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Universal Media Server Changelog

What's new in Universal Media Server 13.9.0

Apr 6, 2024
  • General:
  • Added ability to shut down computer from web settings (thanks, wolfhaus!)
  • Added detection of DTS:X including the IMAX variant
  • Fixed incorrectly detecting some sports events as movies
  • Fixed various documentation typos (thanks, luzpaz!)
  • Fixed detection of DTS-HD
  • Fixed auto updater
  • Removed broken access control that crept in from v14, whoops
  • Improved performance of CI
  • Renderers:
  • Improved support for LG 2023+ TVs
  • Dependencies:
  • lock file maintenance
  • update actions/setup-java action to v4
  • update dependency @emotion/react to v11.11.3
  • update dependency @testing-library/jest-dom to v6.2.0
  • update dependency @testing-library/user-event to v14.5.2
  • update dependency @types/node to v18.19.4
  • update dependency @types/react to v18.2.46
  • update dependency @types/react-dom to v18.2.18
  • update dependency @types/react-color to v3.0.11
  • update dependency axios to v1.6.3
  • update dependency com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind to v2.16.1
  • update dependency com.github.eirslett:frontend-maven-plugin to v1.15.0
  • update dependency com.github.oshi:oshi-core to v6.4.10
  • update dependency com.ibm.icu:icu4j to v74.2
  • update dependency com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle to v10.12.7
  • update dependency eslint to v8.56.0
  • update dependency org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin to v3.12.1
  • update dependency org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin to v3.2.3
  • update dependency org.slf4j:slf4j-api to v2.0.10
  • update dependency react-router-dom to v6.21.1
  • update dependency stylis to v4.3.1
  • update dependency web-vitals to v3.5.1
  • update jna monorepo to v5.14.0
  • update logback-version to v1.4.14
  • update mockito monorepo to v5.8.0
  • update typescript-eslint monorepo to v6.17.0

New in Universal Media Server 13.8.1 (Jan 7, 2024)

  • General:
  • Fixed transcoding on renderers with MediaInfo=false
  • Added ability to add end-to-end web browser tests on Chrome, Firefox and Safari via Playwright
  • Improved logging detail and test coverage (thanks, @Priyanka-GD!)
  • Made server tests not run when only front-end code has changed
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • English (UK) (49%) (thanks, Pete Russell!)
  • Estonian (13%) (thanks, Avernys!)
  • French (100%) (thanks, @Fredo1650!)
  • Romanian (48%) (thanks, Bogdan Ungureanu!)
  • Spanish (61%) (thanks, Diego León Giraldo Gómez!)
  • Dependencies:
  • Bump FFmpeg to 6.1
  • Bump Java to 17.0.9+11
  • Bump MediaInfo to 23.10
  • lock file maintenance
  • update dependency @testing-library/jest-dom to v6.1.5
  • update dependency @testing-library/react to v14.1.2
  • update dependency @types/jest to v29.5.11
  • update dependency @types/lodash to v4.14.202
  • update dependency @types/node to v18.18.13
  • update dependency @types/react to v18.2.40
  • update dependency @types/react-color to v3.0.10
  • update dependency @types/videojs-hls-quality-selector to v1.1.3
  • update dependency axios to v1.6.2
  • update dependency ch.qos.logback:logback-classic to v1.4.12
  • update dependency com.drewnoakes:metadata-extractor to v2.19.0
  • update dependency com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind to v2.16.0
  • update dependency com.github.eirslett:frontend-maven-plugin to v1.14.2
  • update dependency com.github.oshi:oshi-core to v6.4.8
  • update dependency com.ibm.icu:icu4j to v74
  • update dependency com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle to v10.12.5
  • update dependency com.sun.xml.messaging.saaj:saaj-impl to v3.0.3
  • update dependency com.zaxxer:hikaricp to v5.1.0
  • update dependency commons-io:commons-io to v2.15.1
  • update dependency eslint to v8.54.0
  • update dependency org.apache.commons:commons-lang3 to v3.14.0
  • update dependency org.apache.commons:commons-text to v1.11.0
  • update dependency org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-checkstyle-plugin to v3.3.1
  • update dependency org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin to v3.2.2
  • update dependency org.codehaus.mojo:exec-maven-plugin to v3.1.1
  • update dependency react-router-dom to v6.20.1
  • update junit5 monorepo to v5.10.1
  • update react monorepo
  • update twelvemonkeys-imageio-version to v3.10.1
  • update typescript-eslint monorepo to v6.12.0
  • update yarn to v3.7.0

New in Universal Media Server 14.0.0 Beta 1 (Dec 29, 2023)

  • New features:
  • Block/allow renderers and network devices:
  • You can now block and allow access based on the renderer or the network device, from the Home screen on the settings area.
  • Allow or block renderers or network devices by default:
  • You can now choose the default strategy for renderers and network devices. Previously, there was only one strategy possible - either allow everything, or deny everything with an allowlist. Now you can allow or deny by default, with denylists and allowlists, for complete control.
  • This makes UMS much more flexible for shared living situations or wide/low-trust local networks. It is also useful for those of you using powerline adapters for your network since that can result in unwanted access from neighbors.
  • Link person to renderer:
  • You can now link user accounts to renderers/devices, allowing you to have independent playback tracking. For example, if you have a TV in the living room and another in your bedroom, the living room TV doesn't need to be affected by what you watch in your bedroom.
  • Restrict shared content to certain groups:
  • You can now choose to share directories or online content with certain groups. For example, if you have a person (or a device that is assigned to a person) who is a child, you can assign them to the "Kids" group, and give that group access to the "Family" directory, but not the "Horror" or "Adult Only" ones. Or give them access to the Kurzgesagt web feed, but not the history podcasts.
  • Avatars:
  • People can have avatars to make them easier to see at a glance. You can set them on the user settings page along with the user groups
  • Direct TMDB integration:
  • You can now link your TMDB account with UMS in the General Settings area.
  • Doing this allows you to edit metadata based on search results from TMDB
  • Migration:
  • There are no special migration instructions for going from v13 to v14.
  • As with any major update, if you want to have the ability to go back to your current version before updating, you can make a backup of your profile directory, which contains your configuration and local database. You can find the location of that directory near the top of your program logs. Look for Profile directory: [some page]/UMS.

New in Universal Media Server 13.8.0 (Dec 9, 2023)

  • General:
  • System tray icon indicates when an update is available (thanks, Ty Lovejoy!)
  • Faster playback start and seeking via tsMuxeR
  • Fixed broken language parsing for locale-specific variants, like "en (US)" or "fr (CA)"
  • Fixed incorrect DLNA.ORG_PN values for transcoded video
  • Fixed deferring to tsMuxeR when video codec is not supported
  • Fixed settings changes not saving
  • Fixed using MPEG-2 DLNA.ORG_PN value for H.265 videos
  • Fixed some Android-based renderers being incorrectly detected as Pigasus
  • Fixed order of results in Media Library when sorted by date (thanks for reporting, stnnzp!)
  • Fixed migration of IP Filter settings from v12 (thanks, dytlzl!)
  • Fixed UPnP search responses
  • Fixed Live Subtitles folder showing in front page of web player (#3669) (thanks, Priyanka Ghosh Dastidar!)
  • Renderers:
  • Fixed video support on some Samsung TVs (thanks, Fredo1650!)
  • Dependencies:
  • lock file maintenance
  • update actions/checkout action to v4
  • update dependency @testing-library/jest-dom to v6.1.4
  • update dependency @testing-library/user-event to v14.5.1
  • update dependency @types/jest to v29.5.6
  • update dependency @types/lodash to v4.14.200
  • update dependency @types/node to v18.18.6
  • update dependency @types/react to v18.2.22
  • update dependency @types/react-color to v3.0.9
  • update dependency @types/videojs-hls-quality-selector to v1.1.2
  • update dependency axios to v1.5.1
  • update dependency com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind to v2.15.3
  • update dependency com.github.eirslett:frontend-maven-plugin to v1.14.0
  • update dependency com.github.oshi:oshi-core to v6.4.6
  • update dependency com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle to v10.12.4
  • update dependency com.sun.xml.bind:jaxb-impl to v4.0.4
  • update dependency commons-io:commons-io to v2.14.0
  • update dependency eslint to v8.51.0
  • update dependency org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-enforcer-plugin to v3.4.1
  • update dependency org.slf4j:slf4j-api to v2.0.9
  • update dependency react-router-dom to v6.16.0
  • update mantine monorepo packages to v6.0.21
  • update react monorepo
  • Update tsMuxeR to 2023-09-20-01-52-31
  • update typescript-eslint monorepo to v6.7.5
  • update yarn to v3.6.4

New in Universal Media Server 13.7.0 (Oct 21, 2023)

  • General:
  • Fixed security vulnerabilities
  • Fixed unnecessary transcoding in some situations
  • Fixed sending incorrect colorDepth for some videos
  • Fixed check for external subtitles format support
  • Fixed Windows 11 sleep delay time
  • Fixed Fully Played feature not working on certain devices (#3947) (thanks, @Fredo1650!)
  • Fixed bugs with video playback on web player
  • Renderers:
  • Fixed EAC3 (Dolby Digital Plus) support on some Samsung TVs (#4039) (thanks, @Fredo1650!)
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Catalan (57%) (thanks, Ramon Fonts Oliveras!)
  • English (United Kingdom) (47%) (thanks, Pete Russell!)
  • German (100%) (thanks, Da Ma and Marco Kubitza (Kubi)!)
  • Hungarian (57%) (thanks, Zan1456!)
  • Italian (67%) (thanks, sisar4!)
  • Norwegian (40%) (thanks, Fredrik Sk!)
  • Turkish (100%) (thanks, Burak Yavuz!)
  • Dependencies:
  • Bump JRE to 17.0.8.1+1
  • lock file maintenance
  • update dependency @testing-library/jest-dom to v6
  • update dependency @types/jest to v29.5.4
  • update dependency @types/lodash to v4.14.197
  • update dependency @types/node to v18.17.13
  • update dependency @types/react to v18.2.21
  • update dependency axios to v1.5.0
  • update dependency com.github.oshi:oshi-core to v6.4.5
  • update dependency com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle to v10.12.3
  • update dependency eslint to v8.48.0
  • update dependency eslint-plugin-react to v7.33.2
  • update dependency org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-enforcer-plugin to v3.4.0
  • update dependency react-router-dom to v6.15.0
  • update dependency typescript to v5.2.2
  • update dependency video.js to v8.5.2
  • update logback-version to v1.4.11
  • update mantine monorepo packages to v6.0.19
  • update typescript-eslint monorepo to v6.5.0
  • update yarn to v3.6.3

New in Universal Media Server 13.6.0 (Sep 8, 2023)

  • We have added support for automatic muxing of HDR streams for better video quality (e.g. Dolby Vision in MKV on LG TVs), done other improvements to device support, and fixed a TON of bugs!

New in Universal Media Server 13.5.0 (Aug 2, 2023)

  • General:
  • Added support for default and forced flags on subtitles on web player
  • Improve handling of web interface when server is offline
  • Fixed metadata not displaying when Media Library folder is disabled
  • Fixed subtitles without titles not working on web player
  • Formatting (thanks, RichardIcecube!)
  • Logging improvements
  • Renderers:
  • Fix H.265 support on Freebox (thanks, ouaklafoud!)
  • Dependencies:
  • lock file maintenance
  • update dependency @emotion/react to v11.11.1
  • update dependency @types/node to v18.16.18
  • update dependency @types/react to v18.2.14
  • update dependency com.ibm.icu:icu4j to v73.2
  • update dependency com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle to v10.12.1
  • update dependency com.sun.xml.bind-version to v4.0.3
  • update dependency commons-io:commons-io to v2.13.0
  • update dependency eslint to v8.43.0
  • update dependency frontend-maven-plugin to 1.13.3
  • update dependency hls.js to v1.4.6
  • update dependency mantine to v6.0.15
  • update dependency net.coobird:thumbnailator to v0.4.20
  • update dependency react-router-dom to v6.14.1
  • update dependency stylis to v4.3.0
  • update dependency typescript to v5.1.6
  • update logback-version to v1.4.8
  • update typescript-eslint monorepo to v5.60.1
  • update video.js to 8.5.0
  • update videojs-contrib-quality-levels to 4.0.0
  • update yarn to v3.6.0

New in Universal Media Server 13.5.0 Patreon (Jul 7, 2023)

  • General:
  • Added support for default and forced flags on subtitles on web player
  • Improve handling of web interface when server is offline
  • Fixed metadata not displaying when Media Library folder is disabled
  • Fixed subtitles without titles not working on web player
  • Formatting (thanks, RichardIcecube!)
  • Logging improvements
  • Renderers:
  • Fix H.265 support on Freebox (thanks, ouaklafoud!)
  • Dependencies:
  • lock file maintenance
  • update dependency @emotion/react to v11.11.1
  • update dependency @types/node to v18.16.18
  • update dependency @types/react to v18.2.14
  • update dependency com.ibm.icu:icu4j to v73.2
  • update dependency com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle to v10.12.1
  • update dependency com.sun.xml.bind-version to v4.0.3
  • update dependency commons-io:commons-io to v2.13.0
  • update dependency eslint to v8.43.0
  • update dependency frontend-maven-plugin to 1.13.3
  • update dependency hls.js to v1.4.6
  • update dependency mantine to v6.0.15
  • update dependency net.coobird:thumbnailator to v0.4.20
  • update dependency react-router-dom to v6.14.1
  • update dependency stylis to v4.3.0
  • update dependency typescript to v5.1.6
  • update logback-version to v1.4.8
  • update typescript-eslint monorepo to v5.60.1
  • update video.js to 8.5.0
  • update videojs-contrib-quality-levels to 4.0.0
  • update yarn to v3.6.0

New in Universal Media Server 13.4.1 (Jul 6, 2023)

  • General:
  • Fixed broken SystemUpdateId update
  • Fixed broken filename parsing with some HDR files
  • Fixed web player video playback bugs
  • Fixed security vulnerabilities
  • Fixed muxing Dolby Vision with tsMuxeR
  • Updated Javadocs (thanks, RichardIcecube!)
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Bulgarian (47%) (thanks, STOYAN STOYANOV!)
  • Catalan (57%) (thanks, Antoni Grau i Quellos!)
  • Danish (64%) (thanks, GurliGebis!)
  • Japanese (59%) (thanks, was0914!)
  • Swedish (51%) (thanks, Erik Karlsson!)
  • Dependencies:
  • lock file maintenance
  • update dependency @emotion/react to v11.11.0
  • update dependency @types/jest to v29.5.2
  • update dependency @types/lodash to v4.14.195
  • update dependency @types/node to v18.16.16
  • update dependency @types/react to v18.2.8
  • update dependency @types/react-dom to v18.2.4
  • update dependency @types/video.js to v7.3.52
  • update dependency axios to v1.4.0
  • update dependency com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind to v2.15.2
  • update dependency com.github.oshi:oshi-core to v6.4.3
  • update dependency com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle to v10.12.0
  • update dependency commons-io:commons-io to v2.12.0
  • update dependency eslint to v8.42.0
  • update dependency hls.js to v1.4.5
  • update dependency org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-assembly-plugin to v3.6.0
  • update dependency org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-checkstyle-plugin to v3.3.0
  • update dependency org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin to v3.1.2
  • update dependency react-router-dom to v6.11.2
  • update dependency stylis to v4.2.0
  • update dependency web-vitals to v3.3.2
  • Update JRE to 17.0.7+7
  • update junit5 monorepo to v5.9.3
  • update logback-version to v1.4.7
  • update react monorepo to v18.2.0
  • Update tsMuxeR to 2023-04-13-02-05-26
  • update typescript-eslint monorepo to v5.59.9
  • update yarn to v3.5.1

New in Universal Media Server 13.4.0 (Jun 10, 2023)

  • General:
  • Added Composer and Conductor to UPnP results, for better handling of classical music
  • Fixed Windows 11 going to sleep too soon (#3883)
  • Fixed files being marked as fully played on playback failure or media parsing requests (#1479 and #3683)
  • Fixed metadata API results for some files
  • Faster CI (thanks, optimizing-ci-builds!)
  • Fixed crash when audio file has no audio track
  • Fixed bugs with UPnP searching
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Afrikaans (22%) (thanks, John Botes and stefan ivanov!)
  • Bulgarian (79%) (thanks, stefan ivanov!)
  • Chinese (Traditional) (78%) (thanks, RX78!)
  • French (100%) (thanks, Archaos and Vincent Panel!)
  • Japanese (94%) (thanks, elepro!)
  • Ukrainian (28%) (thanks, Paul Furlet!)
  • Dependencies:
  • lock file maintenance
  • update dependency @types/jest to v29.5.0
  • update dependency @types/lodash to v4.14.194
  • update dependency @types/node to v18.15.11
  • update dependency @types/react to v18.0.37
  • update dependency axios to v1.3.5
  • update dependency com.auth0:java-jwt to v4.4.0
  • update dependency com.ibm.icu:icu4j to v73
  • update dependency com.github.oshi:oshi-core to v6.4.1
  • update dependency com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle to v10.9.3
  • update dependency com.sun.xml.messaging.saaj:saaj-impl to v3.0.1
  • update dependency eslint to v8.38.0
  • update dependency hls.js to v1.4.0
  • update dependency org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-enforcer-plugin to v3.3.0
  • update dependency org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-resources-plugin to v3.3.1
  • update dependency org.slf4j:slf4j-api to v2.0.7
  • update dependency react-country-flag to v3.1.0
  • update dependency react-router-dom to v6.10.0
  • update dependency typescript to v5
  • update dependency web-vitals to v3.3.1
  • update typescript-eslint monorepo to v5.59.0
  • update yarn to v3.5.0

New in Universal Media Server 13.3.0 (Apr 19, 2023)

  • Added HDR video muxing to FFmpeg video engine
  • Added support for UPnP searching music by genre
  • Use ENTRYPOINT instead of CMD to launch on Docker (thanks, Alfonso Montero!)
  • Fixed support for HLG HDR files
  • Fixed compatibility for certain Dolby Vision and HDR10+ HDR profiles
  • Fixed server startup error if API is enabled and down (thanks, Iridias!)
  • Fixed server startup error on Linux sometimes
  • Fixed detection of VLC on some non-English systems (thanks, LMS!)
  • Fixed the music Artist field being set to the Performer

New in Universal Media Server 13.2.1 (Mar 18, 2023)

  • General:
  • Fixed the Show the Media Library Folder, Audio Priority, Subtitles Priority, and Show the Live Subtitles Folder settings
  • Fixed web player download permissions
  • Fixed unnecessary transcoding
  • Fixed MEncoder defer to tsMuxeR setting
  • Fixed startup error on non-semver operating systems
  • Fixed the appearance of broken settings in unauthenticated mode
  • Allow directories to be unselected/cleared
  • Fixed broken thumbnails in Docker
  • Fixed exception when folders are populated on startup
  • Fixed invalid GUI package name
  • Removed unused plugins for faster first build time
  • Improved documentation about developer workflow
  • Translation updates via Crowdin
  • English (United Kingdom) (65%) (thanks, Pete Russell!)
  • German (100%) (thanks, pipin!)
  • Russian (100%) (thanks, Олег Лойко!)
  • Ukrainian (27%) (thanks, Roman Malkov!)
  • Dependencies:
  • Bump all subdependencies
  • Bump eslint-plugin-react to 7.32.2
  • Bump http-cache-semantics from 4.1.0 to 4.1.1
  • Bump MediaInfo on Windows to 22.12
  • Bump Node.js to 18.14.0
  • Update dependency @types/jest to v29.4.0
  • Update dependency @types/node to v18.11.19
  • Update dependency @types/react to v18.0.27
  • Update dependency @types/video.js to v7.3.51
  • Update dependency axios to v1.3.2
  • Update dependency com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind to v2.14.2
  • Update dependency com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle to v10.7.0
  • Update dependency eslint to v8.33.0
  • Update dependency org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-enforcer-plugin to v3.2.1
  • Update dependency typescript to v4.9.5
  • Update dependency react-router-dom to v6.8.0
  • Update dependency video.js to v7.21.2
  • Update Mantine monorepo packages to v5.10.3
  • Update typescript-eslint monorepo to v5.50.0
  • Update Yarn to v3.4.1

New in Universal Media Server 13.2.0 (Feb 6, 2023)

  • General:
  • Improved motion compensation with 2D to 3D conversion, for full details see https://iwantaholodeck.com/algorithmic-tuning-motion-and-alignment/ (thanks, threedguru!)
  • Added support for KeepAspectRatio settings in 2D-to-3D converted videos (thanks, threedguru!)
  • Database scanning and cleanups are triggered from shared content updates
  • Fixed login screen being shown more than once in web settings (#3751) (thanks for reporting, BitEater21 and Richardk2n!)
  • Fixed broken database upgrade (#3756) (thanks for reporting, mykeehu!)
  • Fixed sharing of network drives (#3750) (thanks for reporting, BitEater21 and OldMan100!)
  • Fixed moving and marking as fully played setting in UK English
  • Fixed error causing failed startup
  • Fixed unshared content not being cleaned up after scan
  • Translation updates via Crowdin
  • English (United Kingdom) (15%)
  • Japanese (83%) (thanks, Kazunori Hamada!)
  • Russian (100%) (thanks, Олег Лойко!)
  • Slovak (83%) (thanks, Dušan!)
  • Turkish (100%) (thanks, Burak Yavuz!)
  • Dependencies:
  • Updated all subdependencies
  • Update dependency com.auth0:java-jwt to v4.2.2
  • Update dependency com.google.code.gson:gson to v2.10.1
  • Update dependency eslint to v8.32.0
  • Update dependency org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-checkstyle-plugin to v3.2.1
  • Update dependency org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-pmd-plugin to v3.20.0
  • Update dependency org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-project-info-reports-plugin to v3.4.2
  • Update dependency react-router-dom to v6.6.2
  • Update dependency web-vitals to v3.1.1
  • Update jna-version to v5.13.0
  • Update junit5 monorepo to v5.9.2
  • Update Mantine monorepo packages to v5.10.0
  • Update surefire-version to v3.0.0-M8
  • Update typescript-eslint monorepo to v5.48.1

New in Universal Media Server 13.2.0 Patreon (Jan 20, 2023)

  • General:
  • Improved motion compensation with 2D to 3D conversion, for full details see https://iwantaholodeck.com/algorithmic-tuning-motion-and-alignment/ (thanks, threedguru!)
  • Added support for KeepAspectRatio settings in 2D-to-3D converted videos (thanks, threedguru!)
  • Database scanning and cleanups are triggered from shared content updates
  • Fixed login screen being shown more than once in web settings (#3751) (thanks for reporting, BitEater21 and Richardk2n!)
  • Fixed broken database upgrade (#3756) (thanks for reporting, mykeehu!)
  • Fixed sharing of network drives (#3750) (thanks for reporting, BitEater21 and OldMan100!)
  • Fixed moving and marking as fully played setting in UK English
  • Fixed error causing failed startup
  • Fixed unshared content not being cleaned up after scan
  • Translation updates via Crowdin
  • English (United Kingdom) (15%)
  • Japanese (83%) (thanks, Kazunori Hamada!)
  • Russian (100%) (thanks, Олег Лойко!)
  • Slovak (83%) (thanks, Dušan!)
  • Turkish (100%) (thanks, Burak Yavuz!)
  • Dependencies:
  • Updated all subdependencies
  • Update dependency com.auth0:java-jwt to v4.2.2
  • Update dependency com.google.code.gson:gson to v2.10.1
  • Update dependency eslint to v8.32.0
  • Update dependency org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-checkstyle-plugin to v3.2.1
  • Update dependency org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-pmd-plugin to v3.20.0
  • Update dependency org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-project-info-reports-plugin to v3.4.2
  • Update dependency react-router-dom to v6.6.2
  • Update dependency web-vitals to v3.1.1
  • Update jna-version to v5.13.0
  • Update junit5 monorepo to v5.9.2
  • Update Mantine monorepo packages to v5.10.0
  • Update surefire-version to v3.0.0-M8
  • Update typescript-eslint monorepo to v5.48.1

New in Universal Media Server 13.1.0 (Jan 17, 2023)

  • General:
  • Added language support for API metadata
  • Added Tagline, Rated, Year Started, and Total Seasons on web player
  • Added button to TMDB and IMDb on web player
  • Improved quality of 2D-to-3D conversion (thanks, threedguru!)
  • Made H.265 transcoding over 2x faster
  • Improved compatibility of H.264 transcoded stream via MEncoder
  • Removed minimize Java GUI setting from web interface
  • Fixed adding folders via old interface (#3726) (Thanks for reporting, infectormp!)
  • Fixed web player server failure to start
  • Fixed database metrics on close
  • Fixed admin account when no auth is enabled
  • Fixed ordering of TV series episodes in Media Library
  • Fixed React player logos and posters
  • Fixed some thumbnail bugs
  • Stop using poster for Resume thumbnail
  • Fixed changing language via browser
  • Fixed not muxing H.264 via MEncoder when possible
  • Fixed audio not playing in web player (#3130)
  • Fixed web player use via proxy
  • Fixed setting monitored and active states for shared content via old settings
  • Fixed bugs with tsMuxeR handling H.265
  • Fixed tsMuxeR deferral for certain files
  • Fixed quickrun scripts not copying some files for development
  • Made tests run faster on GitHub Actions
  • General performance improvements
  • Translation updates via Crowdin
  • Chinese Traditional (77%) (thanks, Gene Wu!)
  • Finnish (100%) (thanks, Esko Gardner!)
  • French (97%)
  • Italian (93%) (thanks, nonlosao!)
  • Portuguese (Brazilian) (100%) (thanks, Mauro.A!)
  • Russian (77%) (thanks, shecof!)
  • Spanish (100%) (thanks, Yllelder!)
  • Renderers:
  • Added HDR to Supported lines in renderer configs
  • Improved detection of SkyBox VR Player (thanks, threedguru!)
  • Improved support for Mirascreen (thanks, Dušan Kazik!)
  • Improved support for VLC for desktop and iOS (thanks, Kevin Abel!)
  • Improved MP4 support on LG TVs and VLC
  • Improved Dolby Vision support on LG TVs (thanks, narae0.kim from LG!)
  • Fixed marking files as played when LG TVs are browsing
  • Fixed Caliber support
  • Dependencies:
  • Update all Node.js subdependencies
  • Update dependency @types/jest to v29.2.5
  • Update dependency @types/node to v18.11.18
  • Update dependency @types/react-dom to v18.0.10
  • Update dependency axios to v1.2.2
  • Update dependency com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle to v10.6.0
  • Update dependency eslint to v8.31.0
  • Update dependency mantine to 5.9.6
  • Update dependency net.coobird:thumbnailator to v0.4.19
  • Update dependency org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient to v4.5.14
  • Update dependency react-router-dom to v6.6.1
  • Update FFmpeg to latest nightly
  • Update MediaInfo to 22.12
  • Update tsMuxeR to latest nightly
  • Update typescript-eslint monorepo to v5.47.1
  • Update Yarn to v3.3.1

New in Universal Media Server 13.0.1 (Jan 2, 2023)

  • General:
  • Increased default max memory on Windows
  • Fixed insertion of API metadata
  • Fixed being unable to disable toggles in web settings (#3689)
  • Fixed duplicate entries added to shared content on save when entries were removed
  • Fixed shared content updates not saving (#3697)
  • Fixed running via VS Code
  • Translation updates via Crowdin
  • Catalan (89%) (thanks, Toni Grau i Quellos!)
  • Czech (100%)
  • Korean (100%) (thanks, VenusGirl!)
  • Polish (100%) (thanks, Karol Szastok!)
  • Portuguese (Brazilian) (96%) (thanks, Matias Dos Reis!)
  • Slovak (82%) (thanks, Filip Hanes!)
  • Turkish (100%) (thanks, Burak Yavuz!)
  • Dependencies:
  • Updated all Node.js subdependencies
  • Update dependency @types/node to v18.11.15
  • Update dependency org.slf4j:slf4j-api to v2.0.6
  • Update dependency react-router-dom to v6.5.0
  • Update typescript-eslint monorepo to v5.46.1

New in Universal Media Server 13.0.0 (Dec 17, 2022)

  • General:
  • Added 2D to 3D conversion for virtual reality, for full details see https://iwantaholodeck.com/on-the-fly-2d-to-3d-video-conversion-with-universal-media-server-ums/
  • Fixed reload button is disabled after a restart
  • Fixed sometimes mixed renderer found
  • Implements LINN iOS app search request for attribute upnp:artist@role=composer
  • Handle UPNP:AlbumArtist
  • Escape iOS Smart Punctuation apostrophe
  • Fixed case-insensitive UPnP search
  • Double-click on tray icon opens web settings
  • Made language more clear on the right-click tray menu
  • Fixed API metadata countries, plot, ratings, rated (classification), start year, tagline, total seasons, and votes
  • Fixed API poster/cover images sometimes not being set
  • Fixed duplicate API fetches for failed results
  • Fixed star rating updates not immediately updating
  • Fixed resume files with AviSynth transcoding
  • Translation updates via Crowdin
  • Czech (94%)
  • Danish (99%) (thanks, NCAA!)
  • Finnish (99%) (thanks, Esko Gardner!)
  • French (94%) (thanks, SurfaceS!)
  • German (93%) (thanks, jaba82!)
  • Korean (94%) (thanks, VenusGirl!)
  • Portuguese (100%) (thanks, mariopinto!)
  • Portuguese (Brazilian) (94%) (thanks, Sandro Almeida!)
  • Spanish (88%) (thanks, edwardalvarez2011!)
  • Turkish (100%) (thanks, Burak Yavuz!)
  • Ukrainian (26%) (thanks, Paul Furlet!)
  • Renderers:
  • Let LG TVs use their built-in resume only
  • Fixed support for DTS on LG OLED models newer than 2019
  • Avoid re-encoding x265 needlessly on LG OLEDs
  • Detect more versions of VLC
  • Dependencies:
  • Updated all Node.js subdependencies
  • Update dependency @types/jest to v29.2.4
  • Update dependency @types/lodash to v4.14.191
  • Update dependency @types/node to v18.11.13
  • Update dependency @types/react to v18.0.26
  • Update dependency @types/video.js to v7.3.50
  • Update dependency axios to v1.2.1
  • Update dependency com.github.oshi:oshi-core to v6.4.0
  • Update dependency com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle to v10.5.0
  • Update dependency eslint to v8.29.0
  • Update dependency hls.js to v1.2.9
  • Update dependency react-router-dom to v6.4.5
  • Update dependency tabler-icons-react to v1.56.0
  • Update dependency typescript to v4.9.4
  • Update Mantine monorepo packages to v5.8.4
  • Update typescript-eslint monorepo to v5.46.0

