- Added logging to hopefully find Plex Cloud info. Please report back with your logs if you're trying to connect to Plex Cloud (do remove your tokens!)
- Transcode pictures if Kodi does not support the format - thanks @Memesa!
- Fix playstate and PMS item changes not working/not propagating anymore (caused by a change Plex made with the websocket interface). UPGRADE YOUR PMS!!
- Improvements to the way PKC behaves if the PMS goes offline
- New setting to always transcode if the video bitrate is above a certain threshold (will not work with direct paths)
- Be smarter when deciding when to transcode
- Only sign the user out if the PMS says so
- Improvements to PMS on/offline notifications
- Note to PLEASE read the Wiki if one is using several Plex libraries (shows on first PKC install only)
- Get rid of low powered device option (always use low powered option)
- Don't show a notification when searching for PMS
- Combine h265 und HEVC into one setting
- Less traffic when PKC is checking whether a PMS is still offline
- Improve logging
version 1.5.0
Out for everyone:
- reatly speed up the database sync. Please report if you experience any issues!
- Only show database sync progress for NEW PMS items
- Speed up the pathname verifications
- Update readme to reflect the advent of the official Plex for Kodi
- Fix for not getting tv show additional fanart
- Fix for fanart url containing spaces
- Fix library AttributeError
- Catch websocket handshake errors correctly
version 1.4.10 (beta only)
- Fix library AttributeError
version 1.4.9 (beta only)
- Greatly speed up the database sync. Please report if you experience any issues!
- Only show database sync progress for NEW PMS items
- Speed up the pathname verifications
- Update readme to reflect the advent of the official Plex for Kodi
- New contextmenu: force playback from PMS. Shows up if you use direct paths. Can be useful if you want trailers before a movie. Or if you have a movie with several different parts/versions.
- New contextmenu: force playback from PMS. Shows up if you use direct paths. Can be useful if you want trailers before a movie. Or if you have a movie with several different parts/versions.
- Compatibility with new DVR component of the Plex Media Server
- Speed up sync - download all art in the background. This should especially speed up your initial sync. Remember to let Kodi sit for a while to let it download the artwork
- New setting to look for missing artwork (the non-Plex stuff ;-))
- Fix caching not working
- Ommit DVR status messages from the PMS. This should fix duplicate movies appearing
- Fix possible IndexError on deleting items
- Fix TypeError for manually entering PMS address
- Fix "Opening Stream..." dialog not closing
- Try to prevent OperationalError: database is locked
- Revert "Download one item at a time"
- Remove obsolete import
- Compile regex only once
- Music sync: Fix ProgrammingError
- Don't set-up clips/trailers like other videos (Should fix PKC trying to tell the PMS where we are playing that item)
- Fix capitalization
- Fix backgroundsync KeyError
- Don't double-update playstate of a playing item
- Rearrange the PKC settings
- Use file settings instead of window settings, should fix some errors on changing the PKC settings
- Speed up sync - download all art in the background. This should especially speed up your initial sync. Remember to let Kodi sit for a while to let it download the artwork
- New setting to look for missing artwork (the non-Plex stuff ;-))
- Rearrange the PKC settings
- Fix caching not working
- Use file settings instead of window settings, should fix some errors on changing the PKC settings
- Plex Photos! Choose "Refresh Plex playlists/nodes" to use the new feature.
- Compatibility with latest Kodi Krypton (which is still under heavy development and in an alpha state). If PKC stops working for you, update your Kodi Krypton to the latest version.
- Fixes to getExtraFanart. If not using the PKC repository, you will have to manually update plugin.video.plexkodiconnect.movies and plugin.video.plexkodiconnect.tvshows to profit from these changes.
- Use language codes ('spa'), not verbose 'español' for audio streams and subtitles. You will have to reset your Kodi DB manually to profit from this change.
- Fix filename change recognition for episodes and movies - finally! If you experienced this, you will have to manually reset the Kodi database in the PKC settings
- Fix PKC resume points set way too high
- Clarify that transcode settings are TARGET quality
- Background sync: don't try to process infinitely
- Only tell PMS we're connected to what we're playing. This should enable the Plex Media Server to fall to sleep because PKC is not constantly bugging it
- Ensure credentials are known when reconnecting
- Remove some emby references
- Ask on first run if we have a low powered device
- Corrected the addon's folder name from `PlexKodiConnect-develop` to `plugin.video.plexkodiconnect` in the Kodi addon folder. If you still experience issues, check your addon folder and delete `PlexKodiConnect-develop`
- A Kodi repository for easy installation and updating is now available. Download the [ZIP file from Github](https://github.com/croneter/PlexKodiConnect). Instructions can be found [in the Wiki](https://github.com/croneter/PlexKodiConnect/wiki/Installation)
- Additional artwork download from FanartTV! Enable it in the PKC settings under Sync Options
- New setting: Add TV show name and SxxExx to an episode in Recently Added
- Fix UnicodeEncodeError during sync
- Plex Companion now always reports playstate. Should increase stability
- Merge Emby for Kodi commits up to 3dbdab79a9d213aab3cb6347af0b8fb905bb6e45
YOU WILL NEED TO RECONNECT TO YOUR PMS: PKC Settings -> Connection -> 'Choose Plex Server from a list'. Just repick your PMS
- 'true' awesome & fast direct play without 'direct paths' if your Plex library points to paths that are accessible to Kodi. Customize paths in the settings
- Fix endless trailer loop
- Fix smart playlists (you will need to choose 'Refresh Plex playlists/nodes')
- Plex Collections available under Movies-Collections
- Fix TypeError when marking item watched
- Shutdown lib sync threads correctly on user switch
- Fix KeyError if Kodi webserver disabled
- Fix playback report for trailers that seem like the movie
- Fix playback report when playing something on a PMS that's not ours
- Correctly stop transcoding
- Sync Music playstates on a full library scan (like movies and tv)
- Handle connection errors and unauthorized connections differently
