Universal Media Server 6.5.0

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 6.4.0:

General

Use ellipses for overflowing text in the left menu on the web interface
Improved speed of parsing files
Improved documentation in DefaultRenderer.conf, UMS.conf and the code
Fixed support for semicolons in paths in FFmpeg
Fixed the cancellation of media library scans
Fixed videos being transcoded too often because of bitrate halving
Fixed support for video files within compressed folders
Fixed the MIME type for WAV DTS files

Renderers:

Added support for LG Blu-Ray players
Added support for Naim Mu-So wireless audio systems
Improved detection of LG TVs
Improved support for AC-3 audio on VLC on iOS and Apple TV
Improved support for XviD codec on Panasonic TVs and VLC apps
Improved support for images on Panasonic TXL32V10E TVs
Fixed support for virtual folders like New Media and Cache on Panasonic TVs
Fixed support for WebVTT subtitles on Samsung TVs

Languages:

Danish translation was completed and validated (thanks, jensen83, nba, squadjot, The_lonely_Glowstone and the_slayer_dk!)
Portuguese translation was completed (thanks, arqmatiasreis, El_Locco, Nadahar and plucas!)

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