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version 2.12.19:
- 2.12.17 and 2.12.18 for everyone
- Rename skip intro skin file
version 2.12.18 (beta only):
- Quickly sync recently watched items before synching the playstates of the entire Plex library
- Improve logging for websocket JSON loads
version 2.12.17 (beta only):
- Sync name and user rating of a TV show season to Kodi
- Fix rare TypeError: expected string or buffer on playback start
version 2.12.16:
- versions 2.12.14 and 2.12.15 for everyone
version 2.12.15 (beta only):
- Fix skip intros sometimes not working due to a RuntimeError
- Update translations
version 2.12.14 (beta only):
- Add skip intro functionality
version 2.12.13:
- Fix KeyError: u'game' if Plex Arcade has been activated
- Fix AttributeError: 'App' object has no attribute 'threads' when sync is cancelled
version 2.12.12:
- Hopefully fix rare case when sync would get stuck indefinitely
- Fix ValueError: invalid literal for int() for invalid dates sent by Plex
- version 2.12.11 for everyone
version 2.12.11 (beta only):
- Fix PKC not auto-picking audio/subtitle stream when transcoding
- Fix ValueError when deleting a music album
- Fix OSError: Invalid argument when Plex returns an invalid timestamp
version 2.12.10:
- Fix pictures from Plex picture libraries not working/displaying
version 2.12.9:
- Fix Local variable 'user' referenced before assignement
version 2.12.8:
- version 2.12.7 for everyone
version 2.12.7 (beta only):
- Fix PKC suddenly using main Plex user's credentials, e.g. when the PMS address changed
- Fix missing Kodi tags for movie collections/sets
version 2.12.6:
- Fix rare KeyError when using PKC widgets
- Fix suspension of artwork caching and PKC becoming unresponsive
- Update translations
- Versions 2.12.4 and 2.12.5 for everyone
version 2.12.5 (beta only):
- Greatly improve matching logic for The Movie Database if Plex does not provide an appropriate id
- Fix high transcoding resolutions not being available for Win10
- Fix rare playback progress report failing and KeyError: u'containerKey'
- Fix rare KeyError: None when trying to sync playlists
- Fix TypeError when canceling Plex sync section dialog
version 2.12.4 (beta only):
- Hopefully fix freeze during sync: Don't assign multiple sets/collections for a specific movie
- Support metadata provider ids (e.g. for IMDB) for the new Plex Movie Agent
version 2.12.3:
- Fix playback failing due to caching of subtitles with non-ascii chars
- Fix ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10 during show sync
- Fix UnboundLocalError when certain Plex sections are deleted or being un-synched
- New method to install PlexKodiConnect directly via an URL. You thus do not need to upload a ZIP file to Kodi anymore.
version 2.12.2:
- version 2.12.0 and 2.12.1 for everyone
- Fix regression: sync dialog not showing up when it should
version 2.12.1 (beta only):
- Fix PKC shutdown on Kodi profile switch
- Fix Kodi content type for images/photos
- Added support for custom set of safe characters when escaping paths (thanks @geropan)
- Revert "Don't allow spaces in devicename"
- Fix sync dialog showing in certain cases even though user opted out
version 2.12.0 (beta only):
- Fix websocket threads; enable PKC background sync for all Plex Home users!
- Fix PKC incorrectly marking a video as unwatched if an external player has been used
- Update translations
version 2.11.7:
- Fix PKC crashing on devices running Microsoft UWP, e.g. XBox
version 2.11.6:
- Fix rare sync crash when queue was full
- Set "Auto-adjust transcoding quality" to false by default
version 2.11.5:
- Versions 2.11.0-2.11.4 for everyone
version 2.11.4 (beta only):
- Fix another TypeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute '__getitem__', e.g. when trying to play trailers
version 2.11.3 (beta only):
- Fix TypeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute '__getitem__', e.g. when displaying albums
version 2.11.2 (beta only):
- Refactor direct and add-on paths. Enables use of Plex music playlists synched to Kodi
version 2.11.1 (beta only):
- Rewire the set-up of audio and subtitle streams, esp. before starting a transcoding session. Fixes playback not starting at all
version 2.11.0 (beta only):
- Fix PKC not burning in (and thus not showing) subtitles when transcoding
- When transcoding, only let user choose to burn-in subtitles that can't be displayed otherwise by Kodi
- Improve PKC automatically connecting to local PMS
- Ensure that our only video transcoding target is h264
- Fix adjusted subtitle size not working when burning in subtitles
- Fix regression: burn-in subtitles picking up the last user setting instead of the current one