New in Universal Media Server 12.0.1 (Dec 13, 2022)

  • General:
  • Added a new web settings interface, which is now the supported way to add content and change settings
  • Added a new web player interface, for a faster, more responsive and accessible web player
  • Added shutdown computer option to the Server Settings folder
  • Added user auth to web interface
  • Added user groups to web interface
  • Unified the Shared Content area in both Java and web interfaces
  • Local database speed improvements
  • Improved UPnP/DLNA support
  • Consolidated configuration files, with automatic migration to the new format
  • Fixed TV series never being found locally by IMDb ID
  • Fixed duplicate API requests
  • Fixed profile support on Docker
  • Fixed broken translations on startup language selection
  • Fixed not detecting Playlist additions/changes during scans
  • Fixed database update/drop
  • Hundreds of bugfixes and performance tweaks
  • Renderers:
  • Support Sony Network Speakers (thanks, scanf!)
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Afrikaans (14%) (thanks, Eugene Trumpelmann!)
  • Bulgarian (83%) (thanks, ruraru!)
  • Catalan (88%) (thanks, Toni Grau i Quellos!)
  • Czech (100%)
  • Danish (99%) (thanks, GurliGebis and NCAA!)
  • German (93%) (thanks, pipin!)
  • Finnish (99%) (thanks, Esko Gardner!)
  • Italian (96%) (thanks, Oscar Zambotti!)
  • Korean (100%) (thanks, VenusGirl!)
  • Polish (100%) (thanks, Karol Szastok!)
  • Portuguese (99%) (thanks, mariopinto!)
  • Portuguese (Brazilian) (99%) (thanks, Mauro.A!)
  • Russian (82%) (thanks, ?????? ???????!)
  • Slovak (81%) (thanks, Dušan!)
  • Spanish (92%) (thanks, Pablo Camacho!)
  • Turkish (100%) (thanks, Burak Yavuz!)
  • Dependencies:
  • Bump Java to 17.0.5
  • Bump logback-version from 1.4.3 to 1.4.4
  • Update Apache Commons Collections to 4.4
  • Update com.sun.xml.messaging.saaj to 3.0.0
  • Update dependency com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind to v2.14.1
  • Update dependency com.github.junrar:junrar to v7.5.4
  • Update dependency com.github.oshi:oshi-core to v6.3.2
  • Update dependency com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-maven-plugin to v4.7.3.0
  • Update dependency com.google.code.gson:gson to v2.10
  • Update dependency com.ibm.icu:icu4j to v72
  • Update dependency com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle to v10.4
  • Update dependency net.coobird:thumbnailator to v0.4.18
  • Update dependency org.slf4j:slf4j-api to v2.0.5
  • Update dependency pako to v2.1.0
  • Update dependency video.js to v7.21.1
  • Update dependency videojs-contrib-quality-levels to v2.2.1
  • Update logback-version to v1.4.5
  • Update MediaInfo to 22.09
  • Update twelvemonkeys-imageio-version to v3.9.4
  • Removed assertj-core

New in Universal Media Server 11.6.0 (Nov 28, 2022)

  • General:
  • Added support for reparsing modified files
  • Improved filename prettifying/matching
  • Improved performance
  • Fixed failed parsing of files being moved/copied
  • Fixed restart program reliability
  • Fixed security hole
  • Stop extracting metadata or doing API lookups for Live Photos in iPhone backups on macOS
  • Updated all tests to junit 5
  • Translation updates via Crowdin
  • Spanish (97%) (thanks, Sergio Varela!)
  • Dependencies
  • Bump commons-text from 1.9 to 1.10.0
  • Bump junit5.version from 5.9.0 to 5.9.1
  • Bump logback-version from 1.4.1 to 1.4.3
  • Update com.sun.xml.bind-version to v4.0.1
  • Update dependency com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle to v10.3.4
  • Update dependency org.slf4j:slf4j-api to v2.0.3

New in Universal Media Server 11.6.0 Patreon (Oct 9, 2022)

  • General:
  • Added support for reparsing modified files
  • Improved filename prettifying/matching
  • Improved performance
  • Fixed failed parsing of files being moved/copied
  • Fixed restart program reliability
  • Fixed security hole
  • Stop extracting metadata or doing API lookups for Live Photos in iPhone backups on macOS
  • Updated all tests to junit 5
  • Translation updates via Crowdin
  • Spanish (97%) (thanks, Sergio Varela!)
  • Dependencies
  • Bump commons-text from 1.9 to 1.10.0
  • Bump junit5.version from 5.9.0 to 5.9.1
  • Bump logback-version from 1.4.1 to 1.4.3
  • Update com.sun.xml.bind-version to v4.0.1
  • Update dependency com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle to v10.3.4
  • Update dependency org.slf4j:slf4j-api to v2.0.3

New in Universal Media Server 11.5.0 (Oct 8, 2022)

  • General:
  • Improved video quality on Wi-Fi networks
  • Persist max memory setting in Windows installer
  • Fixed web player status communication
  • Fixed resource leaks
  • Renderers:
  • Added support for Caliber radio devices (thanks, Bart Jourquin!)
  • Allow seeking while transcoding on Roku devices
  • Fixed sound cutting out on Panasonic TVs when transcoding
  • Translation updates via Crowdin
  • German (100%) (thanks, pipin!)
  • Japanese (100%) (thanks, KEINOS!)
  • Persian (100%) (thanks, Sadra Imam!)
  • Spanish (97%) (thanks, Luis Alberto García Díaz!)
  • Ukrainian (31%) (thanks, Alexandr Opara!)
  • Dependencies
  • Updated checkstyle to v10.3.3
  • Bump FFmpeg to latest
  • Bump jackson-databind from 2.13.3 to 2.13.4
  • Bump logback-version from 1.2.11 to 1.4.1
  • Bump maven-pmd-plugin from 3.18.0 to 3.19.0
  • Bump slf4j-api from 1.7.36 to 2.0.1
  • Bump spotbugs-maven-plugin from 4.7.1.1 to 4.7.2.0

New in Universal Media Server 11.4.1 (Sep 21, 2022)

  • General:
  • Improved support for split episodes (e.g. S01E02a, S01E02.5)
  • Improved anime episode matching
  • Fixed dc:date not sending to renderers for videos (#3215)
  • Fixed shutdown consistency
  • Performance and stability improvements
  • Improved local build speed during development
  • Improved GitHub Actions build speed
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • French (100%) (thanks, Archaos!)
  • Persian (84%) (thanks, Sadra Imam!)
  • Ukrainian (30%) (thanks, Василь «CVI» Чефранов!)
  • Dependencies:
  • Updated checkstyle to v10.3.2
  • Updated gson to v2.9.1
  • Updated JRE to 17.0.4.1`
  • Updated junrar to v7.5.3
  • Updated maven-checkstyle-plugin to 3.2.0
  • Updated maven-javadoc-plugin to v3.4.1
  • Updated maven-pmd-plugin from 3.17.0 to 3.18.0
  • Updated maven-project-info-reports-plugin to v3.4.1
  • Updated maven-site-plugin to v3.12.1
  • Updated twelvemonkeys-imageio-version to v3.8.3

New in Universal Media Server 11.4.0 (Aug 27, 2022)

  • General:
  • Enabled UPnP searching, with the ability to disable for problematic renderers
  • Improved performance when scanning and browsing by up to 3,563%
  • Improved performance when handling API metadata
  • Improved performance with many audio files
  • Fixed broken translations
  • Fixed some API metadata handling bugs
  • Fixed macOS startup crash
  • Fixed running as a service on x64 Windows
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Catalan (99%) (thanks, Toni Grau i Quellos!)
  • Czech (100%)
  • Danish (100%) (thanks, NCAA!)
  • Finnish (100%) (thanks, Esko Gardner!)
  • German (99%) (thanks, pipin!)
  • Italian (100%) (thanks, Oscar Zambotti!)
  • Korean (100%) (thanks, VenusGirl!)
  • Spanish (96%) (thanks, edwardalvarez2011!)
  • Persian (84%) (thanks, Sadra Imam!)
  • Polish (100%) (thanks, Karol Szastok!)
  • Portuguese (100%) (thanks, mariopinto!)
  • Portuguese (Brazilian) (100%) (thanks, Mauro.A!)
  • Turkish (100%) (thanks, Burak Yavuz!)
  • Dependencies:
  • Updated JRE to 17.0.4
  • Updated junit5 to 5.9.0
  • Updated maven-assembly-plugin to 3.4.2
  • Updated maven-project-info-reports-plugin 3.4.0
  • Updated maven-resources-plugin to 3.3.0
  • Updated oshi-core to 6.2.2
  • Updated spotbugs-maven-plugin to 4.7.1.1

New in Universal Media Server 11.3.0 (Jul 31, 2022)

  • General:
  • Sign and notarize macOS releases, for easier installation
  • Adding/removing shared folders updates instantly
  • Fixed autoupdater on Apple ARM build
  • Renamed all translation keys for more readable code
  • Fixed broken sleep prevention during playback on macOS
  • Fixed macOS version compatibility warning in log viewer
  • Fixed web browser video/audio playback on some systems and browsers
  • Renderers:
  • Send date metadata for audio on nextcp/2
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Bulgarian (93%) (thanks, ??? ?????? and Dremski!)
  • Catalan (98%) (thanks, Toni Grau i Quellos!)
  • Czech (100%)
  • Danish (100%) (thanks, GurliGebis and NCAA!)
  • Dutch (91%) (thanks, DJ_eMPe!)
  • English (United Kingdom) (17%) (thanks, DJ_eMPe!)
  • Finnish (100%) (thanks, Esko Gardner!)
  • French (100%) (thanks, Archaos!)
  • German (99%) (thanks, pipin!)
  • Hebrew (23%) (thanks, shayh!)
  • Hungarian (91%) (thanks, promi!)
  • Italian (100%) (thanks, Oscar Zambotti!)
  • Korean (100%) (thanks, VenusGirl!)
  • Polish (100%) (thanks, Karol Szastok!)
  • Portuguese (100%) (thanks, mariopinto and RPargana!)
  • Portuguese (Brazilian) (100%) (thanks, Mauro.A!)
  • Serbian (Cyrillic) (92%) (thanks, silevb!)
  • Spanish (96%) (thanks, edwardalvarez2011!)
  • Swedish (99%) (thanks, Erik Karlsson and Lorien aka the First One!)
  • Turkish (100%) (thanks, Burak Yavuz!)
  • Ukrainian (29%) (thanks, Paul Furlet!)
  • Dependencies:
  • Updated appbundler to 5946207
  • Updated exec-maven-plugin to v3.1.0
  • Updated maven-assembly-plugin to v3.4.1
  • Updated moment.js to v2.29.4
  • Updated spotbugs-maven-plugin to v4.7.1.0

New in Universal Media Server 11.2.0 (Jul 18, 2022)

  • General:
  • Added a release for Apple ARM (Apple Silicon, M1/M2) processors, for 3x faster transcoding
  • Added renderer option SendDateMetadataYearForAudioTags
  • Added netbeans git exclusions for developers
  • Media Library Movies folders ignore files with durations under 40 minutes
  • Fixed broken browsing on some renderers
  • Fixed audio playback on web interface
  • Cleanup old transcoding engines
  • Removed dead code and language terms
  • Dependencies:
  • Update assertj to v3.23.1
  • Update checkstyle to v10.3.1
  • Update h2database to v2.1.214
  • Update jna to v5.12.1
  • Update JRE to 17.0.3.1
  • Update maven-assembly-plugin to v3.4.0
  • Update oshi to v6.2.1
  • Update pako to v2

New in Universal Media Server 11.1.1.1 (Jul 4, 2022)

  • General:
  • Fixed failed database update for some users (#3051) (thanks, vrtlspd!)
  • Fixed Docker startup crash (#3050) (thanks, vrtlspd!)
  • Document HLS-MPEGTS-H264-AAC transcoding option
  • Translations via Crowdin:
  • Added Estonian (23%) (thanks, Junk Knuj and Tanel K!)
  • Dependencies:
  • Update dependency maven-enforcer-plugin to v3.1.0

New in Universal Media Server 11.1.0 (Jun 15, 2022)

  • General:
  • Improved caching of web interface files
  • Added getServerPlaylists to playlist API
  • Fixed broken thumbnail-url for playlist folder resolved by DbIdResourceLocator
  • Added support for more language characters on web interface
  • Updated and removed old links on About tab
  • Fixed database fields truncating to less than the limit
  • Fixed rare and unpredictable bugs
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Catalan (99%)
  • French (100%)
  • Polish (100%)
  • Dependencies:
  • Update dependency com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle to v10.3
  • Update dependency org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-pmd-plugin to v3.17.0
  • Update surefire-version to v3.0.0-M7
  • Bump com.sun.xml.bind-version from 3.0.2 to 4.0.0
  • Bump junrar from 7.5.1 to 7.5.2

New in Universal Media Server 11.0.0 (Jun 9, 2022)

  • General:
  • Added editable server-side playlist support
  • Prevent users from enabling startup scanning while the cache is disabled
  • Removed second toolbar on the web interface video page
  • Increased speed of API lookups
  • Improved video and TV series posters
  • Fixed some API metadata not updating
  • Fixed Resume videos on the web interface
  • Fixed API response handling
  • Use markdown in changelog
  • Use main branch instead of master
  • Fixed audio files detected as video files
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Catalan (100%) (thanks, Toni Grau i Quellos!)
  • Chinese (Simplified) (97%) (thanks, wwj402_github!)
  • Czech (100%)
  • Danish (99%) (thanks, GurliGebis and NCAA!)
  • English (UK) (99%) (thanks, Pete Russell!)
  • Finnish (100%) (thanks, Esko Gardner!)
  • French (100%) (thanks, Archaos and Philippe P!)
  • Italian (100%) (thanks, Oscar Zambotti!)
  • Korean (100%) (thanks, VenusGirl!)
  • Persian (34%) (thanks, Behzad Najafizad!)
  • Polish (100%) (thanks, Karol Szastok!)
  • Portuguese (100%) (thanks, mariopinto!)
  • Portuguese (Brazilian) (100%) (thanks, Mauro.A!)
  • Swedish (99%) (thanks, Lorien aka the First One (The1stOne)!)
  • Turkish (100%) (thanks, Burak Yavuz!)
  • Dependencies:
  • Started using Renovate for dependency tracking
  • Update actions/cache action to v3
  • Update actions/checkout action to v3
  • Update dependency com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind to v2.13.3
  • Update dependency com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-maven-plugin to v4.7.0.0
  • Update dependency moment.js to v2.29.3
  • Update dependency org.jupnp:org.jupnp to v2.6.1
  • Update dependency org.jupnp:org.jupnp.support to v2.6.1
  • Update dependency pako to v1.0.11
  • Bump Jackson from 2.13.1 to 2.13.2.2
  • Bump metadata-extractor from 2.17.0 to 2.18.0

New in Universal Media Server 10.21.1 (May 26, 2022)

  • General:
  • Improved parsing of miniseries
  • Fixed crash for users with cache disabled
  • Fixed macOS build not installing for some users
  • Reduced macOS build size
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • English (United Kingdom) (45%) (thanks, Sudeep James!)
  • Slovenian (55%) (thanks, Blaž Kozlevcar!)
  • Turkish (100%) (thanks, Burak Yavuz!)
  • Dependencies:
  • Bump junrar from 7.5.0 to 7.5.1
  • Bump maven-project-info-reports-plugin from 3.2.2 to 3.3.0

New in Universal Media Server 11.0.0 Alpha 2 (May 7, 2022)

  • Changes since 11.0.0-a1
  • General: Backgrounds for TV series, episodes and movies fade in Image backgrounds in Media Library without text are prioritized over ones with text Match more TV series in API

New in Universal Media Server 10.21.0.1 (May 6, 2022)

  • General:
  • Improved API matches for TV series
  • Language improvements (thanks, NCAA!)
  • Fixed database not recovering from serialization changes (#2874)
  • Fixed custom renderer configurations not being loaded (#2917)
  • Fixed MEncoder and MPlayer on Docker (thanks, Jille Timmermans!) (#2922)
  • Fixed config being overwritten when UMS closes (#2875)
  • Fixed setting directory as fully played when folder names are similar
  • Fixed peakaboo in status bar during scans
  • Fixed database upgrade bugs
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • German (100%) (thanks, pipin!)
  • Portuguese (100%) (thanks, RPargana!)
  • Dependencies:
  • Bump FFmpeg to latest
  • Bump h2 from 2.1.210 to 2.1.212
  • Bump icu4j from 70.1 to 71.1
  • Bump JRE from 8u322 to 8u332
  • Bump maven-antrun-plugin from 3.0.0 to 3.1.0
  • Bump maven-javadoc-plugin from 3.3.2 to 3.4.0
  • Bump maven-site-plugin from 3.11.0 to 3.12.0
  • Bump MediaInfo from 21.09 to 22.03
  • Bump oshi-core from 6.1.5 to 6.1.6
  • Bump surefire-version from 3.0.0-M5 to 3.0.0-M6

New in Universal Media Server 11.0.0 Alpha 1 (May 3, 2022)

  • General:
  • Uses image backgrounds and logos for movies, TV series and episodes on the web interface
  • Web interface switches between dark and light themes in Media Library based on background images
  • Automatic quality adjustment on web interface, with optional manual settings
  • Improved video forward-backward positioning in videos via the web video player
  • Improved web interface design
  • Improved web video player design
  • Improved API metadata matches for TV series
  • Added HLS video option which may improve support for transcoding via some renderers like Philips TVs
  • Log splitting/zipping (#2608)
  • Implemented network state scanner
  • Show the addresses of servers on the Status tab (#2372)
  • Allow to set the log level of FFmpeg in its engine settings in the desktop UI (#2677)
  • Increased maximum memory limit on macOS to match Windows
  • Fixed Restart server when network interface becomes available (#2615)
  • Fixed Network Interface not found (#1485)
  • Fixed GetProtocolInfo not being recieved (#2338)
  • Fixed Font scaling issues on some elements of the GUI for some users (#2549)
  • Fixed UMS doesn't free DLNA ports after closing (#739)
  • Fixed Service wrapper for Windows doesn't work with 64 bit JVM (#767)
  • Fixed Deinstallation does not remove autostart entry for wrapper.exe (#2343)
  • Fixed Attempt to remove medias.lock on install/startup (#2838)
  • Fixed Media Library no longer populated and startup scan slowness (#2826)
  • Fixed Cound not open the default web browser: The BROWSE action is not supported on the current platform! (#2725)
  • Renderers:
  • Samsung 2021 TVs use HLS transcoding
  • Dependencies:
  • Added x64 windows service wrapper
  • Fixed support for latest Maven versions
  • Replaced Cling with JUPnP
  • Bump checkstyle from 9.3 to 10.2
  • Bump JRE from 8u332 to 17.0.3
  • Bump Video.js from 7.13.3 to 7.19.2

New in Universal Media Server 10.20.0 (Apr 2, 2022)

  • General:
  • Added ability to update audio ID3 tags via MusicBrainz, disabled by default
  • Added ability to rate/like music via API
  • Added "My Albums" folder to the Media Library
  • Added support for UPnP sortOrder requests when using UPnP searching
  • Added dc:date UPnP attribute for renderers to optionally use
  • Allow API strings to be translated
  • Updated default podcasts and YouTube channels
  • Fixed slow browsing of the root and web folders
  • Improved responsiveness during startup scans
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Catalan (100%) (thanks, Toni Grau i Quellos!)
  • Chinese (Traditional) (95%) (thanks, Gene Wu!)
  • Danish (100%) (thanks, NCAA!)
  • Finnish (100%) (thanks, Esko Gardner!)
  • French (100%) (thanks, Archaos!)
  • Italian (100%) (thanks, Oscar Zambotti!)
  • Japanese (99%) (thanks, was0914!)
  • Korean (100%) (thanks, VenusGirl!)
  • Polish (100%) (thanks, Karol Szastok!)
  • Portuguese (100%) (thanks, mariopinto!)
  • Portuguese (Brazilian) (100%) (thanks, Mauro.A!)
  • Spanish (100%) (thanks, Sergio Varela!)
  • Swedish (99%) (thanks, Lorien aka the First One!)
  • Turkish (100%) (thanks, Burak Yavuz!)
  • Dependencies:
  • Bump jna from 5.10.0 to 5.11.0
  • Bump junrar from 7.4.1 to 7.5.0
  • Bump metadata-extractor from 2.16.0 to 2.17.0
  • Bump oshi-core from 6.1.4 to 6.1.5
  • Bump spotbugs-maven-plugin from 4.5.3.0 to 4.6.0.0

New in Universal Media Server 10.19.0 (Apr 1, 2022)

  • General:
  • Improved speed of video metadata lookups
  • Improved speed and drive use when browsing/scanning folders
  • Match more years in filenames for more accurate video metadata lookups
  • Fixed junk data at the end of transcoded videos (#2867)
  • Fixed the failed lookups table upgrade/creation (#2871)
  • Fixed TV series data versioning
  • Fixed redundant TV series lookups
  • Fixed response caching
  • Fixed failed video metadata caching
  • Fixed hanging API requests
  • Dependencies:
  • Bump logback-version from 1.2.10 to 1.2.11

New in Universal Media Server 10.19.0 (Mar 16, 2022)

  • General:
  • Improved speed of video metadata lookups
  • Improved speed and drive use when browsing/scanning folders
  • Match more years in filenames for more accurate video metadata lookups
  • Fixed junk data at the end of transcoded videos (#2867)
  • Fixed the failed lookups table upgrade/creation (#2871)
  • Fixed TV series data versioning
  • Fixed redundant TV series lookups
  • Fixed response caching
  • Fixed failed video metadata caching
  • Fixed hanging API requests
  • Dependencies:
  • Bump logback-version from 1.2.10 to 1.2.11

New in Universal Media Server 10.18.0 (Mar 16, 2022)

  • General:
  • Fixed video metadata not writing to database
  • Fixed shared folder added via wizard not being saved
  • Fixed overwriting WEB.conf with defaults if UMS.conf is missing
  • Fixed initial shared folder not being monitored
  • Improved performance of database writes
  • Renderers:
  • Added recognition of more LG Blu-ray players (thanks, OlliL!)
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Icelandic (18%) (thanks, Diðrik Valur Diðriksson!)
  • Dependencies:
  • Bump oshi-core from 6.1.3 to 6.1.4

New in Universal Media Server 10.17.1 (Mar 7, 2022)

  • General:
  • Fixed not removing Windows service on uninstall (#2343)
  • Fixed broken database upgrade (#2838, #2826)
  • Renderers:
  • Improved support for Samsung 2021 TVs
  • Speed up video playback on Kodi (thanks, Dušan Kazik!)
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Ukrainian (30%) (thanks, Roman Malkov and rnglad!)
  • Dependencies:
  • Bump gson from 2.8.9 to 2.9.0
  • Bump maven-compiler-plugin from 3.9.0 to 3.10.0
  • Bump maven-javadoc-plugin from 3.3.1 to 3.3.2
  • Bump maven-pmd-plugin from 3.15.0 to 3.16.0
  • Bump maven-project-info-reports-plugin from 3.2.1 to 3.2.2
  • Bump maven-site-plugin from 3.10.0 to 3.11.0
  • Bump oshi-core from 5.8.6 to 6.1.3
  • Bump slf4j from 1.7.21 to 1.7.36
  • Bump thumbnailator from 0.4.16 to 0.4.17
  • Bump twelvemonkeys-imageio-version from 3.8.1 to 3.8.2

New in Universal Media Server 10.17.0 (Feb 15, 2022)

  • General:
  • Added a new, experimental HTTP server (disabled by default)
  • Fixed occasional problems with playing TV stations via Tvheadend, and other web content (thanks, Premik!)
  • Web interface uses SSE instead of polling for greater efficiency
  • Added support for UPnP searching by MusicBrainz albums
  • Fixed broken UPnP searching
  • Performance improvements
  • Minor bug fixes
  • Significant refactoring
  • Renderers:
  • Improved support for Samsung 5300 Series
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Japanese (99%) (thanks, yanote!)
  • Swedish (99%) (thanks, Andy Catalui!)
  • Ukrainian (23%) (thanks, Pavlo Kuznietsov!)
  • Dependencies:
  • Bump checkstyle from 9.2.1 to 9.3
  • Bump h2 from 2.0.206 to 2.1.210
  • Bump jaudiotagger from 2.2.5 to 3.0.1
  • Bump JRE from 8u312 to 8u322
  • Bump junrar from 7.4.0 to 7.4.1
  • Bump maven-project-info-reports-plugin from 3.1.2 to 3.2.1

New in Universal Media Server 10.16.0 (Feb 13, 2022)

  • General:
  • Improved detection of TV episodes and movies
  • Improved cache performance and resource use
  • Made shutdown more reliable
  • Made Resume files appear after the original file entry instead of before
  • Fixed filtering folder names (#2697)
  • Fixed frozen scanning when files can't be parsed (#1879)
  • Tweaked audio track sorting heuristics
  • Added configuration flag sort_audio_tracks_by_album_position
  • Significant code improvements (thanks, SurfaceS!)
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Catalan (100%) (thanks, Toni Grau i Quellos!)
  • Spanish (100%) (thanks, Carlos Suárez!)
  • Ukrainian (21%) (thanks, Mykola Petrivs'kyi!)
  • Dependencies:
  • Bump assertj-core from 3.21.0 to 3.22.0
  • Bump h2 from 2.0.204 to 2.0.206
  • Bump maven-compiler-plugin from 3.8.1 to 3.9.0
  • Bump spotbugs-maven-plugin from 4.5.2.0 to 4.5.3.0
  • Bump thumbnailator from 0.4.15 to 0.4.16
  • Bump tsMuxeR from 2021-11-14 to 2022-01-13

New in Universal Media Server 10.15.0 (Jan 16, 2022)

  • General:
  • Vast speed improvements
  • Added ability to overlay text under the renderer icon (thanks, SurfaceS!)
  • Web interface initially loads 3 seconds faster
  • Fixed network speed detection on Docker
  • Improved communicating changes with devices (like fully played status)
  • Fixed broken file playback, especially with large collections
  • Fixed undefined "Rated" field with some videos on web interface
  • Fixed media not marked as fully played if the file action failed
  • Fixed resume files not being created on the web interface
  • Fixed files marked as stopped when they are still playing on the web interface (#2766)
  • Fixed "not playable" message on web interface (#2258)
  • Renderers:
  • Added detection of more Roku TVs
  • Added detection of Samsung Soundbars
  • Added detection of Sony X Series TVs
  • Added detection of TCL TVs
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • German (100%) (thanks, pipin!)
  • Italian (100%) (thanks, Oscar Zambotti!)
  • Dependencies:
  • Bump checkstyle from 9.2 to 9.2.1
  • Bump h2database from 1.4.197 to 2.0.204 (thanks, SurfaceS!)
  • Bump icu4j from 69.1 to 70.1
  • Bump logback-version from 1.2.9 to 1.2.10
  • Bump maven-site-plugin from 3.9.1 to 3.10.0
  • Bump rome from 1.16.0 to 1.18.0
  • Bump twelvemonkeys-imageio-version from 3.8.0 to 3.8.1

New in Universal Media Server 10.15.0 for Subscribers (Jan 9, 2022)

  • General:
  • Vast speed improvements
  • Added ability to overlay text under the renderer icon (thanks, SurfaceS!)
  • Web interface initially loads 3 seconds faster
  • Fixed network speed detection on Docker
  • Improved communicating changes with devices (like fully played status)
  • Fixed broken file playback, especially with large collections
  • Fixed undefined "Rated" field with some videos on web interface
  • Fixed media not marked as fully played if the file action failed
  • Fixed resume files not being created on the web interface
  • Fixed files marked as stopped when they are still playing on the web interface (#2766)
  • Fixed "not playable" message on web interface (#2258)
  • Renderers:
  • Added detection of more Roku TVs
  • Added detection of Samsung Soundbars
  • Added detection of Sony X Series TVs
  • Added detection of TCL TVs
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • German (100%) (thanks, pipin!)
  • Italian (100%) (thanks, Oscar Zambotti!)
  • Dependencies:
  • Bump checkstyle from 9.2 to 9.2.1
  • Bump h2database from 1.4.197 to 2.0.204 (thanks, SurfaceS!)
  • Bump icu4j from 69.1 to 70.1
  • Bump logback-version from 1.2.9 to 1.2.10
  • Bump maven-site-plugin from 3.9.1 to 3.10.0
  • Bump rome from 1.16.0 to 1.18.0
  • Bump twelvemonkeys-imageio-version from 3.8.0 to 3.8.1

