Category: Universal Media Server

This release adds and improves support for many renderers, increases transcoding speed, improves file support and more!

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Changes since 4.2.0:

• 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 (thanks, master-nevi!)
  • Improved support for Panasonic TVs
  • Improved support for Xbox One
  • Fixed seeking on Samsung E+ Series TVs
• Languages:
  
  • Updated French translation (thanks, Kirvx!)
• 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

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!

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Changes since 4.2.0:

• Changes unique to 5.0.0-a1:
  
  • 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
    • Minor tweaks to the GUI
• Changes from the 4.x release branch:
  
  • 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
  • Renderers:
    
    • Added support for Panasonic SC-BTT Blu-ray Disc Home Theater Sound Systems
    • Improved support for Panasonic TVs
    • Improved support for Xbox One
  • Languages:
    
    • Updated French translation (thanks, Kirvx!)

This release adds 3D subtitles support, improves support for renderers including Xbox One and Panasonic TVs, improves 3D video support, fixes bugs and more!

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Changes since 4.1.3:

• 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

This release fixes Xbox One support, improves browsing speed, network performance, file support and more!

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Changes since 4.1.2:

• 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 (thanks, amalic!)
  • 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 (thanks, Kirvx!)

This release improves speed, improves file and renderer support and fixes bugs!

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Changes since 4.1.1:

• 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 not working on OS X
  • 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 (thanks, Kirvx!)
• 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

This release improves speed, improves file support and fixes bugs!

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Changes since 4.1.0:

• 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

This release improves file support – especially for files with subtitles – improves speed, adds Xbox One support, fixes bugs and more!

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Changes since 4.0.3:

• 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 (thanks, AlfredoRamos!)
• External Components:
  
  • Updated Java Runtime Environment automatic downloader for Windows to 8u20, which:
    
    • Improves security
  • Updated FFmpeg for Windows and OS X to builds from 2014-08-28, which:
    
    • Improves support for many containers and codecs
    • Fixes bugs

This release improves folder population speed, fixes external subtitles and file support bugs, fixes and updates translations and more!

Download: http://www.universalmediaserver.com

Release details: http://www.universalmediaserver.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2096

Changes since 4.0.2:

• 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 (thanks, DualC!)
  • 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 (thanks, leroy!)
• External Components:
  
  • Updated MediaInfo for Windows to 0.7.69, which:
    
    • Improves folder population times
    • Improves stability
    • Improves detection of HEVC streams
    • Fixes bugs

This release fixes Live Subtitles support, fixes external subtitle support on Samsung TVs, improves support for other renderers, fixes bugs and more!

Download: http://www.universalmediaserver.com

Release details: http://www.universalmediaserver.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2067

Changes since 4.0.1:

• 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