version 2.10.12:
- versions 2.10.5-11 for everyone
version 2.10.11 (beta only):
- Fix yet another rare but annoying bug where PKC becomes unresponsive during sync
version 2.10.10 (beta only):
- Fix rare but annoying bug where PKC becomes unresponsive during sync
- Fix PKC background sync not working in some cases
version 2.10.9 (beta only):
- Other Kodi add-ons can now search for Plex items using plugin://plugin.video.plexkodiconnect?mode=search&query=YOUR SEARCH STRING HERE
version 2.10.8 (beta only):
- Improve thread pool management to render PKC snappier
- Attempt to fix broken pipe error
- Fix DirectPaths when a video's folder name is identical to a video's filename (you will need to manually reset the Kodi database)
version 2.10.7 (beta only):
- Fix PKC not starting up on iOS
- Optimize the new sync process and fix some bugs that were introduced
- Fix PKC becoming unresponsive e.g. when switching the PMS
version 2.10.6 (beta only):
- Fix AttributeError if user enters an invalid pin code
- Fix OperationalError when starting with a fresh PKC installation
- Fix IndexError
version 2.10.5 (beta only):
- Rewire library sync to speed it up and fix sync getting stuck in rare cases
- Optimize threads by using events instead of a polling mechanism. Fixes PKC becoming unresponsive, e.g. when switching users
- Optimize adding values to Kodi databases by not using sqlite COALESCE command
- Fix OperationalError when resetting PKC
- Improve sync resiliance when certain items are not to be synced to Kodi or PKC skipped an item in the past
- Make sure bool is returned instead of an int
- Don't use WAL mode for sqlite connections, it is not making any difference
version 2.10.4:
- version 2.10.3 for everyone
- Fix to correctly wipe Kodi databases
version 2.10.3 (beta only):
- Fix a couple of issues with music when using direct paths: correctly escape music paths for Kodi regex matching
- Fix Recently Added Albums sort order (you will have to reset the Kodi database manually)
- Fix database being locked in rare cases
- Increase batch size for library sync from 500 to 2000 to increase sync speed
- Optimize some code
- Fix KeyError when using Plex search capabilities
- Check faster for available Plex Media Server to connect to
version 2.10.2:
- Fix Kodi playback jumping to the beginning of a video that just started
- Fix transcoding quality degenerating quickly while playing with a new setting to deactivate auto quality for transcoding (applicable e.g. for Chromecast)
- Update translations
version 2.10.1:
- Fix resume for Kodi on low powered devices, e.g. Raspberry Pi
- Fix resume when using an external player
- Fix UnicodeWarning: Unicode equal comparison failed to convert both arguments to Unicode - interpreting them as being unequal
version 2.10.0:
- version 2.9.12 - 2.9.14 for everyone
- Get rid of some obsolete code for the ContextMonitor we dropped
version 2.9.14 (beta only):
- Fix resume when starting playback via PMS or when force transcoding
- Get rid of ContextMonitor and the dedicated Python thread - with new resume mechanics, this is not needed anymore
- Optimize clean-up of file table in the Kodi video database after stopping playback
- Get rid of some obsolete imports
version 2.9.13 (beta only):
- Fix PKC resuming instead of playing from the beginning
version 2.9.12 (beta only):
- Fix resume not working in some cases
- Support Plex search across all media and Plex Media Servers: Navigate to the PlexKodiConnect Add-on, then "Search"
- Always use the current Kodi language when communicating with the PMS (restart Kodi when changing the language!)
- Fix Kodi crashing when casting from e.g. Plex Web or Plex for Windows
- Fix PKC throwing error if m3u playlist contains resume information
version 2.9.11:
- version 2.9.10 for everyone
version 2.9.10 (beta only):
- Add tmdb provider sync
- Fix external subtitles not being available
- Fix PKC increasing the Plex watch count by 2 instead of 1
- Improve subtitle naming
- Delete temporary subtitles on playback stop
- Fix a missleading string
version 2.9.9:
- Versions 2.9.6 - 2.9.8 for everyone
version 2.9.8 (beta only):
- Fix Play Error in scenarios (older PMS version?) where posting playqueues using an uri `server://` is not possible and `library://` is necessary
- Fix rare AttributeError on PKC startup when modifying advancedsettings.xml
- Update translations
version 2.9.7 (beta only):
- Correctly escape URLs for Direct Paths
- Update settings to inform user that reboot is necessary
- Optimize code
- Don't migrate PKC settings if we're dealing with a clean new PKC installation