New in Universal Media Server 10.14.1 (Dec 24, 2021)

  • General:
  • Fixed broken logging characters with some languages (thanks, SurfaceS!)
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Danish (100%) (thanks, NCAA!)
  • Finnish (100%) (thanks, Esko Gardner!)
  • French (100%) (thanks, Archaos!)
  • Korean (100%) (thanks, VenusGirl!)
  • Polish (100%) (thanks, Karol Szastok!)
  • Portuguese (100%) (thanks, mariopinto!)
  • Portuguese (Brazilian) (100%) (thanks, Mauro.A!)
  • Slovak (93%) (thanks, Lukáš Praznovec!)
  • Swedish (97%) (thanks, Lorien aka the First One)
  • Turkish (100%) (thanks, Burak Yavuz!)
  • Dependencies:
  • Bump logback from 1.2.8 to 1.2.9
  • Bump spotbugs-maven-plugin from 4.5.0.0 to 4.5.2.0

New in Universal Media Server 10.13.0 (Nov 18, 2021)

  • General:
  • Improved matching and prettifying of TV episodes, especially anime and TV episodes
  • Allow successful API matches to be updated via versioning, for more accurate results
  • If a folder contains music tracks, music tracks will be sorted by track number (thanks, ik666!)
  • Re-implemented UPnP searching (thanks, ik666!)
  • Compact database on shutdown (thanks, ik666!)
  • Fixed status line glitches while scanning
  • Improved default network interface selection
  • Fixed playlist folders not updating (thanks, ik666!)
  • Fixed sorting when API result starts with a different letter than filename
  • Parse files that have the short naming convention, where the parent directory is the real filename
  • Fixed parsing of TV episodes in season 0
  • Fixed crash when bumping database version
  • Fixed memory leak after failed API lookup
  • Fixed hanging process due to filewatcher not closing before shutdown
  • Various web interface code improvements (thanks, Amir, Florian, and Kurtis Hanson)
  • Code readability improvements (thanks, Christian Baer!)
  • Protect against uncaught exceptions
  • Fixed memory leaks
  • Fixed database thread-safety bugs
  • Increased performance of some database queries
  • Increased performance of filename prettifying
  • Fixed sending API requests when external network is disabled
  • Fixed process hanging if filesystem activity happens in a watched folder during shutdown
  • Renderers:
  • Improved matching and transcoding on Samsung 4K+ TVs
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Bengali (1%) (thanks, Bipul Dey!)
  • Chinese (Simplified) (100%) (thanks, wwj402_github!)
  • Chinese (Traditional) (96%) (thanks, Gene Wu!)
  • Czech (100%)
  • Danish (100%) (thanks, GurliGebis!)
  • Hungarian (96%) (thanks, Hild György!)
  • Japanese (100%) (thanks, Katsuhide.M!)
  • Romanian (100%) (thanks, Bogdan!)
  • Dependencies:
  • Bump assertj-core from 3.20.2 to 3.21.0
  • Bump checkstyle from 9.0 to 9.1
  • Bump gson from 2.8.8 to 2.8.9
  • Bump junit5.version from 5.8.0 to 5.8.1
  • Bump JRE from 8u302 to 8u312
  • Bump logback from 1.2.5 to 1.2.7
  • Bump maven-enforcer-plugin from 3.0.0-M3 to 3.0.0
  • Bump MediaInfo from 21.03 to 21.09
  • Bump oshi-core from 5.8.2 to 5.8.3
  • Bump spotbugs-maven-plugin from 4.3.0 to 4.4.2.2

New in Universal Media Server 10.12.0 (Sep 18, 2021)

  • General:
  • Increased performance and reduced memory use of startup scan
  • Renderer configurations now have MediaInfo enabled by default
  • Fixed files locking during or just after download
  • Fixed process hanging on shutdown
  • Made building the project faster
  • Started using DeepSource for static code analysis
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • French (100%) (thanks, Archaos!)
  • German (100%) (thanks, pipin!)
  • Italian (100%) (thanks, Marco F. V. Baljet!)
  • Portuguese (Brazilian) (thanks, Mauro.A!)
  • Russian (96%) (thanks, Andrey Zhernovoy!)
  • Dependencies:
  • Revert h2database from 1.4.199 to 1.4.197
  • Bump JRE to 8u302+8 on macOS
  • Bump junit5.version from 5.7.2 to 5.8.0
  • Bump maven-javadoc-plugin from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1
  • Bump maven-pmd-plugin from 3.14.0 to 3.15.0
  • Bump oshi-core from 5.8.1 to 5.8.2
  • Fixed using x64 JRE on x86 (i586) Linux

New in Universal Media Server 10.11.0 (Sep 4, 2021)

  • General:
  • Added link to changelog in auto updater (thanks, Patrick!)
  • Fixed Dolby Vision video being detected as Digital Video (dv)
  • Fixed browsing on some renderers
  • Fixed tsMuxeR not working on macOS (thanks, justdan96!)
  • Renderers:
  • Improved support for subtitles on LG OLED TVs
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Chinese (Traditional) (95%) (thanks, Gene Wu!)
  • Czech (99%)
  • Danish (100%) (thanks, NCAA!)
  • Dutch (97%) (thanks, Jos van der logt!)
  • Finnish (100%) (thanks, Esko Gardner!)
  • Korean (100%) (thanks, VenusGirl!)
  • Polish (100%) (thanks, Karol Szastok!)
  • Portuguese (99%) (thanks, mariopinto!)
  • Spanish (100%) (thanks, edwardalvarez2011!)
  • Turkish (100%) (thanks, Burak Yavuz and Erdin Koc!)
  • Ukrainian (19%) (thanks, Paul Furlet!)
  • Dependencies:
  • Bump checkstyle from 8.45.1 to 9.0
  • Bump JNA from 5.8.0 to 5.9.0
  • Bump oshi-core from 5.8.0 to 5.8.1
  • Bump tsMuxeR to 2021-09-02-01-59-46

New in Universal Media Server 10.10.1 (Aug 24, 2021)

  • General:
  • Up to 4x browsing speed improvement (thanks, ik666!)
  • Disabled UPnP search while we fix problems with it
  • Fixed sending MusicBrainz info for non-audio files
  • Fixed the older HTTP engine
  • Renderers:
  • Improved support for HDR and high bit depths on LG OLED TVs
  • Fixed support for OGG formats on LG EG910V TV
  • Dependencies:
  • Bump gson from 2.8.7 to 2.8.8
  • Bump JRE to 8u302+8
  • Bump logback-version from 1.2.3 to 1.2.5

New in Universal Media Server 10.10.0 (Aug 18, 2021)

  • Fixes some renderers not reflecting content updates like fully played thumbnail changes
  • Fixed broken API matching for episodes from files with years in the series name
  • Fixed files locking during or just after download
  • Ignore incomplete files
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Romanian (100%) (thanks, FlorinT!)
  • Russian (90%) (thanks, Sergei Kotlar!)

New in Universal Media Server 10.8.2 (Jul 25, 2021)

  • General:
  • Fixed a crash on headless environments like Docker
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Polish (100%) (thanks, Karol Szastok!)

New in Universal Media Server 10.8.1 (Jul 24, 2021)

  • General:
  • Fixed a crash on headless environments like Docker
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Chinese (Simplified) (100%)
  • English (United Kingdom) (43%)
  • French (100%)
  • Portuguese (Brazilian) (100%)
  • Ukrainian (18%)

New in Universal Media Server 10.8.0 (Jul 22, 2021)

  • General:
  • Added youtube-dl engine which fixes support for YouTube channel feeds
  • Added automatic names for web feeds in the user interface, and the ability to add/edit manual names for web streams
  • Added sample web radio stream
  • Added support for pasting YouTube channels directly, instead of needing the feed URLs
  • Improved performance and logging for unmonitored files
  • Fixed several web content user interface bugs
  • Fixed sample web feeds and streams not being loaded on macOS
  • Fixed broken sample web feeds
  • Fixed/updated readme links
  • Fixed web bump interface
  • Fixed broken thumbnail caching on macOS
  • Fixed support for mp3 radio streams on the web interface
  • Fixed support for radio streams without thumbnails on the web interface
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Danish (100%) (thanks, NCAA!)
  • English (United Kingdom) (36%) (thanks, Pete Russell!)
  • Finnish (100%) (thanks, Esko Gardner!)
  • Italian (99%) (thanks, Dimitri Graffi!)
  • Korean (100%) (thanks, VenusGirl!)
  • Portuguese (99%) (thanks, mariopinto!)
  • Portuguese (Brazilian) (96%) (thanks, Mauro.A!)
  • Turkish (100%) (thanks, Burak Yavuz!)
  • Dependencies:
  • Bump commons-io from 2.10.0 to 2.11.0
  • Bump FFmpeg to latest Git versions
  • Bump logback-version from 1.2.3 to 1.2.4
  • Bump oshi-core from 5.7.5 to 5.8.0
  • Bump rome from 1.15.0 to 1.16.0
  • Bump spotbugs-maven-plugin from 4.2.3 to 4.3.0
  • Bump Video.js from 7.10.1 to 7.13.3

New in Universal Media Server 10.7.0 (Jul 4, 2021)

  • General:
  • Improved detection of movies and anime episodes
  • Increased default max memory on Windows machines with 8+ GB RAM
  • Removed filename from entries inside the TRANSCODE folder
  • Fixed upnp:class in UPnP search results (thanks, ik666!)
  • Fixed the "Reset the cache" button not resetting API metadata too
  • Fixed failed database upgrade for fully played statuses
  • Fixed FFmpeg crash
  • Fixed marking a directory as fully played not changing cached thumbnails
  • Renderers:
  • Improved support for VLC on iPhone
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Czech (100%)
  • Danish (100%) (thanks, NCAA!)
  • Finnish (100%) (thanks, Esko Gardner!)
  • French (100%) (thanks, Archaos!)
  • Hungarian (94%) (thanks, Zatamon!)
  • Korean (100%) (thanks, VenusGirl!)
  • Polish (100%) (thanks, Karol Szastok!)
  • Portuguese (99%) (thanks, mariopinto!)
  • Portuguese (Brazilian) (96%) (thanks, Mauro.A!)
  • Romanian (100%) (thanks, FlorinT!)
  • Russian (89%) (thanks, Dmitry Lavrentev!)
  • Turkish (100%) (thanks, Burak Yavuz!)
  • Dependencies:
  • Bump assertj-core from 3.19.0 to 3.20.2
  • Bump checkstyle from 8.43 to 8.44
  • Bump commons-io from 2.9.0 to 2.10.0
  • Bump doxia-module-docbook-simple from 1.9.1 to 1.10
  • Bump git-commit-id-plugin from 4.0.4 to 4.0.5
  • Bump jaudiotagger from 2.2.5 to 2.2.7
  • Bump maven-idea-plugin from 2.2.1 to 2.3-atlassian-10
  • Bump oshi-core from 5.7.4 to 5.7.5

New in Universal Media Server 10.6.0 (Jun 4, 2021)

  • General:
  • Added support for UPnP searching (thanks, sf666!)
  • Removed broken New Media folder, as that functionality exists in the Media Library
  • Improved episode detection and prettifying
  • Fixed failed database connections with hanging processes
  • Fixed description of media library/cache settings
  • Renderers:
  • Improved support for Sony XBR OLED TVs
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Chinese (Simplified) (98%) (thanks, QI wolong!)
  • Danish (100%) (thanks, NCAA and GurliGebis!)
  • Finnish (100%) (thanks, Esko Gardner!)
  • French (100%) (thanks, Archaos!)
  • German (98%) (thanks, pipin!)
  • Korean (100%) (thanks, VenusGirl!)
  • Polish (100%) (thanks, Karol Szastok!)
  • Portuguese (99%) (thanks, mariopinto!)
  • Portuguese (Brazilian) (96%) (thanks, Mauro.A!)
  • Serbian (Cyrillic) (96%) (thanks, Slobodan Simić (Слободан Симић)!)
  • Spanish (100%) (thanks, edwardalvarez2011 and fafranco82!)
  • Turkish (100%) (thanks, Burak Yavuz!)
  • Ukrainian (18%) (thanks, Paul Furlet!)
  • Dependencies:
  • Bump checkstyle from 8.42 to 8.43
  • Bump commons-io from 2.8.0 to 2.9.0
  • Bump FLAC on macOS to 1.3.3
  • Bump tsMuxeR (justdan96 release) on macOS to 2021-04-30-02-13-20
  • Bump gson from 2.8.6 to 2.8.7
  • Bump jna-version from 5.7.0 to 5.8.0
  • Bump junit5.version from 5.7.1 to 5.7.2
  • Bump maven-javadoc-plugin from 3.2.0 to 3.3.0
  • Bump oshi-core from 5.5.0 to 5.7.4

New in Universal Media Server 10.5.0 (May 9, 2021)

  • General:
  • Added new option to mark a fully played video after moving it to a new folder
  • Implemented external API to allow users to perform actions on their UMS instance from an authorized external source, please see docs at https://support.universalmediaserver.com/books/configuration/page/external-api (thanks, ikrahne!)
  • Fixed TV series metadata not saving for some series
  • Improved episode detection from filenames
  • Optimized network use and handling of unimplemented UPnP actions for some renderers
  • Fixed audio cover art extraction (thanks, ik666!)
  • Fixed database upgrade for some users
  • Fixed recognition of some renderers
  • Renderers:
  • Improved support for H.264 on Panasonic VT60
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Danish (99%) (thanks, NCAA and GurliGebis!)
  • Finnish (99%) (thanks, Esko Gardner!)
  • French (100%) (thanks, Archaos!)
  • Italian (98%) (thanks, tiwi90!)
  • Korean (99%) (thanks, VenusGirl!)
  • Polish (100%) (thanks, Karol Szastok!)
  • Portuguese (99%) (thanks, mariopinto!)
  • Portuguese (Brazilian) (96%) (thanks, Mauro.A!)
  • Serbian (97%) (thanks, Slobodan Simić (Слободан Симић)!)
  • Spanish (100%) (thanks, Gerardo Ruiz, fafranco82, Eduardo Martin, and manuel fernandez!)
  • Turkish (100%) (thanks, Burak Yavuz!)
  • Ukrainian (17%) (thanks, Paul Furlet!)
  • Dependencies:
  • Bump checkstyle from 8.41 to 8.42
  • Bump com.sun.xml.bind-version from 3.0.0 to 3.0.1
  • Bump commons-lang3 from 3.11 to 3.12.0
  • Bump icu4j from 68.2 to 69.1
  • Bump JRE from 15 to 8u292
  • Bump maven-project-info-reports-plugin from 3.1.1 to 3.1.2
  • Bump MediaInfo from 20.09 to 21.03
  • Bump metadata-extractor from 2.15.0 to 2.16.0
  • Bump spotbugs-maven-plugin from 4.2.2 to 4.2.3
  • Bump twelvemonkeys-imageio-version from 3.6.4 to 3.7.0

New in Universal Media Server 10.4.1 (Mar 27, 2021)

  • General:
  • Fixed broken transcoding for some users
  • Fixed file scanner freezing on some files with external subtitles
  • Fixed support for HEVC (H.265) via tsMuxeR
  • Renderers:
  • Fixed detection of some Samsung 4K (UHD) TVs (thanks, jkl16!)
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Dutch (100%) (thanks, johnnygood!)
  • German (100%) (thanks, pipin!)
  • Korean (99%) (thanks, VenusGirl!)
  • Norwegian (85%) (thanks, nhanssen88!)
  • Spanish (100%) (thanks, Julio Alberto García!)
  • Dependencies:
  • Bump spotbugs-maven-plugin from 4.2.0 to 4.2.2

New in Universal Media Server 10.4.0 (Mar 20, 2021)

  • General:
  • Added renderer config setting DisableUmsResume for renderers with their own resume support, like Samsung TVs
  • Improved speed of transcoding to H.264 by up to 3x
  • Fixed MEncoder crashing when trying to downmix 7.1 AAC to 5.1 AC-3
  • Fixed renderer SupportedVideoBitDepths setting
  • Improved memory use and speed when resume is disabled
  • Fixed renderer resolution and bitrate limiting
  • Fixed broken transcoding for some users since the previous release
  • Renderers:
  • Improved support for VC1 codec on Sony Blu-ray UBP-X800M2 (thanks, thechrisgregory!)
  • Improved support for many filetypes on Kodi (thanks, thechrisgregory!)
  • Improved support for 12-bit video on VLC
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Estonian (24%) (thanks, Tanel K!)
  • Japanese (97%) (thanks, Katsuhide.M!)
  • Russian (91%) (thanks, Dmitry Lavrentev!)
  • Dependencies:
  • Bump git-commit-id-plugin from 4.0.3 to 4.0.4
  • Rolled back FFmpeg

New in Universal Media Server 10.2.0 (Feb 28, 2021)

  • General:
  • Added option to skip the first-run wizard (thanks, Ahmed Adan!)
  • Improved speed of API lookups by up to 3x
  • Improved support for MusicBrainz (thanks, ik666!)
  • Fixed support for some languages, e.g. Arabic
  • Fixed and secured some URLs in the code and docs
  • Renderers:
  • Added support for MediaPlayer by PeteManchester
  • Added support for nextCP/2
  • Fix auto loading for Sony UBP-X800
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Arabic (100%) (thanks, ???? ?????? !)
  • Catalan (100%) (thanks, nikodeimos!)
  • French (100%) (thanks, Archaos!)
  • Hungarian (100%) (thanks, Viktor Kozma!)
  • Slovak (99%) (thanks, Dušan!)
  • Swedish (100%) (thanks, Erik Karlsson!)
  • Dependency updates:
  • Bump CheckStyle to 8.40

New in Universal Media Server 10.2.0 (Feb 28, 2021)

  • General:
  • Added option to skip the first-run wizard (thanks, Ahmed Adan!)
  • Improved speed of API lookups by up to 3x
  • Improved support for MusicBrainz (thanks, ik666!)
  • Fixed support for some languages, e.g. Arabic
  • Fixed and secured some URLs in the code and docs
  • Renderers:
  • Added support for MediaPlayer by PeteManchester
  • Added support for nextCP/2
  • Fix auto loading for Sony UBP-X800
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Arabic (100%) (thanks, ???? ?????? !)
  • Catalan (100%) (thanks, nikodeimos!)
  • French (100%) (thanks, Archaos!)
  • Hungarian (100%) (thanks, Viktor Kozma!)
  • Slovak (99%) (thanks, Dušan!)
  • Swedish (100%) (thanks, Erik Karlsson!)
  • Dependency updates:
  • Bump CheckStyle to 8.40

New in Universal Media Server 10.1.0 (Feb 18, 2021)

  • General:
  • Added lastPlaybackPosition, lastPlaybackDate, and playbackCount to UPnP responses
  • Added bitsPerSample to UPnP responses (thanks, sf666!)
  • Fixed VLC transcoding bugs
  • Fixed SkipExtensions setting not supporting spaces (thanks, ik666!)
  • Fixed tsMuxeR on 64-bit Linux and macOS systems
  • Fixed MPlayer/MEncoder on macOS 10.15+
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Arabic (100%)
  • Catalan (93%)
  • Dutch (100%)
  • Korean (99%)
  • Serbian (Cyrillic) (100%)
  • Dependency updates:
  • Bump junit5.version from 5.7.0 to 5.7.1
  • Bump maven-checkstyle-plugin from 3.1.1 to 3.1.2
  • Bump MPlayer/MEncoder for macOS to SB67

New in Universal Media Server 10.0.0 (Jan 12, 2021)

  • General:
  • Retry media lookups that failed due to transient errors
  • Fixed automatic file watching
  • Renderers:
  • Improved support for Sony Bluray UBP-X800M2 (thanks, thechrisgregory!)
  • Fixed UPnP pushing via Panasonic TVs and Samsung Q9 TVs
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Czech (100%)
  • Danish (100%)
  • English (United Kingdom) (32%)
  • Finnish (100%)
  • Greek (91%)
  • French (100%)
  • Japanese (99%)
  • Polish (100%)
  • Portuguese (100%)
  • Portuguese (Brazilian) (100%)
  • Romanian (99%)
  • Serbian (99%)
  • Turkish (100%)
  • Dependency updates:
  • Bump spotbugs-maven-plugin from 4.1.4 to 4.2.0

New in Universal Media Server 10.0.0 Alpha 1 (Dec 22, 2020)

  • DLNA browsing:
  • When browsing a TV show in the Media Library, all videos across all seasons are visible.
  • There are two new folders within the Movies and TV Shows folders - Filter by Progress and Filter by Information.
  • Filter by Progress contains the Watched and Unwatched folders which used to sit within the Videos folder in the Media Library
  • Filter by Information lets you filter the videos by a new rich metadata set (actors, genres, country, director, genre, IMDb rating, release date).
  • Alongside that is a similar folder Filter by Information which lets you filter the videos by API metadata (actors, genres, etc.)
  • New folders Recently Added, Recently Played, In Progress and Most Played are in the Media Library
  • Web interface:
  • Added breadcrumbs at the top of each page
  • When in the TV Shows area of the Media Library, the TV shows themselves are shown as thumbnails, with covers from the API
  • When browsing a TV show, a movie, or a TV episode, any API metadata is displayed along with a large cover image, including actors, awards, classification, country, directors, genres, plot, ratings, year, and total seasons.
  • On those pages above, the colors on the pages are based on the cover image
  • Clicking on an individual actor, country, director, genre, or start year, takes you to a list of other media that matches that metadata
  • The last few items in the Recently Added, Recently Played, In Progress and Most Played folders are displayed on the front page
  • Each TV show and movie has an IMDb icon and direct link if one is found
  • Folder and media covers are shown
  • Fixed bugs with the Back button
  • Version has moved to the settings menu
  • Minor design updates
  • General:
  • API is enabled even without filename prettifying
  • Failed API lookups are debounced by 1 week to avoid network spam
  • Changed prettified season/episode number formatting from Series - 101 - Episode to Series S01E01 - Episode
  • Fixed some bugs with prettifying to support more files
  • Added support for audio playlist thumbnails (thanks, sf666!)
  • Playlist folders are correctly identified via UPnP (thanks, sf666!)
  • Dependency updates:
  • Bump jQuery from 1.12.0 to 3.5.1
  • Bump video.js from 7.2.3 to 7.10.1

New in Universal Media Server 9.8.2 (Dec 22, 2020)

  • General:
  • Improved filename prettifying for XviD and x265 videos
  • Improved support for WebP images
  • Fixed memory leaks
  • Fixed duration of resume files via DLNA
  • Fixed incorrect resolution metadata if the renderer uses KeepAspectRatioTranscoding
  • Fixed not removing old JRE folders on Windows install
  • Updated links in documentation (thanks, xaitax!)
  • Fixed date on zip logs filename (thanks, Midhun R Nair!)
  • Save logs to desktop by default (thanks, dotslash21!)
  • Renderers:
  • Improved support for Blu-ray and DVD subtitles on VLC for desktop
  • Improved detection of Microsoft Edge
  • Updated logo for Microsoft Edge
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Chinese (Simplified) (100%)
  • Chinese (Traditional) (100%)
  • Dutch (92%)
  • Italian (100%)
  • Romanian (100%)
  • Serbian (Cyrillic) (86%)
  • Dependencies:
  • Bump AdoptOpenJDK from 14.0.2 to 15.0.1+9
  • Bump assertj-core from 3.17.1 to 3.18.0
  • Bump commons-io from 2.7 to 2.8.0
  • Bump commons-lang3 from 3.7 to 3.9
  • Bump commons-text from 1.3 to 1.9
  • Bump git-commit-id-plugin from 4.0.2 to 4.0.3
  • Bump icu4j from 67.1 to 68.1
  • Bump junit5.version from 5.6.2 to 5.7.0
  • Bump junrar from 7.3.0 to 7.4.0
  • Bump maven-project-info-reports-plugin from 3.1.0 to 3.1.1
  • Bump metadata-extractor from 2.14.0 to 2.15.0
  • Bump oshi-core from 5.2.5 to 5.3.4
  • Bump spotbugs-maven-plugin from 4.0.4 to 4.1.4

New in Universal Media Server 9.8.1 (Nov 9, 2020)

  • General:
  • Improved speed of renderers and UMS recognizing each other
  • Reduced network and CPU loads associated with renderer discovery
  • Improved loading of external libraries
  • Fixed older macOS auto-updating to UMS for newer macOS
  • Fixed quickrun scripts for developers
  • Fixed not removing the Windows service firewall rule on uninstall
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • English (United Kingdom) (33%)
  • German (98%)
  • Slovak (98%)
  • Dependencies:
  • Bump assertj-core from 3.16.1 to 3.17.1
  • Bump git-commit-id-plugin from 4.0.1 to 4.0.2
  • Bump junrar from 6.0.1 to 7.3.0
  • Bump maven-resources-plugin from 3.1.0 to 3.2.0
  • Bump MediaInfo from 18.12 to 20.08
  • Bump oshi-core from 5.2.2 to 5.2.5

New in Universal Media Server 9.8.0 (Sep 5, 2020)

  • Changes since 9.7.2
  • General:
  • Started releasing two macOS builds which fixed MEncoder not working on 10.15 (Catalina)
  • Improved support for ASF, MKV, MP4, MPEG-PS, MPEG-TS, and WMV videos by adding and improving accuracy of DLNA.ORG_PN values (thanks for testing, carlosvsilva!)
  • Reduced CPU use and improved video/audio quality by muxing some supported streams with FFmpeg instead of transcoding
  • Other DLNA compatibility fixes, including sending correct framerates, color depths, and audio channel counts
  • Improved load time on web interface with many files by 10x or more (thanks, outnos!)
  • Fixed forced network interface not always persisting
  • Fixed Safari login prompts with HTTPS on web interface (thanks, outnos!)
  • Fixed not displaying the Minimize on startup option in GUI on macOS
  • Fixed Windows installer not adding a Windows Firewall exception for the service
  • Renderers:
  • Improved support for Philips PUS 6500 Series TVs
  • Improved support for AVI files on Panasonic Viera VT60 TVs
  • Improved support for Samsung Q7 Series TVs
  • Fixed detection of Panasonic Viera DX Series TVs
  • Fixed detection of Samsung Q9 TVs
  • Fixed detection of Samsung Soundbar MS750
  • Fixed false-detection of XBMC
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Danish (100%)
  • Korean (34%)
  • Dependencies:
  • Bump AdoptOpenJDK to 14.0.2
  • Bump git-commit-id-plugin from 4.0.0 to 4.0.1
  • Bump jna-version from 5.5.0 to 5.6.0
  • Bump junrar from 4.0.0 to 6.0.1
  • Bump MPlayer/MEncoder for macOS to SB66
  • Bump oshi-core from 5.2.1 to 5.2.2
  • Bump rome from 1.14.1 to 1.15.0
  • Bump twelvemonkeys-imageio-version from 3.5 to 3.6

New in Universal Media Server 9.7.2 (Jul 12, 2020)

  • General:
  • Fixed HTTPS and authentication in the web interface (thanks, outnos!)
  • Fixed Windows service
  • Fixed auto updater getting stuck on program startup
  • Fixed high CPU usage for some users
  • Fixed fontconfig warning
  • Renderers:
  • Added support for Sony STR-DN1080 AV Receiver (thanks, GurliGebis!)
  • Fixed detection of newer versions of VLC on Apple TV (thanks, ajkessel!)
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Bulgarian (100%)
  • French (100%)
  • Hungarian (100%)

New in Universal Media Server 9.7.1 (Jul 12, 2020)

  • General:
  • Implemented the minimize on startup option on macOS
  • Added dates to the debug log zip (thanks, midhun1998!)
  • Added profiling logging for the database
  • Windows installer stops the existing service if it is running
  • Windows installer starts the service if the checkbox is enabled at the end and the service is installed, instead of starting the GUI
  • Windows installer does not try to start the GUI on computer startup if the service is installed
  • GUI warns about using it as a GUI when it is already installed as a service
  • The service uses our bundled Java instead of the system one
  • Changed the default AC-3 transcoding bitrate to 448 for better transcoding compatibility
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Czech (100%)
  • Danish (99%)
  • English (United Kingdom) (25%)
  • Finnish (100%)
  • Polish (100%)
  • Portuguese (100%)
  • Portuguese (Brazilian) (100%)
  • Russian (93%)
  • Slovak (98%)
  • Spanish (99%)
  • Turkish (100%)
  • Ukrainian (17%)
  • Dependency updates:
  • Bump maven-site-plugin from 3.9.0 to 3.9.1
  • Bump oshi-core from 5.1.2 to 5.2.0
  • Bump rome from 1.13.1 to 1.14.1
  • Bump spotbugs-maven-plugin from 4.0.0 to 4.0.4

New in Universal Media Server 9.7.0 (Jul 5, 2020)

  • General:
  • Improved browsing and scanning speed and stability
  • Optimized database storage space
  • Fixed aspect ratio comparisons
  • Fixed the "Check for updates" button not finding updates
  • Fixed support for Eclipse development
  • Fixed freezes while browsing and scanning a folder at the same time
  • Renderers:
  • Improved support for high bit-depth videos on Samsung and Sony TVs, and VLC
  • Fixed transcoding support in some cases on DirecTV, Panasonic, Samsung, Sony and Vizio TVs, and Android phones
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Chinese Traditional (100%)
  • French (100%)
  • Hungarian (100%)
  • Polish (100%)
  • Spanish (100%)
  • Dependency updates:
  • Bump surefire-version from 3.0.0-M4 to 3.0.0-M5

