VitaPlex

VitaPlex
General
Author	Breezyslasher
Type	Media Players
Version	1.1.9
License	N/A
Last Updated	2026/06/26
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Description

VitaPlex is a native Plex client for PlayStation Vita and beyond. It streams movies, TV, music, and live TV from a Plex Media Server directly on the device, with controller and touch support.

Features

• Home and browsing:

 ** Continue Watching, On Deck, Recently Added, and per-library hubs.
 ** Library tab with grid view, batch operations, and library-specific sections.
 ** Music tab with artists, albums, playlists, and album hubs for Albums, Singles, and EPs.
 ** Search across movies, TV, music, and Live TV.
 ** Hidden libraries and custom sidebar order.

• Player:

 ** mpv-based player.
 ** Hardware-accelerated decoding where supported by the platform.
 ** Direct Play first, with transcode fallback and quality/bitrate controls.
 ** Subtitle search with OpenSubtitles.
 ** Subtitle size presets and default language.
 ** Auto-skip intro/credits using Plex markers.
 ** Auto-play next episode.
 ** Resume playback.
 ** Adjustable seek interval.
 ** Configurable controls auto-hide.
 ** Optional on-screen mpv stats overlay for diagnostics.

• Music:

 ** Background music playback after leaving the player.
 ** Configurable default track action: queue, play, or ask.
 ** Artist hubs grouped by Albums, Singles, and EPs.

• Live TV and DVR:

 ** Full EPG grid with on-now hero card, per-row horizontal scrolling, and sticky channel column.
 ** Configurable guide window of 6, 12, or 24 hours.
 ** Hover live-updates the hero with the show under focus.
 ** One-press recording from the guide.
 ** DVR settings for default target library, start/end recording padding, partial recording toggle, and minimum recording quality.

• Plex Home users:

 ** User picker at login and app boot.
 ** Toggleable auto-login as last-used user.
 ** Switch User option from Settings without logging out.
 ** PIN-protected user support.

• Downloads and offline:

 ** Download any movie, episode, or album for offline viewing.
 ** Bidirectional progress sync, including pushing local progress and pulling server progress.
 ** Delete-after-watch option.
 ** Full offline mode when the server is unreachable.

• Customization:

 ** Light, dark, and system theme options.
 ** Hide libraries, reorder sidebar, and collapse sidebar to icons.
 ** Hide titles in grid.
 ** Skip single-season seasons view.
 ** Toggle Collections, Playlists, and Genres in library views.
 ** Per-platform sensible defaults for quality, bitrate, and controls auto-hide.

• Supported mobile platforms:

 ** Android.
 ** iOS/iPadOS.
 ** PS Vita.

• Supported console platforms:

 ** PS4.
 ** Android TV.
 ** Nintendo Switch.
 ** Apple TV/tvOS.

• Supported desktop platforms:

 ** Windows.
 ** macOS.
 ** Linux.

Installation

Requirements:

• Plex Media Server running and accessible.
• Plex account, with sign-in via username/password or plex.tv/link PIN.
• Network connectivity between the device and server.
• PS Vita requires HENkaku/Enso.

PS Vita

1. Download the VPK file from Releases.
2. Transfer it to the Vita via USB or FTP.
3. Install it using VitaShell.
4. On first launch, sign in via username/password or plex.tv/link.

Screenshots

Changelog

Beta 1.1.9

• Search was rebuilt from the ground up.
• Added a built-in on-screen keyboard.
• Added physical keyboard typing for devices with a real keyboard.
• Search results now appear as home-style carousels.
• Requests up to 100 results per type.
• Episode result cards are larger and use the correct aspect ratio.
• Episode results are filtered more intelligently and restore S#E# prefixes.

Beta 1.1.8

• Artist page releases are split by type, including albums, singles, EPs, compilations, and live releases.
• Fixed category scroll focus so off-screen artist sections can take focus.

Beta 1.1.7

• Movie and TV show detail pages were substantially reworked.
• Added Cast & Crew and Recommended rows.
• Selecting a cast member browses their other titles in the library.
• Added a full-page scroll with fixed header.
• Added centered scrolling.
• Combined actions into one row: Play, Mark Watched, Audio, Subtitles, Download.
• Audio button icon now reflects selected track channel layout.
• Cast-member results screen now uses a hero-header layout and filter chips.
• Poster cells now show rating, role, and popcorn-percentage badges.
• Home tab gained a Recent Channels rail.