- Force-scan every single item in the library - seems like we could lose some recently added items otherwise when updating PKC
version 2.9.6 (beta only):
- Rework logic for using direct paths, direct play, direct streaming and transcoding, using the PMS StreamingBrain: Let PMS StreamingBrain decide on whether we need to force-transcode, New setting to choose "Direct Streaming", Allow for 4k transcoding and direct streaming, New setting to force transcode only 4K and above
- Fix PKC background sync synching items to Kodi even though entire section should not be synched
- Force a full sync of all items after choosing a new PMS, changing a PMS' address and changing which Plex libraries to sync
- Only enforce advancedsettings.xml 'cleanonupdate' to be false for PKC add-on paths
- Never give up trying to connect to the PMS or Alexa using websockets
- Fix resume when force-transcoding
version 2.9.5:
- Version 2.9.4 for everyone
version 2.9.4 (beta only):
- Fix extras not playing when path substitution is enabled
- Fix Plex Companion device restarting playback when reconnecting to PKC
- Fix playback report not working after having played a non-Plex video file
- Change how items are added to Plex playqueues by using PMS machine identifier
- Optimize code for playqueue items
- Fix rare AttributeError when shutting down Kodi
version 2.9.3:
- version 2.9.2 for everyone
version 2.9.2 (beta only):
- Fix Plex Companion casting from iOS and Android
- Faster sync of playlists
- Sync playlists immediately after synching new/changed items and show an info dialog
- Fix potential playlist sync issues if there is a dot in the playlist name
- Correctly detect whether we already synched a Kodi playlist
- Remove obsolete check if path is indeed in unicode
- Add unicode representation to Playlist() class
- Separate function to wipe all synched Plex playlists
- Less logging when comparing PKC versions
version 2.9.1:
- Fix On Deck and Recently Added Episodes for shows not appending showname and season and episode number
version 2.9.0:
WARNING: You might have to manually select your PKC widgets again
- versions 2.8.8 - 2.8.11 for everyone
- Fix AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'attrib' on playback startup
- Add new Lithuanian translations (thanks @egidusm)
version 2.8.11 (beta only):
- Support for the Up Next Kodi add-on
- Fix casting to PlexKodiConnect always starting the first episode
- Rename video nodes for ondeck
version 2.8.10 (beta only):
- Fix broken PKC update
version 2.8.9 (beta only):
- Fix sections that are not synced not displaying menu but entire library
- Provide more metadata for unsynced directory-like items like a tv show
- Fix 'Plex.nodes.<id>.path' not linking directly to entire library
version 2.8.8 (beta only):
WARNING: You might have to manually select your PKC widgets again
- Ensure correct Kodi Container.Type is set for PKC widgets
- Fix missing cast artwork if an actor also acted as director or writer for another movie. You will have to manually reset the Kodi DB.
version 2.8.7:
- Fix PKC potentially marking a video as watched on startup; don't sync time by toggling a video watch status but use PMS epoch time
version 2.8.6:
- Fix PKC creating thousands of playlists if a single Kodi playlist wasn't unique
- Fix FutureWarning
version 2.8.5:
- Fix Trakt add-on not recognizing id of tv shows (you will need to manually reset the Kodi database in the PKC settings under Advanced)
- Update translations
version 2.8.4:
- Fix for Kodi 17 Krypton TypeError on playback start: 'offscreen' is an invalid keyword argument for this function
- Fix widgets not being populated after very first PlexKodiConnect library sync without a restart of Kodi
- Don't restart Kodi if user chose to enter PKC settings on install
version 2.8.3:
- Versions 2.8.1-2.8.2 for everyone
version 2.8.2 (beta only):
- Add an additional, faster On Deck node for movies (for tv shows, this is impossible, unfortunately)
- Introduce limits to the number of videos shown in PKC widgets to speed them up
- Fix TypeError for Direct Paths: init() got an unexpected keyword argument ‘item’
- Fix In Progress widgets being broken and tv shows showing up as completely watched
- Update translations
version 2.8.1 (beta only):
- Fix playback startup and RuntimeError: Unknown exception thrown from the call "XBMCAddon::xbmcplugin::setResolvedUrl"
- Refactor Plex API
- Fix TV Show clearlogo not displaying during playback
- Fix rare UnicodeDecodeError on library sync
- Add additional info dialog for PKC synching playlists
- Update translations
version 2.8.0:
- Finally fix Kodi crashing on playback startup for add-on paths!
