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 6.2.2:
General
- Added renderer config setting VideoFormatsSupportingStreamedExternalSubtitles
- Added renderer config setting StreamSubsForTranscodedVideo
- Ignore the article "a" by default, along with "the"
- Improved support for 3D subtitles
- Improved support for streaming external subtitles
- Defer to FFmpeg for transcoding VobSub subtitles
- Fixed header animation delay on web interface
Renderers:
- Added support for Yamaha RXV500D (thanks, newbietux!)
- Improved support for Miracast M806
- Improved support for Panasonic Viera GT50 TVs (thanks, pcjco!)
- Improved support for Panasonic Viera TXL32V10E TVs
Languages:
- Synchronized translations with crowdin
External Components:
- Updated FFmpeg
- Updated MediaInfo to 0.7.85
- Updated MPlayer/MEncoder for Windows to SB65
Download: Universal Media Server 6.3.0 | Other Systems | 78.3 MB (Open Source)
View: Universal Media Server Website