New in Universal Media Server 9.6.2 (Jun 15, 2020)

  • General:
  • Fixed broken browsing on some renderers
  • Fixed broken transcoding on renderers with KeepAspectRatio enabled
  • Renderers:
  • Updated support for external subtitles on VLC for Desktop (thanks, JuanPZ!)
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Russian (94%)
  • Dependency updates:
  • netty from 4.1.50 to 3.10.6

New in Universal Media Server 9.6.1 (Jun 14, 2020)

  • General:
  • Improved compatibility of files containing both supported and unsupported streams
  • Improved support for MP4 and OGA/OGG audio on the web interface
  • Fixed automatic updating on Windows and macOS
  • Fixed renderer control windows not refocusing on Windows when renderer image was clicked
  • Fixed support for external subtitles when using the se syntax in renderer config
  • Fixed not transcoding embedded subtitles when we should
  • Renderers:
  • Updated support for external subtitles on VLC for iOS (thanks, JuanPZ!)
  • Updated support for external subtitles on Panasonic VT60
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • English (British) (5%)
  • Macedonian (0%)
  • Dependency updates:
  • commons-io from 2.6 to 2.7
  • exec-maven-plugin from 1.6.0 to 3.0.0
  • JRE from 8 to 14.0.1
  • maven-project-info-reports-plugin from 3.0.0 to 3.1.0
  • metadata-extractor from 2.13.0 to 2.14.0
  • netty from 3.10.6 to 4.1.50
  • oshi-core from 5.1.0 to 5.1.2
  • rome from 1.12.2 to 1.13.1

New in Universal Media Server 9.5.0 (May 25, 2020)

  • General:
  • Significant improvements to scanning and browsing speed and resource use
  • Fixed episode titles in the Media Library
  • Fixed aspect ratio validation
  • Added more automatic regression tests for file format detection
  • Renderers:
  • Added support for Vimu Player on Amazon Fire TV Stick (thanks, nouse and Nadahar!)
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Dutch (92%)
  • Turkish (100%)
  • Dependency updates:
  • 7zipj from 9.20-2.00 to 16.02-2.01
  • assertj-core from 3.16.0 to 3.16.1
  • junrar from 1.0.1 to 4.0.0
  • oshi-core from 5.0.1 to 5.1.0

New in Universal Media Server 9.4.3 (May 10, 2020)

  • General:
  • Added support for streaming and transcoding from AV1 video codec
  • Added quickrun commands to aid rapid development
  • Memory use improvements on macOS
  • Transcoding compatibility fixes
  • Fixed support for transcoding videos with no audio
  • Renderers:
  • Improved support for LG OLED TVs
  • Improved support for Panasonic VT60 TVs
  • Improved support for Sony AG-series TVs
  • Improved support for Sony X-series TVs
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Serbian (87%)
  • Turkish (100%)
  • Dependencies:
  • Updated assertj to 3.16.0
  • Updated doxia-module-docbook-simple to 1.9.1
  • Updated FFmpeg on macOS to 20200504 (5767a2e) to support more media formats
  • Updated git-commit-id-plugin to 4.0.0
  • Updated h2database to 1.4.199
  • Updated icu4j to 67.1
  • Updated jaxb-impl to 2.3.3
  • Updated JMustache to 1.15
  • Updated JNA to 5.5.0
  • Updated junit5 to 5.6.2
  • Updated maven-antrun-plugin to 3.0.0
  • Updated maven-assembly-plugin to 3.3.0
  • Updated maven-checkstyle-plugin to 3.1.0
  • Updated maven-compiler-plugin to 3.8.1
  • Updated maven-pmd-plugin to 3.13.0
  • Updated maven-project-info-reports-plugin to 3.0.0
  • Updated maven-site-plugin to 3.9.0
  • Updated metadata-extractor to 2.13.0
  • Updated Oshi to 5.0.1
  • Updated plexus-utils to 3.3.0
  • Updated rome to 1.12.2
  • Updated saaj-impl to 1.5.2
  • Updated spotbugs-maven-plugin to 4.0.0

New in Universal Media Server 9.4.2 (Apr 21, 2020)

  • General:
  • Improved detection of M4V and MP4 files
  • Improved automated regression tests for media format detection
  • Improved detection of incomplete binaries
  • Fixed Linux failing to use bundled FFmpeg (thanks, snicket2100!)
  • Fixed support for custom server names with special characters (thanks, snicket2100!)
  • Renderers:
  • Improved support for H.264 videos on VLC for iOS
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Bulgarian (96%)
  • Finnish (100%)
  • French (100%)
  • Hungarian (84%)
  • Romanian (100%)
  • Slovak (100%)
  • Dependencies:
  • Updated Chromecast api-v2 to 0.11.3
  • Fixed broken FFmpeg binary on Linux x86
  • Updated Google Gson to 2.8.6
  • Updated Google Guava to 29.0
  • Updated h2database to 1.4.200
  • Updated Java Runtime Environment to 1.8.251
  • Notes:
  • Windows has limited support from XP onwards, but full support is for Windows 7 onwards
  • MacOS 10.10+ is fully supported

New in Universal Media Server 9.4.1 (Apr 8, 2020)

  • Changes since 9.4.0:
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Bulgarian (93%)
  • Czech (100%)
  • Danish (99%)
  • Finnish (99%)
  • French (99%)
  • Hebrew (21%)
  • Italian (100%)
  • Polish (99%)
  • Portuguese (99%)
  • Portuguese (Brazilian) (99%)
  • Spanish (100%)
  • Swedish (100%)
  • Ukrainian (23%)
  • Dependencies:
  • Updated FFmpeg on macOS to fix a startup bug
  • Updated JUnit5 to 5.6.1
  • Updated Maven Javadoc plugin to 3.2.0
  • Updated Maven Assembly plugin to 3.2.0
  • Notes:
  • The Windows releases work on Windows Vista onwards.

New in Universal Media Server 9.3.0 (Feb 23, 2020)

  • General:
  • Added support for devices that require MRR authorization, like Denon AVR devices (thanks, sc3141)
  • Added support for symlinks in the folder selector
  • Fixed subtitles being transcoded unnecessarily
  • Fixed compiling on new OpenJDK versions
  • Improved support for audio files
  • Improved parsing of uncommon files
  • Fixed attempting to add empty files
  • Added some regression testing for our use of FFmpeg and MediaInfo
  • Dependencies:
  • Updated JRE to 1.8.241

New in Universal Media Server 9.2.0 (Jan 15, 2020)

  • General:
  • Added more precise support for subtitles in renderer profiles. See the si and se options in DefaultRenderer.conf.
  • Fixed uninstallation of Windows service (thanks, pponce!)
  • Use secure connections for program updates (thanks, xaitax!)
  • Fixed startup on Linux using ARM processors (thanks, felsen2011!)
  • Logging improvements
  • Renderers:
  • Added support Sony BRAVIA AG series TVs (thanks, rubin55!)
  • Improved support for 2019 Samsung TVs, including 8K streaming
  • Improved support for Panasonic GX800B
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Chinese Traditional (100%)
  • Croatian (44%)
  • Danish (100%)
  • English (United Kingdom) (3%)
  • Hungarian (71%)
  • Korean (33%)
  • Slovak (100%)
  • Slovenian (60%)
  • Swedish (97%)

New in Universal Media Server 9.1.0 (Nov 1, 2019)

  • General:
  • Added automatic updating to Linux and macOS (it already existed on Windows)
  • Added the UMS version to the web interface
  • Added a different icon in macOS dark mode (thanks, bcbomb47!)
  • Fixed pixelation of icon on some Linux distributions
  • Renderers:
  • Fixed support for external subtitles on some Samsung TVs (thanks, pipin!)
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Bulgarian (93%)
  • Croatian (29%)
  • Danish (99%)
  • Dutch (93%)
  • Finnish (100%)
  • Italian (100%)
  • Korean (33%)
  • Persian (35%)
  • Turkish (100%)
  • Dependencies:
  • Updated JRE to 1.8.231

New in Universal Media Server 9.0.1 (Oct 7, 2019)

  • General:
  • Fixed not using standalone Java on Linux
  • Improved speed of some database lookups
  • Improved speed of OpenSubtitles validation
  • Logging improvements
  • Switched from findbugs to spotbugs
  • Fixed broken tooltips
  • Fixed startup link not uninstalling on Windows
  • Fixed error when prettifying some filenames
  • Renderers:
  • Improved support for Mirascreen (thanks, Dušan Kazik)
  • Improved support for Sony BluRay BDP-S3700
  • Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Bulgarian (91%)
  • Chinese Traditional (100%)
  • Croatian (28%)
  • Estonian (22%)
  • Hungarian (70%)
  • Russian (94%)
  • Slovak (88%)
  • Spanish (100%)
  • Swedish (93%)
  • Dependencies:
  • Updated ImageIO to 3.4.2

New in Universal Media Server 9.0.0 (Sep 10, 2019)

  • General:
  • We no longer require Java installation on any operating system
  • Adds UMS to Windows Firewall exceptions on install
  • Added new renderer setting vbd (video bit depth) to allow filetype-specific bit-depth support configuration
  • Fixed filename prettifying not displaying episode names and other related problems
  • Fixed the PrependTrackNumbers renderer setting (thanks, tcely!)
  • Fixed transcoding when using our Docker image (thanks, tcely!)
  • Fixed startup crash when invalid characters are in the OS Path
  • Fixed adding unsupported files to the database
  • Renderers:
  • Improved support for TrueHD videos on Samsung UHD TVs
  • Languages:
  • Fixed broken "hide engines" string
  • Updated translations via Crowdin:
  • Chinese Simplified (100%)
  • Chinese Traditional (94%)
  • Croatian (20%)
  • Czech (100%)
  • Danish (89%)
  • Finnish (32%)
  • French (100%)
  • German (100%)
  • Hungarian (68%)
  • Italian (98%)
  • Japanese (100%)
  • Norwegian (89%)
  • Polish (100%)
  • Portuguese (Brazilian) (100%)
  • Romanian (100%)
  • Russian (93%)
  • Slovak (88%)
  • Spanish (96%)
  • Swedish (93%)
  • Thai (11%)
  • Dependencies:
  • Updated Chromecast api-v2 to 0.11.0
  • Updated fm.last coverartarchive-api to 2.1.1
  • Updated Git Commit ID Plugin to 2.2.4
  • Updated icu4j to 64.2
  • Updated JNA to 5.3.1
  • Updated JUnit to 5.2.0
  • Updated Maven Compiler Plugin to 3.8.0
  • Updated Maven Enforcer Plugin to 3.0.0-M1
  • Updated Maven Javadoc Plugin to 3.0.1
  • Updated Maven Site Plugin to 3.7
  • Updated Metadata Extractor to 2.12.0 for improved image parsing performance
  • Updated Oshi to 3.13.3
  • Updated Surefire to 2.22.2

New in Universal Media Server 9.0.0 Beta 2 (Jul 30, 2019)

  • Fixed on Windows and Linux

New in Universal Media Server 9.0.0 Beta 1 (Jul 28, 2019)

  • General:
  • We no longer require Java installation on any operating system
  • Added new renderer setting vbd (video bit depth) to allow filetype-specific bit-depth support configuration
  • Fixed filename prettifying not displaying episode names and other related problems
  • Fixed the PrependTrackNumbers renderer setting (thanks, tcely!)
  • Languages:
  • Fixed broken "hide engines" string
  • Updated translations via Crowdin:
  • Chinese Simplified updated
  • French translation updated
  • German translation updated
  • Hungarian translation updated
  • Italian translation updated
  • Japanese translation updated
  • Norwegian translation updated
  • Polish translation updated
  • Portuguese (Brazilian) translation updated
  • Romanian translation updated
  • Russian translation updated
  • Spanish translation updated
  • Swedish translation updated
  • Dependencies:
  • Updated Chromecast api-v2 to 0.11.0
  • Updated fm.last coverartarchive-api to 2.1.1
  • Updated icu4j to 64.2
  • Updated JNA to 5.3.1
  • Updated Oshi to 3.13.3
  • Updated Surefire to 2.22.2

New in Universal Media Server 8.2.0 (Jun 23, 2019)

  • Changes since 8.1.0:
  • General:
  • Removed duplicate information from TV episode filenames in the Media Library
  • Improved filename recognition
  • Append engines to filenames instead of prepend, to stop breaking alphabetization
  • Added the possibility to have a virtual folder without adding it to the Media Library (thanks, maciekberry!)
  • Fixed UMS not starting as a service on Windows (thanks, pponce!)
  • Fixed a broken translation when alerting a user that they are sharing a non-existing folder
  • Languages:
  • Updated translations via Crowdin:
  • Afrikaans translation updated
  • Arabic translation updated
  • Catalan translation updated
  • Croatian translation updated
  • Czech translation updated
  • Danish translation updated
  • Dutch translation completed
  • German translation updated
  • Greek translation updated
  • English (UK) translation updated
  • Finnish translation updated
  • French translation updated
  • Hebrew translation updated
  • Hungarian translation updated
  • Icelandic translation updated
  • Italian translation updated
  • Japanese translation completed
  • Korean translation completed
  • Norwegian translation updated
  • Persian translation updated
  • Polish translation updated
  • Portuguese translation updated
  • Portuguese (Brazilian) translation updated
  • Romanian translation updated
  • Russian translation updated
  • Serbian (Cyrillic) translation updated
  • Slovak translation updated
  • Slovenian translation updated
  • Spanish translation updated
  • Thai translation updated
  • Dependencies:
  • Updated Apache HttpAsyncClient to 4.1.4
  • Notes:
  • Java Runtime Environment 8 is strongly recommended. Newer versions may cause problems. Use a standalone version if you do not want to have Java installed.
  • The Windows releases work on Windows Vista onwards.

New in Universal Media Server 8.1.0 (May 3, 2019)

  • General:
  • Performance improvements
  • Fixed conversion of 3D subtitles
  • Fixed bug with the computer sleep management feature (thanks, scriptorron and Nadahar!)
  • Fixed bugs with Virtual Folders
  • Fixed error when browsing web folders
  • Updated build and install documentation (thanks, Ruben Barkow!)
  • Renderers:
  • Improved support for 4k and h265 videos on LG webOS TVs
  • Improved support for Samsung MS750 soundbars
  • Languages:
  • Updated translations via Crowdin
  • Danish translation updated
  • Dutch translation updated
  • French translation updated
  • Japanese translation validated
  • Portuguese (Brazilian) translation updated
  • Russian translation updated
  • Turkish translation updated
  • Dependencies:
  • Updated h2database to 1.4.199, which improves speed and memory use

New in Universal Media Server 8.0.1 (Mar 31, 2019)

  • General:
  • Improved reliability when using "Defer to MEncoder" option
  • Fixed functionality of the Back button on the web interface in some situations
  • Fixed "Season" not displaying on subsequent visits in Media Library
  • Optimized performance of Media Library folders
  • Fixed some broken Media Library queries
  • Fixed music info (artist, album, genre, album artist, and year) not being saved to the resource or database
  • Renderers:
  • Allow MP3 streaming on VLC
  • Transcode unsupported audio to MP3 on Samsung JU6400
  • Fixed video transcoding on Sony Bravia EX TVs
  • Languages:
  • Updated translations via Crowdin:
  • Dutch translation updated
  • Italian translation completed
  • Japanese translation completed
  • Persian translation updated
  • Polish translation completed and validated
  • Russian translation updated
  • Slovenian translation updated
  • Serbian (Cyrillic) translation updated
  • Ukrainian translation updated

New in Universal Media Server 8.0.0 RC 1 (Feb 23, 2019)

  • Database cleanup step removes files that are no longer shared
  • Cleanup of new config settings
  • All changes in 7.9.0

New in Universal Media Server 8.0.0 Beta 1 (Jan 14, 2019)

  • General:
  • Added option to disable FFmpeg GPU acceleration
  • Fixed too much transcoding due to not respecting language priority settings
  • Fixed failure to store audio stream information
  • Fixed failure to start
  • Fixed missing text when adding web content
  • Fixed missing text on the first time language chooser
  • Fixed text clash on the Subtitles settings subtab of the Transcoding settings tab
  • Fixed logspam
  • All changes in 7.8.0

New in Universal Media Server 7.8.0 (Jan 14, 2019)

  • General:
  • Added examples for all binary tools paths in UMS.conf (thanks, Amadeus-!)
  • Added detection of JDK to the Windows installer (thanks, siboXD!)
  • Fixed custom option parsing for ffmpeg_gpu_decoding_acceleration_method (thanks, goncalossilva!)
  • Fixed error when FFmpeg deferred to MEncoder
  • Web interface:
  • Added Subtitle Translator to the menu (thanks, atamariya!)
  • Added new home screen with automatic entry (thanks, Abel Espinosa!)
  • Added player navigation using keys to return to home screen (thanks, Abel Espinosa!)
  • Added new logo icon fully displayed and transparent in web interface browse view (thanks, Abel Espinosa!)
  • Made caption, folder list and play toolbar buttons compliant with material design (thanks, Abel Espinosa!)
  • Fixed audio thumbnails (thanks, Abel Espinosa!)
  • Fixed some buttons not displaying correctly (thanks, Abel Espinosa!)
  • Fixed broken hover effect on Firefox (thanks, Abel Espinosa!)
  • Modified menu icons
  • Languages:
  • Updated translations via Crowdin:
  • French translation updated
  • Icelandic translation updated
  • Japanese translation updated
  • Ukranian translation updated

New in Universal Media Server 8.0.0 Alpha 2 (Dec 27, 2018)

  • General:
  • Fixed support for picture-based subtitles
  • Fixed images being displayed in low quality
  • Fixed a bug when writing OpenSubtitles data to the database
  • Fixed audio flags in TRANSCODE folders
  • All changes in 7.7.1
  • Dependencies:
  • Updated MediaInfo to 18.12 on Windows and macOS

New in Universal Media Server 7.7.1 (Dec 27, 2018)

  • General:
  • Fixed broken transcoding via MEncoder on Windows and Linux
  • Improved support for Sony BRAVIA EX Series TVs
  • Languages:
  • Updated translations via Crowdin:
  • French translation updated
  • German translation completed
  • Portuguese translation completed
  • Portuguese (Brazilian) translation completed

New in Universal Media Server 8.0.0 Alpha 1 (Dec 21, 2018)

  • General:
  • Added new Shared Content tab for managing all local and web content
  • Added country flags for audio and subtitles to video thumbnails in TRANSCODE folders
  • Added option to customize the subtitles info that is appended to filenames
  • Made the subtitles info more standardized
  • Greatly optimized memory use and long-term stability (thanks, skeptical!)
  • Improved default web content entries
  • Fixed a lot of bugs related to subtitles

New in Universal Media Server 7.7.0 (Dec 21, 2018)

  • General:
  • Improved code formatting (thanks, drakulis!)
  • Fixed double subtitles when transcoding video
  • Fixed XViD recognition
  • Fixed incorrect music genre labels (thanks, maciekberry!)
  • Fixed web stream transcoding
  • Renderers:
  • Improved support for Philips PUS TVs
  • Improved support for Samsung Q6 Series TVs
  • Improved support for Samsung Q9 Series TVs
  • Web interface:
  • Use H.264 on the web interface in Chrome and Firefox
  • Removed the limit on resolution
  • Added font scaling setting (thanks, Abel Espinosa!)
  • Removed custom scrollbar styling (thanks, Abel Espinosa!)
  • Fixed a hover effect bug on Firefox (thanks, Abel Espinosa!)
  • Fixed the dynamic view (thanks, Abel Espinosa!)
  • Languages:
  • Updated translations via Crowdin:
  • Chinese Simplified translation completed
  • Czech translation completed and validated
  • German translation updated
  • Hungarian translation updated
  • Portuguese (Brazilian) translation updated
  • Romanian translation completed and validated
  • Russian translation updated
  • Slovak translation updated
  • Thai translation updated

New in Universal Media Server 7.6.2 (Nov 22, 2018)

  • General:
  • Fixed broken browsing on some devices

New in Universal Media Server 7.6.1 (Nov 22, 2018)

  • General:
  • Increased thumbnail compression for less memory use
  • Fixed broken browsing on some Samsung devices (thanks, drakulis!)
  • Fixed fully played thumbnails not working after restarts
  • Improved code formatting (thanks, drakulis!)
  • Languages:
  • Chinese Simplified translation updated
  • Swedish translation updated
  • Compatibility notes:
  • These releases work on all versions of Java 7 onwards.
  • The Windows releases work on Windows Vista onwards.

New in Universal Media Server 7.6.0 (Nov 16, 2018)

  • Changes since 7.5.0:
  • General:
  • Started to release installer wizard for macOS (thanks, js-kyle!)
  • Started to use the "Album Artist" field for better audio file browsing of compilations (thanks, maciekberry!)
  • Improved network connection stability (thanks, reorder!)
  • Improved the web interface's accessibility and support for remote controls (thanks, acanive!)
  • Removed the broken whitelist functionality (thanks, Nadahar!)
  • Removed the broken plugins functionality (thanks, Nadahar!)
  • Improved the Docker configuration (thanks, atamariya!)
  • Improved the speed of our automated testing suite
  • Improved automated testing of filename prettifying (thanks, stasinos!)
  • Improved our default folder sharing stability (thanks, Nadahar!)
  • Improved support for aspect ratio and scan order (thanks, Nadahar!)
  • Improved file scanning/parsing speed
  • Fixed tsMuxeR on macOS (thanks, onon765trb!)
  • Fixed burning picture subtitles when other filters are also used in FFmpeg
  • Fixed FFmpeg not enabling the GPU configuration toggle
  • Fixed thumbnails not persisting to the database unless TRACE logging is enabled
  • Fixed binaries not being picked up from the PATH on Linux (thanks, Nadahar!)
  • Fixed support for Java 10+ on Linux
  • Added build documentation to BUILD.md
  • Updated documentation in CONTRIBUTING.md and STYLEGUIDE.md
  • Improved code formatting (thanks, drakulis!)
  • Formats/Codecs: (thanks, Sami32!)
  • Added recognition of video codecs: ASF, FFV1, RLE, S4UD, TGA and VRO
  • Added recognition of audio formats: CAF
  • Added recognition of audio codecs: CELP, MACE, Nellymoser and QCELP
  • Fixed parsing of framerates via MediaInfo
  • Improved recognition of AAC, FLV and WMA
  • Renderers:
  • Added support for Bush Freeview (thanks, atamariya!)
  • Added support for the built-in "Resume" functionality on Samsung TVs (thanks, drakulis!)
  • Improved support for H.264 codec and SRT subtitles on PS4 (thanks, fgimenezm!)
  • Languages:
  • Updated translations via Crowdin:
  • Arabic translation updated
  • Bulgarian translation updated
  • Catalan translation updated
  • Chinese Simplified translation updated
  • Chinese Traditional translation updated
  • Croatian translation updated
  • Czech translation updated
  • Danish translation updated
  • Dutch translation updated
  • Finnish translation updated
  • French translation completed and validated
  • German translation updated
  • Greek translation updated
  • Hungarian translation updated
  • Italian translation updated
  • Japanese translation updated
  • Korean translation updated
  • Norwegian translation updated
  • Persian translation updated
  • Polish translation completed and validated
  • Portuguese translation updated
  • Portuguese (Brazilian) translation updated
  • Romanian translation updated
  • Russian translation updated
  • Slovak translation updated
  • Slovenian translation updated
  • Serbian (Cyrillic) translation updated
  • Spanish translation completed
  • Swedish translation updated
  • Turkish translation updated
  • Dependencies:
  • Added commons-text 1.3 (thanks, Nadahar!)
  • Updated Cling to 2.1.2
  • Updated commons-io to 2.6 (thanks, Nadahar!)
  • Updated commons-lang3 to 3.7
  • Updated JUnrar to 1.0.1 (thanks, Nadahar!)
  • Updated Seamless to 1.1.2
  • Updated sevenzip jbinding to 9.20-2.00beta
  • Updated tsMuxeR on macOS to 2.6.11
  • Compatibility notes:
  • These releases work on all versions of Java 7 onwards.
  • The Windows releases work on Windows Vista onwards.

New in Universal Media Server 7.5.0 (Oct 13, 2018)

  • General:
  • Added animated Restart Server button when a restart is needed to apply a new setting (thanks, Nadahar!)
  • Added hover and push effects to buttons (thanks, Nadahar!)
  • Added Docker build files (thanks, atamariya!)
  • Added ability to specify supported framerates in renderer configs (thanks, Nadahar!)
  • Improved support for Windows XP (thanks, Nadahar!)
  • Improved support for DFF, DSF, MP4 and WAV files (thanks, Sami32!)
  • Updated the GUI for FFmpeg options
  • Fixed duplicate hardware acceleration options
  • Fixed the state of scan buttons while startup scan is running
  • Fixed the display of the web interface on Safari
  • Fixed MEncoder not transcoding to H.264 on macOS
  • Fixed a lot of minor bugs
  • Renderers:
  • Added detection of more Samsung mobile devices (thanks, Sami32!)
  • Improved support for Onkyo audio receivers
  • Improved support for Samsung UHD (4k) TVs (thanks, SurfaceS!)
  • Improved support for Samsung Galaxy Note Tab (thanks, Sami32!)
  • Fixed FLAC playback on Xbox One (thanks, 25233Guyver!)
  • Languages (thanks to Crowdin):
  • Chinese Simplified translation completed
  • Czech translation completed and validated
  • Portuguese (Brazilian) translation updated
  • Slovak translation updated
  • Spanish translation completed
  • Dependencies:
  • Updated Maven Assembly plugin to 3.1.0
  • Updated Maven Compiler plugin to 3.7.0
  • Updated Maven Enforcer plugin to 1.4.1
  • Updated Maven Findbugs plugin to 3.0.5
  • Updated Git Commit ID plugin to 2.2.3
  • Updated gson to 2.8.2

New in Universal Media Server 7.4.0 (Sep 23, 2018)

  • General:
  • Uses the media folders by default on Windows and macOS instead of the whole user directory
  • Added support for using GPU (video cards) for decoding via FFmpeg (thanks, onon765trb!)
  • Added option for higher quality audio resampling via FFmpeg (thanks, onon765trb!)
  • Files downloaded via the web interface have the correct filename (thanks, js-kyle!)
  • Improved stability when using custom FFmpeg settings (thanks, onon765trb!)
  • Made plugin web queries use SSL/HTTPS
  • Stop sometimes throwing errors when downgrading versions
  • Disabled the broken minimization on macOS
  • Fixed the wizard file chooser not working on macOS
  • Languages:
  • Updated translations via Crowdin:
  • Chinese Traditional translation completed
  • French translation completed and validated
  • Italian translation updated
  • Polish translation completed and validated
  • Renderers:
  • Fixed aspect ratio of transcoded videos on Panasonic ST60 TVs

New in Universal Media Server 7.3.1 (Sep 1, 2018)

  • General:
  • Fixed transcoding of videos with multiple audio streams with FFmpeg
  • Fixed not being able to delete folders containing folders that are within watched folders on Windows
  • Fixed Fully Played status not saving for some users
  • Fixed files not being immediately deleted from the database if their parent folder was deleted
  • Fixed standalone build auto updater downloading non-standalone builds
  • Languages:
  • Updated translations via Crowdin:
  • Chinese Simplified translation completed
  • French translation completed and validated
  • Italian translation updated
  • German translation completed
  • Polish translation completed and validated
  • Portuguese translation completed
  • Portuguese (Brazilian) translation updated
  • Romanian translation completed
  • Russian translation completed
  • Spanish translation completed
  • Compatibility notes:
  • These releases work on all versions of Java 7 onwards.
  • The Windows releases work on Windows Vista onwards.