- All the good stuff from 2.7.15-2.7.18 for everyone
version 2.7.18 (beta only):
- Fix Kodi always playing the same file version of a video if several are present
- Also play trailers if user chose to resume movie from the beginning
- Ask user whether to resume if using Direct Paths and user initiated playback via PMS
- Fix video thrown by Plex Companion not resuming
version 2.7.17 (beta only):
- Another attempt to keep Kodi from crashing on playback startup
version 2.7.16 (beta only):
- Hopefully fix Kodi crashing on playback startup for good
version 2.7.15 (beta only):
- Hopefully fix Kodi crashing on playback startup
- Refresh widgets only on homescreen to prevent cursor from jumping within libraries
- Don't refresh container when user chose to delete or refresh an item from the context menu
version 2.7.14:
- Correctly clear window variables e.g. on user switch
- Reload skin on resetting PKC video nodes
- Fix last-played node value to ensure a playcount greater than zero
- 2.7.11-2.7.13 for everyone
version 2.7.13 (beta only):
- Fix transcoding not working
- Fix 4k H265 not being transcoded
- Fix some appearance tweak settings
- Fix music and picture nodes pointing to video library
- Fix unequality when comparing sections
- Fix Plex Companion logging error messages
version 2.7.12 (beta only):
- Fix UnicodeEncodeError on playback startup for direct paths
- Attempt to fix rare Kodi crash on PKC exit
version 2.7.11 (beta only):
- Fixes to unicode
- Cleanup code, remove some obsolet methods and functions
- Fix FutureWarning
version 2.7.10:
- Fix duplicate music entries for direct paths (you will need to manually reset the Kodi database)
- Fix UnicodeEncodeError for Direct Paths and some PKC video nodes
- Fix playback sometimes not being reported for direct paths
- Update translations
version 2.7.9:
- Wait for PKC to authorize before loading widgets
- Fix UnicodeDecodeError for libraries with non-ASCII paths
- Fix TypeError on Kodi start
- Fix Kodi Masterlock for nfs paths (requires restart)
version 2.7.8:
- Fix widgets not working in some cases like NVidia Shield
- Fix appending of show title, season and episode number
- Fix node paths for skins
version 2.7.7:
- Fix sync not working due to non-ASCII Plex library names
- Fix PKC synching playstate to wrong user on profile switch. Be aware that Kodi profile switches are error-prone
- Fix playback sometimes not being reported for direct paths
- Fix float() argument must be a string or a number
- Fix nodes for skin use
- Fix 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'kodi_path'
version 2.7.6:
- Make 2.7.5 available for everyone
version 2.7.5 (beta only):
- Giant overhaul of widgets
- Fix some KeyErrors when playing songs
- Fix rare cases where playlists were being created
version 2.7.4:
- Fix PKC not synching new items if an older Kodi db is present
version 2.7.3:
- Fix PKC trying to initialize playqueues over and over again
- Fix PKC not starting due to a higher version Kodi database
version 2.7.2:
- Fix Kodi profile switch not working correctly and PKC not exiting cleanly
version 2.7.1:
- Fix playback not starting at all
- Fix rare TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for /: 'NoneType' and 'int' on playback startup
- Improve plex db lookups by creating better db indicees
- Fix background sync crashing in rare cases
- Update translations
- Add Ko-fi donate button
version 2.7.0:
- WARNING: You will need to reset the Kodi database if you're using the stable version of PKC!
- Version 2.6.6-9 for everyone
- Choose which Plex libraries get synched to Kodi
version 2.6.9 (beta only):
- Fix PKC crashing on resetting the database
version 2.6.8 (beta only):
- Choose which Plex libraries get synched to Kodi
- Fix PKC becoming unresponsive
- Fix rare case where thousands of identical playlists could be generated
- Fix movies or shows disappearing in fringe cases
- Fix processing of collections in special cases
- Implement Codacy suggestions
version 2.6.7 (beta only):
- Fix "Unauthorized for PMS" e.g. on switching Plex users
- Improve error messages when playback failes
version 2.6.6 (beta only):
- WARNING: You will need to reset the Kodi database!
- Greatly speed up sync for episodes, especially for large libraries
- Allow websocket redirects. Never allow insecure HTTPs connections for Kodi Leia
- Optimize headers for communication with PMS to appear like a Plex Media Player
- Fix PMS log entries 'Unable to find client profile for device'
- Improve sync dialog
version 2.6.5:
- Fix extras not playing
- Hide "Verify SSL certificate" setting for Kodi 18 Krypton
- Improve logging
- Update translations
version 2.6.4:
- Fix music items getting deleted on startup
- Never ignore SSL certificate errors for Kodi >= 18 - just like Kodi
- Fix playback not starting at the beginning
- Improve dialog to manually enter PMS IP and port
- Show logged in Plex home user in the settings and allow changing it
- Update German strings
- Implement Codacy suggestions
version 2.6.3:
- Fix PKC crashing on Xbox
version 2.6.2:
- Fix playlist sync: sequence item 0: expected string or unicode
- Fix PKC not deleting all the items it should
- Fix keyError 'sessionKey' for weird PMS messages
- Fix artwork caching AttributeError: 'ImageCachingThread' object has no attribute 'cancel'
- Improve pop-up "Searching for PMS"
- Fix FutureWarning
version 2.6.1:
- WARNING: You will need to reset the Kodi database!
