Plex Media Server 0.9.15.2 is Out, Available for Ubuntu / Linux Mint
Plex Media Server is a powerful application that will help you to manage and stream media files stored on your computer to various mobile devices and smart TVs, across a local network or over the Internet.
The application can be downloaded for Chromcast, Roku, Google TV, and a supported Samsung Smart TV, as well as on Synology, Netgear, QNAP, unRAID, Drobo and ASUSTOR NAS (Network-attached storage) devices.
Features at a glance
With Plex Media Server, you can organize your movie, photo, music and TV show collections in order to access them easily and fast from one of the aforementioned devices and platforms.
It can serve content to clients on the same machine or within the local network, and even over the Internet. One of its best features is that it includes its own App Store, from where plug-ins can be installed and extend the default functionality of the software.
In addition to the free version reviewed here, there's also a PlexPass edition of Plex Media Server, which provides users with a paid service that gives them early access to new versions and premium features.
What News in Plex Media Server 0.9.15.2 :
New:
- (iOS) Sync soft subtitles to iOS clients.
- Advanced preference to set the x264 preset used with background transcodes.
- (Windows) Plex Media Server now requires the latest service pack or update, when installed on Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8.1.
Fixes:
- (Windows) Address installation errors on systems missing a required service pack or operating system update.
- (Media Optimizer) Processing wouldn't always restart to handle newly-added library content.
- (Sync) Sync item configuration changes weren't being picked up immediately.
- (Sync) Watched items weren't being immediately removed from unwatched-only sync items.
- (Sync) Unwatched-only sync items might not include specific unwatched items in some rare cases.
- (Sync) Run Cloud Sync every 24 hours, in order to sync view counts to the cloud.
- Popular tracks list for artists wasn't respecting sharing restrictions.
- Netgear RN21x package no longer overwrites Preferences.xml on startup.
- Incorrect auto-update download links in some rare cases.
- Playback could fail to start on LG TVs in some rare cases.
- Subtitles in 'mov_text' format might not transcode correctly.
- Crash during episode post-play.
How to Install Plex Media Server 0.9.15.2 on Ubuntu Derivative System :
To Install/Update Plex Media Server 0.9.15.2 via PPA on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, Ubuntu 15.10 wily werewolf, Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Ubuntu 13.10/13.04/12.04, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, Peppermint Five, Deepin 2014, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2.0, Linux Lite 2.2 and other Ubuntu derivative systems, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:
For Ubuntu 32 bit :
wget https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/0.9.15.2.1663-7efd046/plexmediaserver_0.9.15.2.1663-7efd046_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i plexmediaserver_0.9.15.2.1663-7efd046_i386.deb
For Ubuntu 64 bit :
wget https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/0.9.15.2.1663-7efd046/plexmediaserver_0.9.15.2.1663-7efd046_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i plexmediaserver_0.9.15.2.1663-7efd046_amd64.deb
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