• 2.14.0 68e1de2afd

    2.14.0 Stable

    patillacode released this 2026-08-17 09:00:09 +02:00 | 0 commits to main since this release

    New features

    • Audio and subtitle sync sliders cover ±10 seconds in 50 ms steps
    • The bundled ffmpeg enables the loudnorm filter for volume normalization

    Playback

    • Plex video transcodes use fMP4 HLS, so HEVC presets stop corrupting
    • Plex transcodes seek in-band instead of pre-warming at the resume offset
    • Same-day Specials no longer hijack up next
    • Episode advances that fail on a transient server blip are retried
    • Playback no longer fails when a preference write is refused
    • TrueHD offers its MAT carrier on Android 10–12 audio routes
    • Timeline heartbeats stop once a Plex server terminates the session
    • ExoPlayer track labels say AAC instead of mp4a.40.2
    • Emby scrub previews load from the server's BIF index
    • iOS and tvOS keep HDR and Dolby Vision when the video is zoomed
    • tvOS schedules frames with more presentation lead

    Subtitles

    • Korean glyphs render on the MPV path via a bundled Hangul font
    • Disabling subtitles clears the displayed ASS cue immediately
    • ASS frames that overflow the glyph atlas render as a flattened composite
    • External subtitle files load with the media whether or not they are selected
    • Android renders every PGS composition object and keeps the PGS display-plane aspect

    Music

    • Hardware media keys work while the app is in the foreground on Android
    • iOS music playback gains lock-screen and headphone controls

    Plex

    • Live TV favorite updates persist again
    • PIN sign-in keeps polling after transient network errors

    Watch Together

    • Lobby guests are told the room's control mode

    Downloads & profiles

    • The parallel download limit stays intact on slow networks
    • Offline downloads stay visible when a profile's servers are unreachable

    Android, TV & automotive

    • MKV files with late track metadata play again
    • A backgrounded TV stops the server session when it releases the player
    • Quality labels stay visible when rating badges crowd the detail line
    • TV pauses on the first Select press after skipping the intro
    • Parked playback is no longer blocked when the car service gives no verdict
    • The background Watch Next refresh is removed

    UI

    • The sidebar's Libraries section stays collapsed across restarts
    • Phone back exits the player even with the controls up
    • Escape leaves fullscreen instead of quitting the app on desktop
    • Player, downloads and server-setup text that was left in English is now translated

    macOS

    • Every audio format, including compressed formats, routes through CoreAudio

    Windows

    • The MSVC runtime is bundled, so an outdated redistributable no longer crashes launch

    Linux

    • VAAPI hardware decode and AV1 software fallback are restored in the bundled libmpv
    • The Flutter-texture fallback is removed; video always renders on the native Wayland plane
    • HDR transactions and plane presentation are bounded against unacknowledged frames
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