- Fix TV sections not being deleted e.g. after user switch
- Don't show a library sync error pop-up when full sync is interrupted
- Fix to correctly escape paths
- Update translations
version 2.6.0:
- Support for Kodi 18 Leia
- Big overhaul of the synching process, it's now much faster
- PKC now supports really big Plex and Kodi libraries
- Too many other improvements to recount. See the changelog for the 2.5.x versions
Furthermore:
- Don't lock Plex DB when processing websocket messages
- Fix KeyError: u'kodi_fileid' for some Plex websocket messages
- Update translations
version 2.5.23 (beta only):
- Hopefully fix slow playback startup just after Kodi startup
- Better, safer way to enter network credentials for Direct Paths
- Fix check whether a direct path is accessible
- Fix OperationalError: no such table on database reset
- Fix widgets not displaying correct playstate after PKC startup
- Fix 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'execute' when Plex artwork is not synced and an item is deleted
- Update translations
- Log whether Plex artwork is synced to Kodi
version 2.5.22 (beta only):
- Fix rare EOFError and PKC starting wrong video as a consequence
version 2.5.21 (beta only):
- Fix KodiVideoDB object has no attribute kodiconn
- Fix local variable 'set_api' referenced before assignment
version 2.5.20 (beta only):
- Begin a new transaction when database was locked
- Fix browsing to show from info dialog
- Fix rare KeyError if user is playing something somewhere else
version 2.5.19 (beta only):
- Fix crash on startup-sync due to missing albums
- Fix browsing to show from info dialog
version 2.5.18 (beta only):
- Fix playback start: Don't lock databases when starting playback
- Refresh Kodi view only once on full syncs
- Ignore playstate updates for full sync time stamps croneter committed
- Try even longer to write to Kodi database
- Fix some items rarely not being synced
version 2.5.17 (beta only):
- Fix playback not starting for really large libraries
version 2.5.16 (beta only):
- Fix KeyError due to malformed PMS messages
- Fix to database parameter must be string
version 2.5.15 (beta only):
- Make PKC potentially compatible with several database schemas
- Support for Kodi 18 Leia RC 5.2
- Increase number of attempts to write to Kodi DB
- Further increase database sync resiliance
version 2.5.14 (beta only):
Fix rare OperationalError: Locked Database
version 2.5.13 (beta only):
- Fix playback not starting up
- Fix Plex channels and watch later not working
- Hopefully fix playstate not being synced to PMS
version 2.5.12 (beta only):
- WARNING: You will need to reset the Kodi database!
- New option to not use Plex artwork
- Add-on paths: Fix resume if playback not initiated with PKC
- Increase database resiliance with sqlite WAL mode
version 2.5.11 (beta only):
- Direct Paths: Fix AttributeError for widgets
version 2.5.10 (beta only):
- Enable Plex Hub listings to be used for widgets
- Finally fix deleteting of items from PMS not working
- Catch sqlite OperationalError for websocket messages
- Revert "Increase database timeouts"
version 2.5.9 (beta only):
- Compatibility with Kodi 18 RC 4
- New setting to escape paths e.g. for HTTP direct paths
- Ensure path replacement never contains trailing (back)slash
- Leia: fix resetting of videoplayer autoplay next item
- Don't store identical show artwork for seasons
- Close DB connections while caching images
- Increase database timeouts
- Improve logging for seasons
version 2.5.8 (beta only):
- Hopefully fix Kodi crashing on playback start
- Fix video resuming from old resume point
- Fix database is locked
- Faster way to initialize playlists on the Plex side
- Fix PKC recreating playlists too often
- Shutdown playlist sync if necessary
version 2.5.7 (beta only):
- WARNING: You will need to reset the Kodi database!
