Plex Media Server Updates & Release Notes

Plex Media Server 1.43.2.10687 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.

NOTE #: QNAP builds are currently unsigned. Instructions for installing these builds can be found here.

NEW

• (Filters) Add filter for Atmos (PM-5173)
• (Filters) Add filter for audio layout (PM-5118)
• (Filters) Add filters for video, audio, and subtitle codecs (PM-5117)
• (Metadata) Add support for RottenTomatoes audience and average ratings to Nfo parser (PM-5176)
• (Metadata) Detect Dolby Atmos (PM-4004)
• (Metadata) Read ‘set’ tags for collections in the NFO parser (PM-4849)
• (QNAP) Generate unsigned QNAP packages (PM-5150)
• (Shield) Added server management screen (PM-2736)

FIXES

• (Hubs) Related collection hubs are not respecting label restrictions (PM-5174)
• (MKV) Correctly handle the LANGUAGEBCP47 tag (PM-3888)
• (Metadata) Concatenate multiple artist names for track artists in m4a files (PM-5169)
• (Metadata) Correctly detect 7.1 channel eac3 (PM-4179)
• (Metadata) NFO parser was not fetching value for studio (PM-4943)
• (Metadata) NFO parser would omit episodes with leading zeroes in the episode field (PM-5168)
• (Metadata) Support for multiple genre and release type tags for mp4/m4a and mov formats (PM-3362)
• (Network) Enforce TLS certificate verification on all retries; this addresses CVE-2026-42619 (PM-5268)
• (Transcoding) Addressed issues hw tonemapping on linux using an tiger lake and rocket lake igpus (PM-5197)
• (Transcoding) Addressed issues hw transcoding on linux using an arrow lake igpu (PM-5197)

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NOTE #: QNAP builds are unavailable at this time. There is no estimate of when this will be resolved, however we will publish a dedicated release when they become available.

Plex Media Server 1.43.1.10611 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.

NEW:

• (Transcoding) Add support for decoding AV1 files on Windows using Intel devices. (PM-4889)
• (Transcoding) Added support for battlemage GPUs. (PM-3178)
• (Transcoding) Removed experimental tag from HEVC preferences and enable by default. (PM-4323)
• Updated Web to 4.159.0

FIXES:

• (Credits Detection) Force detection when manually triggering an analyze operation (PM-4292)
• (Database) Migrations can fail on startup if malformed JSON data exists in the media_streams table (PM-5166)
• (Downloads/Optimization) DiskFull and AccessDenied errors are no longer treated as recoverable. (PM-3475)
• (Editions) The ‘Other Editions of’ hub could return incorrect items for non-Plex metadata agents (PM-4934)
• (Extras) Cinema Trailers would fail to play on some clients (PM-4296)
• (Hubs) Collections promoted to hubs on home and library section would not obey label restrictions for visibility (PM-617)
• (Hubs) The “Recently Added” TV Show hubs could potentially skip shows or seasons (PM-3227)
• (Library) Server could crash when matching music (PM-4128)
• (Linux) RPM package could fail to install in some specific scenarios (PM-4863)
• (Live-TV) Addressed various issues with live-tv playback (PM-5065)
• (MacOS) Local assets can sometimes be ignored when folder paths contain unicode characters (PM-4271)
• (Metadata) Add ratings support to NFO parser (PM-4848)
• (Metadata) Alternate collection image options were not being returned (PM-4799)
• (Metadata) Critic and audience ratings lower than 10% were not being saved to the database (PM-4894)
• (Metadata) Embedded thumbnails in episodes were being ignored (PM-4794)
• (Metadata) Refreshing an item will set its logo again when it has been explicitly unset (PM-4286)
• (Metadata) Requests for alternate images may return incomplete results if called quickly in succession (PM-4755)
• (Metadata) Season and episode thumbnails for custom metadata agents would get removed when cleaning bundles (PM-4775)
• (Metadata) Support spanning episodes in NFO parser (PM-4842)
• (Metadata) When using the NFO Series provider, running a metadata refresh can get stuck (PM-5019)
• (Music) Correctly tagged albums with more than 20 discs would fail matching all tracks (PM-4747)
• (Scanner) Ignore QNAP specific hidden paths when watching for file changes (PM-4070)
• (Sharing) Newly created libraries would not immediately be visible on “Grant Library Access” page (PM-3961)
• (Subtitles) Fixes sync issue when transcoding subtitles to webvtt (PM-4847)
• (Thumbnails) Thumbnails were incorrectly generated for videos with rotation (PM-4035)
• (Transcode) Transcoding files with an aac audio track could fail with an ios client (PM-5036)
• (Transcoder) Error message was unclear when all transcoder slots were used (PM-4220)
• (Transcoding) Burning in subtitles produced a green border for some videos (PM-4795)
• (Voice Activity) Allow manual analyze to force detection on previously failed attempts (PM-4218)
• (Voice Activity) Detection could fail in some instances (PM-4066)

