I certainly hope that many of you were as excited about Plex becoming available for the Chromecast as I was. Its addition to the offerings that the $35 device can play was a big win for Plex and Android users alike. It didn’t come without its little quirks and issues though. Like with any new software addition, there will need to be some tweaks made to solve issues on a grand scale after launch. Thankfully the Plex team works pretty darn hard to keep things running smooth, add new features and support their users. While some of these issues might need to be solved on the app side of things, more might need to be solved on the server side of things.
Since you essentially are the server, updates to the server software that helps you brings your personal content to your Plex app are needed. there is a new Plex media server update for all the wonderful users out there that brings the software to version 0.9.8.17.282.
Fixes for this release:
– An issue where video played with Chromecast would freeze.
– Media analysis wouldn’t work right on files with chapter tracks and subtitles.
– (FreeBSD) Crashing of transcoder with subtitles.
– Include Popcorn Hour profile.
Plex for Chromecast still requires you to be a Plex Pass member to enjoy it, but that is only temporary. Once the bugs are worked out and everything is up to code, so to speak, on how Plex wants things to be running for its general users then they will be pushing it out to the regular app. At least, this is what we have come to expect.
If you have a Chromecast, Plex Pass and your media server running, you will want to go pick up the update. It should help improve your experience.
Via Shane
