Universal Media Server v2.5.0 released

March 6th, 2013, 13:27 Posted By: wraggster

Universal Media Server (UMS) by 'SubJunk' is a multi-platform UPnP Media Server based on PS3 Media Server. It is available on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X, and both the PlayStation 3 and the XBOX 360 (along with many other devices) are supported by it.

Here's the full changelog:


- General:
• Updated layout on the Transcoding Settings tab
• Improved aspect ratio handling on Panasonic and Sony TVs
• Enabled ASS/SSA subtitle support on Linux by default
• Now compiled with Java 7
• Optimized code for Java 7
• The installer only tells Windows to run UMS at startup on new installs or if the user has specified it in UMS
• Added RTMP support to FFmpeg Web Video engine
• Fixed fontconfig support on OS X
• FFmpeg can transcode to x264 with the renderer option TranscodeVideo=H264TSAC3
• FFmpeg supports video muxing
• Made muxing more reliable
• Improved audio sync in FFmpeg
• Improved FFmpeg buffering
• Bandwidth limit is more accurate with FFmpeg

- Renderers:
• Added support for KalemSoft Media Player on BlackBerry PlayBook devices
• Added support for Netgear NeoTV
• Added support for Telstra T-Box
• Added support for Yamaha RX-3900
• Improved support for Sony Blu-ray players

- Languages:
• Made languages more consistent with eachother
• Updated Russian translation (thanks, Tianuchka!)
• Changed default audio/subtitles language priority for English users, which:
* Disables subtitles when audio is English, otherwise look for English subtitles, prioritizing external before internal subtitles
• Added language flags for Arabic, Croatian, Estonian, Latvian, Serbian and Vietnamese

- External Components:
• Updated FFmpeg for Windows and Linux to SB8, which:
* Increases x264 encoding speed
• Updated InterFrame to 2.5.0, which:
* Improves scene-change detection
* Minimizes artifacts
• Updated Java Runtime Environment automatic downloader for Windows to 7u17, which:
* Fixes serious security holes
• Updated MediaInfo for Windows to 0.7.62

http://www.universalmediaserver.com/....php?f=3&t=703

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