Beta 1.1.6

• Added SyncLounge watch party support.
• Added host-following playback sync.
• Added auto-join prompts.
• Added a content matching engine for different Plex libraries and servers.
• Added cross-server episode matching.
• Improved drift correction.
• Added take/hand-off host support.
• Added Room Auto Host control.
• Added Party Pause.
• Added Party Members dialog.
• Blocked non-host followers from manually dragging the party out of sync.
• Saves SyncLounge server URL and room code.
• Improved host exit handling.
• Improved outbound episode metadata.
• Improved transcode-aware seeking.
• Fixed seek-bar duration handling.
• Added corrupt-transcode recovery.
• Fixed Direct Play still using an HLS transcode URL.

Beta 1.1.5

• Merged the audio and subtitle dialogs into one tabbed picker.
• Online subtitle search results received a dedicated result row layout.
• Polished subtitle dialog badges and navigation.
• Description handling was reworked so descriptions are display-only.

Beta 1.1.4

• Context menus now use a compact anchored popover design with icons.
• Improved popover styling.
• Added missing album and track options.
• Added a working Download action for individual tracks.
• Fixed Downloads tab UP navigation.
• Fixed LEFT/RIGHT navigation between download rows and action buttons.

Beta 1.1.3

• Redesigned Plex Home user picker and PIN entry.
• Fixed keypad D-pad navigation.
• Cleaned up server card version display and PIN-link spacing.
• Downloads tab gained All, Movies, Shows, and Music sub-tabs.
• Left in Downloads returns focus to the sidebar.
• Fixed an empty-state layout regression.
• Reverted warm-charcoal surfaces to neutral dark greys while keeping the gold accent.

Beta 1.1.2

• Reworked sign-in and server connection flow.
• Login now leads with device-link PIN sign-in.
• Redesigned server picker.
• Redesigned connecting dialog.
• Added scrollable, focusable probe list.
• Removed redundant server-select footer hints.
• Removed duplicate Server URL field.
• Refreshed login visuals.
• Added Home user picker at login/boot with auto-login and switch-user option.
• Fixed handling of restricted Home users versus PIN-protected users.
• Swapped app-wide accent to Plex yellow.
• Reorganized Settings into a two-pane master/detail layout.
• Added Live TV settings.
• Restored MPV Stats Overlay toggle.
• Added real Network Test on every platform.
• Added disk-backed HTTP cache.
• Added hold OK to open Options on Android TV.

Beta 1.1.1

• Fixed Live TV frame rate by avoiding unnecessary per-frame work.
• Ported text-rendering patches from Vita_Suwayomi for sharper and more reliable text.

Beta 1.1.0

• Live TV was substantially reworked.
• Added On Now hero and full-width guide.
• Added live hero preview on hover.
• Added full 12-hour guide.
• Added per-row horizontal scrolling with sticky channel column.
• Restored channel logos with numbers.
• Removed the Favourites row.
• Added per-channel EPG fallback.
• Fixed duplicate channels.
• Fixed recordings via subscription template.
• Improved Live TV navigation and scrolling.
• Improved Live TV guide performance.
• Fixed tuning connection hang.
• Fixed several Nintendo Switch crashes.
• Added diagnostic logging for Switch.
• Added experimental iOS/tvOS build support.

Beta 1.0.2

• Added responsive and orientation-aware layout.
• Added live relayout on rotation.
• Album cover now scales to screen.
• Added foldable support.
• Tightened portrait grids.
• Fixed Android TV player OSD behavior.
• Fixed album track list navigation.
• Added per-platform button art.
• Linux tarball now bundles required libraries for SteamOS and Bazzite.
• Settings now shows a friendly version string.

Beta 1.0.1

• Added START button context menu to episodes.
• Downloads tab no longer constantly rebuilds during active downloads.
• Added live group-detail updates.
• Fixed group-detail crash.
• Preserved focus on rebuild.
• Fixed UP-to-Play navigation.
• Added tap feedback on in-progress downloads.
• Fixed delete-after-watching crash for last episode in a group.

Beta 1.0.0

• First release where Vita Plex runs beyond PS Vita.
• Added support targets for PS Vita, Nintendo Switch, Android, Android TV, PS4, Windows, Linux, and macOS.
• Added platform-aware playback and layout.
• Added long-press context menus on touch devices.
• Reduced memory usage for PS Vita.
• Improved grid culling.
• Media cells now paint their own cover art.
• Fixed detail view summary display.
• Scoped transparent background to video playback only.
• Added TLS hardening.
• Hardened token and credential handling.
• Reviewed security headers.

Beta 0.6.1

• Added extras support for trailers, deleted scenes, and featurettes.
• Moved TV show extras to the show detail page.
• Added CLIP media type.
• Added music videos on artist pages.
• Expanded EPG guide to 12 hours.
• Added channel/EPG caching.
• Added EPG channel matching strategies.
• Fixed Live TV tuning.
• Added DVR recording support.
• Improved detail view descriptions.
• Added music album-by-type rows.
• Added settings to hide movie/show titles and skip seasons for single-season shows.
• Removed Load More button.
• Fixed resume time display and slider seek with resume offset.
• Improved Downloads tab stability.