New in Universal Media Server 7.3.0 (Aug 13, 2018)

  • General:
  • Started to release standalone builds for Windows (no Java installation required)
  • Added option to disable startup folder scanning in the first-run wizard
  • Fixed fully played status sometimes not saving
  • Languages:
  • Updated translations via Crowdin
  • As of 730, we are releasing standalone builds These are the same as the other builds with one difference - they use an internal version of Java This is good for a couple of reasons:
  • You don't need to have Java installed on your computer to run standalone versions of UMS
  • You will still need it for other Java applications, but if you don't have any of those you don't need it anymore
  • You can avoid problems caused by different versions of Java
  • Using our standalone builds means you are using our recommended version of Java Particularly newer versions are causing problems for many users, so this is a good way to avoid those problems These builds will use the internal Java version even if you have other ones installed on your computer, ensuring that UMS will use the best version for itself

New in Universal Media Server 7.2.1 (Jul 30, 2018)

  • General:
  • Fixed a database upgrade bug
  • Languages:
  • Updated Bulgarian translation via Crowdin

New in Universal Media Server 7.2.0 (Jul 27, 2018)

  • General:
  • Auto-updater no longer requires UMS to be run with admin rights on Windows
  • Improved support for ATRAC and DolbyE formats
  • Reduced size of local database dramatically
  • Increased maximum memory limit on macOS to match Windows
  • Disabled Chromecast Extension API by default
  • Improved documentation
  • Improved database referential integrity
  • Fixed bugs with the auto-updater on Windows
  • Languages:
  • Allow translation of more of the auto-updater
  • Updated translations via Crowdin

New in Universal Media Server 7.1.0 (Jun 16, 2018)

  • General:
  • Aspect ratio is maintained in web interface thumbnails
  • Updated web interface to play OGA audio
  • Cleaned up and fixed DefaultRenderer.conf
  • Display whether video is a sample with prettifying enabled
  • Fixed AAC audio parsing via FFmpeg
  • Fixed movie edition not being displayed
  • Fixed handling of multiple video streams while transcoding
  • Improved logging
  • Fixed Resume file support on some renderers
  • Fixed maximum memory setting on Java 9+
  • Languages:
  • Added Croatian translation (thanks, Ram Demon!)
  • Updated translations via Crowdin
  • Fixed incorrect translations being applied to some settings
  • Renderers:
  • Improved support for Panasonic DX series TVs
  • Fixed external ASS/SSA subtitles support on Samsung 8 and 9 series TVs
  • Dependencies:
  • Updated MediaInfo to 18.03.1

New in Universal Media Server 7.0.1 (Apr 15, 2018)

  • General:
  • Improved thumbnail support
  • Improved folder scanning speed
  • Reduced memory use during folder scanning
  • Fixed fully played feature on clean installs
  • Fixed tsMuxeR FFmpeg support
  • Updated UMS.conf with changes from 7.0.0
  • Languages:
  • Updated German, Italian, Norwegian, Russian and Swedish translations via Crowdin
  • Renderers:
  • Added support for Roku TV (NSP 8)
  • Improved support for Roku 3

New in Universal Media Server 7.0.0 (Mar 27, 2018)

  • Changes since 6.8.0:
  • General:
  • Added "TV Shows", "Movies", "3D Movies", and "Unsorted" folders to the "Media Library" folder
  • Added right-click menu to navigation pane
  • Renamed "Cache" folder to "Media Library" folder and enabled it by default
  • Changed "Hide" options to "Show", e.g. "Hide Media Library folder" becomes "Show Media Library folder"
  • When a file is added/changed/removed in a shared folder, UMS detects it
  • Fully played tracking is stored in the SQL database
  • Shared folders are scanned for changes on startup (configurable)
  • Made folder scanning up to 10x faster
  • Made Media Library browsing faster
  • Gave folder scanning a lower priority than other UMS functions to make them work more smoothly
  • Fixed some bugs related to sending media metadata (org_pn) to renderers
  • Fixed bug where removing a directory in UMS does not remove its contents from the Media Library.
  • Fixed sorting in dynamic folders
  • Reduced lookups and bandwidth to OpenSubtitles
  • Fixed MusicBrainz bugs
  • Fixed many other bugs
  • Languages:
  • Synchronized translations with Crowdin
  • Renderers:
  • Added Samsung 8 Series config
  • Updated FetchTV config
  • Improved support for Samsung Galaxy S7

New in Universal Media Server 7.0.0 RC 2 (Jan 5, 2018)

  • Changes since 7.0.0-rc1:
  • General: ◦ Added "Watched" folders to the Media Library, to mirror "Unwatched" functionality
  • Fixed crashing when shared folders don't exist, aren't folders, or access is denied
  • Fixed broken Media Library entries
  • New Media folder is hidden by default (the same functionality exists in Media Library)
  • All changes in 6.7.3, 6.7.4 and 6.8.0
  • Dependencies:
  • Updated h2database to 1.4.196

New in Universal Media Server 6.8.0 (Jan 5, 2018)

  • Changes since 6.7.4::
  • General:
  • Added shared folder selection to the wizard
  • Improved matching of results from CoverArtArchive
  • Improved text in the wizard
  • Fixed detection of Java Runtime Environment 9 on Windows
  • Fixed charset handling during subtitle conversions
  • Fixed video not always transcoding when encoded audio passthrough is used
  • Fixed an exception if the renderer replied to GetProtocolInfo but didn't include sink
  • Formatting in UMS.conf
  • Various bug fixes
  • Languages:
  • Added Bengali translation (empty for now, please contribute to it on Crowdin!)
  • Improved support for Japanese characters
  • Renderers:
  • Added 4k support to VLC for iOS
  • Added support for sending 4k MP4 videos to PS4 natively

New in Universal Media Server 6.7.4 (Oct 3, 2017)

  • General:
  • Fixed a bug where thumbnails wouldn't always be generated when MediaInfo isn't used or available
  • Fixed regression in folder thumbnails on non-Windows platforms
  • Fixed a crash when the web interface's port is occupied, and do not fail restarting the server, if the server hasn't created yet (thanks, Zsombor Gegesy!)
  • Fixed many general bugs
  • Renderers:
  • Added support for HE-AAC audio in MKV and MP4 files on LG BP550
  • Improved detection and file support for LG WebOS TVs

New in Universal Media Server 6.7.3 (Aug 13, 2017)

  • General:
  • Improved support for AVI and MJPEG
  • Improved general DLNA implementation
  • Fixed duplicate entries in transcode folders
  • Renderers:
  • Added renderer configuration for conversion of 3D video to 2D
  • Added support for Fetch TV
  • Added support for Onkyo TXNR8xx
  • Improved support for Cambridge Audio Azur BD
  • Improved support for OPPO BDP
  • Improved support for Panasonic VIERA TXL32V10E
  • Improved support for Sony BRAVIA 5500 and EX TVs
  • Improved support for Sony SMP-N100
  • Improved support for Sony STR-DA5800ES
  • Fixed album art for Onkyo receivers (and probably others)
  • Fixed support for Xbox 360
  • Dependencies:
  • Updated MediaInfo to 0.7.97, which:
  • Improves support for HEVC (H.265), FLV, MKV, TIFF and more

New in Universal Media Server 7.0.0 RC 1 (Aug 4, 2017)

  • General:
  • Increased speed of Media Library features
  • Fixed sorting of TV seasons
  • Fixed false lookup matches of titles
  • Fixed realtime file adding in new folders
  • Fixed forgetting about a file after moving it
  • Fixed many other bugs
  • Reduced lookups and bandwidth to OpenSubtitles
  • Fixed MusicBrainz bugs
  • All changes in 6.7.0, 6.7.1 and 6.7.2
  • Unreleased changes from v6:
  • Improved support for AVI and MJPEG
  • Improved general DLNA implementation
  • Fixed duplicate entries in transcode folders
  • Renderers:
  • Unreleased changes from v6:
  • Added renderer configuration for conversion of 3D video to 2D
  • Added support for Onkyo TXNR8xx
  • Improved support for Cambridge Audio Azur BD
  • Improved support for OPPO BDP
  • Improved support for Panasonic VIERA TXL32V10E
  • Improved support for Sony BRAVIA 5500 and EX TVs
  • Improved support for Sony SMP-N100
  • Improved support for Sony STR-DA5800ES
  • Fixed album art for Onkyo receivers (and probably others)
  • Fixed support for Xbox 360
  • Dependencies:
  • Updated h2database to 1.4.195
  • Unreleased changes from v6:
  • Updated MediaInfo to 0.7.97, which:
  • Improves support for HEVC (H.265), FLV, MKV, TIFF and more

New in Universal Media Server 6.7.2 (Jul 9, 2017)

  • General:
  • Added support for WMA10
  • Improved splash screen timing and enabled it by default
  • Improved support for MediaInfo on non-Windows platforms
  • Improved CPU and memory logging
  • Improved detection of network speed
  • Updated comments in DefaultRenderer.conf
  • Updated documentation
  • Fixed a crash on Windows 10
  • Languages:
  • Synchronized translations with Crowdin
  • Fixed Hebrew language support
  • Dependencies:
  • Updated FFmpeg
  • Updated JNA to 4.4.0
  • Updated Surefire to 2.20

New in Universal Media Server 6.7.1 (Jun 11, 2017)

  • General:
  • Fixed support for OGA and 3GA files
  • Dependencies:
  • Updated MediaInfo to 0.7.96

New in Universal Media Server 6.7.0 (Jun 10, 2017)

  • Changes since 6.6.0:
  • General:
  • Added a button for the web interface
  • Expanded support for preventing sleep mode on Windows and macOS
  • Improved support for MusicBrainz
  • Improved support for CoverArtArchive
  • Improved support for images
  • Improved thumbnailing
  • Updated documentation
  • Improved DIDL-Lite implementation
  • Added support for more RealAudio formats
  • Fixed many bugs
  • Languages:
  • Synchronized translations with Crowdin
  • Renderers:
  • Added support for Chromecast Ultra
  • Added support for MXPlayer on Google Android
  • Added support for Microsoft Windows Media Player
  • Improved support for Chromecast
  • Improved support for Samsung 9 Series TVs
  • Improved support for Sony BRAVIA EX TVs
  • Improved detection of Onkyo TXNR7xx devices
  • Improved detection of Panasonic Viera ST60 TVs
  • Improved detection of Samsung J6400 TVs
  • Improved detection of Samsung JU6400 TVs
  • Improved detection of Samsung Galaxy S5 phones
  • Improved detection of Sony BRAVIA XE TVs
  • Dependencies:
  • Updated external-maven-plugin to 0.2
  • Updated FFmpeg to latest builds
  • Upgraded LogBack to version 1.2.3
  • Updated maven-surefire-plugin to 2.20
  • Updated MediaInfo to 0.7.94
  • Updated metadata-extractor to 2.10.1
  • Updated TwelveMonkeys ImageIO to version 3.3.1

New in Universal Media Server 7.0.0 Beta 2 (Apr 2, 2017)

  • General:
  • Fixed bugs with the fully played feature
  • Languages:
  • Synchronized translations with Crowdin

New in Universal Media Server 7.0.0 Beta 1 (Mar 27, 2017)

  • General:
  • Added "Unwatched" folder to the videos folder if "Hide fully played media" is not enabled
  • File addition/removal is handled specifically instead of doing a library scan
  • Optimized database storage
  • Reduced memory use
  • Fixed the setting to hide fully played media in the Media Library
  • Fixed sorting in Media Library virtual folders
  • Fixed thread-safety/concurrency bugs
  • All changes in 6.5.3 and 6.6.0
  • Improved logging
  • Languages:
  • Synchronized translations with Crowdin
  • Renderers:
  • Improved support for Samsung 9 series TVs
  • Improved detection of Panasonic ST60 TVs
  • Improved detection of Samsung JU6400 TVs
  • Dependencies:
  • Updated external-maven-plugin to 0.2
  • Updated FFmpeg to the latest builds

New in Universal Media Server 6.6.0 (Feb 26, 2017)

  • General:
  • Added support for AIFF files
  • Improved detection of the language of subtitles
  • Debugging and logging improvements
  • Fixed forcing the usage of discrete GPUs on Apple computers with dual GPUs
  • Fixed minor bugs
  • Languages:
  • Added Thai translation
  • Synchronized translations with Crowdin
  • Renderers:
  • Added support for Panasonic DMR Blu-ray recorders
  • Added support for Pioneer Blu-ray players
  • Added support for Sony BRAVIA XD 70/75 series TVs
  • Added support for Yamaha RX-A2050
  • Enabled UPnP control support on Panasonic TVs
  • Improved support for Google Chromecast
  • Improved support for LG WebOS TVs
  • Improved support for Panasonic Viera VT60 TVs
  • Improved support for Philips PFL TVs
  • Improved support for Sony BRAVIA KDL-NX800 series TVs
  • Improved support for Sony BRAVIA XD 70/75/80/83/85/93/94 series TVs
  • Fixed image stretching on Sony BRAVIA 5500 series TVs
  • Dependencies:
  • Updated Apache commons-lang to 3.5
  • Updated ChromeCast Java API to 0.9.2
  • Updated dcraw to 9.27
  • Updated ICU4J to 58.2
  • Updated logback to 1.1.8
  • Updated MediaInfo to 0.7.91

New in Universal Media Server 6.5.3 (Jan 8, 2017)

  • General:
  • Added detection of the Chromium and Vivaldi web browsers
  • Fixed bug where video container and codec settings weren't saved
  • Languages:
  • Synchronized translations with Crowdin
  • Renderers:
  • Added support for Sony Bravia X series TVs
  • Dependencies:
  • Updated Git Commit ID plugin to 2.2.1
  • Updated Maven Antrun plugin to 1.8
  • Updated Maven Assembly plugin to 3.0.0
  • Updated Maven Compiler plugin to 3.6.0
  • Updated Maven Enforcer plugin to 1.4.1
  • Updated Maven Findbugs plugin to 3.0.4
  • Updated Maven Javadoc plugin to 2.10.4
  • Updated Maven PMD plugin to 3.7
  • Updated Maven Project Info Reports plugin to 2.9
  • Updated Maven Site plugin to 3.6
  • Updated Maven Surefire plugin to 2.19.1
  • Updated Maven Surefire Report plugin to 2.19.1

New in Universal Media Server 7.0.0 Alpha 1 (Dec 31, 2016)

  • General:
  • Added "TV Shows", "Movies", "3D Movies", and "Unsorted" folders to the "Media Library" folder
  • Added right-click menu to navigation pane
  • Renamed "Cache" folder to "Media Library" folder and enabled it by default
  • Changed "Hide" options to "Show", e.g. "Hide Media Library folder" becomes "Show Media Library folder"
  • Library is re-scanned whenever a file is added/changed/removed in a shared folder
  • Fixed bug where removing a directory in UMS does not remove its contents from the Media Library.
  • Fixed sorting in dynamic folders
  • Fully played tracking is stored in the SQL database

New in Universal Media Server 6.5.2 (Nov 28, 2016)

  • General:
  • Respect the renderer setting H264Level41Limited when deciding whether to stream or transcode
  • Search for subtitles in alternative folder even when a subtitle was already found (thanks, tdcosta100!)
  • Logging improvements
  • Improved program shutdown stability
  • Updated docs
  • Updated image parsing from MediaInfo and Sanselan to Imaging
  • Fixed manual renderer selection
  • Improved support for OGA, MKA, ADTS, WEBM, 3GA and 3G2A files
  • Made disabling transcoding more reliable
  • Minor bugfixes
  • Languages:
  • Minor English updates
  • Synchronized translations with Crowdin
  • Renderers:
  • Added FLAC support on Sony PS4
  • Improved AAC support on LG LM620 TVs
  • Improved detection of Sony Bravia W series TVs
  • Improved AVI/DivX support on Panasonic TX-L32V10E TVs
  • Improved Google Chromecast support
  • Fixed LPCM audio on Sony PS3
  • Fixed aspect ratios on Sony Bravia 5500 series TVs
  • Dependencies:
  • Updated h2database to 1.4.193

New in Universal Media Server 6.5.1 (Oct 6, 2016)

  • General:
  • Added Dolby Atmos detection
  • Added renderer config setting RemoveTagsFromSRTSubtitles
  • Config file fixes and improvements
  • Reduced CPU usage
  • Improved adherence to DLNA standards
  • Restart button changes to red when a restart is required
  • Fixed audio channel parsing
  • Fixed audio pitch when transcoding some files
  • Languages:
  • Synchronized translations with Crowdin
  • Renderers:
  • Added support for VLC for desktop
  • Improved seeking support on AnyCast
  • Improved support for some filetypes on VLC for iOS
  • Improved support for Panasonic E6 TVs
  • Improved support for AVI files on XBMC
  • Dependencies:
  • Updated jaudiotagger to 2.2.5
  • Updated MediaInfo to 0.7.88
  • Updated NSIS to 2.5.1

New in Universal Media Server 6.5.0 (Aug 1, 2016)

  • General:
  • Use ellipses for overflowing text in the left menu on the web interface
  • Improved speed of parsing files
  • Improved documentation in DefaultRenderer.conf, UMS.conf and the code
  • Fixed support for semicolons in paths in FFmpeg
  • Fixed the cancellation of media library scans
  • Fixed videos being transcoded too often because of bitrate halving
  • Fixed support for video files within compressed folders
  • Fixed the MIME type for WAV DTS files
  • Renderers:
  • Added support for LG Blu-Ray players
  • Added support for Naim Mu-So wireless audio systems
  • Improved detection of LG TVs
  • Improved support for AC-3 audio on VLC on iOS and Apple TV
  • Improved support for XviD codec on Panasonic TVs and VLC apps
  • Improved support for images on Panasonic TXL32V10E TVs
  • Fixed support for virtual folders like New Media and Cache on Panasonic TVs
  • Fixed support for WebVTT subtitles on Samsung TVs
  • Languages:
  • Danish translation was completed and validated
  • Portuguese translation was completed
  • External Components:
  • Updated assertj to 2.5.0
  • Updated ChromeCast Java API to 0.9.2
  • Updated Cling to 2.1.1
  • Updated commons-io to 2.5
  • Updated doxia plugin to 1.7
  • Updated exec maven plugin to 1.5.0
  • Updated gson to 2.7
  • Updated logback to 1.1.7
  • Updated maven antrun plugin to 1.8
  • Updated maven compiler plugin to 3.5.1
  • Updated maven enforcer plugin to 1.4.1
  • Updated maven site plugin to 3.5.1
  • Updated maven source plugin to 3.0.1
  • Updated MediaInfo to 0.7.87
  • Updated Netty to 3.10.6

New in Universal Media Server 6.4.0 (Jun 27, 2016)

  • General:
  • Regularly initiate UPnP searches for new renderers
  • Added renderer config settings HalveBitrate and SupportedVideoBitDepths
  • Prevent sleep mode while streaming by default
  • Tweaked language
  • Improved/fixed some documentation
  • Improved file parsing speed
  • Improved logging
  • FFmpeg no longer defers to MEncoder for embedded fonts since it supports them
  • FFmpeg no longer defers to MEncoder for internal ASS subtitles
  • ALIVE messages send less frequently by default
  • Fixed support for CMYK JPEG images
  • Fixed 24-bit FLAC fake videos showing up for non-PS3 renderers
  • Fixed unsupported subtitles being streamed
  • Fixed transcoding bitrate in rare cases
  • Fixed MIME types for WAV audio and TIFF images
  • Fixed renderer TextWrap
  • Fixed renderers only being detected if they are started before UMS
  • Renderers:
  • Added support for VLC on Apple TV
  • Improved video quality on wireless networks for Panasonic VT60
  • Improved support for subtitles on Panasonic CX700 Series TVs
  • Improved support for Panasonic CX680 Series TVs
  • Improved support for Panasonic E6 Series TVs
  • Improved support for Sony Bravia NX800 TVs
  • Improved detection of Vizio TVs
  • Languages:
  • Czech translation was completed
  • French translation was completed and validated
  • Italian translation was completed
  • Polish translation was completed and validated
  • Russian translation was completed
  • Swedish translation was completed
  • Turkish translation was completed and validated
  • External Components:
  • Updated FFmpeg to builds from this month
  • Updated FLAC to 1.3.1
  • Updated h2database to 1.4.192
  • Updated MediaInfo to 0.7.86

New in Universal Media Server 6.3.2 (May 27, 2016)

  • General:
  • Added user config setting ALIVE_delay
  • Fixed calculating network speeds with offline renderers
  • Fixed detection of the MPEG-1 video codec
  • Renderers:
  • Fixed connectivity with Sony renderers
  • Languages:
  • Synchronized translations with crowdin

New in Universal Media Server 6.3.1.1 (May 23, 2016)

  • General:
  • Fixed connectivity issues

New in Universal Media Server 6.3.1 (May 20, 2016)

  • General:
  • Improved connectivity with devices
  • Improved support for 3D subtitles
  • Fixed support for PAL DVDs
  • Renderers:
  • Improved support for LG EG910V TVs (thanks, ZakarFin!)
  • Improved support for Panasonic Viera E6 Series TVs (thanks, Sami32!)
  • Improved detection of Windows Media Player (thanks, WolfganP!)
  • Fixed support for WMV 8 and below on Panasonic TVs
  • Languages:
  • Synchronized translations with crowdin
  • External Components:
  • Updated Cobertura Maven Plugin to 2.7
  • Updated Maven PMD Plugin to 3.6
  • Updated Maven Source Plugin to 3.0.0
  • Updated slf4j to 1.7.21

New in Universal Media Server 6.3.0 (May 8, 2016)

  • General:
  • Added renderer config setting VideoFormatsSupportingStreamedExternalSubtitles
  • Added renderer config setting StreamSubsForTranscodedVideo
  • Ignore the article "a" by default, along with "the"
  • Improved support for 3D subtitles
  • Improved support for streaming external subtitles
  • Defer to FFmpeg for transcoding VobSub subtitles
  • Fixed header animation delay on web interface
  • Renderers:
  • Added support for Yamaha RXV500D (thanks, newbietux!)
  • Improved support for Miracast M806
  • Improved support for Panasonic Viera GT50 TVs (thanks, pcjco!)
  • Improved support for Panasonic Viera TXL32V10E TVs
  • Languages:
  • Synchronized translations with crowdin
  • External Components:
  • Updated FFmpeg
  • Updated MediaInfo to 0.7.85
  • Updated MPlayer/MEncoder for Windows to SB65

New in Universal Media Server 6.2.2 (Apr 9, 2016)

  • General:
  • Improved support for subtitles in FFmpeg
  • Improved support for custom fonts
  • Improved general performance
  • Added renderer config setting KeepAspectRatioTranscoding
  • Fixed FFmpeg not using the TranscodedVideoAudioSampleRate renderer config setting
  • Fixed detection of 3D videos
  • Fixed filenames starting with "The" being listed first
  • Fixed link to musicbrainz (thanks, Utano!)
  • Fixed automatic subtitles language detection overruling manual detection
  • Put the database in the profile directory on non-Windows operating systems
  • Renderers:
  • Improved support for Panasonic TVs
  • Improved support for Sony TVs
  • Languages:
  • Synchronized translations with crowdin
  • External Components:
  • Updated icu4j to 57.1
  • Updated MediaInfo to 0.7.84

New in Universal Media Server 6.2.1 (Mar 28, 2016)

  • General:
  • Added more tooltips
  • Fixed DTS-HD being detected as DTS
  • Fixed support for embedded ASS subtitles in FFmpeg
  • Fixed minor bugs
  • Renderers:
  • Improved support for Panasonic ST60 TVs
  • Improved support for Samsung J6200 TVs
  • Languages:
  • Synchronized translations with crowdin
  • External Components:
  • Updated chromecast-java-api-v2 to 0.9.1
  • Updated FFmpeg
  • Updated Google gson to 2.6.2
  • Updated jai-imageio-core to 1.3.1
  • Updated jmustache to 1.12
  • Updated JNA to 4.2.2
  • Updated logback to 1.1.6
  • Updated slf4j to 1.7.19

New in Universal Media Server 6.2.0 (Mar 12, 2016)

  • General:
  • Use image instead of text in thumbnail overlays
  • Improved the web interface
  • Added support for using Open Subtitles credentials
  • Improved filename prettifying
  • Fixed bump support on mobile devices
  • Renderers:
  • Improved Panasonic VT60 support
  • Improved Samsung J55xx support
  • Fixed duplicate subtitles on Samsung TVs
  • Languages:
  • Synchronized translations with crowdin
  • External Components:
  • Updated Apache Commons Collections to 3.2.2
  • Updated l10n Maven plugin to 1.4
  • Updated logback to 1.1.5
  • Updated Maven Project Info Reports plugin to 2.8.1
  • Updated MediaInfo to 0.7.83
  • Updated slf4j to 1.7.16

New in Universal Media Server 6.1.0 (Feb 22, 2016)

  • General:
  • Added a back link to the web interface
  • Improved logging
  • Squashed lots of bugs
  • Stopped systems from using installed versions of JNA
  • Thumbnails are unpadded by default
  • Improved speed of parsing subtitles
  • Improved filename prettifying speed and stability
  • Filename prettifying uses more information from Open Subtitles
  • Fixed FFmpeg not using custom fonts (thanks, Tiago!)
  • Fixed seeking with FFmpeg when embedded picture-based subtitles
  • Use FFmpeg by default to transcode embedded picture-based subtitles
  • Stop MediaInfo from using the network
  • Renderers:
  • Added ThumbnailPadding option
  • Improved Panasonic VT60 support
  • Improved Panasonic CX700 support
  • Improved Samsung PL51E490 support
  • Languages:
  • Synchronized translations with crowdin
  • External Components:
  • Updated FFmpeg
  • Updated MediaInfo to 0.7.82

New in Universal Media Server 6.0.0 (Jan 31, 2016)

  • GENERAL:
  • Added "Thumbnails" renderer config option, to specify whether the renderer can display thumbnails
  • The Status tab updates when media is fast-forwarded or rewound
  • Audio and image thumbnails are output at consistent dimensions
  • Added SquareAudioThumbnails and SquareImageThumbnails renderer configuration options
  • Improved support for thumbnail generation
  • Improved detection of the position of media while playing
  • Improved logging
  • Improved headless support
  • Fixed font size of subtitles
  • Improved filename prettifying
  • Fixed transcoding to LPCM
  • Added and updated tooltips
  • Stability improvements
  • Fixed and improved automatic cover downloading
  • Added "Fully played action" setting to control what UMS does with media that has been fully played. The options are:
  • Do nothing
  • Add an overlay to the thumbnail (default)
  • Hide the file
  • Move the file to a different folder
  • Move the file to the recycle/trash bin
  • RENDERERS:
  • Improved Status tab display for Panasonic TVs
  • Improved VLC for iOS support
  • Improved Panasonic VT60 support
  • LANGUAGES:
  • Synchronized translations with crowdin
  • EXTERNAL COMPONENTS:
  • Updated Google gson to 2.5
  • Updated h2database to 1.4.191
  • Updated MediaInfo to 0.7.81

New in Universal Media Server 5.5.0 (Jan 6, 2016)

  • General:
  • Language selection is offered on first startup
  • Improved display on Retina screens
  • Improved language selection interface
  • Improved conversion of 3D subtitles
  • Fixed positioning of subtitles in FFmpeg
  • Fixed tooltip consistency
  • Fixed detection of file permissions on Windows
  • Fixed detection of headless state
  • Fixed many minor bugs
  • Renderers:
  • Updated images for Android, PS3 and PS4
  • Fixed AirPlayer support
  • Fixed VLC for iOS support
  • Languages:
  • Added Afrikaans, Hungarian, Persian (Farsi), Serbian, Slovak, Ukrainian and Vietnamese
  • Allow the translation of language names
  • Synchronized translations with crowdin
  • External Components:
  • Updated Maven exec plugin to 1.4.0
  • Rolled back JNA to 4.1.0, which fixes a playback error

New in Universal Media Server 6.0.0-b1 (Dec 29, 2015)

  • General:
  • Added SquareAudioThumbnails and SquareImageThumbnails renderer configuration options
  • Improved support for thumbnail generation
  • Improved detection of the position of media while playing
  • Improved logging
  • All changes from 5.4.0

New in Universal Media Server 5.4.0 (Dec 29, 2015)

  • General:
  • Added splash screen, disabled by default
  • Improved support for subtitles in FFmpeg
  • Improved headless support on Windows
  • Improved support for unrecognized filetypes
  • Improved speed and accuracy of the filename prettifying feature
  • Fixed support for 3D subtitles
  • Fixed the saving of window size
  • Renderers:
  • Added support for AnyCast
  • Added support for Miracast M806
  • Added support for Sony Bravia NX800 TVs
  • Improved playback support for several renderers
  • External Components:
  • Updated Cling to 2.1.0
  • Updated FFmpeg
  • Updated MediaInfo to 0.7.80

New in Universal Media Server 5.3.0 (Oct 29, 2015)

  • General:
  • The main window saves its size and position
  • Fixed DTS-HD being detected as regular DTS
  • Fixed the use of UMS profiles
  • Made automatic updater more stable
  • Improved detection of write permissions
  • Improved plugin installation support
  • Made profile a possible command line argument
  • Improved speed when reading shared folders
  • Fixed several bugs
  • Renderers:
  • Disabled folder thumbnails on Apple iOS apps
  • Improved support for VLC for iOS
  • Panasonic TVs use higher-quality thumbnails
  • External Components:
  • Updated FFmpeg for Windows to 7c8fcbb, which increases transcoding quality and speed
  • Updated h2database to 1.4.190
  • Updated Maven Assembly plugin to 2.6
  • Updated Maven Eclipse plugin to 2.10
  • Updated Maven Surefire plugin to 2.19
  • Updated MediaInfo for Windows to 0.7.78, which improved file parsing speed
  • Updated MPlayer/MEncoder for Windows to SB64, which increases transcoding quality and speed
  • Updated Netty to 3.10.5

New in Universal Media Server 5.2.3 (Sep 29, 2015)

  • General:
  • Improved logging and logging options
  • Improved language translations
  • Improved Windows 10 support
  • Improved playback stability
  • Changed default thumbnail seeking position from 2 seconds to 4 seconds
  • Minor status tab updates
  • Fixed the web interface Flash player
  • Fixed many bugs
  • Renderers:
  • Improved detection of AirPlayer
  • Improved folder population time on Panasonic TVs
  • Improved support for Samsung TVs
  • Improved support for Vizio TVs
  • Languages:
  • Improved accuracy of automatic subtitles language detection
  • Updated many languages based on contributions from Crowdin
  • External Components:
  • Updated AssertJ to 2.2.0
  • Updated h2database to 1.4.189
  • Updated FFmpeg for Windows
  • Updated Javassist to 3.20.0-GA
  • Updated jmustache to 1.10
  • Updated JNA to 4.2.0
  • Updated maven-antrun-plugin to 1.7
  • Updated Plexus-utils to 3.0.22
  • Updated Seamless to 1.1.1

New in Universal Media Server 5.2.2 (Aug 13, 2015)

