Universal Media Server 15.4.0

Universal Media Server is a DLNA-compliant UPnP Media Server. The program streams or transcodes many different media formats with little or no configuration.

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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 15.4.0 changelog:

General

Switched the default Docker operating system from Alpine Linux to Ubuntu, which fixes memory and stability problems. If you want to continue to use Alpine Linux, you can change to the universalmediaserver/ums-alpine repository
Changed Edit button to an icon on the web player
Added a tooltip to the "Media info" button on the web player
Fixed menu item saying "mark contents unplayed" instead of "mark unplayed" on videos
Fixed fully played status for files on web player
Fixed breadcrumb dropdown not showing for files on web player (#5909)
Fixed inaccessible files that are still shared being removed from local database (#5356)
Fixed being unable to assign user to group on mobile (#5800) (thanks, @rtivital and @rilrom!)
Fixed files marked as fully played despite "Monitor played status" being disabled (#5828) (thanks, @dheerajmuppalla!)
Fixed AudioAddict stability and recovery from network timeouts
Fixed "recommended" being written as "recommanded" in the Windows installer (thanks, @colinvh!)