Author: SubJunk

This release improves audio sync, fixes video playback bugs, improves stability and fixes other bugs!

For more details and the download link, please see the official website.

Changes since 3.4.1:

• 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 (thanks, AlfredoRamos!)
• 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

This release adds encoded audio passthrough, improves 3D support, adds support for the Google VP9 codec, improves support for most popular codecs, improves speed and more!

For more details and the download link, please see the official website.

Changes since 3.3.0:

• 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

This release lets you further customize your server name, automatically muxes more types of files, improves video compatibility, especially on Panasonic TVs, and more!

For more details and the download link, please see the official website.

Changes since 3.2.0:

• 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"

This release lets you set your own server name, increases seeking accuracy and audio sync when using FFmpeg, and increases video compatibility for many videos including 3D (SBS and OU).

For more details and the download link, please see the official website.

Changes since 3.1.2.1:

• 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 (thanks, AlfredoRamos!)
• 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
    • Fixes support for rare MP4 videos

This release fixes a video compatibility bug affecting some users.

For more details and the download link, please see the official website.

Changes since 3.1.2:

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

This release fixes video compatibility bugs, improves stability when using the resume feature, has minor GUI improvements and other bug fixes.

For more details and the download link, please see the official website.

Changes since 3.1.1:

• General:
  
  • 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