

"items_fixed": "(Debian) Intel N and G series CPUs not always detected\n(Debian) Some 10th, 11th and 12th gen CPUs not properly detected during inventory scan\n(EPG) Guide might have shown items duplicated and misaligned following items when airing ends at 00:00 UTC (#13573)\n(Library) Certain smart playlists could cause server to crash (#13710)\n(Music) Local tags for track artist would be ignored if it was identical to the album artist (#13712)\n(Pivots) Genres may not be shown for tv shows in some cases (#13751)\n(Pivots) Show only genres with non-empty items (#13751)\n(Pivots) Show only genres with non-restricted items (#13751)\n(Scanner) Mark 'scan' and 'refresh' CLI actions as deprecated (#13700)\n(Transcoder) Static transcodes were terminated if paused too long (#13682)",

"items_added": "(Debian) Reduced external command usage 80% during installation\n(Debian) repository signing upgraded to use GPG signing key Ubuntu 20+ and Debian 10+\n(Pivots) Add genre categories to Movies and TV Shows libraries (#12309)\n(Transcoder) Improved subtitle burning compatibility and performance\n(Transcoder) Support reporting more detailed HDR metadata information in HLS manifests", "requirements": "Note: Requires DSM 7.0 minimum to install.", Plex provides this information in a JSON file at, so we can just use the uri module to download it: download the new plex release if there’s a newer release.Getting Ansible to do this is fairly simple, and I’ve just written a basic playbook that follows these steps: In the end, I just turned patching Plex into a button on Rundeck that calls an Ansible playbook. In trying to automate this I wiped my plex database several times, so don’t hold me responsible! ⚠️ Honestly, this generally just led to me not installing the upgrade, because I’ve got enough of that in my professional life ⚠️ standard disclaimer - this isn’t production-ready, it’s homelab/project ready. If you have the same, you’ll know that this isn’t really easily updatable via the Synology store, and you generally need to manually download the latest package and install it through the GUI. I have a small Plex server at home running on a Synology NAS.