- Increase timeout for database connections
- Fix music DB not being wiped on database reset
- Improve Plex playQueue resiliance
version 2.5.6 (beta only):
- Fix many items not getting synced
- Fix episodes not being synced to due a missing season
- Fix some very few items not being synced
- Fix ValueError during sync due to missing Plex timestamp
- Fix resume for episodes for add-on paths
- Fix movies not showing up on switching PMS
- Finish full syncs during playbacks, don't start new ones
- Fix AttributeError when a playlist disappeared
- Close sync dialog if video playback starts
- Don't show sync messages while Kodi is playing something
- Only marking full sync as successful if that is indeed the case
- Optimize code
version 2.5.5 (beta only):
- Fix OperationalError and PKC not starting up
version 2.5.4 (beta only):
- Fix a couple of issues related to episodes
- Fix permanent missing library items if PMS failed to send a single response
- Fix OperationalError: enforce Kodi restart with clean DB once
- Fix switching PMS not recognizing when old PMS is selected
- Fix PKC not automatically connecting to changed PMS IP on startup
- Remove message "Full library sync finished"
- Fix PKC not automatically connecting to changed PMS IP on startup
- Remove cProfile program metrics measurements
version 2.5.3 (beta only):
- Fix Plex sections not showing up or disappearing
version 2.5.2 (beta only):
- Rewire library sync
- Optimize sqlite transactions
- Replace annoying sync message with PKC settings info
- Add PKC settings status indication for caching
- Fix KeyError when synching playlists
- Fix ImportError for Plex Companion gdm issues
- Increase database connection cache size
- Force-Reboot Kodi immediately if sqlite PRAGMA WAL causes errors
- Force a full sync on switching Plex username
- Fix wierd behavior upon switching to another PMS
- More bugfixes and code optimizations
version 2.5.1 (beta only):
- Fix OSError on resetting the database
version 2.5.0 (beta only):
- Huge rewrite of the sync mechanism - it should now be faster and more stable
- Sync huge Plex libraries now: the sync will load all data bit by bit
- Rewrote code for the main program loop, reducing the need for separate Python threads
- Rewrote and sped up code to access and change Kodi and Plex databases
- Fixes to Kodi 18 Leia music library
- Tons of other small fixes I can't remember
version 2.4.10 (beta only):
- Use xml.etree.cElementTree whenever possible to avoid memory leaks
version 2.4.9:
- Fix Kodi crashing due to PKC memory leak
version 2.4.8:
- Make 2.4.4-2.4.7 available for everyone
version 2.4.7 (beta only):
- Try to fix PKC for Enigma 2
- Fix Kodi 18 wanting to scan tags for songs all the time (you will need to reset the database in the PKC settings)
- Optimize resetting of Kodi and Plex databases
version 2.4.6 (beta only):
- Fix PKC not starting up on Enigma
- Fix sync issues if video lies in root of file system
- Make sure we retain a dummy first music artist entry
- Increase logging
version 2.4.5 (beta only):
- Fix playback not starting up at all
- Rewire Kodi library refreshs
- Wipe Kodi database on first PKC run to more reliably install PKC
version 2.4.4 (beta only):
- Fix rare case when playback would not start-up
- Increase logging
version 2.4.3:
- Fix Kodi addons throwing jsonrpc errors (database reset needed)
version 2.4.2:
- Make version 2.4.1 available for everyone
version 2.4.1 (beta only):
- Hopefully fix endless playlist sync loops
- Ensure shows are deleted before seasons before episodes
- Fix library sync crash on deleting episode with missing season
- Fix numbering of already existing playlist files
- Optimize logging
version 2.4.0:
- Use pretty Plex dialogs for everyone!
version 2.3.14 (beta only):
- Fix AttributeError on forcing texture caching
- Switch to Plex style dialogs
- Include PKC info in plex.tv dialogs
- Include PKC info in user selection dialog
version 2.3.13 (beta only):
- Pretty Plex dialogs for plex.tv sign-in and user selection
- Fix UnicodeDecodeError for PMS with non ASCII chars on local LAN discovery
- Fix add-on settings not opening on installation
- Greatly speed up deleting of items on the Kodi side
- Safely parse XMLs using defusedxml
- Fix PKC trying to sync audio playlists even when audio sync disabled
- Some code cleanup
version 2.3.12:
- Fix Kodi hanging if media stream selection is aborted
- Fix potential sync crash
- Revert "Fix Kodi crash by committing to DB frequently"
version 2.3.11 (beta only):
- Fix Kodi crash by committing to DB frequently
version 2.3.10:
- Compatibility with Kodi 18 Leia Beta 1
- Update translations
- Make version 2.3.9 available for everyone
version 2.3.9 (beta only):
- Fix playback not resuming (Kodi 18 ignores listitem "StartOffset")
- Fix playerid not being retrieved for Kodi 18
- Prefer local trailers; new setting to list extras instead of playing trailer
version 2.3.8:
- Fix typo
- Make version 2.3.4-2.3.7 available for everyone
version 2.3.7 (beta only):
- Fix library sync crash due to exotic playlist characters
- Force-deactivate playlist sync for Microsoft UWP for Kodi 18
version 2.3.6 (beta only):
- Fix PKC not starting by decoupling watchdog/subprocess modules
version 2.3.5 (beta only):
- Fix PKC not starting by importing playlist module only when sync enabled
version 2.3.4 (beta only):
- Fix playback sometimes not starting and UnicodeEncodeError for logging
version 2.3.3:
- Choose trailer if several are present (DB reset required)
version 2.3.2:
- Fix casting to PKC failing
version 2.3.1:
- Fix library sync crashing due to Plex photo albums
version 2.3.0:
Major stable version bump. Highlights:
- Sync Plex playlists to Kodi and Kodi playlists to Plex!
- Support for Plex collection/set artwork
- Many bug fixes, especially Plex Companion
- Tons of code improvements in the hope that someone else will help with developing PKC
Warning: the 2 helper add-ons for movies and tv shows also received an upgrade from 2.0.4 to 2.0.5. If you want to downgrade PKC, be sure to downgrade these add-ons as well!
version 2.2.18 (beta only):
- Fix PKC tv show node "all"
- Move PKC playlist shortcut
version 2.2.17 (beta only):
- Access Plex Hubs. Listing will be different depending on Kodi section!
