Universal Media Server is a DLNA-compliant UPnP Media Server. UMS was started by SubJunk, an official developer of PMS, in order to ensure greater stability and file-compatibility. The program streams or transcodes many different media formats with little or no configuration. It is powered by MEncoder, FFmpeg, tsMuxeR, AviSynth, MediaInfo and more, which combine to offer support for a wide range of media formats. Because it is written in Java, Universal Media Server supports all major operating systems, with versions for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.
When using the default options in UMS, no codecs are needed. The only time you need codec is to use the AviSynth engine. In that case K-Lite Mega Codec Pack is recommended. If you already have codecs or a codec pack installed, uninstall them first and restart the computer before installing K-Lite. In the installer options select "Lots of stuff", the rest can be left at defaults.
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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
Download: Universal Media Server 4.2.0 | Other Systems | 45.1 MB (Open Source)
View: Universal Media Server Website