Prism Music2.6.5 - App Store

Prism is a versatile music player for Plex and Apple Music.

FEATURES
- Access music already on your device or in your iCloud Music Library*, or add a free Plex account to stream your music from anywhere in the world.
- Refine your library by adding one or more filters
- Various options for sorting and displaying your library
- 7-band equalizer
- CarPlay support

Payment required to unlock additional features:
- Download music from your Plex server to play later without an internet connection
- Automatically switch between light and dark themes
- Configure default sorting for libraries, artists and albums
- Import playlists from iTunes and Plex libraries

* The built-in iOS music app must be installed for local or iCloud Music Library support

Version History - Crash fixes

In 2.6.4:

Improved
- Support for media keys when running on macOS

Fixed
- Layout issues when “Show button shapes” accessibility setting is enabled
- Layout issues when larger accessibility font sizes are enabled
- Download manager button displaying incorrect download count after cancelling / clearing download queue

In 2.6.3:

Improved:
- The app now only checks for new additions to the active music library on launch. Can be changed under Settings > General > Refresh Library on Launch.

Fixed:
- Cached album/artist images could fail to load when no internet connection is available
- Download manager could contain erroneous “?” items on app launch
- Several crash fixes

If you’re still experiencing crashes, send me an issue report from Settings > Report an Issue. Thanks!

In 2.6.2:

- Fixed a crash on launch when running iOS beta versions

In 2.6.1:

- Improved playback error messages
- Various settings tab layout improvements
- Fixed a crash when running on macOS 11
- [CarPlay] Restored "Artists" tab
- [CarPlay] Entire library can now be shuffled from Album and Artist tabs

In 2.6.0:

- New CarPlay app
- The app now requires iOS 14.5+ 2.6.5 02/15/2022 Improved
- Support for media keys when running on macOS

Fixed
- Layout issues when “Show button shapes” accessibility setting is enabled
- Layout issues when larger accessibility font sizes are enabled
- Download manager button displaying incorrect download count after cancelling / clearing download queue

In 2.6.3:

Improved:
- The app now only checks for new additions to the active music library on launch. Can be changed under Settings > General > Refresh Library on Launch.

Fixed:
- Cached album/artist images could fail to load when no internet connection is available
- Download manager could contain erroneous “?” items on app launch
- Several crash fixes

If you’re still experiencing crashes, send me an issue report from Settings > Report an Issue. Thanks!

In 2.6.2:

- Fixed a crash on launch when running iOS beta versions

In 2.6.1:

- Improved playback error messages
- Various settings tab layout improvements
- Fixed a crash when running on macOS 11
- [CarPlay] Restored "Artists" tab
- [CarPlay] Entire library can now be shuffled from Album and Artist tabs

In 2.6.0:

- New CarPlay app
- The app now requires iOS 14.5+ 2.6.4 01/14/2022 Improved:
- The app now only checks for new additions to the active music library on launch. Can be changed under Settings > General > Refresh Library on Launch.

Fixed:
- Cached album/artist images could fail to load when no internet connection is available
- Download manager could contain erroneous “?” items on app launch
- Several crash fixes

If you’re still experiencing crashes, send me an issue report from Settings > Report an Issue. Thanks!

In 2.6.2:

- Fixed a crash on launch when running iOS beta versions

In 2.6.1:

- Improved playback error messages
- Various settings tab layout improvements
- Fixed a crash when running on macOS 11
- [CarPlay] Restored "Artists" tab
- [CarPlay] Entire library can now be shuffled from Album and Artist tabs

In 2.6.0:

- New CarPlay app
- The app now requires iOS 14.5+ 2.6.3 12/01/2021 - Fixed a crash on launch when running iOS beta versions

In 2.6.1:

- Improved playback error messages
- Various settings tab layout improvements
- Fixed a crash when running on macOS 11
- [CarPlay] Restored "Artists" tab
- [CarPlay] Entire library can now be shuffled from Album and Artist tabs

