX: overwrite discovered connections whose IP addresses change (e.g. due to DHCP)
FIX: display underlying network error when new connection cannot be established
FIX: many small UI bugs and other issues
1.0.0.0
First official release