Category: Universal Media Server

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

Changes since 2.3.0:

• 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 (thanks, Tianuchka!)
  • Made more things translatable
• External Components:
  
  • Added MPlayer/MEncoder SB49 for Linux
  • Added FFmpeg SB6 for Linux
  • 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

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

Changes since 2.2.5:

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

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

Changes since 2.2.3:

• 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

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

Changes since 2.1.1:

• 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

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

Changes since 1.6.0:

• 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 (thanks, lelin!)
  • Enabled streaming more file formats to Android devices
  • Improved DivX support on Panasonic devices (thanks, ExSport!)
• 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