Release notes:
New with respect to previous beta:
- Display IP address on network logging preference.
- [Android TV] New clocks showing current and completion time on video player controls. (#5445)
Fixes with respect to previous beta:
- [Android TV] Seek and skip actions during playback could not work as expected under certain circumstances.
The new clock times are pretty neat (basically tells you when your current video will finish)
But its the seek/skip actions that have me really excited. My results, testing on a shield:
- 10s skip back is quite reliable, seems to be working exactly as intended
- skipping back or forward using left or right on the dpad no longer brings up the OSD, allowing you to input multiple skips back or forward using the left/right dpad inputs without being interrupted by the OSD
I really like where they're going with seek/skip. I'd also like to see Plex make a single press of the center button on the D-pad immediately pause or resume play. When pausing, it would also bring up the OSD; when resuming play, it would immediately dismiss the OSD. Additional controls (CC, options, etc.) would be located either above or below the video timeline and could be navigated to on the OSD by pressing up or down.
That's pretty much how Google Play TV & Movies works and it really should be the required behavior on all Android TV media apps.