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NOTE #: QNAP builds are unavailable at this time. There is no estimate of when this will be resolved, however we will publish a dedicated release when they become available.

Plex Media Server 1.43.1.10561 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.

NEW:

• (Transcoding) Add support for decoding AV1 files on Windows using Intel devices. (PM-4889)
• (Transcoding) Added support for battlemage GPUs. (PM-3178)
• (Transcoding) Removed experimental tag from HEVC preferences and enable by default. (PM-4323)
• Updated Web to 4.159.0

FIXES:

• (Credits Detection) Force detection when manually triggering an analyze operation (PM-4292)
• (Downloads/Optimization) DiskFull and AccessDenied errors are no longer treated as recoverable. (PM-3475)
• (Editions) The ‘Other Editions of’ hub could return incorrect items for non-Plex metadata agents (PM-4934)
• (Extras) Cinema Trailers would fail to play on some clients (PM-4296)
• (Hubs) Collections promoted to hubs on home and library section would not obey label restrictions for visibility (PM-617)
• (Hubs) The “Recently Added” TV Show hubs could potentially skip shows or seasons (PM-3227)
• (Library) Server could crash when matching music (PM-4128)
• (Linux) RPM package could fail to install in some specific scenarios (PM-4863)
• (MacOS) Local assets can sometimes be ignored when folder paths contain unicode characters (PM-4271)
• (Metadata) Add ratings support to NFO parser (PM-4848)
• (Metadata) Alternate collection image options were not being returned (PM-4799)
• (Metadata) Critic and audience ratings lower than 10% were not being saved to the database (PM-4894)
• (Metadata) Embedded thumbnails in episodes were being ignored (PM-4794)
• (Metadata) Refreshing an item will set its logo again when it has been explicitly unset (PM-4286)
• (Metadata) Requests for alternate images may return incomplete results if called quickly in succession (PM-4755)
• (Metadata) Season and episode thumbnails for custom metadata agents would get removed when cleaning bundles (PM-4775)
• (Metadata) Support spanning episodes in NFO parser (PM-4842)
• (Metadata) When using the NFO Series provider, running a metadata refresh can get stuck (PM-5019)
• (Music) Correctly tagged albums with more than 20 discs would fail matching all tracks (PM-4747)
• (Scanner) Ignore QNAP specific hidden paths when watching for file changes (PM-4070)
• (Sharing) Newly created libraries would not immediately be visible on “Grant Library Access” page (PM-3961)
• (Subtitles) Fixes sync issue when transcoding subtitles to webvtt (PM-4847)
• (Thumbnails) Thumbnails were incorrectly generated for videos with rotation (PM-4035)
• (Transcoder) Error message was unclear when all transcoder slots were used (PM-4220)
• (Transcoding) Burning in subtitles produced a green border for some videos (PM-4795)
• (Voice Activity) Allow manual analyze to force detection on previously failed attempts (PM-4218)
• (Voice Activity) Detection could fail in some instances (PM-4066)

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NOTE #: QNAP builds are unavailable at this time. There is no estimate of when this will be resolved, however we will publish a dedicated release when they become available.

Plex Media Server 1.43.1.10540 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.