  • General:
  • Fixed audio transcoding with embedded images
  • Improved MIME type handling
  • Improved logging
  • Expanded filename prettifying
  • Improved renderer selection interface
  • Improved file support
  • Speed improvements
  • Renderers:
  • Improved support for Xbox 360
  • Languages:
  • Updated all languages to remove unused translations
  • Updated Dutch translation
  • Updated English
  • Updated Polish translation
  • External Components:
  • Updated FFmpeg for Windows
  • Updated MediaInfo to 0.7.75
  • Updated Netty to 3.10.4

New in Universal Media Server 5.2.1 (Jul 13, 2015)

  • General:
  • Improved efficiency of configuration file loading
  • Improved support for quotation marks and apostrophes on some renderers
  • Fixed broken 32-bit MediaInfo dependency
  • Renderers:
  • Fixed Xbox One thumbnails
  • Languages:
  • Updated Spanish translation

New in Universal Media Server 5.2.0 (Jul 9, 2015)

  • General:
  • Made tsMuxeR use FFmpeg instead of MEncoder
  • Made tsMuxeR transcode audio to AAC if the renderer expects AAC
  • Improved FFmpeg responsiveness during fast-forward and rewind
  • Improved automatic rescaling
  • Fixed detection of aspect ratios
  • Merged the install/uninstall Windows Service buttons into one button
  • Add zoom/fit to web image viewer
  • Fixed a bug with sending external subtitles
  • Fixed MIME type finalization when parsing media
  • Fixed transcoding to AAC via MEncoder
  • Support late resolution of media length
  • Improved the accuracy of video metadata
  • Added ThumbnailWidth and ThumbnailHeight renderer settings
  • Added support for file extensions: AC3, AMR and TTA
  • Fixed custom device configuration loading
  • Added more logging
  • Fixed folders not showing if they were previously empty, with "hide empty folders" enabled
  • Cleaned up the titles in the transcode folder in some cases
  • Various minor improvements/fixes
  • Expanded code testing for improved stability
  • Renderers:
  • Added support for Sony PlayStation 4
  • Improved thumbnail display on Panasonic TVs
  • Improved thumbnail display on Microsoft Xbox One
  • Languages:
  • Updated English translation
  • Updated Norwegian translation
  • External Components:
  • Updated Netty to 4.0.29

New in Universal Media Server 5.1.4 (Jun 15, 2015)

  • General:
  • Limits clickable areas of settings more precisely
  • Uses a default renderer image when none exist
  • Made H.264 transcoding faster
  • Improved stability and speed with large amounts of images
  • Expanded code testing coverage
  • Improved detection of languages
  • Improved filename prettifying
  • Code optimizations
  • Renderers:
  • Improved support for DTS audio on Panasonic VT60 TVs
  • Languages:
  • Updated French translation
  • External Components:
  • Updated FFmpeg to builds from 20150521, which:
  • Improved support for many containers and codecs
  • Fixed bugs:
  • Updated InterFrame to 2.8.2, which improved speed
  • Updated Maven Assembly Plugin to 2.5.4
  • Updated Maven Compiler Plugin to 3.3
  • Updated Maven Git Commit ID Plugin to 2.1.15
  • Updated Maven Javadoc Plugin to 2.10.3
  • Updated Maven Surefire Plugin to 2.18.1
  • Updated MediaInfo to 0.7.74, which improved detection of file information
  • Updated Netty to 4.0.28, which improved network operations

New in Universal Media Server 5.1.3 (May 4, 2015)

  • General:
  • Added and improved documentation in UMS.conf and DefaultRenderer.conf
  • Added the URL for the web interface to the logs on the Logs tab
  • Improved detection of the H.263 codec
  • Improved stability when transcoding subtitles by default
  • Simplified MEncoder commands in some situations
  • Fixed bugs
  • Renderers:
  • Improves support for Samsung EH5300 TVs
  • Fixed initial folders bug on Xbox 360/One
  • Improved detection of Xbox One
  • Improved detection of several Samsung TVs
  • Languages:
  • Updated Dutch translation
  • Updated Spanish translation

New in Universal Media Server 5.1.2 (Apr 16, 2015)

  • General:
  • Added "upnp_enable" user-level option
  • Added "log_level" user-level option
  • Added "UpnpAllow" renderer-level option
  • Added "Create TRACE logs" button
  • Added the ability to restart the program (not just the server)
  • Fixed videos being muxed instead of streamed
  • Various minor fixes/improvements
  • Renderers:
  • Added DSD/DFF streaming support to Cambridge Audio Blu-ray Disc players
  • Added more tags to DefaultRenderer.conf
  • Improved renderer detection/handling
  • Improved Android device detection
  • Improved detection of Panasonic AS600 Series TVs
  • Improved PS3 muxing via tsMuxeR
  • Improved support for Samsung D6400 TVs
  • Improved support for Samsung EH5300 TVs
  • Improved support for transcoding to Technisat S1+
  • Fixed support for MP3 files on some Samsung TVs and Blu-ray Disc players
  • External Components:
  • Updated h2database to 1.4.187
  • Updated JDom to 2.0.6
  • Updated Logback to 1.1.3
  • Updated Maven AntRun Plugin to 1.8
  • Updated Maven Findbugs Plugin to 3.0.1
  • Updated Maven Git Commit ID Plugin to 2.1.13
  • Updated Maven Javadoc Plugin to 2.10.2
  • Updated Maven PMD Plugin to 3.4
  • Updated MediaInfo to 0.7.73, which:
  • Added and improved support for many formats
  • Fixed bugs
  • Updated slf4j to 1.7.12

New in Universal Media Server 5.1.1.1 (Apr 6, 2015)

  • General:
  • Fixed MediaInfo dependency

New in Universal Media Server 5.1.1 (Apr 3, 2015)

  • General:
  • Added support for links in tooltips
  • Added support for customizing background and foreground color in tooltips
  • Added PrependTrackNumbers renderer option to ensure that renderers order audio by track number
  • Made the RescaleByRenderer setting more consistent
  • Fixed MP4, M4A and 3GP file compatibility on some renderers
  • Fixed bug with the renderer selection window
  • Fixed audio and image compatibility on some renderers
  • Fixed transcoding with subtitles on 64-bit systems
  • Renderers:
  • Made Samsung televisions and Blu-ray Disc players order audio by track number

New in Universal Media Server 5.1.0 (Mar 23, 2015)

  • General:
  • Added 64-bit versions of FFmpeg for a ~10% increase in transcoding speed
  • Removed the "Save" button since changes to settings are now saved automatically
  • Improved detection of playback states
  • Improved connection awareness
  • Improved True Motion frame interpolation speed by up to 20%
  • Improved folder population speed
  • Improved support for 3GPP files
  • Improved descriptions of settings
  • Slightly altered the memory usage bar
  • Fixed the renderer SeekByTime setting
  • Fixed renderer detection and recognition in some cases
  • Fixed display names for videos that have the Track (song title) value set
  • Fixed incorrect ContentFeatures headers being sent to renderers
  • Fixed the web logviewer
  • Fixed bugs with 3D subtitles
  • Fixed the setting for using embedded subtitles styles
  • Renderers:
  • Fixed filename bug on Sony Bravia TVs
  • Improved support for LG LED-backlit LCD 2014 TVs
  • Improved support for Samsung H6203 TVs
  • Languages:
  • Made more strings translatable
  • Updated Czech translation
  • Updated Dutch translation
  • Updated French translation
  • Updated Italian translation
  • External Components:
  • Updated Chromecast Java API to 0.0.6
  • Updated Commons Codec to 1.10
  • Updated FEST Util to 1.2.5
  • Updated FFmpeg for Windows and OS X, which:
  • Improved support for many containers and codecs
  • Fixed bugs
  • Updated Gson to 2.3.1
  • Updated h2database to 1.4.186, which:
  • Fixed memory issues
  • Fixed caching issues
  • Updated InterFrame to 2.8.0, which:
  • Increased processing speed by up to 20%
  • Reduced memory use
  • Reduced dependencies
  • Updated JDom to 2.0.2
  • Updated JUnit to 4.12
  • Updated Plexus Utils to 3.0.21
  • Updated slf4j to 1.7.10

New in Universal Media Server 5.0.1 (Feb 16, 2015)

  • General:
  • Fixed text in the Windows automatic updater
  • Fixed MediaInfo not parsing some rare data
  • Fixed detection of font attachments
  • Fixed support for subtitled files with apostrophes in the name
  • Fixed errors when packing debug files
  • Fixed support for resuming playback on some devices
  • Improved support for MOV, 3GP and 3G2 files
  • Reduced CPU load when the Status tab is visible
  • Improved support for 1920x1088 videos
  • Fixed logging error
  • Fixed the web interface when browsing via Safari
  • Improved stability when disabling renderers
  • Renderers:
  • Added support for Kodi Media Center
  • Added support for more Panasonic Blu-ray players
  • Added support for Samsung HT-F4 series home entertainment systems
  • Improved detection of some LG TVs
  • Improved detection of some Panasonic Blu-ray players and TVs
  • Improved detection of some Samsung devices
  • Improved support for Samsung ES6100 TVs
  • Improved support for Samsung ES6575 TVs
  • Improved support for Sony Xperia Z3 smart phones
  • Updated the image for Xbox 360
  • Fixed 24-bit FLAC playback on PS3 via the Videos folder
  • Languages:
  • Updated Czech translation
  • Updated French translation
  • Updated Spanish translation
  • External Components - Updated MediaInfo for OS X to 0.7.71, which:
  • Improved folder population time
  • Added and improved support for many formats
  • Fixed bugs

New in Universal Media Server 5.0.0 (Jan 26, 2015)

  • General:
  • Added support for UPnP connections and playback
  • Added the option to use info from IMDB with filename prettifying
  • Added HTML5 video support to the web interface
  • Create custom per-device configuration files to override any general renderer or UMS setting
  • Major redesign of the status tab to show per-renderer information
  • Minor tweaks to the GUI
  • Improved player control
  • Includes the possibility to allow UMS to control renders automatically
  • Web player can also be controlled
  • Automatic reloading of external files
  • Documentation updates
  • New xmb playlist folders with optional automatic starting, looping, and saving, editable from web or xmb
  • A dynamic xmb playlist for on-the-fly playlist creation from web or xmb
  • Better bump/gui player playlists with optional automatic looping
  • Push playback support for chromecast and web browsers
  • Changed the interface for enabling/disabling renderer configurations
  • Changed the default setting for wrap_dts_into_pcm to false
  • Made sure files are always directly streamable via the Transcoding folder
  • Added the UMS_MAX_MEMORY variable to UMS.sh
  • Fixed audio downsampling
  • Fixed a bug with parsing formats from MediaInfo
  • Removed the database compacting method that was never recommended
  • Fixed a startup error
  • Minor bugfixes and code optimizations
  • Renderers:
  • Added support for Panasonic DMP-BDT360 devices
  • Added support for Samsung H6500 Blu-ray Disc players
  • Added support for Telefunken TVs
  • Improved support for Chromecast (cast from UMS webui/gui)
  • Improved support for Panasonic Viera AS650 series TVs
  • Improved support for Samsung C6600 series TVs
  • Improved support for Sony Blu-ray Disc players
  • Improved support for Sony Bravia W series TVs
  • Improved file compatibility on non-PS3 renderers
  • Fixed detection of some Samsung renderers
  • Languages:
  • Updated Czech translation
  • External Components:
  • Updated h2database to 1.4.185
  • Updated Maven Assembly Plugin to 2.5.2
  • Updated Maven Compiler Plugin to 3.2
  • Updated Maven Git Commit ID Plugin to 2.1.11
  • Updated Maven Source Plugin to 2.4
  • Updated Maven Surefire plugins to 2.18
  • Updated MediaInfo to 0.7.71, which:
  • Improves folder population time
  • Improves detection of many formats
  • Fixes bugs
  • Updated MPlayer/MEncoder for Windows to SB63, which:
  • Fixes support for DVD audio
  • Improves support for many containers and codecs
  • Fixes bugs

New in Universal Media Server 4.4.0 (Jan 12, 2015)

  • General:
  • Improved compatibility of H.264 transcoded videos
  • Fixed error on Linux when VLC is not installed
  • Fixed recognition of BMP, Theora and Vorbis (thanks, ler0y!)
  • Added support for several more formats and codecs in renderer configs (thanks, ler0y!)
  • Added "SendFolderThumbnails" renderer option
  • Fixed some cases of unnecessary video transcoding
  • Fixed AviSynth output compatibility on some renderers
  • Improved speed of True Motion processing
  • Updated setting descriptions
  • Cleaned up logging
  • Fixed MP3 transcoding support
  • Improved library creation speed and prevented unnecessary transcoding for non-video files
  • Renderers:
  • Added support for Samsung ES8005 TVs (thanks, wazer!)
  • Added support for Samsung BD-C6800 Blu-ray Disc Players
  • Added support for Sony Xperia Z3
  • Added support for Yamaha R-N500
  • Improved support for Hama IR320
  • Improved support for Panasonic AS600E TVs (thanks, Etmoc!)
  • Improved support for Panasonic VT60 TVs
  • Improved support for Samsung H6400 series TVs
  • Improved support for Sony Blu-ray Disc players from 2013
  • Improved support for Sony Bravia NX70x series TVs
  • Improved support for Sony Bravia W series TVs
  • Improved support for Xbox 360
  • Fixed audio transcoding on Sony Bravia EX series TVs
  • Fixed timeouts on Philips TVs
  • Fixed support for images on Panasonic TVs
  • Updated DefaultRenderer.conf
  • Languages:
  • Updated Spanish translation
  • External Components:
  • Updated FFmpeg for Windows and OS X, which:
  • Improves support for many containers and codecs
  • Fixes bugs
  • Updated MPlayer/MEncoder for Windows to SB62, which:
  • Fixes support for Opus
  • Fixes support for DVDs
  • Fixes color and italic support for MicroDVD subtitles
  • Improves MPEG-2 output
  • Fixes x264 hardware acceleration
  • Improves support for many containers and codecs
  • Fixes VBR and VFR support in H.264 output
  • Fixes bugs
  • Updated Netty to 3.9.6, which fixed bugs

New in Universal Media Server 4.3.1 (Dec 12, 2014)

  • General:
  • Windows installer removes deprecated renderer files
  • Fixed a startup crash
  • Renderers:
  • Added support for Hisense K680 TVs
  • Added support for Samsung F5505 TVs
  • Improved support for LG LS5700 TVs (thanks, AngelShine!)
  • Improved support for Panasonic S60 Series TVs
  • Improved support for Samsung WiseLink devices
  • Improved support for Sony Bravia HX75 Series TVs

New in Universal Media Server 5.0.0-b1 (Dec 9, 2014)

  • This release adds a major redesign of the Status tab, automatic reloading of external files, dynamic playlist support, improvements to the web interface and more!

New in Universal Media Server 4.3.0 (Dec 8, 2014)

  • General:
  • Added the ability to transcode to H.265
  • Improved filename prettifying
  • Improved support for many formats and codecs
  • Fixed VLC engine
  • Formatted the default renderer file
  • Renderers:
  • Added support for LG UB820V TVs
  • Added support for Logitech Squeezebox
  • Fixed video aspect ratios on Philips and Sony TVs
  • Improved support for Hama IR320
  • Improved support for LG LM660 TVs
  • Improved support for Netgem N7700
  • Improved support for Roku 3
  • Improved support for Samsung EH6070 TVs
  • Improved support for Samsung H4500 TVs
  • Improved support for Samsung HU7000 TVs
  • Improved support for Samsung HU9000 TVs
  • Improved support for Xbox 360
  • Languages:
  • Updated Dutch translation

New in Universal Media Server 4.2.2 (Nov 17, 2014)

  • General:
  • Improved compatibility of H.264 transcoding when using MEncoder
  • Customized buffer color
  • Renderers:
  • Added support for Hama IR320
  • Added support for Roku 3 (incomplete)
  • Added support for Panasonic ET60 Series TVs
  • Added support for Samsung F5100 Blu-ray Disc players
  • Added support for Samsung Galaxy S5
  • Added support for Sony PlayStation Vita (incomplete)
  • Fixed Xbox One detection
  • Languages:
  • Updated Spanish translation
  • External Components:
  • Updated JNA to 4.1.0, which fixes bugs
  • Updated Maven Exec Plugin to 1.3.2, which fixes bugs
  • Updated Maven Findbugs Plugin to 3.0.0, which fixes bugs
  • Updated Maven Javadoc Plugin to 2.10.1, which fixes bugs
  • Updated Maven Jdepend Plugin to 2.0, which fixes bugs
  • Updated Maven Site Plugin to 3.4, which fixes bugs
  • Updated Netty to 3.9.5, which fixes bugs

New in Universal Media Server 4.2.1 (Nov 1, 2014)

  • General:
  • Increased speed of FFmpeg transcoding to H.264
  • Updated UMS.conf
  • Improved filename prettifying
  • Re-added "Force default renderer" option to the GUI
  • Minor GUI fixes and improvements
  • Fontconfig caches are not generated if subtitles are disabled
  • Renamed most renderer config files
  • Fixed special characters in folder names not displaying correctly
  • Renderers:
  • Added support for LG WebOS TVs
  • Added support for Panasonic SC-BTT Blu-ray Disc Home Theater Sound Systems
  • Added support for Samsung ES8000 TVs
  • Added support for Samsung F5900 Blu-ray Disc players
  • Added support for Technisat S1+
  • Improved detection of Windows Media Player
  • Improved support for H.264 videos on some renderers
  • Improved support for Cambridge Audio Azur BD players
  • Improved support for Samsung WiseLink renderers
  • Improved support for subtitles on Sony Bravia EX TVs
  • Improved support for Panasonic TVs
  • Improved support for Xbox One
  • Fixed seeking on Samsung E+ Series TVs
  • Languages:
  • Updated French translation
  • External Components:
  • Updated MPlayer/MEncoder for Windows to SB60, which:
  • Improves H.264 transcoding
  • Improves H.265 support
  • Improves support for many containers and codecs
  • Fixes bugs

New in Universal Media Server 5.0.0-a1 (Oct 23, 2014)

  • This release adds support for UPnP connections and playback, the option to use info from IMDB with filename prettifying, HTML5 video support to the web interface and more!

New in Universal Media Server 4.2.0 (Oct 18, 2014)

  • General:
  • Added support for automatic 2D to 3D subtitles conversion
  • Added renderer support for converting 3D video to a different 3D format
  • Added a new template renderer file "DefaultRenderer.conf" which contains all possible renderer config options (like PS3.conf did before)
  • Made cache recreation happen only when it has changed, instead of with every new release
  • FFmpeg defers to MEncoder for subtitle transcoding if there are embedded fonts, since FFmpeg can't use them
  • Improved video quality when transcoding via FFmpeg over wired networks
  • Improved language detection
  • Transcode instead of streaming videos when their bitrate is too high for the renderer
  • Updated tooltips
  • Fixed the cache not storing all data (thanks, taconaut!)
  • Fixed full-SBS 3D support via FFmpeg
  • Fixed not transcoding subtitles for renderers that can stream the file format but not with subtitles
  • Renderers:
  • Added support for Samsung HT-E3 Series Blu-ray Home Entertainment Systems
  • Improved support for Panasonic TVs
  • Improved support for Philips TVs (thanks, ler0y!)
  • Improved support for Xbox One
  • Improved some renderer images
  • Formatted all renderer configs
  • Removed unnecessary (same as default) values from all renderer configs
  • Languages:
  • Updated French translation (thanks, Kirvx!)
  • External Components:
  • Updated FFmpeg for Windows and OS X to 20141014 builds, which:
  • Fixes a bug with subtitle parsing
  • Improves support for many containers and codecs
  • Fixes bugs
  • Updated InterFrame to 2.6.0, which:
  • Improves quality
  • Improves GPU support
  • Fixes bugs
  • Updated Java Runtime Environment automatic downloader for Windows to 8u25, which:
  • Improves security

New in Universal Media Server 4.1.3 (Oct 3, 2014)

  • General:
  • Improved default settings for smoother playback on wired and wireless networks
  • Made FFmpeg more reliable when transcoding embedded subtitles
  • Enabled file cache by default
  • Updated logo (subtle)
  • Improved cache handling
  • Disabled FFmpeg deferring to MEncoder for subtitles by default
  • Fixed thumbnails on some Samsung TVs
  • Fixed general bugs
  • Renderers:
  • Fixed unnecessary high CPU usage on LG TVs
  • Fixed support for Sony Home Theatre Systems
  • Fixed support for Xbox One
  • Improved support for Samsung UE ES6575 TVs
  • Languages:
  • Updated Czech translation
  • Updated French translation

New in Universal Media Server 4.1.2 (Sep 24, 2014)

  • General:
  • Folder population speed improvements with filename prettifying enabled
  • Web interface client-side speed improvements
  • Web interface design tweaks
  • Expanded filename prettifying
  • Split the renderer option SupportedSubtitlesFormats into SupportedExternalSubtitlesFormats and SupportedInternalSubtitlesFormats
  • Optimized video bitrate over wireless connections
  • Made more strings translatable
  • Fixed FFmpeg to MEncoder deferral via the Transcode folder
  • Fixed subtitles being transcoded when they didn't need to be
  • Fixed web thumbnails sometimes
  • Fixed the Windows installer downloading the 32-bit version of Java on 64-bit systems
  • Fixed the Windows installer offering to automatically close UMS
  • Renderers:
  • Improved support for Panasonic TX-L32V10E TVs
  • Improved support for Samsung renderers
  • Languages:
  • Updated Czech translation
  • Updated French translation
  • External Components:
  • Updated FFmpeg for OS X to g7cf1f0f, which:
  • Improves support for many containers and codecs
  • Fixes bugs
  • Updated jQuery to 1.11.1, which:
  • Fixes bugs
  • Updated NSIS LockedList to 3.0.0.3, which:
  • Adds support for detecting 64-bit processes
  • Fixes bugs

New in Universal Media Server 4.1.1 (Sep 8, 2014)

  • General:
  • Made videos start faster sometimes when using FFmpeg
  • Improved accuracy when parsing rare files
  • Improved folder population speed
  • Fixed x264 transcoding when using recent versions of MEncoder
  • Fixed Windows Java 6 versions trying to update to Java 7
  • Renderers:
  • Fixed external subtitle streaming support on Samsung TVs
  • Languages:
  • Updated French translation (thanks, Kirvx!)
  • Updated Spanish translation
  • External Components:
  • Updated MPlayer/MEncoder for Windows to SB59, which:
  • Fixes decoding of PGS subtitles
  • Improves support for many containers and codecs
  • Improves 3D compatibility on some devices
  • Fixes bugs
  • Updated Netty to 3.9.4, which:
  • Improves security
  • Fixes bugs
  • Improves memory use

New in Universal Media Server 4.1.0 (Sep 2, 2014)

  • General:
  • Added previous and next buttons to web interface
  • Added the ability to prioritize renderer loading order
  • Windows uninstaller no longer deletes custom renderer configs
  • Windows uninstaller no longer leaves behind unused files
  • Windows automatic updater downloads the correct build for the user's Java version
  • FFmpeg defers to MEncoder for transcoding subtitles by default
  • Fixed subtitles stretching bug
  • Fixed startup crash on non-Windows operating systems
  • Fixed subtitles not being transcoded when the renderer supported streaming the file
  • Fixed automatic wireless quality optimizations not being applied
  • Improved logging and log packing
  • Speed improvements
  • Renderers:
  • Added support for Xbox One via DLNA
  • Improved support for Panasonic VT60 TVs
  • Languages:
  • Updated Spanish translation
  • Updated Java Runtime Environment automatic downloader for Windows to 8u20, which:
  • Improves security
  • Updated FFmpeg to builds from 2014-08-28, which:
  • Improves support for many containers and codecs
  • Fixes bugs

New in Universal Media Server 4.0.3 (Aug 16, 2014)

  • General:
  • Fixed MP4 support on some renderers
  • Fixed transcoded video resolutions with odd numbers on some renderers
  • Fixed error when retrieving audio channels
  • Updated descriptions in UMS.conf
  • Renderers:
  • Fixed audio support on WDTV Live
  • Fixed external subtitle support on Samsung devices
  • Improved support for Panasonic VT60 TVs
  • Languages:
  • Fixed Spanish translation
  • Updated most translations in minor ways
  • Updated Dutch translation
  • External Components:
  • Updated MediaInfo for Windows to 0.7.69, which:
  • Improves folder population times
  • Improves stability
  • Improves detection of HEVC streams
  • Fixes bugs

New in Universal Media Server 4.0.2 (Aug 7, 2014)

  • General:
  • The Java 8 build on Windows offers to update Java 7
  • Added all default renderer values to PS3.conf to make it easier to support new renderers
  • Added documentation and formatting to PS3.conf
  • Fixed automatic Java download/installation on Windows for users without it
  • Fixed the Live Subtitles feature
  • Fixed external subtitle support
  • Renderers:
  • Improved support for DirecTV HR
  • Improved support for Panasonic TVs
  • Improved support for Samsung devices
  • External Components:
  • Updated Java Runtime Environment automatic downloader for Windows to 8u11, which:
  • Improves security
  • Updated Maven Compiler Plugin to 3.1

New in Universal Media Server 4.0.1 (Aug 1, 2014)

  • General:
  • Added option InternalSubtitlesSupported to renderer configs for greater control over file compatibility
  • Added option "Force external subtitles"
  • Added the option "Use embedded style" to FFmpeg instead of just MEncoder
  • Fixed a bug with the adaptive bitrate setting GUI
  • Fixed bugs with subtitles not being loaded
  • Fixed displaying the Windows-specific "prevent operating system from sleeping" option on other operating systems
  • Fixed FFmpeg sometimes sending too many audio channels
  • Fixed FFmpeg using a bitrate too high for audio transcoding
  • Languages:
  • Updated Spanish translation
  • External Components:
  • Updated FFmpeg to builds from 2014-07-16, which:
  • Improves support for many containers and codecs
  • Fixes bugs

New in Universal Media Server 4.0.0 (Jul 28, 2014)

  • General:
  • Made the buffer more animated
  • Added web_port and web_enable settings to UMS.conf
  • Added support for 4k videos by automatically scaling them to a resolution that the renderer supports
  • Added renderer option SendDateMetadata to specify whether to send last modified date metadata to the renderer
  • Improved detection of which videos are automatically muxable
  • Fixed and improved web interface search
  • Fixed web interface content-type
  • Fixed images on web interface on Linux and OS X
  • Fixed documentation images on Linux
  • Fixed occasional error on Linux when packing debug files
  • Fixed external subtitles sometimes not loading
  • Fixed files with resolutions that are too high for the renderer streaming if they are otherwise supported
  • Fixed the VLC Web Video legacy engine only outputting 25fps
  • Fixed UMS occasionally telling renderers to expect a different video format than they get
  • General speed improvements
  • Updated several descriptions and formatted UMS.conf
  • Renderers:
  • Added support for Sony Bravia XBR TVs
  • Improved support for Apple mobile devices (iPad, iPhone, iPod)
  • Improved support for AirPlayer
  • Improved support for Android
  • Improved support for BlackBerry
  • Improved support for Cambridge Audio Blu-ray players
  • Improved support for Chromecast
  • Improved support for D-Link DSM-510
  • Improved support for Freebox HD
  • Improved support for Freecom Music Pal
  • Improved support for LG Smart TV Upgrader
  • Improved support for OPPO Blu-ray players
  • Improved support for Popcorn Hour
  • Improved support for Pioneer Kuro
  • Improved support for Realtek media players
  • Improved support for Samsung TVs, Blu-ray players and mobile devices
  • Improved support for Showtime
  • Improved support for Sony Bravia TVs, media players, Blu-ray players and Xperia devices
  • Improved support for Streamium
  • Improved support for Telstra T-Box
  • Improved support for VideoWeb TV
  • Improved support for Vizio TVs
  • Improved support for WDTV Live
  • Improved support for XBMC
  • Improved support for Xbox 360
  • Recognize Xbox One and PlayStation 4 when they connect to the web interface
  • Languages:
  • Updated Dutch translation

New in Universal Media Server 4.0.0-b1 (Jul 13, 2014)

  • General:
  • Added option to automatically adjust the maximum bandwidth by measuring the speed of the connection to the devices
  • Added searching to the web interface
  • Added and improved documentation for more renderer options to PS3.conf (CustomFFmpegOptions, OverrideFFmpegVideoFilter and KeepAspectRatio)
  • Added "Random" file sorting option
  • Added tooltips to more options in the GUI
  • Added option to use PsPing on Windows to make network speed estimates more accurate (ping_path)
  • Added renderer option LimitFolders to specify whether the renderer has a folder limit or not
  • Added searching to each folder
  • Improved web interface display, especially on mobile devices
  • Improved changing settings via web interface
  • Removed the folder limit from the web interface
  • Made more strings translatable
  • Fixed a bug with filename prettifying
  • Made the renderer setting KeepAspectRatio more reliable
  • Renamed the renderer option OverrideVideoFilter to OverrideFFmpegVideoFilter
  • Fixed incorrect aspect ratios being cached
  • Fixed bugs with FFmpeg subtitles
  • Fixed a bug with adding files
  • Fixed ignored renderers
  • Fixed performing unnecessary speed checks
  • Fixed a bug with the Recently Played folder
  • Renderers:
  • Improved support for DirecTV HR
  • Improved support for Panasonic TVs
  • Improved support for Samsung TVs, Blu-ray players and mobile devices
  • Improved aspect ratios on Sony Bravia EX TVs
  • External Components:
  • Updated Apache commons-lang to 3.3.2, which fixes bugs
  • Updated Logback to 1.1.2, which fixes bugs
  • Updated Maven FindBugs Plugin to 2.5.4
  • Updated Maven Git Commit ID Plugin to 2.1.9
  • Updated MPlayer/MEncoder for Windows to SB58, which
  • Improves H.265 support
  • Improves buffer allocation
  • Makes seeking more accurate
  • Improves support for many containers and codecs
  • Improves speed
  • Fixes bugs
  • Updated Netty to 3.9.1, which fixes bugs
  • Updated slf4j to 1.7.7