- Fix year for songs missing
- Fix Plex extras not playing
- Fix rare library sync crash
version 2.2.16 (beta only):
- Enable Kodi libraries for Plex Music libraries
- New Playlists menu item for video libraries
- Only show Plex libraries in the applicable Kodi media category
- Optimize code
version 2.2.15 (beta only):
- Fix ImportError on first PKC run
version 2.2.14 (beta only):
- Hopefully fix playlist sync loops
version 2.2.13 (beta only):
- Fix library sync crash
- Fix switching to __future__ module
- Fix "Prefer Kodi Artwork" toggle doing the exact opposite
- Fix "Prefer Kodi artwork" setting not being visible
version 2.2.12 (beta only):
- Fix slow sync. Fix endless sync of corrupted PMS elements
- Refactor playlist code
- Fix FutureWarning
version 2.2.11 (beta only):
- Fix OnDeck widget for Direct Paths
- Fix Plex Companion crashing when connected to Plex Web
- Fix Plex Companion crash when connected to Plex Web playing playlist music
- Improve Plex playback report when playing music playlist
- Improve reliability in Kodi song playback
- Catch some errors if user mixes audio and video in Kodi playqueue
version 2.2.10 (beta only):
- Fix playlists getting recreated and deleted in an endless loop
- Add some safety nets for playlist sync
- Fix FutureWarning
- Fix playlist sync settings not disappearing
- Optimize code
version 2.2.9 (beta only):
- Hopefully fix Kodi and Plex playlists getting out of sync
- Fix and optimize startup of playlist sync
- Hide certain playlist settings under certain conditions
- Fix errors in Kodi log
version 2.2.8 (beta only):
- Support for Plex collection artwork (PKC settings toggle under Artwork)
- Fix hard PKC reset not working (OSError: no such file)
- Deduplication
- Catch exception
- Update translations
- Extend Kodi metadata
- Update readme
version 2.2.7 (beta only):
- Allow to only sync specific Plex or Kodi playlists
- Don't show artwork sync progress, reduce setting-writes
- Fix playback sometimes not starting up
- Use __future__ for contextmenu.py
- Fix imports
version 2.2.6 (beta only):
- Fix default settings string, only show in English, hopefully fixes PKC loosing its settings
version 2.2.5 (beta only):
- Fix AttributeError and add_update has crashed
version 2.2.4 (beta only):
- Fix LibrarySync crashing due to Plex Companion messages
version 2.2.3 (beta only):
- Compatibility with Kodi Krypton Alpha 2
- Append tv show and SxxExx to episode playlist entries
version 2.2.2 (beta only):
- Fixes to locking mechanisms which resulted in weird behavior in some cases
- Switch to Python __future__ unicode_literals and absolute paths
- Fix UnboundLocalError for playlists
- Check all Kodi database versions before starting PKC
- Fix KeyError on non-PKC playback startup
- Speed up subtitle download to Kodi
- Update translations
- PEP-8 stuff
version 2.2.1 (beta only):
- Fix library sync crash due to PMS sending string, not unicode
- Fix playback from playlists for add-on paths
- Detect playback from a Kodi playlist for add-on paths - because we need some hacks due to Kodi bugs
- Fix add-on paths playstate and Plex Companion for playlists
- Fix Kodi telling Plex companion false playqueue position
- Don't try to get a Kodi library items for Plex clips
- Update translations
version 2.2.0 (beta only):
- Support for syncing Plex playlists to Kodi and vice-versa! (Kodi mixed music and video playlists cannot be supported as Plex does not support them)
version 2.1.6:
- Fix slow sync. Fix endless sync of corrupted PMS elements
version 2.1.5:
- Fix OnDeck widget for Direct Paths
version 2.1.4:
- Fix PKC settings suddenly getting lost
- Don't show artwork sync progress, reduce setting-writes
version 2.1.3:
- Fix default settings string, only show in English, hopefully fixes PKC loosing its settings
version 2.1.2:
- Compatibility with Kodi Krypton Alpha 2
- Check all Kodi database versions before starting PKC
- Fix KeyError on non-PKC playback startup
- PEP-8 stuff
version 2.1.1:
- Fix Library Sync crash on Android
version 2.1.0:
Finally a new update for the stable version. You will need to reconnect to your PMS and reset the Kodi database once. Highlights of v2 include:
- Support for Plex extras
- Huge improvements to Plex Companion
- Fixes to Alexa voice control
- Kodi 18 Leia Alpha 1 support
- Improvements to playback start-up
- Improvements to the syncing mechanism, which should get rid of a ton of small bugs
- Fixes to widgets and resuming playback
- Use of plex.direct paths instead of local IP addresses to ensure the SSL certificates shown by the PMS are deemed valid
- Fix Kodi screensaver
- Faster PKC startup
- And tons of other stuff...