Beta 0.6.0

• Added auto-play next episode.
• Added credits-to-next-episode behavior.
• Fixed playback end detection.
• Reset intro/credits state when auto-playing next episode.
• Stops background music when video starts.
• Added full Plex Play Queue API support.
• Improved queue performance for large playlists.
• Reworked drag-to-reorder performance.
• Fixed cover art and ImageLoader issues.
• Added UI improvements for pill-style buttons.
• Cleaned up detail view and context menus.
• Fixed shuffle and playback issues.
• Improved offline mode behavior.

Beta 0.5.1

• Fixed crash when opening playlists in music library.
• Fixed image cache clearing on every track change.
• Improved search result metadata extraction.
• Improved QueueItem thumbnail fallback chain.
• Fixed cover art race condition.
• Standardized cover art thumbnails to 300×300.
• Reduced album art size to fit Vita screen.
• Hid empty artist label in player controls.

Beta 0.5.0

• Reworked video downloads to use HLS segments.
• Added proper Plex headers on download requests.
• Added decision response parsing.
• Added unique session IDs.
• Added transcoding progress indicator.
• Disabled Download Queue API for video downloads.
• Downloads tab now groups items by playlist, album, artist, or TV show.
• Added full-screen group detail view.
• Added context menus on grouped items.
• Added cover art on all download items.
• Added skip already-downloaded behavior.
• Fixed offline null texture crash.
• Offline mode now shows only Downloads and Settings tabs.
• Added offline error notifications.
• Player now prioritizes local cover art.
• Improved queue touch drag-to-reorder.
• Fixed auto-play next song and audio-only end-of-file detection.
• Split music search results into Albums and Tracks.
• Added START button menu for albums.
• Added B button dismissal for context menus.
• Improved queue and shuffle performance.

Beta 0.4.2

• Warning: video playback remains unstable and may crash; music and audio playback work correctly.
• Reworked download reliability, thread safety, and UX.
• Added thread-safe download access.
• Fixed progress callback race.
• Removed 10-minute download timeout.
• Added write error checking.
• Added retry logic.
• Capped transcode error retry loop.
• Made direct file download the primary method.
• Audio downloads now use direct part path.
• Video downloads use Download Queue API with polling.
• Added TRANSCODING state.
• Added HTTP for LAN downloads.
• Fixed Plex API parameters.
• Added fast-fail on unsupported Download Queue API.
• Improved download button state handling.
• Added offline playback progress saving.
• Saved music cover art with downloads.
• Added Offline Mode button on login page.
• Added offline local music playback.
• Play button detects downloaded content.
• Fixed playlist loading.
• Added Add to Playlist.
• Added playlist context menu.
• Added playlist support in sidebar music libraries.
• Improved large playlist performance.
• Improved queue overlay lazy loading and batched row creation.
• Fixed music library 401 error.
• Added focus and crash fixes.

Beta 0.4.1

• Added hold-to-drag queue reordering.
• Added START button context menus for all media types.
• Added artist view using Plex hubs API.
• Fixed Plex API type codes.
• Fixed downloads crashes and URL encoding.
• Added Debug tab.
• Moved Network Test to Settings.
• Added dialog and exit fixes.

Beta 0.4.0

• Major music experience overhaul.
• Refreshed music player UI.
• Added swipe gesture on album art for previous/next track.
• Added track duration and total queue duration display.
• Added queue touch gestures and reorder.
• Improved queue and shuffle display.
• Added and then removed timed lyrics support due to persistent crashes.
• Changed track click behavior to play only the selected track.
• Added Play This Track Only option.
• Fixed album START button and context menu.
• Artist/album descriptions now expand inline.
• Added MPV audio configuration fixes.

Beta 0.3.1

• Warning: video playback remains unstable and may crash; music and audio playback work correctly.
• Warning: Downloads system has known bugs.
• Added shuffle toggle button.
• Added repeat toggle button.
• Added new shuffle/repeat icons.
• Lyrics now load as external subtitles.
• Stream cache resets on track change.
• Repositioned Start button hint.
• Removed misleading artist view download button.
• Player stays open when queue ends.
• Corrected default track action and settings persistence.

Beta 0.3.0

• Major music player overhaul.
• Added always-visible controls in music mode.
• Added song info between cover art and controls.
• Enlarged album art.
• Added dedicated lyrics toggle button.
• Added scrollable queue overlay.
• Added queue button.
• Added background music setting.
• Fixed resume without restart.
• Added configurable default track action.
• Fixed album track list layout.
• Added context menu on album cells.
• Added track row download shortcut.
• Fixed artist view layout.
• Fixed music progress reporting.
• Added Skip Intro and Skip Credits.
• Added resume near-end behavior.
• Continue Watching now plays immediately.
• X button pauses/unpauses when controls are hidden.
• Rebuilt download system for correctness and thread safety.
• Added 401 reauth handling.
• Improved remote/relay login timeouts.
• Fixed fatal startup crash caused by invalid XML attribute.

