This release includes lots of changes related to media playback, let us know of any new playback issues not present in 1.5.0.
For windows users we recommend first uninstalling 1.5.0 before installing 1.5.1 or use the auto-update feature (using Preview update channel).
New
- Support for Rotten Tomatoes rating
- Preferences option to show watched items in recently added fanout
- Preferences option to hide channels from main menu
- Skin option to show shutdown/restart for managed users
- Added go to show/season to context menu for episodes
- Support for shared channels for managed users (need to enable in PMS/Users)
- Support for using ffmpeg avio for stream transport/buffering
- Support for limited color range (16-235)
- Support for gapless music playback
- Lots of depends packages have been updated
- ffmpeg updated from 0.10.2 to 0.10.16
Fixes
- Show correct artist for tracks with other artists i.e. Various Artists tracks
- Update now playing visualization showing correct track artist and artist/album/track order
- Show all filter and sort options for home movies
- Fixed a Plex Home user switching bug involving previous menu action
- Ensures plex.tv sign in pin is no longer truncated to ... if it is too wide
- OpenPHT is now listed under Home Theater in Plex Web
- The home menu used when "Hide Quit and Shut Down in menu" is selected now works correctly
- Preview update channel renamed to Pre-release
- CEC fixes backported from RasPlex and libcec upgraded to 2.2.0
- Backport of rendering, audio engine, dvdplayer and other improvements from RasPlex
Known Issues
- Windows SmartScreen could block the installer, use the Run anyway option to install
- Auto-update of windows portable installs will fail and corrupt your portable install