NEW

• A new NFO metadata agent for Movie and TV Show libraries.
• (Transcoding) Add support for decoding AV1 files on Windows using Intel devices. (PM-4889)
• (Transcoding) Added support for battlemage GPUs. (PM-3178)
• (Transcoding) Removed experimental tag from HEVC preferences and enable by default. (PM-4323)
• Updated Web to 4.159.0

FIXES

• (Credits Detection) Force detection when manually triggering an analyze operation (PM-4292)
• (Downloads/Optimization) DiskFull and AccessDenied errors are no longer treated as recoverable. (PM-3475)
• (Editions) The ‘Other Editions of’ hub could return incorrect items for non-Plex metadata agents (PM-4934)
• (Extras) Cinema Trailers would fail to play on some clients (PM-4296)
• (Hubs) Collections promoted to hubs on home and library section would not obey label restrictions for visibility (PM-617)
• (Hubs) The “Recently Added” TV Show hubs could potentially skip shows or seasons (PM-3227)
• (Library) Server could crash when matching music (PM-4128)
• (Linux) RPM package could fail to install in some specific scenarios (PM-4863)
• (MacOS) Local assets can sometimes be ignored when folder paths contain unicode characters (PM-4271)
• (Metadata) Add ratings support to NFO parser (PM-4848)
• (Metadata) Alternate collection image options were not being returned (PM-4799)
• (Metadata) Critic and audience ratings lower than 10% were not being saved to the database (PM-4894)
• (Metadata) Embedded thumbnails in episodes were being ignored (PM-4794)
• (Metadata) Refreshing an item will set its logo again when it has been explicitly unset (PM-4286)
• (Metadata) Requests for alternate images may return incomplete results if called quickly in succession (PM-4755)
• (Metadata) Season and episode thumbnails for custom metadata agents would get removed when cleaning bundles (PM-4775)
• (Metadata) Support spanning episodes in NFO parser (PM-4842)
• (Music) Correctly tagged albums with more than 20 discs would fail matching all tracks (PM-4747)
• (Scanner) Ignore QNAP specific hidden paths when watching for file changes (PM-4070)
• (Sharing) Newly created libraries would not immediately be visible on “Grant Library Access” page (PM-3961)
• (Subtitles) Fixes sync issue when transcoding subtitles to webvtt (PM-4847)
• (Thumbnails) Thumbnails were incorrectly generated for videos with rotation (PM-4035)
• (Transcoder) Error message was unclear when all transcoder slots were used (PM-4220)
• (Transcoding) Burning in subtitles produced a green border for some videos (PM-4795)
• (Voice Activity) Allow manual analyze to force detection on previously failed attempts (PM-4218)
• (Voice Activity) Detection could fail in some instances (PM-4066)

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Plex Media Server 1.43.0.10492 is now available to everyone.

NOTE: There has been a significant overhaul of the build and deploy systems. We have tested as best we could but some issues may still occur (problems installing, missing auto update, ect). If you encounter any issues please let us know.

NOTE #2: QNAP builds are unavailable at this time. There is no estimate of when this will be resolved, however we will publish a dedicated release when they become available.

NOTE #3: this build is not currently available via linux repositories but can still be downloaded via https://www.plex.tv/media-server-downloads/ and installed manually

NEW

• (API) Add support for ‘squareArt’ element type (PM-2959)
• (API) Added documentation for Metadata Providers (PM-3051)
• (Agents) Visibility of legacy agents during library setup must be explicitly enabled in global library settings (PM-3605)
• (Metadata) Add support for local ‘squareArt’ image for movies and TV shows (PM-2959)
• (Metadata) Add support for local clearLogo images for movies and TV shows (PM-4098)
• (Transcoder) Transcoder was updated to the ffmpeg 6.1 baseline. (PM-3882)
• (Web) Updated to 4.156.0
• (Linux) Revert DEB/RPM packages automatically setup new gpg key
• (Linux) Remove automatic repository setup from DEB/RPM packages (PM-4832)
• (Linux) Sign DEB/RPM packages with updated key (PM-4833)