In 2.6.0:

- New CarPlay app
- The app now requires iOS 14.5+ 2.6.2 10/31/2021 - Improved playback error messages
- Various settings tab layout improvements
- Fixed a crash when running on macOS 11
- [CarPlay] Restored "Artists" tab
- [CarPlay] Entire library can now be shuffled from Album and Artist tabs 2.6.1 10/26/2021 - New CarPlay app
- Prism now requires iOS 14.5+ 2.6.0 09/26/2021 PSA: if you’re sharing a Plex library and you’re running Plex Media Server 1.23.6.4881+, you’ll need to ensure “Allow Downloads” is enabled under the sharing restrictions tab for each user that you want to give download access to for Prism.

- Fixed a streaming issue introduced in the previous version 2.5.3 08/24/2021 PSA: if you’re sharing a Plex library and you’re running Plex Media Server 1.23.6.4881+, you’ll need to ensure “Allow Downloads” is enabled under the sharing restrictions tab for each user that you want to give download access to for Prism.

- Fixed “17761” error when attempting to stream from a shared server (PMS 1.23.6.4881+)
- More descriptive error message when attempting to download from a restricted server (PMS 1.23.6.4881+)
- Fixed an issue where download errors could cause the app to store corrupted data
- Playlists with more than 1000 files can now be downloaded in multiple batches
- Fixed a crash when clearing downloads from the download manager
- Fixed an issue causing import errors due to invalid user rating values
- Various other crash fixes 2.5.2 08/14/2021 Still working on 3.0 - this is a smaller stopgap release in the meantime.

- The download manager has been rewritten/redesigned. Downloading should be more reliable in general, but especially when the app is backgrounded.
- The download manager now supports concurrent downloads, adjustable under Settings > Downloads
- Long press seek forwards/backwards buttons to display a menu with a selection of time intervals to seek by (iOS 14 only)
- Support for selecting custom accent colors (iOS 14 only)
- Skip forwards buttons are no longer disabled when playing the last song in queue
- The app now uses a third-party crash reporting service (sentry.io)
- Added French and Bulgarian translations
- Fixed a few issues where font style wasn’t being respected
- Fixed an issue where showing the now playing view would cause the app to freeze on iOS 15
- Fixed a few crashes 2.5.0 07/14/2021 - Downloads will now correctly resume from where they left off after pause / interruption
- Swiping to skip tracks on the now playing view should now work more reliably
- Fixed a regression causing libraries to fail to display when server contains a Plex Arcade library
- Added Chinese (traditional) translation
- Minor layout adjustments 2.4.3 03/08/2021 - Fixed an issue causing purchase view to display instead of the download manager. Sorry about that.

In 2.4.1:

- Fixed a crash that could happen if app is backgrounded while library metadata is being loaded
- Fixed a crash when displaying filter view under some conditions
- Fixed a few layout issues when using larger font sizes
- Added Hebrew translation
- Added Italian translation

In 2.4:

NEW
- Support for creating and deleting playlists
- Support for adding to and removing from playlists

IMPROVED
- Various improvements to image caching:
- Thumbnails are now created from larger versions of the same image that already exist on disk
- If available, smaller versions of an image are temporarily displayed while the correct size is downloaded from the server
- Images now use far less space on disk
- Playlist sort order now ignores leading articles (“The”, “An”, “A”)
- Smart playlists imported from Plex / iTunes are now differentiated from regular playlists by a gear icon
- Improved equalizer handling when connected to an AirPlay device
- Improved equalizer counter-clipping algorithm
- Long pressing an artist will now show the full artist photo (no longer clipped to a circle)
- You can once again long press on play/shuffle buttons to display queue options (erroneously removed in a previous version)