version 2.0.30 (beta only):
- Fix resume for On Deck widget for direct paths
- Fix DB reset on Startup if PMS connection fails
- Fix searching for PMS if there is no internet connection
- Fix context menu missing "Delete item from PMS"
version 2.0.29 (beta only):
- Fix a racing condition leading to e.g. Plex Companion not working as intended
- Force a sync on startup even if Kodi is playing something
- Include Plex Home username in "Log-out Plex Home user"
- Direct paths: Don't download PMS sections twice
- Less logging
version 2.0.28 (beta only):
- Fix endless reboots if Plex music library missing
- Fix Plex Companion failing leading to PMS connection loss
- Fix PKC add-on setting user changes not saving
- Fix playback of last item not starting up
- Update Czech translation
- Declare PMS connection dead on first failed connection
- Fix KeyErrors if Kodi player does not return position
- Fix AttributeError
- Fix logging
- Use float for resume and runtime instead of int
version 2.0.27 (beta only):
- WARNING: You will need to reset the Kodi database! Sorry for that...
- Fix PKC not connecting: Fix ValueError if plex.tv returns Plex Cloud URIs
- Fix episode widget resume not working (add-on paths)
- Speed up PKC start-up
- Speed up checking of PMS connection, e.g. on startup
- Improve collection lookup; fix PKC caching wrong url
- Revert "Default to not show image caching notifications"
version 2.0.26 (beta only):
- Reduce CPU strain for artwork caching progress
- Fallback connection if plex.direct does not resolve
- Prettify Plex context menu, thanks @dazedcrazy
- Update translations
- Default to not show image caching notifications
version 2.0.25 (beta only):
- Fix migration not working correctly for re-connecting PMS
- Fix PMS showing up twice
- Improve artwork caching counter in PKC settings
version 2.0.24 (beta only):
- WARNING: You will need to reset the Kodi database! Sorry for that...
- PKC will force you to re-connect with your PMS
- Use plex.direct url instead of local ip to use correct SSL certificate; thus fix artwork caching
- Revert "Increase timeout between syncing images"
- Don't ask user for DB reset if forced by PKC
- Ensure movies and tv shows are synced before music
- Ensure a later migration if user downgraded PKC
version 2.0.23 (beta only):
- WARNING: You will need to reset the Kodi database!
- Finally support for Extras!
- Fix context menu not working for shows in library view
- Fix Plex Companion music playstate status for iOS
- Show caching progress and FanartTV lookup progress in PKC settings
- Fix rare library sync errors
- Fix ValueError for third party add-ons calling PKC
- Tweak PKC settings
version 2.0.22 (beta only):
- Fix Recently Added for tv shows not working
- Fix PKC crashing on startup
version 2.0.21 (beta only):
- Fix TV show artwork Kodi native library (reset Kodi DB!)
- Cache missing posters and backgrounds/fanart on Kodi startup
- Add toggle to deactivate image caching during playback
- Increase timeout between syncing images
- Fix music database if new music is added in the background
version 2.0.20 (beta only):
- Fix missing episode poster in certain views. You will have to manually reset your Kodi database to benefit
- Fix episode artwork sometimes not being complete
- Fix IndexError for certain Plex channels
- Kodi Leia: Fix playback failing
- Fix TV On Deck direct paths asking to choose between different media
version 2.0.19 (beta only):
- Fix PKC playback startup getting caught in infinity loop
- Rewire library sync, suspend sync during playback
- Fix playback failing in certain cases
- Fix PKC not working anymore after using context menu on songs
- Fix deletion of Plex music items
- Code cleanup
version 2.0.18 (beta only):
- Fix some playqueue inconsistencies using Plex Companion
- Direct paths: fix replaying item where playback was started via PMS
- Fix Plex trailers screwing up playqueue
- Fix IndexError when emptying Kodi playqueue
- Incorporate PKC player in kodimonitor module
- Fix pretty printing of PKC playqueues not working
- Code cleanups
version 2.0.17 (beta only):
- Finally make PKC compatible with Kodi 18 Leia Alpha 1
- Fix information screen and Plex option not working
- Activate Kodi background updates to hide "Compressing Database"
- Update translations
- Remove most strings not being used by PKC
- Remove some legacy settings
version 2.0.16 (beta only):
- Do NOT delete playstates before getting new ones from the PMS
version 2.0.15 (beta only):
- Fix Plex Companion thinking video is playing again
- Warn if "Play next video automatically" is enabled, cause it breaks PKC playback report
- Don't clean the Kodi file table
- Only remember which player has been active if we got a Plex id