2.22.0

New features

• Search finds actors and directors on Plex, Jellyfin and Emby
• Apple TV hands playback to external players such as Infuse
• Audio Channels setting replaces Downmix to Stereo: Original, Up to 5.1 or Stereo
• Desktop can refuse HEVC and AV1 so the server transcodes them (Settings > Playback > Video Codecs)
• A plezy://live link tunes a Live TV channel on Android
• Resetting all keyboard shortcuts asks for confirmation first

Playback

• HDR stays on the hardware video plane on SDR displays from Android 9, so 4K HDR plays smoothly on weaker TV boxes
• TrueHD bitstreams on Android routes that take raw TrueHD but not the MAT carrier
• DTS decodes to multichannel instead of playing silence on TVs without DTS
• Smoother MPV playback on Android: 1080i recordings, 24p on Fire TV, 59.94 Hz boxes and TrueHD under load
• Audio no longer drops out on low-RAM Android boxes
• MP4s without a ctts box (common in x265 releases) play at full speed with hardware decoding on Android
• Dolby Vision Profile 5 renders correctly with software decoding on Android
• A server refusing playback with HTTP 403 shows why instead of a raw error or a sign-in prompt
• A failed start names the actual reason instead of "loading failed"
• Playback speed returns to 1.0 when the next item has no custom speed
• The Play Next countdown waits while Plezy is in the background
• Arrow keys move between Play Next buttons instead of seeking
• The screen can sleep while a playback error is showing
• Retry after a failed start brings back system media controls
• Leaving Picture-in-Picture works on iOS
• Display matching on Windows picks 23.976, 29.97 and 59.94 Hz modes, honors the switch delay and restores HDR
• The performance overlay shows the new refresh rate after a switch on Windows

Subtitles

• An offset set with "Don't save" no longer carries into the next episode
• The subtitle cycle shortcut can turn subtitles off
• External subtitles with a backslash in their path load on MPV
• External players on Android receive the item's external subtitles
• A failed subtitle search shows a readable reason

Music

• Gapless Plex albums prefetch the next track when transcoding
• Every gapless track keeps Plezy's request headers
• Companion Remote play, pause, seek and skip control music
• Queues over 1,000 tracks restore on the right track

Live TV

• Emby plays HDHomeRun channels
• Jellyfin live streams are released on the server when a tune is abandoned
• Live TV stays available when a server check times out
• Favorites from two Plex accounts in one profile stay separate
• Emby schedules recordings without asking for a target library
• The guide's day picker stays correct across daylight saving changes
• Guide favorites toggle with a D-pad, and holding OK in Reorder Favorites no longer removes favorites in a burst
• What's On is hidden when no Live TV server is Plex
• A failed guide refresh keeps the loaded channels
• Changing channel during stream recovery no longer reopens the previous channel

Plex

• Collections open on servers that cap pages at 120 items
• View All on music hubs lists their items
• Hub detail screens honor every sort option
• The metadata editor loads every field before editing
• Back cancels a collection, playlist or shuffle launch
• The server token is no longer sent over plain HTTP to remote or relay addresses

Jellyfin & Emby

• Emby season lists offer merged episode versions
• Hidden libraries stay out of Continue Watching
• Next Up rewatching applies to every Jellyfin account in a profile
• Jellyfin remembers the subtitle actually selected
• A capped quality no longer reports transcoding unavailable when the file already fits
• The Apple TV Top Shelf shows Emby resume items

Explore & trackers

• Anime movies and series no longer map to each other's MAL and AniList entries
• A season not yet mapped no longer overwrites season 1's entry
• Specials no longer rewind series progress
• Manually marked anime episodes are counted once
• Queued Trakt changes sync without rate-limit errors
• Removing from a watchlist only deletes entries still on Plan to Watch
• View All on TV Discover rows loads the full list

Downloads

• Downloads work again on macOS
• A downloaded movie or episode plays from the device while its server is reachable
• The same title in two libraries or on two servers no longer overwrites the other's download
• A resumed download continues where it stopped
• Changing Download on Wi-Fi only applies to downloads already queued
• Signing out of a Plex account keeps its downloads
• Failed downloads show a readable reason
• Sync rules can be removed with a remote or keyboard
• Shared downloads queued by another profile start

Profiles & servers

• Plezy stays online without internet when a local or loopback server is reachable
• A server refusing the account no longer asks to sign in again
• PIN-protected Plex Home users are no longer picked automatically at sign-in
• A failed profile switch no longer asks for the previous profile's PIN

UI

• Library tabs show scrollbars on desktop
• Libraries show load errors, and Refresh reloads the list
• Manage Libraries offers admin actions only to server admins and keeps libraries that load while it is open
• Playlist editing stays available after removing an item
• Actor pages open when their server is offline
• Use Home Layout applies immediately
• Settings import rejects invalid values
• A failed manual update check says so instead of reporting the latest version
• Disabled buttons look disabled in the Mono theme
• The search spinner no longer sticks after editing the query

TV

• Player controls hide after 5 seconds again with a remote
• Library tabs keep their place when switching to Recommended
• L1 and R1 no longer switch tabs behind a dialog or sheet
• The skip button no longer takes focus from an open sheet
• Plex, Tautulli and Jellyfin list Apple TV as tvOS with its device name

Android

• Watch Next items no longer replay after a profile switch or relaunch
• Memory limits for low-RAM devices take effect

Desktop

• The App Store build is named Plezy instead of Runner on Apple silicon Macs
• A remote's Escape quits from Home in TV mode
• Launching Plezy while it is closing no longer leaves no window on Windows
• The Linux player no longer leaks memory or spins the CPU after a failed render
• Server tokens stay out of MPRIS artwork, logs and the artwork cache