New in Universal Media Server 3.6.4 (Jun 28, 2014)

  • General:
  • Fixed a bug with filename prettifying
  • Fixed a bug with FFmpeg subtitles
  • Fixed a bug with adding files
  • Fixed ignored renderers
  • Renderers:
  • Improved support for Samsung devices
  • External Components:
  • Updated MPlayer/MEncoder for Windows to SB58, which:
  • Improves H.265 support
  • Improves buffer allocation
  • Makes seeking more accurate
  • Improves support for many containers and codecs
  • Improves speed
  • Fixes bugs

New in Universal Media Server 3.6.3 (Jun 16, 2014)

  • General:
  • Added and improved documentation for more renderer options to PS3.conf (CustomFFmpegOptions, OverrideFFmpegVideoFilter and KeepAspectRatio)
  • Added support for configuring whether UMS can run just one or multiple instances
  • Made the renderer setting KeepAspectRatio more reliable
  • Renamed the renderer option OverrideVideoFilter to OverrideFFmpegVideoFilter
  • Fixed incorrect aspect ratios being cached
  • Fixed thumbnail seek position
  • Fixed bugs with FFmpeg subtitle styles
  • Renderers:
  • Added support for nPlayer, skifta and TwonkyBeam on portable Apple devices
  • Added support for LG LM620 TVs
  • Added support for Sony Bravia W7 series TVs
  • Improved support for DirecTV HR
  • Improved support for OPPO devices
  • Improved support for Panasonic TVs
  • Improved support for Samsung mobile devices
  • Languages:
  • Updated Czech translation
  • Updated Spanish translation
  • External Components:
  • Updated Apache commons-lang to 3.3.2, which fixes bugs
  • Updated Logback to 1.1.2, which fixes bugs
  • Updated Maven FindBugs Plugin to 2.5.4
  • Updated Maven Git Commit ID Plugin to 2.1.9
  • Updated MPlayer/MEncoder for Windows to SB55, which fixes DTS-ES to AC-3 transcoding
  • Updated Netty to 3.9.1, which fixes bugs
  • Updated slf4j to 1.7.7

New in Universal Media Server 4.0.0-a1 (Jun 3, 2014)

  • General:
  • Added a web interface, available at localhost:9001
  • Added a new transcoding option to allow H.264 video with AAC audio
  • Added documentation for more renderer options to PS3.conf (CustomFFmpegOptions and OverrideVideoFilter)
  • Added support for configuring whether UMS can run just one or multiple instances
  • Changed the names of transcoding options in renderer config files for clarity
  • Output surround audio (AC-3) instead of stereo (MP2) when using VLC (needs testing)
  • Enabled subtitles in VLC
  • Made FFmpeg the default transcoding engine
  • Improved the TextWrap function, which makes filenames fit better on certain renderers
  • Fixed padding in FFmpeg for DVD video resolution
  • Renderers:
  • Added support for Google Chromecast
  • Added support for nPlayer, skifta and TwonkyBeam on portable Apple devices
  • Added support for LG LM620 TVs (
  • Added support for Sony Bravia W7 series TVs
  • Improved support for OPPO devices
  • Improved support for Panasonic TX-L32V10E TVs
  • Languages:
  • Updated Spanish translation
  • External Components:
  • Updated Apache commons-lang to 3.3.2, which fixes bugs
  • Updated Logback to 1.1.2, which fixes bugs
  • Updated Maven Git Commit ID Plugin to 2.1.9
  • Updated Netty to 3.9.1, which fixes bugs
  • Updated slf4j to 1.7.7

New in Universal Media Server 3.6.2 (May 27, 2014)

  • General:
  • Tweaked the default Wi-Fi settings for smoother playback on slower networks
  • Fixed automatic updating on Windows
  • Fixed a memory leak
  • Optimized code
  • Improved logging
  • Renderers:
  • Improved support for Apple mobile devices (iPad, iPhone, iPod)
  • Improved support for DirecTV HR
  • Improved support for LG LA644V Smart TV
  • Improved support for Nokia N900
  • Improved support for Pioneer Kuro
  • Improved support for Samsung mobile devices
  • Improved support for Sony Bravia 4500
  • Improved support for Sony Bravia EX620
  • Improved support for Telstra T-Box
  • Languages:
  • Updated Spanish translation

New in Universal Media Server 3.6.1 (May 16, 2014)

  • General:
  • Made resuming more intuitive
  • Fixed the aspect ratio of thumbnails by default
  • Fixed the buffer going nuts after automatic subtitle conversion
  • Fixed support for URLs in playlists
  • Fixed error with thumbnails of resume files
  • Fixed the user interface when hiding advanced options
  • Languages:
  • Made more strings translatable
  • Updated Czech translation
  • Updated Russian translation
  • External Components:
  • Updated FFmpeg to builds from 2014-05-05, which:
  • Improves support for many containers and codecs
  • Fixes bugs
  • Updated h2database to 1.3.176, which:
  • Improves stability
  • Updated MPlayer/MEncoder for Windows to SB57, which:
  • Adds AAC encoding support
  • Improves H.265 support
  • Improves support for many containers and codecs
  • Improves speed
  • Fixes bugs

New in Universal Media Server 3.6.0 (Apr 28, 2014)

  • General:
  • Use the Entertainment application category on OS X instead of Other
  • MPlayer thumbnail generation is disabled in the GUI if "Generate thumbnails" is unticked
  • Made Matroska container detection more reliable
  • Message dialogs display in the center of the program instead of the screen
  • The FFmpegAudio engine supports web audio
  • Valid MIME types are always sent to the renderer
  • Thumbnails of resume files are taken from the correct time
  • The "Hide empty folders" option works for New Media folders
  • Improved support for transcoding to H.264
  • Improved detection of H.264
  • Improved speed
  • Fixed FFmpeg subtitles conversion
  • Fixed the ability to stop scanning the library
  • Fixed the ability to resume videos with external subtitles
  • Fixed LPCM transcoding
  • Fixed renderer selection
  • Fixed timeseek detection
  • Renderers:
  • Added support for Cambridge Audio Azur BD players
  • Added support for LG LA6200 TVs
  • Added support for Sony Bravia BX305 TVs
  • Added support for more sizes of LG LA644V TVs
  • Allow muxing of non-mod4 videos to Bravia TVs
  • Languages:
  • Updated Czech translation
  • Updated Spanish translation
  • External Components:
  • Updated Java Runtime Environment automatic downloader for Windows to 7u55, which improves security

New in Universal Media Server 3.5.0 (Mar 20, 2014)

  • General:
  • Added a reminder at the end of the configuration wizard about optionally setting shared folders
  • Added an option to run the configuration wizard on the next program start
  • Added the ability to specify folders to ignore (folders_ignored in UMS.conf)
  • Made the program icon look better in some situations (added more resolutions)
  • Expanded filename prettifying
  • Fixed OpenSubtitles support
  • Improved stability of packing debug files
  • Improved readme file
  • Improved speed
  • Cleaned some renderer configs
  • Increased the safety of using -ac, -ab and -c:a in the CustomFFmpegOptions string in renderer configs
  • Renderers:
  • Improved support for DirecTV and Samsung phones when using FFmpeg
  • Languages:
  • Updated English
  • External Components:
  • Updated h2database to 1.3.175, which:
  • Improves stability
  • Updated Logback to 1.1.1
  • Updated MPlayer/MEncoder for Windows to SB56, which:
  • Improves DVD support
  • Fixes encoding sometimes finishing too soon
  • Improves stability
  • Improves support for the following video codecs: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
  • Improves support for the following audio codecs: DTS
  • Improves support for the following containers: Matroska, MOV, OGG
  • Adds x265 encoding support
  • Improves audio sync
  • MPEG-4 adheres more strictly to spec limits
  • Updated Netty to 3.9.0, which:
  • Improves speed
  • Fixes bugs
  • Updated slf4j to 1.7.6, which:
  • Improves stability

New in Universal Media Server 3.4.2 (Feb 26, 2014)

  • General:
  • Improved fontconfig cache creation
  • The shared directory setting in the config is read more safely
  • Fixed video playback on some renderers including OPPO devices
  • Fixed a crash with certain files
  • Fixed a buffer display error
  • Languages:
  • Updated Spanish translation
  • External Components:
  • Updated FFmpeg to builds from 2014-02-12, which:
  • Improves support for the following video codecs: H.264, H.265, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, VC-1, VP8, VP9
  • Improves support for the following audio codecs: AC-3, DTS, WMA
  • Improves support for the following containers: AVI, Matroska, MPEG-TS
  • Fixes memory leaks
  • Improves detection of 60FPS
  • Improves audio sync
  • Updated MediaInfo for Windows to 0.7.64, which:
  • Fixes crashes
  • Updated Netty to 3.7.0

New in Universal Media Server 3.4.1 (Feb 15, 2014)

  • General:
  • Fixed MPlayer thumbnail generation
  • Fixed support for the MovieInfo and LastFMScrobbler plugins
  • Improved math accuracy
  • Improved thread-safety
  • Improved code speed
  • Minor GUI improvements
  • External Components:
  • Updated JGoodies Forms to 1.6.0
  • Updated Maven Checkstyle plugin to 2.11
  • Updated Maven Doxia Docbook Simple plugin to 1.5
  • Updated Maven FindBugs Plugin to 2.5.3
  • Updated Maven Site plugin to 3.3
  • Updated Maven Surefire Report plugin to 2.16

New in Universal Media Server 3.4.0 (Feb 6, 2014)

  • General:
  • Added "Encoded Audio Passthrough" option for DTS and AC-3 audio
  • Added support for 3D MKV files (mk3d)
  • Made font cache creation over 50% faster on Windows
  • Font cache creation is done in the background
  • Expanded filename prettifying
  • Clicking "Check for updates" tells you when there are no updates
  • Image thumbnails are generated faster
  • Fixed FLAC support on some players
  • Removed broken entry from WEB.conf
  • Minor English language improvements
  • Renderers:
  • Improved support for the Vizio renderer
  • External Components:
  • Updated Commons Codec to 1.9
  • Updated Commons Configuration to 1.10
  • Updated FFmpeg to builds from 2014-01-05+, which
  • Adds support for reading and setting stereoscopic (3D) metadata for MPEG-2, H.264 and H.265 streams
  • Improves AV sync, especially when outputting MPEG-TS
  • Improves support for the following audio codecs: AC-3, DTS
  • Improves support for the following video codecs: VP9, H.264, H.265
  • Improves AviSynth support
  • Improves Matroska support
  • Updated InterFrame to 2.5.1, which
  • Improves quality
  • Improves GPU support
  • Fixes bugs
  • Updated JGoodies Forms to 1.7.2
  • Updated JGoodies Looks to 2.5.3
  • Updated JNA to 4.0.0, which
  • Fixes bugs
  • Updated MPlayer/MEncoder for Windows to SB55, which
  • Adds Google VP9 support
  • Improves support for some DVDs
  • Speed improvements
  • Fixes memory leaks
  • Fixes a fontconfig bug
  • Improves support for the following containers: AVI, Matroska, MPEG-TS
  • Improves support for the following video codecs: H.264, H.265, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, VC-1, VP8
  • Improves support for the following audio codecs: AAC, AC-3
  • Improves detection of 60FPS
  • Updated MediaInfo for Windows to 0.7.67, which
  • Fixes bugs
  • Updated Netty to 3.9.0, which
  • Improves speed
  • Fixes bugs
  • Updated Thumbnailator to 0.4.7

New in Universal Media Server 3.3.0 (Dec 9, 2013)

  • General:
  • Added the option to toggle the display of the profile name after the server name on the renderer
  • Added a warning on the Status tab if the UMS port is being blocked
  • Added some missing entries to UMS.conf
  • Added automatic video scaling to renderer resolution limits in FFmpeg
  • Added the ability to use asterisks for the "Force transcoding" and "Skip transcoding" options
  • Added config option "itunes_library_path"
  • Improved detection of which videos should be muxed automatically when using MEncoder or FFmpeg
  • Fixed files with compatible video but incompatible audio not muxing video
  • Fixed support for outputting 24-bit FLAC files as 24-bit by muxing them with video
  • Fixed audio playback if VLC is enabled
  • Made server restarts more reliable
  • Made sure FFmpeg outputs a compatible colorspace when transcoding to H.264
  • Made sure the transcode folder appears before files instead of after (below)
  • Renamed config setting "ffmpeg_font_config" to "ffmpeg_fontconfig"
  • Renamed config setting "hide_new_media" to "hide_new_media_folder"
  • Renderers:
  • Improved video compatibility on Panasonic TVs
  • Updated the PS3 image
  • Updated the XBMC logo
  • Languages:
  • Minor language tweaks
  • Renamed "Advanced Monitoring" to "Include in New Media folder"

New in Universal Media Server 3.2.0 (Dec 2, 2013)

  • General:
  • Added font cache generation for FFmpeg on startup
  • Added the ability for users to set their own server name
  • Added example virtual folders file in the profile directory
  • The virtual folders file is now loaded from the profile directory instead of the installation directory
  • Made seeking more accurate with FFmpeg
  • When FFmpeg muxes, it always uses tsMuxeR
  • Improved compatibility with videos with unusual colorspaces
  • Improved compatibility when transcoding to H.264 via FFmpeg
  • Improved compatibility with video with HE-AAC audio
  • Improved compatibility when using tsMuxeR via FFmpeg
  • Improved compatibility with high-resolution videos such as 3D-SBS and 3D-OU
  • Fixed resume files causing a startup crash
  • Fixed some settings causing a crash
  • Fixed bug with FFmpeg subtitles
  • Languages:
  • Updated Spanish translation
  • External Components:
  • Updated FFmpeg to builds from 2013-11-27, which:
  • Adds support for HEVC (H.265)
  • Improves seeking accuracy
  • Improves AV sync
  • Fixes memory leaks
  • Optimizes AC-3 decoding
  • Improves support for 60FPS videos
  • Improves AVI support
  • Silences meaningless errors
  • Improves DTS support
  • Supports seeking to non-keyframes in Matroska files
  • Improves AC-3 support

New in Universal Media Server 3.1.2.1 (Nov 26, 2013)

  • General:
  • Fixed a video compatibility bug affecting some users

New in Universal Media Server 3.1.2 (Nov 25, 2013)

  • Added tooltips to more options
  • Changed the appearance of tooltips
  • Removed the ability to set both FFmpeg muxing options at the same time in the GUI
  • Minor GUI improvements
  • Made the resume feature more stable
  • Fixed video compatibility bugs
  • Fixed FFmpeg on Linux systems which do not have FFmpeg installed

New in Universal Media Server 3.1.1 (Nov 25, 2013)

  • General:
  • Sort renderers by name in the "Default renderer" option
  • Fixed a bug that caused unnecessary transcoding/muxing
  • Fixed subtitles not being transcoded when they should be
  • Fixed parsing of FFmpeg protocols
  • Fixed memory leaks
  • Optimized code
  • Renderers:
  • Improved video support on Panasonic TX-L32V10E TVs
  • Improved video support on PS3
  • Languages:
  • Updated Dutch translation
  • Updated Spanish translation
  • External Components:
  • Updated h2database to 1.3.174, which:
  • Improves speed
  • Improves stability
  • Updated MediaInfo for Windows to 0.7.65, which:
  • Improves stability

New in Universal Media Server 3.1.0 (Nov 19, 2013)

  • General:
  • Added new "Random" sorting option (thanks, etrunko!)
  • Added support for sending subtitles (losslessly) to renderers via closed captioning
  • Added option to clear all monitored files
  • Added support for picture-based subtitles (like VobSub) in FFmpeg
  • Added whitelist option for advanced users
  • Added support for automatically muxing WEB-DL files on all operating systems by default
  • Added automatic tsMuxeR muxing via FFmpeg
  • Added tooltips to more settings
  • Improved video compatibility when transcoding to H.264 via MEncoder or FFmpeg
  • Increased speed of FFmpeg transcoding by default by ~25% in some cases
  • Disabled AviSynth/MEncoder by default
  • Fixed subtitle character conversion in FFmpeg
  • Fixed the configuration option to disable multithreading with FFmpeg engines
  • Fixed the New Media folder not adhering to the empty folder setting
  • Fixed the broken FFmpeg binary on Linux
  • Renderers:
  • Added support for Sony STR-DA5800ES (thanks, AYColumbia!)
  • Added support for sending SubRip and MicroDVD subtitles to Panasonic TVs
  • Added support for sending SubRip subtitles to WD TV Live
  • Added support for sending SubRip subtitles to Xbox Media Center
  • Improved thumbnail support on Sony Bravia TVs
  • Languages:
  • Updated Italian translation
  • Updated Spanish translation
  • External Components:
  • Updated MPlayer/MEncoder for Windows to SB53, which
  • Adds support for HEVC (H.265)
  • Adds support for 4k AVC (H.264)
  • Supports seeking to non-keyframes in Matroska files
  • Improves seeking accuracy
  • Improves H.264 encoding quality in fade-heavy clips
  • Improves bitrate calculation
  • Improves ASS/SSA subtitle support
  • Improves support for some DVDs
  • Improves support for 60FPS videos
  • Improves DTS support
  • Improves AVI support
  • Increases speed
  • Fixes a crash when trying to play a DVD from different region than currently set in the DVD drive
  • Fixes memory leaks
  • Fixes multithreaded decoding
  • Fixes bugs:
  • Updated tsMuxeR for Linux and OS X to 2.2.3b, which
  • Adds support for DTS-HD elementary stream with extra DTSHD headers
  • Improves muxing speed
  • Improves stream standards compatibility
  • Fixes E-AC3 support
  • Adds support for DTS-express audio
  • Reduces bandwidth
  • Updated tsMuxeR for Windows to 2.2.3b, which
  • Adds support for DTS-HD elementary stream with extra DTSHD headers
  • Reduces bandwidth

New in Universal Media Server 3.0.0 (Nov 1, 2013)

  • Changes since 2.6.5:
  • General:
  • Transcoding quality automatically adjusts for content and network speed by default, allowing wireless users an easier experience
  • Added the New Media folder, which contains unwatched media
  • Added the Recently Played folder, which contains watched media
  • Added the ability to resume videos after closing the program, for details on its use see the tooltip on the Navigation tab
  • Added support for muxing (losslessly streaming) more files with tsMuxeR by default
  • Added support for sending subtitle streams (without transcoding) to more devices
  • Added more information to our debug logs
  • Added internal subtitle support to FFmpeg
  • Added subtitle seeking support to FFmpeg
  • Added subtitle styling (fontconfig) support to FFmpeg
  • Added "Prettify filenames" feature, for details on its use see the tooltip on the Navigation tab
  • Added configuration wizard to simplify common things like network configuration
  • Added an option to hide/show advanced options, hopefully making things less confusing/daunting for most users
  • Added VLC video transcoding (thanks, LordQuackstar!)
  • Added new options to iTunes library browsing: Browse by Artist, Album and Genre
  • Added manual configuration option (hide_subs_info) to hide subtitle info from filenames while browsing
  • Added checkboxes to enable/disable renderers
  • Added tooltips to several options to make them clearer
  • Added H.264 transcoding quality option
  • Enabled support for cover files in virtual folders (thanks, D-Kalck!)
  • Improved video transcoding quality by default
  • Improved audio transcoding quality in FFmpeg by default
  • A more helpful error is displayed when something is using the UMS HTTP port
  • Made some custom MEncoder options safer to use
  • Improved file compatibility for mod2 videos
  • Improved support for iTunes compilations
  • Made video playback more stable
  • FFmpeg starts faster
  • Improved speed of list population
  • Audio files are added to the transcode folder
  • Chapter folders are hidden if the video duration is less than the chapter length
  • Improved file compatibility detection for H.264 muxing
  • Renamed a lot of configuration variables
  • Removed the obsolete MPlayerAudio, MPlayerWebAudio and MPlayerWebVideoDump engines
  • Improved memory defaults on Windows
  • The "Clean Install" option on Windows removes the program directory
  • The server logo displays on more renderers
  • A status message is displayed while UMS is checking the MPlayer font cache
  • MPlayer/MEncoder is no longer included in the Linux builds
  • Added renderer config option DisableMencoderNoskip
  • Made the use of acodec in CustomMencoderOptions safer
  • Videos work when tsMuxeR is the only engine enabled
  • Code optimizations to run faster
  • Fixed duplicate entries in DVD/playlist/feed folders
  • Fixed FFmpeg web videos on Linux and OS X
  • Fixed external ASS/SSA support (Thanks, skeptical!)
  • Fixed FFmpeg muxing on non-PS3 renderers
  • Fixed use of custom Java Heapsize (Thanks, OptimusPrime!)
  • Fixed streaming radio timing out after 1:45:32
  • Fixed MEncoder subtitle support when the font name contains a space
  • Fixed startup issue on OS X
  • Fixed RAW image transcoding and support 28 additional RAW file extensions
  • Fixed incorrect server IP address when starting UMS by launching UMS.exe or UMS.bat
  • Fixed and improved support for virtual folders
  • Fixed conflicts between some renderer config options
  • Fixed tsMuxeR video detection bug
  • Fixed x264 transcoding with MEncoder
  • Fixed a rare startup bug
  • Fixed layout issues
  • Fixed memory leaks
  • Fixed various bugs
  • Renderers:
  • Added support for LG 42LA644V TVs (thanks, khmelnov.roman)
  • Added profile for Samsung D7000 TVs
  • Added support for Samsung mobiles (Galaxy S3, S4, Note, Note 2, and Note 3)
  • Added support for Panasonic TX-L32V10E TVs
  • Added thumbnail support to Samsung 2012 ES and EH models (thanks, dmitche3!)
  • Added support for Bravia W series TVs
  • Improved support for KalemSoft Media Player on BlackBerry PlayBook
  • Updated support for Bravia W series TVs (thanks, flux131)
  • Updated Samsung AllShare logo
  • Updated notes on Philips PFL (thanks, ler0y!)
  • Xbox 360 supports 5.1 audio
  • Faster transcoding on Xbox 360
  • Improved DirecTV support
  • Updated DirecTV image
  • Improved PS3 support
  • Enabled text-wrapping for long names on Sony Blu-ray players
  • Languages:
  • Added English (UK) to the list of languages
  • Updated Czech translation
  • Updated Dutch translation (thanks, Leroy!)
  • Updated French translation
  • Updated Spanish translation (thanks, AlfredoRamos and uman2k!)
  • External Components:
  • Updated Apache Commons Codec to 1.8
  • Updated Checkstyle to 2.10
  • Updated Cobertura Maven Plugin to 2.5.2
  • Updated FFmpeg on all operating systems, which:
  • Improves ASS/SSA subtitle support
  • Improves handling of aspect ratios, even when muxing
  • Fixes multithreaded MPEG-4 decoding
  • Added multithreading to ALAC decoding
  • Speeds up JPEG decoding
  • Fixes and improves MP3, AAC and DTS decoding stability
  • Fixes memory leaks
  • Fixes channel mapping with surround AAC audio
  • Improves H.264 and VC-1 support
  • Improves Vorbis support
  • Improves Matroska support
  • Improves MPEG-TS muxing
  • Updated FindBugs Maven Plugin to 2.5.2
  • Updated Gson to 2.2.4
  • Updated H2 Database Engine to 1.3.173
  • Updated Java Runtime Environment automatic downloader for Windows to 7u45, which improves security
  • Updated JBoss APIviz to 1.3.2
  • Updated jgoodies-forms to 1.6.0
  • Updated jgoodies-looks to 2.5.2
  • Updated JUnit to 4.11
  • Updated Logback to 1.0.13
  • Updated Maven Cobertura Plugin to 2.6
  • Updated Maven Doxia Docbook Simple Plugin to 1.4
  • Updated Maven Git Commit ID Plugin to 2.1.5, which improves stability
  • Updated Maven IDEA Plugin to 2.2.1
  • Updated Maven Javadoc Plugin to 2.9.1, which:
  • Makes it more threadsafe
  • Improves security
  • Updated Maven Project Info Reports to 2.7
  • Updated Maven Source Plugin to 2.2.1
  • Updated Maven Surefire to 2.16 which:
  • Fixes problems with character encodings
  • Updated MediaInfo for Windows to 0.7.64, which:
  • Adds H.265 (HEVC) support
  • Fixed some crashes with .mov files
  • Improved AVI support
  • Added HEVC/H.265 in MKV support
  • Added Dolby E support
  • Improved AVI, MKV, MPEG-TS, QuickTime, RMVB, MPEG-4, AAC, AVC, AC-3 and DTS support
  • Faster MPEG-TS analysis
  • Updated Netty to 3.6.6
  • Updated PMD Maven Plugin to 3.0.1
  • Updated slf4j to 1.7.5
  • Updated Thumbnailator to 0.4.5, which:
  • Fixes memory errors with the latest Java Runtimes
  • Fixes use of Exif orientation
  • Updated tsMuxeR for Windows to 2.0.6b, which:
  • Improves muxing speed
  • Improves stream standards compatibility
  • Fixes E-AC3 support
  • Adds support for DTS-express audio
  • Updated xmlwise to 1.2.11
  • Changes since 3.0.0-b1:
  • General:
  • Added support for muxing (losslessly streaming) more files with tsMuxeR by default
  • Added support for sending subtitle streams (without transcoding) to more devices
  • Added more information to our debug logs
  • The "Clean Install" option on Windows removes the program directory
  • The server logo displays on more renderers
  • The wizard defaults to "no" for DTS streaming by default for compatibility
  • A status message is displayed while UMS is checking the MPlayer font cache
  • MPlayer/MEncoder is no longer included in the Linux builds
  • Fixed FFmpeg web videos on Linux and OS X
  • Added renderer config option DisableMencoderNoskip
  • Made the use of acodec in CustomMencoderOptions safer
  • Videos work when tsMuxeR is the only engine enabled
  • Fixed a bug where VLC would include unwanted subtitles
  • Fixed MIME types in some situations
  • Fixed (hopefully) a duration/seeking bug
  • Fixed the video resuming feature
  • Code optimizations to run faster
  • Renderers:
  • Added support for LG 42LA644V TVs (thanks, khmelnov.roman)
  • Added support for Samsung mobiles (Galaxy S3, S4, Note, Note 2, and Note 3)
  • Added support for Panasonic TX-L32V10E TVs
  • Updated notes on Philips PFL (thanks, ler0y!)
  • Updated support for Bravia W series TVs (thanks, flux131)
  • Updated Samsung AllShare logo
  • Languages:
  • Updated Czech translation
  • Updated Spanish translation (thanks, AlfredoRamos!)
  • External Components:
  • Updated Java Runtime Environment automatic downloader for Windows to 7u45, which improves security
  • Updated tsMuxeR for Windows to 2.0.6b, which:
  • Improves muxing speed
  • Improves stream standards compatibility
  • Fixes E-AC3 support
  • Adds support for DTS-express audio

New in Universal Media Server 3.0.0 Beta 1 (Oct 18, 2013)

  • General:
  • Added the New Media folder, which contains unwatched media
  • Added the Recently Played folder, which contains watched media
  • Added checkboxes to enable/disable renderers
  • Enabled support for cover files in virtual folders
  • A more helpful error is displayed when something is using the UMS HTTP port
  • Improved calculation of subtitle font size in FFmpeg
  • Expanded filename prettifying
  • Made some custom MEncoder options safer to use
  • Improved file compatibility for mod2 videos
  • Fixed and improved support for virtual folders
  • Fixed conflicts between some renderer config options
  • Fixed tsMuxeR video detection bug
  • Fixed x264 transcoding with MEncoder
  • Fixed a rare startup bug
  • Fixed FFmpeg subtitles bug
  • Fixed a general subtitles bug
  • Fixed several minor bugs
  • Fixed plugin compatibility problems
  • Renderers:
  • Improved DirecTV support
  • Updated DirecTV image
  • Improved PS3 support
  • Enabled text-wrapping for long names on Sony Blu-ray players
  • External Components:
  • Updated H2 Database Engine to 1.3.173
  • Updated Maven Cobertura Plugin to 2.6
  • Updated Maven Doxia Docbook Simple Plugin to 1.4
  • Updated Maven Git Commit ID Plugin to 2.1.5, which:
  • Improves stability
  • Updated Maven IDEA Plugin to 2.2.1
  • Updated Maven Javadoc Plugin to 2.9.1, which:
  • Makes it more threadsafe
  • Improves security
  • Updated Maven Surefire Plugin to 2.16, which:
  • Fixes problems with character encodings

New in Universal Media Server 3.0.0 Alpha 5 (Sep 3, 2013)

  • General:
  • Fixed a startup problem affecting some users

New in Universal Media Server 3.0.0 Alpha 4 (Sep 2, 2013)

  • General:
  • Improved support for iTunes compilations
  • Added support for external subtitles in VLC
  • Expanded and fixed filename prettifying
  • Made video playback more stable
  • Fixed support for non-English iTunes libraries
  • Fixed external ASS/SSA support
  • Fixed FFmpeg muxing on non-PS3 renderers
  • Fixed use of custom Java Heapsize
  • Fixed VLC audio/subtitle language selection
  • Fixed streaming radio timing out after 1:45:32
  • Fixed MEncoder subtitle support when the font name contains a space
  • Run the program in Java's server mode when using 64-bit JRE
  • Renderers:
  • Added support for Bravia W series TVs
  • Improved support for KalemSoft Media Player on BlackBerry PlayBook
  • Languages:
  • Updated French translation
  • Updated Spanish translation
  • External Components:
  • Updated Apache Commons Codec to 1.8
  • Updated Checkstyle to 2.10
  • Updated Cobertura Maven Plugin to 2.5.2
  • Updated FindBugs Maven Plugin to 2.5.2
  • Updated Gson to 2.2.4
  • Updated H2 Database Engine to 1.3.172
  • Updated JBoss APIviz to 1.3.2
  • Updated jgoodies-forms to 1.6.0
  • Updated jgoodies-looks to 2.5.2
  • Updated JUnit to 4.11
  • Updated Logback to 1.0.13
  • Updated Maven Project Info Reports to 2.7
  • Updated Maven Source Plugin to 2.2.1
  • Updated Maven Surefire to 2.15
  • Updated PMD Maven Plugin to 3.0.1
  • Updated slf4j to 1.7.5
  • Updated Thumbnailator to 0.4.5, which:
  • Fixes use of Exif orientation
  • Updated xmlwise to 1.2.11

New in Universal Media Server 3.0.0 Alpha 3 (Jul 12, 2013)

  • This fixes folder browsing in 32-bit mode, improves and speeds up file support, and fixes rare crashes.

