Today we announce the release of RasPlex 1.8.0.

This release focuses on fixing transcoding compatibility with PMS 1.3.x or newer and adding Voice Control (Alexa) support.

Big thanks to @benjaminwolf, @“daniel.cull”, @dlanor, @MagnumDoomguy, @DeadEyeFlint and @bkury for working hard to ensure it’s polished and ready to roll!

New

Voice Control (Alexa) support

Support server terminated playback

Use music metadata from Streaming Brain

Only load first 200 items in a photo slideshow

Addon repository is refresed on start

Non-working Airplay setting is removed from preferences

Updates the HIDRemote class to the latest version (thanks @xzcvczx )

Update german language file (thanks @Eloo )

) Option to display server name instead of user name in home listing (thanks @Fmstrat )

Updated to ffmpeg 2.8.11

Embedded: Upgraded to LibreELEC 8.0 base OS

Embedded: Dropped bundled hyperion (see https://hyperion-project.org/wiki/Installation-on-all-systems)

Fixes

Fixes transcoding issues when using PMS 1.3.x or newer

Re-downloads theme music if it failed first time

Fixes a crash in search

Fixes a crash due to missing openssl locking

Fixes a memory leak when using ssa subtitles

Fix pin pad alignment in default skin

Downloads

RasPlex for Raspberry Pi devices see RasPlex 1.8.0 GitHub page

OpenPHT for Windows, OS X, Embedded and Linux see OpenPHT 1.8.0 release post

Auto Update

RasPlex 1.8.0 is scheduled to be available on the pre-release update channel within the next 24-48 hours.

Bugs?

Please report bugs on GitHub, https://github.com/RasPlex/RasPlex/issues