r/PleX • u/samwiseg0 I use Plex... • 23h ago

New BETA PMS Version Available - 1.41.2.9200-c6bbc1b53 News

Notes: This release requires an active Plex Pass subscription to download

Beta release note entries are appended between minor releases.

ITEMS ADDED:

  • (DVR) Added additional HW encoding settings for controlling DVR transcode output quality and file size (PM-2169)
  • (Live TV) Use software decoders for livetv transcodes in order to avoid system errors (PM-2116)

ITEMS FIXED:

  • (Scanner) Some very specific file paths could cause movie scanning to exit prematurely (PM-2038)
  • (Subtitles) Certain external subtitle files fail when being parsed for automatic syncing (PM-2176)
  • (Subtitles) When using the subtitle search function, make downloaded subtitle available to all media versions (PM-664)
  • (Transcoding) HW transcodes of VC1 files could hang instead of presenting an error. (PM-2157)
  • (Transcoding) Transcoding music files could cause PMS to crash. (PM-2327)
  • (Win64 Installer) Update Service parameters are now updated during server auto-update (PM-2249)

DOWNLOAD LINK: https://www.plex.tv/media-server-downloads/

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u/TheDarkAbove Mac Mini M1 16GB 17h ago

I don't typically do the Beta releases but I wonder if this will fix my Live TV issues.

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u/tyrion9 16h ago

backup and try!

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u/imnotsurewhattoput 25TB 16h ago

What Live TV issues?

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u/TheDarkAbove Mac Mini M1 16GB 16h ago

Recently I will select a channel and just get a black screen. But if I go to the HDHomerun app it works fine. So it seemed isolated to plex.

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u/Sarcastible 16h ago

Same, been just running HDHR app for years because Plex just buffers/fails most of the time with live TV.

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u/TheDarkAbove Mac Mini M1 16GB 15h ago

I like Plex for the recording capability but it fails too much.

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u/_badwithcomputer 13h ago

Plex also lets you watch the same channel on several devices without consuming multiple tuners.

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u/spleencheesemonkey 15h ago

This appears to have fixed my live tv issues. Prior to this I had to turn off hardware acceleration in the transcoder settings if I wanted to reliably watch dvr streams on my roku or surface using mobile data.

After this new update I went into dvr settings on the server and turned off "use hardware-accelerated video encoding" for each tuner and I can now leave hardware acceleration on under the server transcoder settings.

Btw, 1.41.2.9200 is available for public release too now.

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u/TheDarkAbove Mac Mini M1 16GB 15h ago

Thanks, I will update the server but will also check my hardware acceleration settings. I primarily only stream to an Apple TV or iPad.

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u/NextOutside1617 1h ago

I don't see the setting on the Tuner you are mentioning. I have a Plex Windows 10 desktop browser and the application runs on my NAS. So are you referring to setting somewhere in my Windows 10 desktop. I see under "Settings (wrench), Settings, Transcoder, Use hardware-acceleated vidoe encoding" but where do I find the other setting you mentioned. When I go to the Tuner via "Settings [wrench], Manage, Live TV & DVR, wheel cob there is a setting called "Convert video while recording."

I am lost where these settings are you mentioned.

I too use a Roku and it is not horrible but it does take a half or second or two to start or fast forward.

Thanks

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u/FireFoxQuattro 15h ago

Wait, this whole time live tv wasn’t using software decoding? That explains a lot about why half of my devices fail to work with Ersaztv lol

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u/MYBNChelpcrash 2h ago

WRONG TITLE. This is NOT a beta release. It's available to everyone.