Universal Media Server 11.0.0

Universal Media Server

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.

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Universal Media Server 11.0.0 release notes - since 10.21.1:

General

Uses image backgrounds and logos for movies, TV series and episodes on the web interface
Web interface switches between dark and light themes in Media Library based on background images
Automatic quality adjustment on web interface, with optional manual settings
Improved video forward-backward positioning in videos via the web video player
Improved web interface design
Improved web video player design
Improved API metadata matches for TV series
Added HLS video option which may improve support for transcoding via some renderers like Philips TVs
Log splitting/zipping (#2608)
Implemented network state scanner
Show the addresses of servers on the Status tab (#2372)
Allow to set the log level of FFmpeg in its engine settings in the desktop UI (#2677)
Increased maximum memory limit on macOS to match Windows
Fixed Restart server when network interface becomes available (#2615)
Fixed Network Interface not found (#1485)
Fixed GetProtocolInfo not being recieved (#2338)
Fixed Font scaling issues on some elements of the GUI for some users (#2549)
Fixed UMS doesn't free DLNA ports after closing (#739)
Fixed Service wrapper for Windows doesn't work with 64 bit JVM (#767)
Fixed Deinstallation does not remove autostart entry for wrapper.exe (#2343)
Fixed Attempt to remove medias.lock on install/startup (#2838)
Fixed Media Library no longer populated and startup scan slowness (#2826)
Fixed Cound not open the default web browser: The BROWSE action is not supported on the current platform! (#2725)
Added editable server-side playlist support
Prevent users from enabling startup scanning while the cache is disabled
Removed second toolbar on the web interface video page
Increased speed of API lookups
Improved video and TV series posters
Fixed some API metadata not updating
Fixed Resume videos on the web interface
Fixed API response handling
Backgrounds for TV series, episodes and movies fade in
Image backgrounds in Media Library without text are prioritized over ones with text
Match more TV series in API
Use markdown in changelog
Use main branch instead of master
Fixed audio files detected as video files