Universal Media Server 6.4.0

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.

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 6.3.2:

General

Regularly initiate UPnP searches for new renderers
Added renderer config settings HalveBitrate and SupportedVideoBitDepths
Prevent sleep mode while streaming by default
Tweaked language
Improved/fixed some documentation (thanks, Sami32!)
Improved file parsing speed
Improved logging
FFmpeg no longer defers to MEncoder for embedded fonts since it supports them
FFmpeg no longer defers to MEncoder for internal ASS subtitles
ALIVE messages send less frequently by default
Fixed support for CMYK JPEG images
Fixed 24-bit FLAC fake videos showing up for non-PS3 renderers
Fixed unsupported subtitles being streamed
Fixed transcoding bitrate in rare cases
Fixed MIME types for WAV audio and TIFF images
Fixed renderer TextWrap
Fixed renderers only being detected if they are started before UMS

Renderers:

Added support for VLC on Apple TV
Improved video quality on wireless networks for Panasonic VT60
Improved support for subtitles on Panasonic CX700 Series TVs
Improved support for Panasonic CX680 Series TVs
Improved support for Panasonic E6 Series TVs
Improved support for Sony Bravia NX800 TVs (thanks, prescott66!)
Improved detection of Vizio TVs

Languages:

Czech translation was completed (thanks, jirkapas and panther7!)
French translation was completed and validated (thanks, archaos, Kielo, Kirvx, misterfred and Nadar!)
Italian translation was completed (thanks, alebrambilla1986, av3c01, bonatigennaro7, FoxGhost07, fsc_mar, johnjonh, jumputer, morag87, RickyReds, supp and vladiesel!)
Polish translation was completed and validated (thanks, anonymodmous, K4r0lSz, Nadar and robo25!)
Russian translation was completed (thanks, antonyfg, dronidzer, guzu-guzu, lxnderty, Nadar and Tianuchka!)
Swedish translation was completed (thanks, klebom, linushg111, mattias_karlsson_89, millenniumb, Nadar, qwert352, rchk, richarda, Rowly, sebastianboos, Stetoskop, strayhat and swarish!)
Turkish translation was completed and validated (thanks, hasanbahcekapili, OnarEngincan and onuroztemizel!)

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