Spirton The Cam & Klaus Show

11May/130

Universal Media Server 2.6.4 released


For more details and the download link, please see the official website.

Changes since 2.6.3:

  • General:
    • Made the menu icon on OS X grayscale to fit with most other programs (thanks, Kefran!)
    • Made file list population faster
    • Added option to ignore certain renderer configurations
    • Improved file compatibility on all renderers
  • Renderers:
    • Improved file compatibility on Sony Bravia TVs
    • Improved file compatibility on Samsung TVs
  • Languages:
    • Updated English settings
    • Updated all language flags
    • Corrected Slovak language flag
    • Added language flags for Icelandic, Lithuanian and Slovenian
1May/130

Universal Media Server 2.6.3 released


For more details and the download link, please see the official website.

Changes since 2.6.2:

  • General:
    • Improved detection of renderers
    • Improved AAC/M4A support
  • External Components:
    • Updated Apache commons-lang to 3.1
    • Updated thumbnailator to 0.4.3
17Apr/130

Universal Media Server 2.6.1 released


For more details and the download link, please see the official website.

Changes since 2.6.0:

  • General:
    • Added option to toggle H.264 remuxing in FFmpeg
    • Improved stability of Live Subtitles
    • Re-enabled WMP detection
    • Speed improvements
    • Fixed transcoding to Xbox via FFmpeg
    • Added support for WTV files
    • A-to-Z virtual folders support sorting options
    • Fixed a crash with rare MP3 files
  • Renderers:
    • Improved Sony Blu-ray Player support (thanks, skeptical!)
    • Fixed exception on Android
    • Fixed stuttering issues with Bravia HX TVs
  • Languages:
    • Updated Dutch translation (thanks, leroy!)
    • Updated Italian language (thanks, nocciola82!)
  • External Components:
    • Updated FFmpeg for Linux to burek's 2013-04-04 build, which:
      • Is compiled statically
29Mar/130

Universal Media Server 2.6.0 released


For more details and the download link, please see the official website.

Changes since 2.5.2:

  • General:
    • Added "Live Subtitles" which means you can select subtitles from the Internet via your device. It can be enable on the Navigation/Share Settings page.
    • Improved layout of the Navigation/Share Settings page
    • Implemented default subtitle preferences, to use them:
      • Either use the "Clean Install" option on Windows or put "eng,off;*,eng;*,und" into the "Audio/subtitles language priority" box in the "Subtitles settings" tab on the Transcoding Settings page
    • Fixed DTS muxing with FFmpeg
    • Added new "precoder" functionality, useful for plugin developers
    • Added h.264 encoding support to MEncoder (when renderers specify it)
  • Languages:
    • Updated Czech translation
    • Updated English settings labels
    • Updated Simplified Chinese translation (thanks, lovenemesis!)
  • External Components:
    • Updated h2 database to 1.3.171, which:
      • Increases speed
      • Improves JDK 7 compatibility
    • Updated MPlayer/MEncoder for Windows SB52, which:
      • Improves audio sync
      • Improves DVD support
      • Supports filenames with uncommon characters
      • Fixes memory leaks
      • Improves sync with Real videos
      • Fixes a crash
    • Updated Netty to 3.6.3, which:
      • Makes browsing more stable
18Mar/130

Universal Media Server 2.5.2 released


For more details and the download link, please see the official website.

Changes since 2.5.1:

  • General:
    • Offer to automatically update Java on Windows from 6 to 7
    • Fixed library updating with cache enabled
    • Made detection of network speed more accurate (thanks, ExSport!)
    • Library scanning interface improvements
    • Set a higher maximum memory by default via the Windows installer for computers with 4GB+ of RAM
15Mar/130

Universal Media Server 2.5.1 released


For more details and the download link, please see the official website.

Changes since 2.5.0:

  • General:
    • Improved subtitle support on non-PS3 renderers
    • Made library/file loading faster
    • Fixed 24-bit flac support with tsMuxeR
    • Stopped using 2 database locations for media caching on Windows
    • Allow library scanning to be stopped
    • Library scanning interface improvements
  • Renderers:
    • Added support for Sony Home Theatre systems
    • Added support for Onkyo TX-NR717
    • Improved Samsung AllShare compatibility
5Mar/130

Universal Media Server 2.5.0 released


For more details and the download link, please see the official website.

