Plex today announced their new Plex Media Player for desktop PCs. It was built from the ground up to deliver the absolute highest quality media browsing and playback experience.
Features: ■ Best media playback engine in the world. Needs to play every format under the sun. Needs to render hellishly complex anime subtitles without batting a tentacle, and support all the high-end features true Home Theater devotees want: refresh rate switching, display sync, rich subtitle support, popcorn maker integration, etc.
■ Most beautiful, efficient media library browsing experience in the world, scaled to any resolution.
■ Truly cross-platform, with hardware acceleration, even on a Raspberry Pi 2.
So what does Plex Media Player support which Plex Home Theater does not? ■ The best-in-class mpv engine is used for playback
■ Improved video codec support (e.g. H.265)
■ A true 4K interface
■ Bit-perfect LPCM decoding of DTS-HD MA (using libdcadec)
■ Shared code-base with many of our other apps (including PlayStation, Smart TVs, and Xbox One), allowing faster development
■ Streamlined interface that brings our premium desktop app in line with the rest of our big screen offerings
■ Snappier and more feature-rich UI, including better animations
■ Support for multi-channel music tracks
■ Allows for different audio delay depending on video framerate (23.976 Hz vs. the rest)
■ Native Raspberry Pi 2 port
■ Mouse support
The Plex Pass preview of the app is
available today for download (sign into your Plex Pass-enabled account and choose the “
Plex Pass Downloads” button). It’ll be free for everyone after the preview period.
source:microsoft-news
