Author: SubJunk

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

Changes since 3.0.0-b1:

• 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 (thanks, nocciola82!)
  • Updated Spanish translation (thanks, AlfredoRamos!)
• 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

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

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
    
    • 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

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

Changes since 3.0.0-a5:

• 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 (thanks, D-Kalck!)
  • 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 (thanks, Skeptical!)
  • 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

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

Changes since 2.6.3:

• General:
  
  • Made the menu icon on OS X grayscale to fit with most other programs (thanks, Kefran!)
  • 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

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

Changes since 2.6.2:

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

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

Changes since 2.6.0:

• 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
• Renderers:
  
  • Improved Sony Blu-ray Player support (thanks, skeptical!)
  • Fixed exception on Android
  • Fixed stuttering issues with Bravia HX TVs
• Languages:
  
  • Updated Dutch translation (thanks, leroy!)
  • Updated Italian language (thanks, nocciola82!)
• External Components:
  
  • Updated FFmpeg for Linux to burek’s 2013-04-04 build, which:
    
    • Is compiled statically

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

Changes since 2.5.2:

• 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 (thanks, lovenemesis!)
• External Components:
  
  • Updated h2 database to 1.3.171, which:
    
    • Increases speed
    • Improves JDK 7 compatibility
  • Updated MPlayer/MEncoder for Windows 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