A bug with video quality on some media players like PS3 was reported, and sometimes videos are not marked as played when they have been.
These fixes will be in the next release but here is a pre-release for anyone affected by them. If you noticed recently that some videos are very blocky/pixelated, give this a try, and thanks to those who reported it!
2024-08-26 08:07:46 +0000 UTC View PostThis release adds support for YouTube channels as video feeds, improves video quality, fixes video feed bugs, improves web settings design, and more!
We have also added a new article about it to our Knowledge Base.
2024-08-11 08:40:19 +0000 UTC
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Thanks to ChuckD for reporting this bug. If you had clicked "Restart server" and tried to go to the web settings with the advanced settings on, the page would not load. This fix will also be in the next UMS release.
2024-07-27 22:44:49 +0000 UTC View Post
This release adds season names to folders, improves support for Samsung and Sony TVs, improves scanning speed, and more!
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2024-07-21 04:42:42 +0000 UTC View PostThis fixes a problem with folder sorting, thanks to Mandy Dobbins for reporting it!
The upload is for macOS ARM, please leave a comment if you want it for another release, otherwise the fix will be in the next release soon
2024-07-16 22:38:26 +0000 UTC View PostThis release improves file support and fixes bugs, from broken transcoding on some players to the web settings not working on Linux
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2024-07-11 01:04:59 +0000 UTC View PostThis is a pre-release that fixes video transcoding on devices that do not support 10-bit video. If you noticed that some videos are broken since 14.2.0, try this one.
Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks to those who reported the bug!
2024-07-07 06:49:15 +0000 UTC View PostWe have improved support for HDR/DV transcoding, PS4 and Samsung TV support, AC-4 and AV1 codec support, and more!
This also adds huge improvements to our Chinese and Japanese translations, with nearly 600 new terms translated, thanks to hugoalh and marudosurdo.
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2024-06-29 22:06:33 +0000 UTC View PostThis release adds a Specials folder for TV series and is packed with massive performance improvements to scanning and browsing, as well as fixes for many bugs you reported to us.
Thank you so much for the community engagement we are seeing, it really helps us continue to build in the right direction for you.
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This is a small release to fix an important bug where empty TV series folders appeared in the Media Library for content that is not shared.
2024-06-06 05:53:25 +0000 UTC View PostThis release fixes some important bugs related to v14, improves transcoding speed and seeking in transcoded videos on Samsung TVs
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2024-05-25 06:36:22 +0000 UTC View PostThanks to the users radioresearch and favorit5503 for reporting bugs in v14 since its release. Here is a new pre-release version that fixes both of your problems because I did not want you to have to wait for a full release to happen.
The issues were:
https://github.com/UniversalMediaServer/UniversalMediaServer/issues/4653
... 2024-05-15 08:33:04 +0000 UTC View PostAfter 10 months of development and testing, we are releasing v14 into the wild. The set of changes is huge, even since the public beta.
The general theme for the changes is security and privacy. You now have control over who gets access to which media, with the ability to assign content and renderers to users who each get their own fully played tracking.
For more information about these features, please see 2024-05-11 21:36:04 +0000 UTC View Post
This release fixes a number of bugs on all renderers, particularly Samsung QLED and LG OLED TVs and Sony PlayStation 4.
We have finally reached the end of the known v14 bugs so this is very likely to be the last v13 release. Thank you for your patience and support!
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2024-04-30 08:48:55 +0000 UTC View PostThis release adds the ability to transcode video to MP4, improves transcoding and file parsing speed, audio quality, and more!
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2024-04-06 08:34:26 +0000 UTC View PostThis release adds the ability to shut down the computer from web settings, improves support for 2023+ LG TVs, adds detection of DTS:X and its IMAX variant, fixed detection of DTS-HD, fixes connection problems, and other important bugfixes.
Thank you everyone for your feedback on the v14 beta so far. We will do another beta release soon. Please keep the feedback coming, the more we get, the more confidence we will have to do a final release.