FIXED
- The app will now correctly recover from system media service resets. This should fix the issue where playback becomes unresponsive under some circumstances.
- Fixed an issue where libraries would not load correctly if the server contained a Plex Arcade library
- [CarPlay] Fixed an issue where queueing an album under the index tab would queue all albums in that category
- Fixed an issue causing playback to fail when attempting to play some downloaded FLAC files
- Fixed an issue where playlists would not update their contents correctly
- Various layout fixes 2.4.2 02/22/2021 - Fixed a crash that could happen if app is backgrounded while library metadata is being loaded
- Fixed a crash when displaying filter view under some conditions
- Fixed a few layout issues when using larger font sizes
- Added Hebrew translation
- Added Italian translation

In 2.4:

NEW
- Support for creating and deleting playlists
- Support for adding to and removing from playlists

IMPROVED
- Various improvements to image caching:
- Thumbnails are now created from larger versions of the same image that already exist on disk
- If available, smaller versions of an image are temporarily displayed while the correct size is downloaded from the server
- Images now use far less space on disk
- Playlist sort order now ignores leading articles (“The”, “An”, “A”)
- Smart playlists imported from Plex / iTunes are now differentiated from regular playlists by a gear icon
- Improved equalizer handling when connected to an AirPlay device
- Improved equalizer counter-clipping algorithm
- Long pressing an artist will now show the full artist photo (no longer clipped to a circle)
- You can once again long press on play/shuffle buttons to display queue options (erroneously removed in a previous version)

FIXED
- The app will now correctly recover from system media service resets. This should fix the issue where playback becomes unresponsive under some circumstances.
- Fixed an issue where libraries would not load correctly if the server contained a Plex Arcade library
- [CarPlay] Fixed an issue where queueing an album under the index tab would queue all albums in that category
- Fixed an issue causing playback to fail when attempting to play some downloaded FLAC files
- Fixed an issue where playlists would not update their contents correctly
- Various layout fixes 2.4.1 02/19/2021 NEW
- Support for creating and deleting playlists
- Support for adding to and removing from playlists

IMPROVED
- Various improvements to image caching:
- Thumbnails are now created from larger versions of the same image that already exist on disk
- If available, smaller versions of an image are temporarily displayed while the correct size is downloaded from the server
- Images now use far less space on disk
- Playlist sort order now ignores leading articles (“The”, “An”, “A”)
- Smart playlists imported from Plex / iTunes are now differentiated from regular playlists by a gear icon
- Improved equalizer handling when connected to an AirPlay device
- Improved equalizer counter-clipping algorithm
- Long pressing an artist will now show the full artist photo (no longer clipped to a circle)
- You can once again long press on play/shuffle buttons to display queue options (erroneously removed in a previous version)

FIXED
- The app will now correctly recover from system media service resets. This should fix the issue where playback becomes unresponsive under some circumstances.
- Fixed an issue where libraries would not load correctly if the server contained a Plex Arcade library
- [CarPlay] Fixed an issue where queueing an album under the index tab would queue all albums in that category
- Fixed an issue causing playback to fail when attempting to play some downloaded FLAC files
- Fixed an issue where playlists would not update their contents correctly
- Various layout fixes 2.4.0 02/05/2021 Important: when prompted, allow Prism to connect to devices on your local network.
This setting can also be changed under Settings app > Prism > Local Network.

NEW
- Improved support for iOS 14
- Dropped support for iOS 12
- The app now uses system icons in most places
- Rounded font style is now the default (new installs only)

IMPROVED
- Improved launch performance & reduced app size
- The now playing view will now show automatically on launch if “Show Player Automatically” setting is enabled
- The now playing view will now automatically dismiss when the playback queue ends
- General UI polish and performance improvements

FIXED
- Added additional logging to help track down some playback errors
- Fixed an issue where playlists could disappear after switching libraries
- Fixed an equaliser-related crash
- Added some missing translations 2.3.2 10/24/2020 Note: this will likely be the last version to support iOS 12. Apologies for any inconvenience.