FIXES

• (Commercials) Commercials were not being removed from live-TV recordings (PM-4208)
• (Credit Detection) Process was timing out on large files (PM-4288)
• (Credit Detection) Transcoder update caused credit detection to fail. (PM-4167)
• (EAC3) Only 4 channels were detected on 7.1 channel EAC3 tracks (PM-4085)
• (Library) Server could crash when matching music (PM-4128)
• (Library) Upgrading legacy agents set to Arabic language would fail (PM-3909)
• (Live TV) Addressed issue using the aac_latm audio codec on live tv streams (PM-4099)
• (Live TV) Some live channels would error due to not all streams being initially available when tuning. (PM-4144)
• (Live TV) Tuning some live-tv channels would result in an error about unknown timestamps (PM-4104)
• (Metadata) Identical albums with differing titles would all get the same title (PM-4097)
• (Metadata) Personal Media agent for TV and Music would skip refreshes for child items (PM-4190)
• (Metadata) Season art should not be set if it is identical to the show art (PM-3834)
• (Metadata) Some library-level language preferences were not being applied correctly (PM-4110)
• (Metadata) When unmatched items were refreshed the local metadata was being ignored (PM-4152)
• (Plexamp) Transcoding tracks could result in missing data (PM-4114)
• (Shield) A green border could have appeared when transcoding to HEVC (PM-4122)
• (Transcoder) An error would occur when transcoding mpeg2 video (PM-4276)
• (Transcoder) An error would sometimes occur when transcoding the lc profile of the aac codec (PM-4266)
• (Transcoder) HLS streams could fail when seeking (PM-4075)
• (Transcoder) The transcoder would crash when direct streaming eac3 to a mov container (PM-4274)
• (Transcoder) Transcoding would fall back to SW when transcoding a HDR file and the client supports 10 bit output but not HDR (PM-4293)
• (Transcoding) Transcoding of EAC3 files would sometimes fail on HLS streams (PM-4084)
• (Voice Activity) Detection could fail in some instances (PM-4066)

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Plex Media Server 1.43.0.10467 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.

NOTE: While the transcoder update included in this release does not include any new features it has been refreshed from the ground up. Even though this has undergone significant testing internally as well as in a forum preview build we realize there still may be some issues to work out so this build will stay in beta for longer than usual to give us time to find and address any lingering bugs.

ANOTHER NOTE: There has been a significant overhaul of the build and deploy systems. We have tested as best we could but some issues may still occur (problems installing, missing auto update, ect). If you encounter any issues please let us know.

YET ANOTHER NOTE: QNAP builds are unavailable at this time. There is no estimate of when this will be resolved, however we will publish a dedicated release when they become available.

NEW:

• (API) Add support for ‘squareArt’ element type (PM-2959)
• (API) Added documentation for Metadata Providers (PM-3051)
• (Agents) Visibility of legacy agents during library setup must be explicitly enabled in global library settings (PM-3605)
• (Metadata) Add support for local ‘squareArt’ image for movies and TV shows (PM-2959)
• (Metadata) Add support for local clearLogo images for movies and TV shows (PM-4098)
• (Transcoder) Transcoder was updated to the ffmpeg 6.1 baseline. (PM-3882)
• (Web) Updated to 4.156.0
• (Linux) DEB/RPM packages automatically setup new gpg key

FIXES:

• (Commercials) Commercials were not being removed from live-TV recordings (PM-4208)
• (Credit Detection) Process was timing out on large files (PM-4288)
• (Credit Detection) Transcoder update caused credit detection to fail. (PM-4167)
• (EAC3) Only 4 channels were detected on 7.1 channel EAC3 tracks (PM-4085)
• (Library) Server could crash when matching music (PM-4128)
• (Library) Upgrading legacy agents set to Arabic language would fail (PM-3909)
• (Live TV) Addressed issue using the aac_latm audio codec on live tv streams (PM-4099)
• (Live TV) Some live channels would error due to not all streams being initially available when tuning. (PM-4144)
• (Live TV) Tuning some live-tv channels would result in an error about unknown timestamps (PM-4104)
• (Metadata) Identical albums with differing titles would all get the same title (PM-4097)
• (Metadata) Personal Media agent for TV and Music would skip refreshes for child items (PM-4190)
• (Metadata) Season art should not be set if it is identical to the show art (PM-3834)
• (Metadata) Some library-level language preferences were not being applied correctly (PM-4110)
• (Metadata) When unmatched items were refreshed the local metadata was being ignored (PM-4152)
• (Plexamp) Transcoding tracks could result in missing data (PM-4114)
• (Shield) A green border could have appeared when transcoding to HEVC (PM-4122)
• (Transcoder) An error would occur when transcoding mpeg2 video (PM-4276)
• (Transcoder) An error would sometimes occur when transcoding the lc profile of the aac codec (PM-4266)
• (Transcoder) HLS streams could fail when seeking (PM-4075)
• (Transcoder) The transcoder would crash when direct streaming eac3 to a mov container (PM-4274)
• (Transcoder) Transcoding would fall back to SW when transcoding a HDR file and the client supports 10 bit output but not HDR (PM-4293)
• (Transcoding) Transcoding of EAC3 files would sometimes fail on HLS streams (PM-4084)
• (Voice Activity) Detection could fail in some instances (PM-4066)