New in Universal Media Server 3.0.1 Alpha 1 (May 16, 2013)

  • This release has many new features like video resuming, configuration wizard, filename prettifying, 5.1 audio output for Xbox, automatic transcoding quality adjustment, better transcoding quality, more complete subtitle support for FFmpeg, better iTunes integration and more!

New in Universal Media Server 2.6.4 (May 10, 2013)

  • General:
  • Made the menu icon on OS X grayscale to fit with most other programs
  • Made file list population faster
  • Added option to ignore certain renderer configurations
  • Improved file compatibility on all renderers
  • Renderers:
  • Improved file compatibility on Sony Bravia TVs
  • Improved file compatibility on Samsung TVs
  • Languages:
  • Updated English settings
  • Updated all language flags
  • Corrected Slovak language flag
  • Added language flags for Icelandic, Lithuanian and Slovenian

New in Universal Media Server 2.6.3 (May 1, 2013)

  • General:
  • Improved detection of renderers
  • Improved AAC/M4A support
  • External Components:
  • Updated Apache commons-lang to 3.1
  • Updated thumbnailator to 0.4.3

New in Universal Media Server 2.6.2 (Apr 22, 2013)

  • General:
  • Fixed audio sync when muxing DTS via FFmpeg
  • Improved descriptions in GUI
  • Added support for the file:// protocol in WEB.conf
  • Protocols are matched before extensions in WEB.conf
  • Fixed incorrect server IP address when starting via UMS.exe or UMS.bat
  • External Components:
  • Updated FFmpeg for all operating systems, which:
  • Fixes RTMP bugs
  • Improves support for the following codecs/containers: WMV, MPEG, H.264, Matroska, AVI, AAC, AC-3, WMA, MP3, FLV, OGG
  • Improves 60FPS video support
  • Supports more audio channel layouts
  • Improves pthread support
  • Fixes memory leaks
  • Improves subtitle decoding support
  • Adds support for subtitles character encoding conversion
  • Makes duration estimation more reliable
  • Adds support for .ape files
  • Improves memory use when using hardware acceleration
  • Fixes multithreaded MPEG-4 decoding
  • Updated Java Runtime Environment automatic downloader for Windows to 7u21, which:
  • Has lots of security fixes and improvements

New in Universal Media Server 2.6.1 (Apr 16, 2013)

  • General:
  • Added option to toggle H.264 remuxing in FFmpeg
  • Improved stability of Live Subtitles
  • Re-enabled WMP detection
  • Speed improvements
  • Fixed transcoding to Xbox via FFmpeg
  • Added support for WTV files
  • A-to-Z virtual folders support sorting options
  • Fixed a crash with rare MP3 files
  • Allow subtitles to be disabled on Samsung TVs
  • Renderers:
  • Improved Sony Blu-ray Player support
  • Fixed exception on Android
  • Fixed stuttering issues with Bravia HX TVs
  • Languages:
  • Updated Dutch translation
  • Updated Italian language
  • External Components:
  • Updated FFmpeg for Linux to burek's 2013-04-04 build, which:
  • Is compiled statically

New in Universal Media Server 2.6.0 (Mar 29, 2013)

  • General:
  • Added "Live Subtitles" which means you can select subtitles from the Internet via your device. It can be enable on the Navigation/Share Settings page.
  • Improved layout of the Navigation/Share Settings page
  • Implemented default subtitle preferences, to use them:
  • Either use the "Clean Install" option on Windows or put "eng,off;*,eng;*,und" into the "Audio/subtitles language priority" box in the "Subtitles settings" tab on the Transcoding Settings page
  • Fixed DTS muxing with FFmpeg
  • Added new "precoder" functionality, useful for plugin developers
  • Added h.264 encoding support to MEncoder (when renderers specify it)
  • Languages:
  • Updated Czech translation
  • Updated English settings labels
  • Updated Simplified Chinese translation
  • External Components:
  • Updated h2 database to 1.3.171, which:
  • Increases speed
  • Improves JDK 7 compatibility
  • Updated MPlayer/MEncoder for Windows to SB52, which:
  • Improves audio sync
  • Improves DVD support
  • Supports filenames with uncommon characters
  • Fixes memory leaks
  • Improves sync with Real videos
  • Fixes a crash
  • Updated Netty to 3.6.3, which:
  • Makes browsing more stable

New in Universal Media Server 2.5.2.2 (Mar 20, 2013)

  • Reverted maximum memory increase

New in Universal Media Server 2.5.2.1 (Mar 19, 2013)

  • Fixed the startup error introduced in 2.5.2

New in Universal Media Server 2.5.2 (Mar 18, 2013)

  • Offer to automatically update Java on Windows from 6 to 7
  • Fixed library updating with cache enabled
  • Made detection of network speed more accurate
  • Library scanning interface improvements
  • Set a higher maximum memory by default via the Windows installer for computers with 4GB+ of RAM

New in Universal Media Server 2.5.1 (Mar 15, 2013)

  • General:
  • Improved subtitle support on non-PS3 renderers
  • Made library/file loading faster
  • Fixed 24-bit flac support with tsMuxeR
  • Stopped using 2 database locations for media caching on Windows
  • Allow library scanning to be stopped
  • Library scanning interface improvements
  • Renderers:
  • Added support for Sony Home Theatre systems
  • Added support for Onkyo TX-NR717
  • Improved Samsung AllShare compatibility

New in Universal Media Server 2.5.0 (Mar 5, 2013)

  • General:
  • Updated layout on the Transcoding Settings tab
  • Improved aspect ratio handling on Panasonic and Sony TVs
  • Enabled ASS/SSA subtitle support on Linux by default
  • Now compiled with Java 7
  • Optimized code for Java 7
  • The installer only tells Windows to run UMS at startup on new installs or if the user has specified it in UMS
  • Added RTMP support to FFmpeg Web Video engine
  • Fixed fontconfig support on OS X
  • FFmpeg can transcode to x264 with the renderer option TranscodeVideo=H264TSAC3
  • FFmpeg supports video muxing
  • Made muxing more reliable
  • Improved audio sync in FFmpeg
  • Improved FFmpeg buffering
  • Bandwidth limit is more accurate with FFmpeg
  • Renderers:
  • Added support for KalemSoft Media Player on BlackBerry PlayBook devices
  • Added support for Netgear NeoTV
  • Added support for Telstra T-Box
  • Added support for Yamaha RX-3900
  • Improved support for Sony Blu-ray players
  • Languages:
  • Made languages more consistent with eachother
  • Updated Russian translation (thanks, Tianuchka!)
  • Changed default audio/subtitles language priority for English users, which:
  • Disables subtitles when audio is English, otherwise look for English subtitles, prioritizing external before internal subtitles
  • Added language flags for Arabic, Croatian, Estonian, Latvian, Serbian and Vietnamese
  • External Components:
  • Updated FFmpeg for Windows and Linux to SB8, which:
  • Increases x264 encoding speed
  • Updated InterFrame to 2.5.0, which:
  • Improves scene-change detection
  • Minimizes artifacts
  • Updated Java Runtime Environment automatic downloader for Windows to 7u17, which:
  • Fixes serious security holes
  • Updated MediaInfo for Windows to 0.7.62

New in Universal Media Server 2.4.2 (Feb 18, 2013)

  • General:
  • Fixed bug on some renderers where no files/folders were showing
  • The Clean Install option on Windows deletes the MPlayer Contconfig cache
  • External Components:
  • Updated FFmpeg for OS X to 1.1.2, which:
  • Adds automatic multithreading
  • Improves QuickTime format support
  • Supports decoding WMA Lossless
  • Supports decoding RealAudio Lossless
  • Fixes security issues
  • Fixes over 150 bugs
  • Supports RTMP
  • Supports Opus
  • Supports encoding external subtitles
  • Supports decoding DTS-HD

New in Universal Media Server 2.4.1 (Feb 16, 2013)

  • General:
  • Improved autostart support
  • Renderers:
  • Added support for Sharp Aquos TVs
  • Added support for Showtime 4
  • External Components:
  • Updated MPlayer/MEncoder for Windows and Linux to SB50, which:
  • Silences meaningless errors
  • Supports 32-bit Linux installations
  • Updated FFmpeg for Windows and Linux to SB7, which:
  • Adds RTMP support

New in Universal Media Server 2.4.0 (Feb 12, 2013)

  • General:
  • FFmpeg supports external subtitles
  • Linux build includes MPlayer, MEncoder and FFmpeg binaries like the other versions always have
  • Fixed user setting to automatically load external subtitles
  • Audio/subtitle language priority is now blank by default
  • Improved RealVideo file support
  • Added log level selector to the Logs tab
  • Improved MP4 compatibility on PS3
  • The word "the" at the start of filenames is ignored while sorting by default
  • Program runs on Windows startup by default, can be changed on the General Configuration tab
  • Fixed support for the Channels plugin
  • Languages:
  • Updated Czech translation
  • Updated Russian translation
  • Made more things translatable
  • External Components:
  • Updated Java Runtime Environment automatic downloader for Windows to 7u13, which:
  • Fixes serious security holes
  • Updated FFmpeg for Windows to SB6, which:
  • Enables external subtitles

New in Universal Media Server 2.3.0 (Jan 28, 2013)

  • General:
  • FFmpeg supports audio selection
  • Improved MKV/MP4 support on PS3
  • Fixed rare bug where files stop half way through
  • Support streaming mp4 to WD TV Live
  • Added initial support for Vizio Smart TVs
  • Fixed playback on unknown renderers
  • Fixed several FFmpeg-related bugs
  • Improved support for videos whose containers change aspect ratios
  • Tried to fix headless mode detection on Ubuntu
  • Fixed various bugs
  • External Components:
  • Updated FFmpeg for Windows to SB5, which:
  • Improves AC-3 audio buffering
  • Fixes memory leaks
  • Fixes a bug which detected transport streams as finished when they weren't
  • Improved MPEG-PS encoding
  • Made error codes more meaningful
  • Improves Matroska (MKV) support
  • Improves threading
  • Optimized AC-3 decoding
  • Updated InterFrame to 2.4.0, which:
  • Improves scene-change detection

New in Universal Media Server 2.2.6 (Jan 21, 2013)

  • General:
  • Some renderers (like Philips HTS) can connect more quickly with the server
  • Improved support for Sony Bravia HX series TVs
  • Fixed FFmpeg video transcoding on Xbox
  • Plugins can use custom icons for files
  • Languages:
  • Updated Korean translation
  • External Components:
  • Updated MPlayer/MEncoder for Windows to SB49, which:
  • Improves MP3 encoding speed
  • Improves MKV support
  • Improves threading
  • Fixes memory leaks

New in Universal Media Server 2.2.5 (Jan 16, 2013)

  • General:
  • Fixed transcoding support on some renderers (thanks for testing, Raker13!)
  • Merged the Video Settings folder into the Server Settings folder
  • Fixed a bug with the cache
  • Several code optimizations
  • External Components:
  • Updated Java Runtime Environment automatic downloader for Windows to 7u11, which
  • Fixes serious security holes

New in Universal Media Server 2.2.4 (Jan 9, 2013)

  • General:
  • Prevents internal and external subtitles from showing at the same time
  • External Components:
  • Updated MPlayer/MEncoder to SB48, which:
  • Runs faster
  • Crashes less
  • Detects framerates more accurately
  • Fixed subtitle bug on certain CPUs
  • Improved audio/video sync
  • Fixed memory leaks
  • Improves AVI support
  • Fixed audio stuttering/repeating bug
  • Fixed alpha for ASS subtitles
  • Improves permissions handling on Windows
  • Removes incorrectly categorised fonts
  • Makes ASS/SSA subtitle rendering up to 3.5x faster
  • Improves AC-3 audio buffering
  • Fixes a bug which detected transport streams as finished when they weren't
  • Improved MPEG-PS encoding

New in Universal Media Server 2.2.3 (Jan 7, 2013)

  • Temporarily rolled back MPlayer/MEncoder for Windows to SB42 to fix playback bugs

New in Universal Media Server 2.2.2 (Jan 3, 2013)

  • General:
  • Improved support of many files, especially on non-PS3 renderers
  • Fixed AVI support on Panasonic TVs
  • Cleaned up the "serving" text at the bottom of the program
  • Fixed conditional horizontal scrollbar
  • More accurately determine which formats tsMuxeR supports
  • External Components:
  • Updated InterFrame to 2.3.0, which:
  • Increased speed
  • Improved quality in high-action scenes
  • Optimised memory use
  • Supports more video cards
  • Updated MPlayer/MEncoder to SB47, which:
  • Disabled direct rendering for non-ref frames only again
  • Fixes a bug which detected transport streams as finished when they weren't

New in Universal Media Server 2.2.1 (Dec 21, 2012)

  • General:
  • Improved MEncoder audio sync
  • Improved TS video support on PS3
  • Installer offers to automatically close UMS if it is running
  • Updated JRE auto-download to 7u10
  • Fixed tsMuxeR support on non-PS3 renderers
  • Improved MediaInfo support
  • More files work on Panasonic TVs
  • Updated images for PS3 and Panasonic TV renderers
  • External Components:
  • Updated MPlayer/MEncoder to SB46, which:
  • Makes ASS/SSA subtitle rendering up to 3.5x faster
  • Improves sync for files with negative timestamps
  • Improves AC-3 audio buffering
  • Fixes memory leaks

New in Universal Media Server 2.2.0 (Dec 11, 2012)

  • General:
  • Added option that creates virtual A-Z subfolders in folders with a lot of files (the last option on the Navigation/Share Settings page)
  • Added option to the Windows installer to perform a "clean install", which removes all configuration files before installing
  • Design and usability improvements
  • Logging improvements
  • Fixed audio/subtitle priority defaults
  • "Definitely disable subtitles" is more reliable
  • Fixed FFmpeg Web Video streaming
  • Fixed DTS support in FFmpeg
  • Improved FFmpeg speed
  • Added support for creating thumbnails from TIFF and other formats
  • Fixed numerous smaller bugs
  • Made thumbnail generation and browsing faster
  • Don't show the text "{External Subtitles}" if the display name is "[No Encoding]" within the transcode folder
  • Added support for True Motion and convertfps to AviSynth/FFmpeg engine
  • Made multithreading more stable with AviSynth/FFmpeg engine
  • Fixed RTL subtitle support
  • Improved stability while seeking and transcoding
  • Fixed custom MEncoder settings at renderer level
  • Added a check to the Windows installer that prevents installation until UMS is closed
  • Languages:
  • Minor updates to all languages
  • More text is translatable
  • Updated Brazilian
  • Updated Czech
  • Renderers:
  • Support more Android players
  • Improved support for Panasonic TVs
  • External Components:
  • Updated MPlayer/MEncoder to SB45, which:
  • Fixed audio stuttering/repeating bug
  • Fixed alpha for ASS subtitles
  • Improves permissions handling on Windows
  • Removes incorrectly categorised fonts
  • Updated FFmpeg to SB4, which:
  • Improves audio sync when seeking
  • Supports more rare avi files
  • Improves support for demuxing DTS-HD
  • Fixes dozens of memory leaks
  • Improves audio sync for some AVI files using MP3 audio
  • Improves FPS detection
  • Improved sync for interlaced video
  • Allows mid-stream channel layout change for flac audio
  • Supports 24-bit flac encoding
  • Improves support for some CPU-optimisations
  • Fixed a lot of bugs with the implementation of h264

New in Universal Media Server 2.1.2 (Dec 3, 2012)

  • General:
  • Fixed subtitle support for RTL languages (Arabic, Persian, etc.)
  • Updated MPlayer/MEncoder to SB44, which:
  • Fixed subtitle bug on certain CPUs
  • Improved audio/video sync in some cases
  • Fixed memory leaks
  • Improves AVI support

New in Universal Media Server 2.1.1 (Nov 26, 2012)

  • Fixed a bug preventing UMS from starting
  • Improved Plugin Management page design
  • Minor language update

New in Universal Media Server 2.1.0 (Nov 23, 2012)

  • General:
  • Enabled HiDPI for retina displays
  • Fixed a bug that prevented showing Galaxy Nexus pictures
  • Allow plugins more freedom on install
  • Logging improvements
  • Stop Windows Media Player from being detected because it has never been supported
  • Language clarifications
  • Updated Dutch Traditional translation
  • Added support for all 3D SBS videos
  • Fixed blocky video with some files
  • Fixed bug where the program would not start without an internet connection
  • Checks for VSFilter (AviSynth subtitles plugin) in K-Lite Codec Pack
  • Fixed crash when scanning some MP3 files with large cover images on Linux (#22)
  • Added support for external subtitles with the AviSynth/MEncoder engine
  • Stopped virtual folder names being cut off after periods
  • Fixed several rare crashes
  • Renamed the Traces tab to Logs
  • Made text and buttons on the Logs page more readable
  • Plugin Management:
  • Fixed and improved credentials management
  • Improved Plugin Management tab design
  • Buggy plugins no longer logspam
  • Renderers:
  • Added support for Sony Bravia EX620 TVs
  • External components:
  • Updated H2 Database Engine to 1.3.169, which:
  • Makes library scanning faster
  • Updated InterFrame to 2.2.0, which:
  • Has less artifacts in the interpolated frames
  • Rolled back MediaInfo on OS X to 0.7.58, which:
  • Fixes a bug that caused all videos to be transcoded instead of streamed
  • Updated MPlayer/MEncoder to SB43, which:
  • Runs faster
  • Crashes less
  • Leaks memory less
  • Detects framerates more accurately
  • Improves audio sync

New in Universal Media Server 2.0.0 (Nov 5, 2012)

  • General:
  • Design facelift
  • Added support for more file archive formats (7-Zip, gzip and tar)
  • Improved DVD and ISO support
  • Fixed ASS/SSA subtitle position when using overscan compensation
  • Fixed a rare bug where videos played at half-speed
  • Updated JRE auto-download to 7u9 (latest)
  • Admin permissions notifications work on Windows 8 (before they only worked on 7 and Vista)
  • Fixed the FFmpeg Audio engine
  • Updated English settings/descriptions
  • Made some log messages more descriptive
  • MEncoder's "A/V sync alternative method" option is applied correctly again
  • Fixed error while loading iPhoto library
  • Updated many program dependencies to benefit from many bugfixes
  • Fixed bug where disabled engines would be picked
  • Updated links on the Help page
  • Made renderer config layouts more synchronised
  • Added a button to uninstall the Windows service
  • Removed fontconfig from MEncoder for Mac OSX for improved subs compatibility
  • Made names in the transcode folder shorter by removing redundant information
  • The user preference to hide file extensions is applied to the transcode folder subfolder names
  • External components:
  • Updated MPlayer/MEncoder to SB42, which:
  • Runs faster
  • Improves audio/video sync
  • Faster handling of ASS/SSA subtitles
  • Improves DVD support
  • Updated FFmpeg to SB3, which:
  • Fixes memory leaks
  • Fixes other bugs
  • Updated MediaInfo to 0.7.61, which:
  • Fixes MKV framerate detection bug
  • Fixes E-AC-3 duration detection bug
  • More reliable DTS bitrate detection
  • Updated Java Service Wrapper to 3.5.15, which:
  • Improves Windows permissions handling
  • Renderers:
  • Added support for Sony Bravia HX800 TVs
  • Enabled streaming more file formats to Android devices
  • Improved DivX support on Panasonic devices
  • Plugin Management:
  • Created new "Plugin Management" tab
  • Added button to edit the plugin credential file
  • Improved plugin installation process
  • Added button to reload available plugin list
  • Updated author column of plugin installer to include maintainers
  • Added "version" column to plugin installer
  • Languages:
  • Turkish flag added for the transcode folder
  • Updated settings labels for all languages

New in Universal Media Server 1.6.0 (Oct 3, 2012)

  • General:
  • MEncoder and tsMuxeR no longer produce stretched audio with some videos
  • Improved handling of initialization errors
  • Updated h2 database to 1.3.168
  • Changed audio/subtitle defaults to accept anything
  • We no longer display language options in the transcode folder for engines that don't accept them
  • Renamed the FFmpeg/AviSynth engine to AviSynth/FFmpeg
  • The AviSynth/FFmpeg engine works again
  • FFmpeg:
  • Added DTS output support
  • Video quality settings fixed
  • Now respects the "remux AC-3" setting instead of always remuxing AC-3
  • Renderers:
  • Added support for Samsung SMT-G7400 (UPC Horizon)
  • Languages:
  • Made English language settings more accurate
  • Updated Chinese Traditional translation

New in Universal Media Server 1.5.2 (Sep 28, 2012)

  • General:
  • Temporarily rolled back MPlayer/MEncoder to SB37, which fixes DVD support
  • Updated FFmpeg to SB2, which fixes seeking bugs
  • Plugin Installer:
  • Added Description column
  • Added "run as administrator" reminder for Windows 7 and Vista users
  • Installation progress window is centered
  • Disabled manual row-editing
  • Customized the column widths so all text is visible
  • Languages:
  • Removed deprecated part of Russian translation

New in Universal Media Server 1.5.1 (Sep 21, 2012)

  • General:
  • FFmpeg and FFmpeg/AviSynth engines now use the "Video quality settings" from the "Common transcode settings" page
  • Many improvements to the layout of settings
  • Updated FFmpeg to 8bdba0b (20120914)
  • Updated MPlayer and MEncoder for Windows to SB38, which:
  • Enables more CPU optimisations (runs faster)
  • Improves audio sync
  • Tries to fix very occasional freezing issue
  • Languages:
  • Updated all languages

New in Universal Media Server 1.5.0 (Sep 4, 2012)

  • General:
  • Made videos adhere more exactly to the maximum bandwidth limit
  • Updated MPlayer/MEncoder to SB37, changelog: http://www.spirton.com/mplayer-mencoder-sb37-released/
  • Updated MediaInfo to 0.7.60, changelog: http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/Log
  • Files are now sorted alphanuerically by default, e.g. Episode 2 before Episode 10
  • TRANSCODE--# folder name is localized
  • Cleaned up FFmpeg and MEncoder commands
  • Use automatic enabling of multithreading with FFmpeg and FFmpeg/AviSynth engines
  • Many improvements to UMS.conf and how it responds to updates, it is recommended to delete your old one
  • Only use tsMuxeR to compensate for MEncoder ignoring audio delay when A/V sync alternative method is enabled (which it is by default)
  • Fixed bugs in plugin installer
  • Automatic encoding detection of non UTF-8 external subtitles for Russian, Greek, Hebrew, Chinese, Korean and Japanese languages (leave "Subtitles codepage" option blank)
  • Improved handling of UTF-8 external subtitles
  • Prevented image distortion on some DLNA clients with "Keep AC-3 track" option enabled
  • Don't show entries for disabled engines in #--TRANSCODE--# folder
  • Allow Traces tab panel to auto-scroll (thanks, LordQuackstar!)
  • Replaced ImageMagick with Thumbnailator for thumbnail generation
  • Fix FFmpeg engine's handling of unsupported custom options (thanks, ajamess)
  • Fixed FFmpeg command line arguments used by tsMuxeR video
  • Fixed DNLA 2114 errors when scanning non-readable subfolders with "hide empty folders" enabled
  • Linux tarball: fix "cannot find tsMuxeR" error
  • Fixed numerous small bugs
  • Renderers:
  • Added Sony SMP-N100
  • Added Yamaha RX-A1010
  • Deprecated misnamed TranscodeVideo profile MPEGAC3: use MPEGPSAC3 instead
  • Documented and cleaned up TranscodeVideo and TranscodeAudio profiles
  • FFmpeg:
  • Updated FFmpeg to a366bea (20120827)
  • Follow the maximum bandwidth setting
  • Mux AC3 instead of transcoding it
  • Use better commands
  • MEncoder:
  • Disabled AC-3 remux if audio track has delay, which improves audio sync
  • Disabled DTS and LPCM remuxing if tsMuxeR engine is unavailable
  • Languages:
  • Updated Bulgarian translation
  • Updated Dutch translation
  • Updated Russian
  • Updated English settings labels

New in Universal Media Server 1.4.0 (Jul 18, 2012)

  • General:
  • Many improvements to FFmpeg, from audio sync to file-support to stability
  • Updated MPlayer and MEncoder for Windows to SB36, which:
  • Supports a lot more file formats and colour-spaces
  • Improves audio/video sync, especially with PAL (25FPS) videos
  • Added FFmpeg multithreading option
  • Updated FFmpeg for OS X to 57d5a224
  • Added a GUI config editor for those who like to edit manually
  • Improved audio/video sync when using MEncoder
  • Improved audio channel detection
  • Fixed support for some plugins
  • Added support for TX3G (MPEG-4 Timed Text) subtitles
  • Added support for WebM videos downloaded from YouTube
  • Fixed DV video detection
  • Fixed "Definitely disable subtitles" option with ASS/SSA subtitles
  • Fixed default audio/subtitle priority options
  • Fixed running on headless servers
  • Windows 7 and Vista users are reminded to run as administrator before attempting to automatically update
  • Fixed multithreading bug with MEncoder on Linux
  • Made layout more consistent
  • Plugin Installer:
  • Added Plugin Installer which lets you automatically browse plugins and install them
  • Web:
  • Added new default web video engine: FFMpeg Web Video
  • Updated WEB.conf with working default video streams
  • Added support for new web protocols: mmsh:// and mmst://
  • Added The Onion to the default video feeds
  • Languages:
  • Updated Simplified Chinese
  • Updated Czech
  • Updated English
  • Added image for Hebrew subtitle choosing

New in Universal Media Server 1.3.0 (Jul 9, 2012)

  • General:
  • Enabled FFmpeg video player for all platforms
  • Updated FFmpeg for Windows to e01f478 (20120319)
  • Updated 32-bit MediaInfo to the 20120611 development snapshot which fixes a bug with detecting the duration of some avi files
  • Improved FFmpeg commands
  • Added support for PGS (Blu-ray) subtitles
  • Added support for VobSub (DVD) subtitles in MP4 container
  • Better handling of embedded SSA/SSA subtitle styling
  • Fixed audio track selection for MP4 and MOV containers
  • Localized audio and subtitle priority defaults
  • Added option on Traces tab to pack useful debug information into a zip file
  • Fixed 64-bit OS detection for Windows and OS X
  • Made program-closing more reliable
  • Fixed default settings
  • Languages:
  • Updated Catalan (thanks, aseques)
  • Improved English

New in Universal Media Server 1.2.1 (Jul 3, 2012)

  • General:
  • Improved video buffer stability
  • The default versions of UMS.conf and WEB.conf are now put in ProgramData on Windows (thanks to vulcan for reporting this bug)
  • Updated UMS.conf
  • Updated renderer.conf creation instructions
  • Fixed AviSynth/FFmpeg crash
  • Improved AviSynth/FFmpeg engine code
  • Enabled convertfps by default
  • Made the AviSynth script instructions separate to the input box
  • Minor design improvements to the Transcoding tab
  • Made True Motion smoother
  • Assorted bugfixes
  • Languages:
  • Updated Catalan
  • Updated English

New in Universal Media Server 1.2.0 (Jul 3, 2012)

  • General:
  • Create thumbnails from 2 seconds into the video by default
  • Fixed silent installation
  • Updated MPlayer and MEncoder for Windows to SB35, which
  • Supports more colours in ASS/SSA subtitles
  • Fixes memory leaks
  • Starts faster
  • Improves fonts
  • Improves caching
  • Improves multithreading stability
  • Updated MPlayer and MEncoder for OSX to SB32
  • Lots of code optimisations
  • Made program restarts more reliable
  • Fixed AviSynth ConvertFPS option
  • Improved AviSynth frame-serving stability
  • Renderers:
  • Added support for DirecTV HR series (thanks, DeFlanko!)
  • Added workaround for 2.0 384 kbits AC3 PS3 audio bug (PMS issue #230 & #1414)
  • Improved support for Panasonic TVs
  • Installer:
  • Only offer to run AviSynth installer if it isn't already installed
  • Languages:
  • Updated Czech