Changes since 2.4.2:

  • 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
18Feb/130

Universal Media Server 2.4.2 released


For more details and the download link, please see the official website.

Changes since 2.4.1:

  • General:
    • Fixed bug on some renderers where no files/folders were showing
    • The Clean Install option on Windows deletes the MPlayer Contconfig cache
  • External Components:
    • Updated FFmpeg for OS X to 1.1.2, which:
      • Adds automatic multithreading
      • Improves QuickTime format support
      • Supports decoding WMA Lossless
      • Supports decoding RealAudio Lossless
      • Fixes security issues
      • Fixes over 150 bugs
      • Supports RTMP
      • Supports Opus
      • Supports encoding external subtitles
      • Supports decoding DTS-HD
16Feb/130

Universal Media Server 2.4.1 released


For more details and the download link, please see the official website.

Changes since 2.4.0:

  • General:
    • Improved autostart support

    Renderers:

    • Added support for Sharp Aquos TVs
    • Added support for Showtime 4
  • External Components:
    • Updated MPlayer/MEncoder for Windows and Linux to SB50, which:
      • Silences meaningless errors
      • Supports 32-bit Linux installations
    • Updated FFmpeg for Windows and Linux to SB7, which:
      • Adds RTMP support
      • Supports 32-bit Linux installations
6Sep/122

Universal Media Server 1.5.0 released


You can get it from its website here.

Changelog:

  • General:
    • Made videos adhere more exactly to the maximum bandwidth limit
    • Updated MPlayer/MEncoder to SB37, changelog: http://www.spirton.com/mplayer-mencoder-sb37-released/
    • Updated MediaInfo to 0.7.60, changelog: http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/Log
    • Files are now sorted alphanuerically by default, e.g. Episode 2 before Episode 10
    • #--TRANSCODE--# folder name is localized
    • Cleaned up FFmpeg and MEncoder commands
    • Use automatic enabling of multithreading with FFmpeg and FFmpeg/AviSynth engines
    • Many improvements to UMS.conf and how it responds to updates, it is recommended to delete your old one
    • Only use tsMuxeR to compensate for MEncoder ignoring audio delay when A/V sync alternative method is enabled (which it is by default)
    • Fixed bugs in plugin installer
    • Automatic encoding detection of non UTF-8 external subtitles for Russian, Greek, Hebrew, Chinese, Korean and Japanese languages (leave "Subtitles codepage" option blank)
    • Improved handling of UTF-8 external subtitles
    • Prevented image distortion on some DLNA clients with "Keep AC-3 track" option enabled
    • Don't show entries for disabled engines in #--TRANSCODE--# folder
    • Allow Traces tab panel to auto-scroll (thanks, LordQuackstar!)
    • Replaced ImageMagick with Thumbnailator for thumbnail generation
    • Fixed FFmpeg engine's handling of unsupported custom options (thanks, ajamess)
    • Fixed FFmpeg command line arguments used by tsMuxeR video
    • Fixed DNLA 2114 errors when scanning non-readable subfolders with "hide empty folders" enabled
    • Linux tarball: fix "cannot find tsMuxeR" error
    • Fixed numerous small bugs

    Renderers:

    • Added Sony SMP-N100
    • Added Yamaha RX-A1010 (thanks, merelin)
    • Deprecated misnamed TranscodeVideo profile MPEGAC3: use MPEGPSAC3 instead
    • Documented and cleaned up TranscodeVideo and TranscodeAudio profiles

    FFmpeg:

    • Updated FFmpeg to a366bea (20120827)
    • Follow the maximum bandwidth setting
    • Mux AC3 instead of transcoding it
    • Use better commands

    MEncoder:

    • Disabled AC-3 remux if audio track has delay, which improves audio sync
    • Disabled DTS and LPCM remuxing if tsMuxeR engine is unavailable

    Languages:

    • Updated Bulgarian translation (thanks, JORDITO)
    • Updated Dutch translation (thanks, leroy)
    • Updated Russian
    • Updated English settings labels