1.8.0 is Here for Rasplex and OpenPHT! This release includes fixes and new features for issues reported with the previous releases New: Voice Control (Alexa) support Support server terminated playback Use music metadata from Streaming Brain Only load first 200 items in a photo slideshow Addon repository is refresed on start Non-working Airplay setting is removed from preferences Updates the HIDRemote class to the latest version (thanks @xzcvczx ) Update german language file (thanks @Eloo...
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1.7.1 is Here! This release includes fixes and new features for issues reported with the previous releases New: Improved Streaming Brain support Improved iOS companion support Support for showing imdb rating Preference option to include watched in watch later and recommended Skin option to hide fanart in library Lots of skinning engine and other improvements: (thanks @bkury ) Mouse Support New preference category for OpenPHT options Preference option to stack recently added Preference option to...
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1.6.1 is Here! This release includes fixes for issues reported with the 1.6.0 release and updates to the default skin. New: Skin option to add Play File to home menu in default skin Updates to default skin (thanks @magnumdoomguy) Skin option to Hide Thumbnails for Unwatched Episodes Added Portrait Posters for Home Videos Added Landscape Posters for Home Videos On Deck/Recently Added Added Categories to Skin Settings Cleanup of unused skin code Update some Italian...
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1.6.0 is Here! This release brings lots of improvements to the playback engine backported from Kodi Jarvis 16.1. It is also the first release where OpenPHT and RasPlex is truly merged into one shared code base. RasPlex is now more of a branding of the OpenPHT-Embedded builds for Raspberry Pi devices. Important new features includes the addition of mmal decoding and support for installing/updating skins directly from the select skin dialog. New: Updated branding and...
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1.0.3 is Here! New: Raspberry Pi 3 support Play from here added to episodes context menu on home screen Changes: Fixes use of cache when loading preplay screen Fixes subtitle selection for transcoded media and after a vobsub has been selected Use same subtitle name format as Plex Web Smaller gui updates to video osd, codec info and preferences in default skin Fixes for crashes on application shutdown FFmpeg updated to 2.4.13 OpenVPN updated to...
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1.0.2 is Here! New: Added Skin option to show shutdown/restart for managed users Added Preferences option to show watched items in recently added fanout Added Preferences option to hide channels from main menu Added go to show/season to context menu for episodes Changes: Added support for shared channels for managed users (need to enable in PMS/Users) Support for libdcadec to decode DTS-HD MA to 8 channel LPCM (disable DTS capable receiver and enable DTS decode...
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1.0.1 is Here! Changes: Fixes downmix, use the boost center setting to control how much of the center channel should be mixed Rotten Tomatoes rating now only shows when audience rating has a value Videos with vorbis audio codec is no longer forced transcoded The home menu used when “Hide Quit and Shut Down in menu” is selected now works correctly Fixes Segmentation Fault when USB-CEC adapter attached Hyperion updated to latest Linux kernel 4.1.13...
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0.7.0 is Here! Release time! RasPlex 0.7.0 lands today! We’ve added hifiberry support (for music only at the moment), brought back VPN, updated to PHT 1.4.1, and a whole bunch of other fixes. Check out the full release notes: https://github.com/RasPlex/RasPlex/releases/tag/0.7.0 Big thanks to Kwiboo for leading the charge on this release, and our beta team for working hard to ensure it’s polished and ready to roll!
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0.6.0 is Here! We’re pleased to release RasPlex 0.6.0! You can read the release notes at https://github.com/RasPlex/RasPlex/releases/tag/0.6.0, as well as download the latest images or installers. For users updating from 0.5.1, we recommend you re-enable ffmpeg AVIO under Preferences -> Playback -> Advanced Video. OpenELEC 5.0! This update brings OpenELEC 5.0, which includes 2 years worth of updates from previous versions which were based on OpenELEC 3.2. This will dramatically improve driver support for a...
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Finally RasPlex for Raspberry Pi 2! We’re pretty sure you’ll agree it was worth the wait. This is the first release of RasPlex for the RPi2 and you can expect GREAT things to come. Here are our notable changes: Please ensure you are using the latest updated installer Same codebase as 0.5.0 with some patches to fix common issues Huge update to linux kernel and drivers Raspberry Pi 2 support Ensure you are using the...
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Thanks for being so patient everyone! We’re pretty sure you’ll agree it was worth the wait. This is by far the most stable and performant version of RasPlex to date! We expect it will be our last “release candidate” for 0.4.0. We’re running off of the very latest PHT code, which brings in a long-awaited “PlayQueue” feature - enabling you to easily binge on seasons at a time. Please note that this is very new,...
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Check it out! We’ve been featured as one of sourceforge’s projects of the week. This comes just after we update the site to use a new theme and be much more mobile friendly. Sourceforge is an awesome platform for hosting files and web services, and every Open Source project should give theme a look
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New paint job We’ve given the website a fresh new look, finally updating our stylesheets after about a year. New blog! We’ve finally added a blog for RasPlex, and will be incorporating various social outlets into the blog very soon. New backend You probably won’t be able to tell, but we’ve completely changed how the website is generated. The site started out being hosted using a CMS called “modx”, but to save money we replaced...
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