- Playback can now seamlessly switch between remote and local Plex connections without interruption
- Songs in playback queue can once again be tapped to skip to that song
- Added Norwegian, Russian and Finnish translations
- Fixed a few crashes

In version 2.3:

NEW
- Native iOS context menu support (iOS 13 only)
- Added German, Turkish, Czech, Chinese, Spanish and UK English localizations. Thanks to the translators! If you’d like to translate the app into your language, head over to Settings > Help Translate.
- New option under Settings > Theme to reduce contrast when in dark mode
- New font selection options under Settings > Theme (iOS 13 only)

IMPROVED
- Artists, albums, songs, playlists and tags are now sorted based on the system’s locale (should improve sorting of accented and Chinese characters, for example)
- Improved dynamic text size support across the app
- Fixed an issue where the UI would not reflect Plex authorisation errors (e.g. after password change)
- Various download manager reliability improvements
- Playlist performance improvements
- Minor visual changes 2.3.1 09/17/2020 NEW
- Native iOS context menu support (iOS 13 only)
- Added German, Turkish, Czech, Chinese, Spanish and UK English localizations. Thanks to the translators! If you’d like to translate the app into your language, head over to Settings > Help Translate.
- New option under Settings > Theme to reduce contrast when in dark mode
- New font selection options under Settings > Theme (iOS 13 only)

IMPROVED
- Artists, albums, songs, playlists and tags are now sorted based on the system’s locale (should improve sorting of accented and Chinese characters, for example)
- Improved dynamic text size support across the app
- Fixed an issue where the UI would not reflect Plex authorisation errors (e.g. after password change)
- Various download manager reliability improvements
- Playlist performance improvements
- Minor visual changes 2.3.0 09/10/2020 - Reverted a change introduced in the previous version that was potentially causing excessive battery drain
- Other minor changes to reduce background processing
- Minor layout fixes on iPad 2.2.2 06/30/2020 - An in-progress library refresh will now continue in the background if the app is minimised
- Fixed a background crash
- Fixes for iOS 12 on iPad 2.2.1 06/24/2020 Note: Starting with this version you can add your Plex account to Prism for free (additional purchase no longer required).

NEW
- Added a basic equalizer (iOS 13 only)
- Each tab now has its own search bar
- [Plex] Artist countries are now imported as tags
- [Plex] Similar artists are now imported and displayed under each artist
- [Plex] Album view now displays record label when available. Tapping on the record label will show you all album released under that label.
- [Plex] Added artist biography to artist view
- [Plex] Added album review to album view
- New option for sorting songs by rating
- New option for sorting by recently played
- New settings under Interface > General to adjust if and how library metadata is refreshed on app launch
- New setting to reduce haptics under Interface > General

IMPROVED
- Increased size of Libraries and Downloads views on iPad
- Additional logging to help track down recent spike in playback errors

FIXED
- [Plex] Fix for occasional m4a file playback issues
- Fixed “Done” button not displaying on download manager view on some iPad models

NOTES
- Unfortunately, due to API limitations, the equalizer won’t work when streaming transcoded audio

Thank-you for the continued support. If you have the time, a review or rating makes my day! 2.2.0 05/13/2020 - Fixed a rating display issue on settings tab
- Minor improvements to iPadOS trackpad support 2.1.6 03/30/2020 - [Plex] Fixed an issue where music would fail to import when file paths contain invalid unicode characters 2.1.5 03/16/2020 • Fixed an image caching issue introduced in the previous version (sorry about that)
• Fixed an issue preventing navigation to an album / artist from a playlist item
• Fixed a layout issue causing buffer progress indicator to extend beyond screen bounds
• Fixed a theming issue on search results tab when an artist or album contained multiple tags
• Fixed some issues with the “Automatic” theme setting
• [Apple Music] Fixed an issue on some devices where incorrect now playing song was displayed until explicitly played
• Other minor UI fixes 2.1.4 03/10/2020 • [Plex] Downloading music will now also download any associated album artwork
• [CarPlay] Playlist contents are now sorted correctly in playlist order
• Fixed a crash when cleaning up under Settings > Storage
• Improved performance when scrolling in Artists tab 2.1.3 03/03/2020 • Deleted items can now be viewed before cleaning up under Settings > Storage > Deleted Items
• [Apple Music] Fixed an issue where playback queue would not advance when “Use System Player” option was disabled
• [Apple Music] Fixed an issue where playback would start automatically on launch in some circumstances
• [Apple Music] Fixed an issue where playback would not resume from correct time after app relaunch

