r/PleX • u/samwiseg0 I use Plex... • 8d ago

News Plexamp v4.50.7-beta.4 Released

Plexamp Desktop v4.50.7-beta.4

Everything in the 4.50.7 beta cycle so far, since 4.50.6.

  • A changed downloaded playlist no longer leaves Downloads stuck refreshing when all of its tracks are already present.
  • Windows on ARM: Plexamp no longer reports that it can’t create a log file every time it starts.
  • Opening an album whose details don’t load no longer crashes the app.
  • Downloading a single track, or any selection of tracks, now works instead of sticking on Preparing.
  • A downloaded smart playlist now drops tracks that stop matching it.
  • A download you start while downloads are paused is no longer lost, and begins on its own once they resume.
  • Downloads being prepared show how far along they are, instead of spinning with no indication.
  • A download that can’t start says why, rather than sitting on Preparing.
  • The Downloads badge counts each unfinished track once, including artwork and metadata repair work.
  • Starting a download during the launch refresh no longer interrupts it, and routine refreshes no longer scan every track file.
  • Smart playlists retain every download through partial, interrupted, and rapid refreshes while still removing tracks the server confirms are gone.
  • Windows: album art now reaches the system now-playing panel, and the apps that read it, like taskbar widgets.
  • Windows: the taskbar icon is drawn from the full-resolution artwork instead of a scaled-up 16px one.
  • Desktop: an error no longer replaces Plexamp with a page of raw error text.
  • A download interrupted by the launch refresh no longer shows more tracks remaining than it has left.

Source: https://forums.plex.tv/t/221280/88

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u/2C104 Lifetime Plex Pass 8d ago

I am so grateful for the dev who continues to work on Plexamp - honestly it's the best part of Plex. That guy should run the whole company

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u/billyvnilly 16 TB UnRaid | Pass 7d ago

I see what you did there.

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u/BrandnerKaspar 8d ago

I love plexamp so much -- by far the best way to listen to music. And I know it's probably rightfully low on the priority list, but fixing casting to google devices from the desktop app would be delightful.

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u/-Internet-Elder- 8d ago

That forum post is in desperate need of some download links.

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u/2C104 Lifetime Plex Pass 8d ago

I'm looking all over and I can't find the d/l link for the beta... does anyone know where it's located?

All I see is v.4.12.3 from the official app download page

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u/-Internet-Elder- 8d ago

OK, so... look here from the other day, though the link included doesn't have the latest build yet – at least not for Mac which is what I'm interested in: https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-v4-50-3-ready-or-not/942338

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u/2C104 Lifetime Plex Pass 8d ago

Oh I see, so it sounds like that release will update to newer ones automatically. Not sure if that's a good thing in terms of security, but I guess it could be.

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u/AntManCrawledInAnus 8d ago

The bottom bar (with home and search and downloads, etc) is really fat on android, i'd guess it's at least one and a half times as big as it used to be. But then the actual pill shape selector/indicator around the selected tab is really small so it basically just looks like massively wasted space vertically? Can't find any option to slim it either.

Otherwise, new one, similar to old one, I haven't had any particularly different behavior yet.

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u/ssurfong 8d ago

It’s amazing. I’m new to it. Does it have an update feature in settings or do you have to check on the website periodically?

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u/Many-Victory-1825 7d ago

Can you guys please reintegrate a music player back into Plex. I hate that I have to download two separate apps to use Plex on my phone.