Beta 0.2.3

• Warning: video playback remains unstable and may crash; music and audio playback work correctly.
• Settings previously present in the UI but with no effect are now functional.
• Removed unsupported settings.
• Seek interval setting now works.
• Resume playback setting now works.
• Auto-play next episode setting now works.
• Delete after watch setting now works.
• Force transcode, Direct Play, subtitle display, subtitle size, and connection timeout settings now work.
• Burn subtitles option removed.
• Added bidirectional progress sync on connect.
• Disabled screen dimming during playback.
• Added Controls Auto-Hide setting.
• Subtitle toggling now takes effect immediately.
• Track/subtitle switching no longer restarts from the beginning.

Beta 0.2.2

• Warning: video playback remains unstable and may crash; music and audio playback work correctly.
• Audio and subtitle track selection work correctly.
• Subtitle search crash was resolved.
• Added audio, subtitle, and video track overlay UI.
• Audio tracks are sourced from Plex metadata.
• Audio track switching triggers stream reload.
• Subtitle overlay includes Off option.
• Added subtitle search.
• Added controller focus handling for overlay open/close.
• Added video track button.
• Fixed getTrackList memory corruption.
• Fixed subtitle search lambda capture.
• Fully resolved subtitle search crash.

Beta 0.2.1

• Warning: video playback remains unstable and may crash; music and audio playback work correctly.
• Redesigned player control bar.
• Added Material Design icon PNGs for player buttons.
• Play/pause icon now updates in real time.
• Tap, Start, or Y toggles control overlay visibility.
• X cycles audio tracks and Y cycles subtitle tracks in video mode.
• Queue mode hints show X for Shuffle and Y for Repeat.
• Improved touch targets.
• Episodes now display landscape still thumbnails.
• Added dynamic media cell sizing.
• Improved progress bar conditions.
• Added album track list scrolling.
• Added collapsible description.
• Added music year info.
• Replaced HScrollingFrame with HorizontalScrollRow.
• Improved row-to-row navigation.
• Added auto-scroll to focused item.
• Added touch pan scrolling.
• Added search result counts.
• Added stale result prevention.
• Extended crash prevention guards to all tabs.
• Added ImageLoader cancel on disappear.
• Eliminated use-after-free from async callbacks.

Beta 0.2.0

• Warning: video playback remains unstable and may crash; music and audio playback work correctly.
• Improved video playback rendering.
• Fixed render callback timing.
• Corrected GXM FBO format.
• Added MPV_RENDER_PARAM_FLIP_Y.
• Reverted rendering through brls::sync().
• Added fullscreen video layout.
• Deferred render enable until first decoded frame.
• Added GXM pipeline flush before render.
• Fixed audio duration handling.
• Fixed progress slider infinite seek loop.
• Improved Live TV API usage.
• Rewrote channel fetching.
• Fixed EPG grid data and parsing.
• Improved channel matching.
• Populated full EPG window.
• Populated nextProgram field.
• Added tune fallback to transcode.
• Fixed DVR URL construction.
• Parsed channelVcn field.
• Added internal and build improvements.

Beta 0.1.0

• Warning: video playback is currently unstable and will crash; music and audio playback work correctly.
• Full UI rewrite using Borealis.
• Added activity-based navigation.
• Added tabbed main navigation.
• Added hardware-accelerated rendering.
• Added flexbox layout system.
• Added automatic controller navigation.
• Added touch support.
• Added Vita-compatible fonts.
• Fixed GXM build issues.
• Added PIN and credential login.
• Added auto-detect servers after login.
• Added local-first connection preference.
• Added Plex relay support.
• Added settings persistence.
• Added Accept: application/json header to server API calls.
• Added debug logging.
• Added Continue Watching row.
• Added Recently Added rows by type.
• Added horizontal scrolling rows.
• Added async content loading.
• Added Library tab with library sections, browse, collections, categories, hidden libraries, sidebar libraries, and sidebar ordering.
• Added Music tab.
• Added Search tab.
• Added Live TV tab.
• Added Downloads tab.
• Added Settings.
• Music playback works.
• Video playback remains unstable.
• Installation notes: download VitaPlex.vpk, transfer to PS Vita, install with VitaShell or similar, launch from LiveArea, and sign in with Plex account.

External links

• Reddit - https://old.reddit.com/r/vitahacks/comments/1ubwv0g/made_custom_plex_client_like_switchfin_called/
• Github - https://github.com/Breezyslasher/Vita_plex