Universal Media Server 6.5.2

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 6.5.1:

General

Respect the renderer setting H264Level41Limited when deciding whether to stream or transcode
Search for subtitles in alternative folder even when a subtitle was already found (thanks, tdcosta100!)
Logging improvements
Improved program shutdown stability
Updated docs
Updated image parsing from MediaInfo and Sanselan to Imaging
Fixed manual renderer selection
Improved support for OGA, MKA, ADTS, WEBM, 3GA and 3G2A files
Made disabling transcoding more reliable
Minor bugfixes

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