The first public beta for V14 is finally here!
It contains major new features based on what our users have asked for. We have been working on this version for the last 11 months, and it represents a giant leap forward for the project in many ways.
The biggest changes involve the ability to control access to your content. This includes improvements to user accounts like avatars and playback status per user, as well as the ability to display different content to different devices. 2023-12-28 03:14:54 +0000 UTC View Post
This release fixes transcoding for some devices and bumps our major dependencies like FFmpeg and MediaInfo, as well as many others.
It is possibly our last v13 release, as our preview builds for v14 have been very stable and are feature-complete now. We are essentially in bug-fixing mode for that version, and now maintenance mode for this version.
2023-12-08 23:22:38 +0000 UTC View PostThis release changes the system tray icon when there is an update and fixes a lot of bugs, including for Samsung and Android-based devices.
Shortly we will upload the latest preview of v14, which also has a lot of bug fixes along with the new access control features.
2023-10-20 21:25:57 +0000 UTC View PostHere we have fixed many bugs reported by users and improved security. We are really closing in on v14 with access control now!
2023-09-08 19:47:11 +0000 UTC View PostOur next step forward with Dolby Vision support is to stream internal subtitles with it. Here's a preview build for those who want to try. It will extract subtitles that match your language preferences and stream them to the TV. Let us know if you find any bugs!
2023-08-11 06:42:06 +0000 UTC View PostWe have added support for automatic muxing of HDR streams for better video quality (e.g. Dolby Vision in MKV on LG TVs), done other improvements to device support, and fixed a TON of bugs!
I believe we are now the only DLNA media server that allows LG TVs to play Dolby Vision in MKVs, which has been a big source of frustration for LG TV owners looking to make the most of their TVs. We have more related improvements to come.
Here's our first V14 alpha release. It enables you to allow and block devices and network interfaces via the web settings, and to decide whether they are blocked or allowed by default.
It's labelled alpha because there are more features to come, which will let you have custom shared folders for different renderers/devices. This is one of our most requested features with many possibilities, for example sharing a set of content with your family TV, then a different set with your bedroom T...
2023-07-07 05:18:57 +0000 UTC View PostHere's a preview we have been talking to some people about - a common frustration for LG TV users is that the TVs support Dolby Vision in MP4 but not MKV. In this build, we remux those MKV files on-the-fly to allow you to use them.
Here it is for Windows, if you want another operating system just comment and I'll add it.
2023-07-07 05:09:06 +0000 UTC View PostWe have improved support for subtitles and API metadata on the web player, done major dependency updates for better video playback and web UI, and more!
2023-07-06 02:04:06 +0000 UTC View PostThis release contains security fixes, fixes for Dolby Vision and HDR playback, web player video playback, DLNA/UPnP change-detection fixes, and more!
We really hope you are enjoying our focus on stability while we continue to work on upcoming features. It's a delicate balance to get right, so we are very guided by your feedback.
2023-06-09 20:21:02 +0000 UTC View PostIn this release we have improved API metadata matching, Windows 11 sleep management, fully played functionality, classical music management, and more!
Click here for the full changelog.
2023-04-19 21:19:34 +0000 UTC View PostThis release focuses on HDR and UPnP searching support, along with some stability and Docker support improvements. Newer Mac users should notice a huge performance increase too with our ARM builds!
We had 8 non-project members contribute code and translations to this release, so thank you, amazing community!
2023-03-17 20:43:49 +0000 UTC View PostWe have completed upgrades to our API infrastructure in order to handle all the new users and features.
We can already see that there are more requests getting through than before, with almost 2x the requests and bandwidth being used. This really validates the decision to upgrade!
We would not have been able to commit to the roughly 2x higher monthly fees for this upgrade without your donations, so thank you! You are really helping to improve UMS for everyone.
2023-03-06 07:50:29 +0000 UTC View Post