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Plex Media Server 1.43.0.10389 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.

NOTE: While the transcoder update included in this release does not include any new features it has been refreshed from the ground up. Even though this has undergone significant testing internally as well as in a forum preview build we realize there still may be some issues to work out so this build will stay in beta for longer than usual to give us time to find and address any lingering bugs.

NEW:

• (API) Add support for ‘squareArt’ element type (PM-2959)
• (API) Added documentation for Metadata Providers (PM-3051)
• (Agents) Visibility of legacy agents during library setup must be explicitly enabled in global library settings (PM-3605)
• (Metadata) Add support for local ‘squareArt’ image for movies and TV shows (PM-2959)
• (Metadata) Add support for local clearLogo images for movies and TV shows (PM-4098)
• (Transcoder) Transcoder was updated to the ffmpeg 6.1 baseline. (PM-3882)
• (Web) Updated to 4.156.0

FIXES:

• (Commercials) Commercials were not being removed from live-TV recordings (PM-4208)
• (Credit Detection) Transcoder update caused credit detection to fail. (PM-4167)
• (EAC3) Only 4 channels were detected on 7.1 channel EAC3 tracks (PM-4085)
• (Library) Server could crash when matching music (PM-4128)
• (Library) Upgrading legacy agents set to Arabic language would fail (PM-3909)
• (Live TV) Addressed issue using the aac_latm audio codec on live tv streams (PM-4099)
• (Live TV) Tuning some live-tv channels would result in an error about unknown timestamps (PM-4104)
• (Metadata) Identical albums with differing titles would all get the same title (PM-4097)
• (Metadata) Personal Media agent for TV and Music would skip refreshes for child items (PM-4190)
• (Metadata) Season art should not be set if it is identical to the show art (PM-3834)
• (Metadata) Some library-level language preferences were not being applied correctly (PM-4110)
• (Metadata) When unmatched items were refreshed the local metadata was being ignored (PM-4152)
• (Plexamp) Transcoding tracks could result in missing data (PM-4114)
• (Shield) A green border could have appeared when transcoding to HEVC (PM-4122)
• (Transcoder) An error would occur when transcoding mpeg2 video (PM-4276)
• (Transcoder) An error would sometimes occur when transcoding the lc profile of the aac codec (PM-4266)
• (Transcoder) HLS streams could fail when seeking (PM-4075)
• (Transcoder) The transcoder would crash when direct streaming eac3 to a mov container (PM-4274)
• (Transcoding) Transcoding of EAC3 files would sometimes fail on HLS streams (PM-4084)
• (Voice Activity) Detection could fail in some instances (PM-4066)

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Plex Media Server 1.43.0.10346 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.

NOTE: While the transcoder update included in this release does not include any new features it has been refreshed from the ground up. Even though this has undergone significant testing internally as well as in a forum preview build we realize there still may be some issues to work out so this build will stay in beta for longer than usual to give us time to find and address any lingering bugs.

