v0.7.0

• Fix kiosk mode startup issue when other modal dialogs were active when PM4K was trying to start in kiosk mode
• Fix video OSD hiding too fast in certain circumstances
• Fix photoplayer issues; skip ugly initial loading image; show loading state only when it takes longer than 500ms; fix prev/next not always working; increase speed by x10
• Fix episodes view replaying the theme music when returning from a different-season-view
• Fix mediaBufferSize reported to the Plex MDE endpoint was always empty (resulting in Plex assuming we only have 5 MB cache, leading to all sorts of buffer issues)
• Fix pin entry with J characters looking like an uppercase i
• Fix episode regularly ending in bingeMode (not credits skipped) still showing post play
• Fix enabled subtitles always leading to a transcode (and subtitle burn-in) of the video stream in DirectStream scenarios
• Fix player UI for transcoded/DirectStream sessions
• UI: background/transition/rendering core rework, reducing flickering, "bouncy" background fades, improving overall snappiness of the interface (dialog transition flicker not solved)
• UI: remove the [...]-loading-spinner for everything that takes under 500ms, making the UI more natural
• UI: crossfade backgrounds before entering a view, if possible, reducing the animation load between view transitions
• UI: support more elements as background-providers (e.g. photos)
• Add advanced/plugin setting to enable/disable background crossfading altogether
• Add setting to stop video playback when screensaver (Kodi) is activated
• Add setting to stop video playback after a set idle time
• Increase home section change timeout from 0.3s to 0.5s and allow immediate section selection using ENTER
• Completely rework the AC3 handling, allowing to select in which channel configurations one wants to transcode to AC3
• Allow subtitles to be DirectStreamed; resulting in possibly ONLY the audio being transcoded
• Add setting to burn in SSA/ASS subtitles when DirectStreaming. When disabled, they're converted to raw text and DirectStreamed, if enabled (previous default), they lead to the video stream being transcoded
• Enable markers (intro/credits) functionality in transcoded/DirectStream sessions
• Harden chapter selection logic in player UI
• SeekDialog: Unify time formatting as much as possible between transcoded and directplay modes
• Add setting to allow or deny auto-skip functionality when transcoding/DirectStreaming
• Movies preplay: raise the ratings up by 70 pixels to be in line with the title, fixes issues with certain skins
• Core: improve skin compatibility: font30 is no more as we're not using Confluence but Estuary as default. Replace with its fallback, font13
• Core: improve skin compatibility: font16 is no more as we're not using Confluence but Estuary as default. Replace with its fallback, font13
• Core: allow DirectStreaming of webvtt subtitles in Kodi >= 20
• AdvancedSettings: reset background blur and opacity to their new defaults
• BGM: store last "good" audio volume before playing theme music, and apply it upon start of the addon, in case the volume reset after BGM failed/was skipped
• Core: Harden and speed up server change

https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexmod-for-kodi-18-19-20-21/481208/715