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 5.0.1:
General:
- Added 64-bit versions of FFmpeg for a ~10% increase in transcoding speed
- Removed the "Save" button since changes to settings are now saved automatically
- Improved detection of playback states
- Improved connection awareness
- Improved True Motion frame interpolation speed by up to 20%
- Improved folder population speed
- Improved support for 3GPP files
- Improved descriptions of settings
- Slightly altered the memory usage bar
- Fixed the renderer SeekByTime setting
- Fixed renderer detection and recognition in some cases
- Fixed display names for videos that have the Track (song title) value set
- Fixed incorrect ContentFeatures headers being sent to renderers (thanks, master-nevi!)
- Fixed the web logviewer
- Fixed bugs with 3D subtitles
- Fixed the setting for using embedded subtitles styles
Renderers:
- Fixed filename bug on Sony Bravia TVs
- Improved support for LG LED-backlit LCD 2014 TVs
- Improved support for Samsung H6203 TVs
Languages:
- Made more strings translatable
- Updated Czech translation
- Updated Dutch translation (thanks, ler0y!)
- Updated French translation (thanks, Kirvx!)
- Updated Italian translation (thanks, bartsimp!)
External Components:
- Updated Chromecast Java API to 0.0.6
- Updated Commons Codec to 1.10
- Updated FEST Util to 1.2.5
- Updated FFmpeg for Windows and OS X, which:
- Improved support for many containers and codecs
- Fixed bugs
- Updated Gson to 2.3.1
Updated h2database to 1.4.186, which:
- Fixed memory issues
- Fixed caching issues
Updated InterFrame to 2.8.0, which:
- Increased processing speed by up to 20%
- Reduced memory use
- Reduced dependencies
- Updated JDom to 2.0.2
- Updated JUnit to 4.12
- Updated Plexus Utils to 3.0.21
- Updated slf4j to 1.7.10
Download: Universal Media Server 5.1.0 | Other Systems | 58.1 MB (Open Source)
View: Universal Media Server Website