# Version 2.1:

NEW
• [Plex] Support for converting (“transcoding”) streamed audio. Check Settings -> Streaming Quality for options.
• The app now uses a soft-delete system for missing files and libraries, similar to Plex. Items missing from the source library after a refresh will be hidden but not deleted. Clean up under Settings -> Storage.
• Support for customising image cache size under Settings -> Storage
• 3D Touch / long pressing Artist, Album and Song search results now displays action menu
• Support for viewing all search results (no longer limited to 5 items)
• Tapping a song in Now Playing “Up Next” list will skip to that song
• New option to blur Now Playing background under Settings -> Playback
• New option to disable system music player for Apple Music libraries under Settings -> Playback
• The app can now be launched using the prism-music:// URL scheme
• [CarPlay] New “Index” tab that lets you quickly navigate to an artist/album/song by letter

IMPROVED
• Artist and Album tabs are now unlocked (can be edited from More tab -> Edit). This means all tabs can now be arranged in any order you’d like.
• The Tags, Playlists and Settings tabs now use side-by-side split view on iPad
• Search results are now ordered by best match
• Search results now include songs and albums by Song Artist
• Increased Now Playing seek bar grabber size
• Various VoiceOver and accessibility improvements
• [CarPlay] Various performance and reliability improvements

FIXED
• Purchase button is now VoiceOver enabled
• Fixed an issue where incorrect results were displayed using inverted “Playlist” and “Tagged” filters
• [CarPlay] Fixed issue where shuffling would only queue up first 1,000 songs
• Fixes for 10+ crashes

Thank-you for the continued support. If you have the time, a review or rating makes my day! 2.1.2 02/21/2020 • Fixed an issue causing “Repeat Queue” mode to work only intermittently
• Fixed deleted items showing in search results
• Fixed some filter view layout issues
• Various layout fixes for issues introduced in 2.1

# Version 2.1:

NEW
• [Plex] Support for converting (“transcoding”) streamed audio. Check Settings -> Streaming Quality for options.
• The app now uses a soft-delete system for missing files and libraries, similar to Plex. Items missing from the source library after a refresh will be hidden but not deleted. Clean up under Settings -> Storage.
• Support for customising image cache size under Settings -> Storage
• 3D Touch / long pressing Artist, Album and Song search results now displays action menu
• Support for viewing all search results (no longer limited to 5 items)
• Tapping a song in Now Playing “Up Next” list will skip to that song
• New option to blur Now Playing background under Settings -> Playback
• New option to disable system music player for Apple Music libraries under Settings -> Playback
• The app can now be launched using the prism-music:// URL scheme
• [CarPlay] New “Index” tab that lets you quickly navigate to an artist/album/song by letter

IMPROVED
• Artist and Album tabs are now unlocked (can be edited from More tab -> Edit). This means all tabs can now be arranged in any order you’d like.
• The Tags, Playlists and Settings tabs now use side-by-side split view on iPad
• Search results are now ordered by best match
• Search results now include songs and albums by Song Artist
• Increased Now Playing seek bar grabber size
• Various VoiceOver and accessibility improvements
• [CarPlay] Various performance and reliability improvements

FIXED
• Purchase button is now VoiceOver enabled
• Fixed an issue where incorrect results were displayed using inverted “Playlist” and “Tagged” filters
• [CarPlay] Fixed issue where shuffling would only queue up first 1,000 songs
• Fixes for 10+ crashes

Thank-you for the continued support. If you have the time, a review or rating makes my day! 2.1.1 02/18/2020