Comments on: Release 0.8.1: Crazy Delicious

By: Mike Romans

Mike Romans — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:37:05 +0000

Yes, a Snow Leopard update is so a MUST!!! I really like Plex but it looks so bad since I updated my OS…

By: Axel Andersson

Axel Andersson — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:13:44 +0000

We really need an update for snow leopard!

By: homesnake

homesnake — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:11:36 +0000

gah! I should have searched a bit more before I posted, I forgot to compile the xTV skin. Sigh…

By: homesnake

homesnake — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:22:59 +0000

Love Plex but FYI This release seems to have broken both the xTV and xTV2 skins on my machine, they are no longer displaying any icons or graphics, and navigation is disabled. Also as someone above mentioned, flipping between fullscreen and not full screen results in a black screen (built in mediastream skin).

By: TLOVALL

TLOVALL — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:52:53 +0000

I love PLEX, and have used it exclusively since switching to Mac for everything except for DVD playback. Could we please dive into brining back DVD Playback? It would be great to have a singe app to do the entire entertainment playback with. Great app, Great Work, keep up the good work!!

By: Louis

Louis — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:43:52 +0000

good apps.

want to have:
- built in DVD player
- different slide show in picture

By: Jerry

Jerry — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:42:01 +0000

This is my first time using it on a 2G MAC Mini. I like the UI very much. It can decode 1080P TS! Thanks for your great work!

A little regret, it can’t display Chinese subtitle correctly. All the characters show as a little square. Wish you could solve it soon.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:41:30 +0000

Guys,

When in File mode and Stacked Mode on, my DVD directories
are not sorted correctly. Will this bug be fixed in the next release?

By: elan

elan — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:02:17 +0000

@odysseus Ithacan: We have a new release due out any day now, just putting the final touches to it.

By: odysseus Ithacan

odysseus Ithacan — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:19:06 +0000

It has been 2 months since the last release, and there are a lot of bugs in 0.8.1. What’s going on?

By: elan

elan — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:23:18 +0000

@XAVO: That’s a tough one. I don’t have a receiver that can decode 7.1 audio, and I’m not even sure what else would need to be done.

By: XAVO

XAVO — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:16:06 +0000

7.1 channel audio can’t be completely decode…I can only hear part of the full audio

By: elan

elan — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:32:09 +0000

@Marc: Not sure what to recommend, sounds like it might be something Silverlight specific. The only thing I can recommend is making sure you have the latest version installed

By: Marc Crooner

Marc Crooner — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:59:30 +0000

@elan: Link to system output is enabled, netflix is the only plugin that I don’t get sound from, the other apps play fine.

By: elan

elan — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:19:28 +0000

@Marc: Make sure you have “Link to system output” enabled in the audio settings, otherwise the WebKit audio won’t track the Plex output.

By: Marc Crooner

Marc Crooner — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:16:07 +0000

Guys I have been having issues with audio for the Netflix Plugin, can anyone suggest a quick fix or provide help in this case.

Thanks,
Marc

By: Luke

Luke — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:21:23 +0000

Excellent, thanks love the software. Is there any plans to offer video acceleration too, although many of us use the Mac mini with Intel GMA950 so is it possible to use this GPU to improve video playback?

By: Kimberly Chapman

Kimberly Chapman — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:11:34 +0000

Any chance of getting closed caption functionality soon? My husband just built a whole DVR system with MythTV and Plex and if I can’t have my closed captions back soon, I will make him get rid of Plex and install something else. I have a hearing problem and need my captions.

By: Evan

Evan — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 05:45:38 +0000

I came here to see if my semi-high idle CPU usage was abnormal, but I see it isn’t.

I totally understand that this is something that @elan would consider closed–on a fast system it’s negligible. But @Andreas has a good point about pausing the rendering. For example, when Plex is hidden could rendering the UI be paused?

Here’s why this matters: Like a lot of Macmini media center users, I switch back and forth between Plex and EyeTV using Remote Buddy. So Plex sits hidden taking 18% of my 2.0GHz mini’s CPU, while the Mini struggles to record one 720p show while it plays another.

If Mini’s were available with more horsepower, I’d get one, but meanwhile that 15% to 20% Plex is taking is a big hit.

@elan any chance of a “pause UI rendering on hide” feature?

Other than this little complaint of mine, Awesome, Awesome job. Plex is the best, and I have tried almost all the rest on Windows, Mac, and Linux.

By: Alfred

Alfred — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 08:36:17 +0000

I hope you change back to the player from version 7.13(perfect).
Never change a running System!! (:-)
There is all perfect with HD 1080p. In fast forward and playing.
All newer Versions and the current version have problems in fast forward and playing without artefacting…

Thanks

By: elan

elan — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:18:37 +0000

@Ryan: Please head to the forums to discuss (what sorts of videos stop playing? does plex hang? can you post a hang report?) It sounds like part of the problem might be an issue with Sparkle/a mirror.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:25:36 +0000

@elan
I’m on the same version macbookpro (2008 santa rosa) 10.5.7 and having similar problems. I’ve also had many videos stop playing in the middle but will work fine if played again. I only got a working video by deleting the auto updated version and grabbing a clean install from the site. The problem seems to happen a lot more often on lousy internet connections. I’ve noticed a couple problems with soft subtitles not showing up properly in this version also, but on a second play, or a restart it works fine. I haven’t seen any pattern at this point but I am up for testing some things.

By: elan

elan — Sun, 31 May 2009 06:31:50 +0000

@Wintermute: haven’t heard of this before, please head to the forums and paste a hang report in there and we’ll have a look.

By: Wintermute

Wintermute — Sun, 31 May 2009 05:34:55 +0000

I downloaded this version for the first time and it crashes constantly on my 10.5.7 MacBook Pro (2008). It seems to run fine if I click around the screen and modify settings, but as soon as I try to play a video it stops responding and I have to Force Quit.

By: Hendricus

Hendricus — Thu, 28 May 2009 21:25:26 +0000

All problems I had are fixed Tnx.
Although it sometimes crash with some video’s (AVI’s), but so far I didn’t see any pattern.

+1 for a search field for iTunes section.

By: Marc Crooner

Marc Crooner — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:16:46 +0000

Found the Repeat, Repeat 1 and Shuffle this is a sweet app, you guys ROCK! Can you add support for HD music like 24/96 and 24/192?

By: Marc Crooner

Marc Crooner — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:45:30 +0000

Oh and gapless audio

By: Marc Crooner

Marc Crooner — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:44:46 +0000

Also can you add repeat, repeat 1 and shuffle, that would be really kewl.

By: Marc Crooner

Marc Crooner — Thu, 28 May 2009 00:03:44 +0000

Please add a search field for iTunes

By: hilk

hilk — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:43:08 +0000

No, afraid I don’t remember anything about Windows 3.1 when it came out. Was that around the time we started using System 7?