Universal Media Server 15.5.0

Universal Media Server delivers a stable, DLNA-compliant UPnP media server with wide codec support and zero-config streaming.

Razvan Serea News Reporter Neowin · Apr 26, 2026 02:10 EDT with 0 comments

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 15.5.0 changelog:

General

Added UPnP service for extended functionality and configuration
Added ARM64 Docker build, alongside the existing x86_64 one
Added support for subtree (folder) searching via UPnP
Added relevant dependency changes to the bottom of the General section in the changelog
Improved filename recognition, allowing more metadata matching and accurate prettifying
Fixed a database error (#5994)
Improved performance of searching
Improved performance while browsing folders with many items
Fixed transcoded subtitles timing while seeking (#5970)
Fixed videos being unnecessarily transcoded when they are resumed (#5995)
Changed the directory enable/disable button to a switch (#5829) (thanks, @NotDari!)
Fixed bugs with deprecated GUI (via Java)
Fixed memory leaks (via Java)
Improved performance of UPnP communication (via Jetty)
Harden against DoS attacks (via React)
Harden against CSRF and XXS attacks (via React Router)
Fixed current time display showing 0:00 during seek on the web player (via video.js)
Fixed calculating time offsets in live streams on the web player (via video.js)
Fixed YouTube support (via yt-dlp)