NEW:

• (API) Add support for ‘squareArt’ element type (PM-2959)
• (API) Added documentation for Metadata Providers (PM-3051)
• (Agents) Visibility of legacy agents during library setup must be explicitly enabled in global library settings (PM-3605)
• (Metadata) Add support for local ‘squareArt’ image for movies and TV shows (PM-2959)
• (Metadata) Add support for local clearLogo images for movies and TV shows (PM-4098)
• (Transcoder) Transcoder was updated to the ffmpeg 6.1 baseline. (PM-3882)
• (Web) Updated to 4.152.0

FIXES:

• (Commercials) Commercials were not being removed from live-TV recordings (PM-4208)
• (Credit Detection) Transcoder update caused credit detection to fail. (PM-4167)
• (EAC3) Only 4 channels were detected on 7.1 channel EAC3 tracks (PM-4085)
• (Library) Server could crash when matching music (PM-4128)
• (Library) Upgrading legacy agents set to Arabic language would fail (PM-3909)
• (Live TV) Addressed issue using the aac_latm audio codec on live tv streams (PM-4099)
• (Live TV) Tuning some live-tv channels would result in an error about unknown timestamps (PM-4104)
• (Metadata) Identical albums with differing titles would all get the same title (PM-4097)
• (Metadata) Personal Media agent for TV and Music would skip refreshes for child items (PM-4190)
• (Metadata) Season art should not be set if it is identical to the show art (PM-3834)
• (Metadata) Some library-level language preferences were not being applied correctly (PM-4110)
• (Metadata) When unmatched items were refreshed the local metadata was being ignored (PM-4152)
• (Plexamp) Transcoding tracks could result in missing data (PM-4114)
• (Shield) A green border could have appeared when transcoding to HEVC (PM-4122)
• (Transcoder) HLS streams could fail when seeking (PM-4075)
• (Transcoding) Transcoding of EAC3 files would sometimes fail on HLS streams (PM-4084)
• (Voice Activity) Detection could fail in some instances (PM-4066)

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Plex Media Server 1.43.0.10231 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.

NOTE: While the transcoder update included in this release does not include any new features it has been refreshed from the ground up. Even though this has undergone significant testing internally as well as in a forum preview build we realize there still may be some issues to work out so this build will stay in beta for longer than usual to give us time to find and address any lingering bugs.

NEW:

• (API) Add support for ‘squareArt’ element type (PM-2959)
• (Metadata) Add support for local ‘squareArt’ image for movies and TV shows (PM-2959)
• (Metadata) Add support for local clearLogo images for movies and TV shows (PM-4098)
• (Transcoder) Transcoder was updated to the ffmpeg 6.1 baseline. (PM-3882)

FIXES:

• (Transcoder) HLS streams could fail when seeking (PM-4075)
• (Voice Activity) Detection could fail in some instances (PM-4066)

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Plex Media Server 1.43.0.10162 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.

NOTE: While the transcoder update included in this release does not include any new features it has been refreshed from the ground up. Even though this has undergone significant testing internally as well as in a forum preview build we realize there still may be some issues to work out so this build will stay in beta for longer than usual to give us time to find and address any lingering bugs.

NEW:

• (Transcoder) Transcoder was updated to the ffmpeg 6.1 baseline. (PM-3882)

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Plex Media Server 1.42.2.10156 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.

NEW

• (Playback) Better caching of codec testing to improve start time of playback sessions (PM-3913)
• (Preferences) Split transcoder slots into CPU and GPU slots (PM-3891)

FIXES

• (Ad Detection) Logs were left next to the target media file instead of in the Plex Log folder (PM-3580)
• (CreditDetection) Credit detection would fail on windows servers (PM-4025)
• (Docker) Various issues related to permissions could occur when explicitly setting UID and GID. (PM-3925)
• (Downloads) Any existing files in ‘Downloads temporary directory’ would be deleted. (PM-3944)
• (Downloads) Setting ‘Maximum simultaneous background video transcode’ to ‘Unlimited’ would prevent any download transcodes or optimizations from running (PM-3957)
• (Music) Similar artist tags were not being loaded (PM-3848)
• (Optimizations) HEVC Optimization could result in a file with no video (PM-3938)
• (Subtitles) When automatically selecting subtitles forced subtitles were preferred over full subtitles. (PM-3728)
• (Transcoder) SW fallback would fail when CPU slots were set to Unlimited (PM-3991)

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