Plex heeft versie 1.12.1.4871 van Plex Media Server uitgebracht. Deze versie was eerder al voor houders van de betaalde PlexPass beschikbaar, maar kan inmiddels door iedereen worden gedownload. Plex Media Server is een mediaserver voor Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, macOS en diverse nas-apparaten. De software kan content serveren aan clients op dezelfde machine binnen het lokale netwerk of via internet. Clientsoftware is beschikbaar voor de eerder genoemde besturingssystemen maar content kan ook worden bekeken op bijvoorbeeld iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Google TV en Chromecast.
Het programma bevat een eigen softwarewinkel waar plug-ins kunnen worden uitgewisseld. Via deze plug-ins kan onder meer content van diverse streamingdiensten worden bekeken. Daarnaast is er PlexPass, een betaalde dienst die eerder toegang tot nieuwe versies geeft naast korting op 'Premium features'. Sinds versie 1.12.0.4829 zijn de volgende veranderingen en verbeteringen aangebracht:
Plex Media Server 1.12.1.4871
New:Fixes:
- (Movies) Improve matching with filenames containing recent things like "UHD".
- (Photos) New "Folder" sort type for photo libraries - will sort by name but keep folders and photo items separate.
- (Playback) Don't select teletext streams as subtitles automatically (#7739)
- (Web) Updated to 3.39.5
- Season premieres show up in On Deck even when they're outside the window (#8229)
- (Library) Library scans subsequent to first would not attempt to match unmatched items (#8282)
- (Photos) Filters with greater-than or less-than filters would not work properly on some libraries (#8258)
- (Photos) The "Name" sort for photo libraries was returning the incorrect parameters (#8165)
- (Type First) Fix TV Shows library hub ordering (#8260)
- (Windows) Files could fail to be deleted due to child processes inheriting duplicate handles (#7830)
- The server could become unresponsive in certain complex scenarios (#8220)
Plex Media Server 1.12.2.4929
Fixes:
- (DVR) Certain DVB-T providers should not show up in non-European and non-ISDBT countries (#7615)
- (DVR) Display placeholder items in Watch Now if there's no guide data for a channel (#7587)
- (DVR) Don't display disabled channels in the Program Guide when loading initial EPG data (#7587)
- (DVR) When more frequent EPG refreshing is enabled, spread the refresh times around some to avoid all refreshes occurring on an hour mark (#8281)
- (DVR) Icons from OnConnect EPG guides shouldn't disappear (#8366)
- (DVR) More Fixes around recording multiple airings of a show on the same day (#6668)
- (OnDeck) Restore ability to disable OnDeck when setting 'Weeks to consider for OnDeck' to 0 (#8279)
- (Photos) Various improvements to filters for photo libraries (#8305)
- (Transcoder) Hardware video decoding sometimes wasn't reported, even when it was being used (#7670)
- (Transcoder) The server could erroneously attempt to mux DVB teletext into Matroska (#8213)
Plex Media Server 1.12.3.4947
New:Fixes:
- (Web) Updated to 3.41.2
- (DVR) HTTP request cache should properly check for file expiration when requesting celeb/series data. (#8405)
- (DVR) Recordings that fail due to permissions issues shouldn't disappear from the schedule after a server restart (#8020)
- (DVR) Shows shouldn't disappear from the Program Guide for shared users if they're not shared certain library types (#8100)
- Plugged memory leak with starting and stopping jobs on Windows (#7618)
Plex Media Server 1.12.3.4973
Fixes:
- (DVR) Keep airings in US primetime from disappearing from the schedule on each refresh (#8448)