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Universal Media Server is a DLNA-compliant UPnP Media Server. It was originally based on PS3 Media Server by shagrath. UMS was started by SubJunk, an official developer of PMS, in order to ensure greater stability and file-compatibility. Universal Media Server supports all major operating systems, with versions for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. The program streams or transcodes video, audio and image formats with little or no configuration. It is powered by FFmpeg, MEncoder, tsMuxeR, MediaInfo and more, which combine to offer support for a wide range of media formats. NOTE! Early Releases requires a Patreon subscription.

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OS: Win Mac Linux
File size: 191MB
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Latest version

13.8.1 / 14.0 Beta / 13.9.0 Patreon (January 6, 2024)



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Download Universal Media Server 13.8.1 Windows 64-bit  191MB  Win64

Download Universal Media Server 13.8.1 Mac 64-bit  161MB  Mac64

Download Universal Media Server 13.8.1 Mac ARM 64-bit  154MB  MacARM64

Download Universal Media Server 13.8.1 Linux 64-bit  146MB  Linux64




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Download Universal Media Server 13.9.0 Patreon Windows  Win

Download Universal Media Server 14.0 Beta Windows 64-bit  191MB  Win64

Download Universal Media Server 14.0 Beta Mac  191MB  Mac

Download Universal Media Server 14.0 Beta Linux  191MB  Linux




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Free software/Donationware (Free download and open source code but latest versions requires donation/subscription)



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WinWindows MacMac OS LinuxLinux




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13.9.0 Patreon

Summary
This 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.

This release is available via our Patreon page, and will be available here when the next release happens.

Changes:
General
Added ability to shut down computer from web settings (thanks, wolfhaus!)
Added detection of DTS:X including the IMAX variant
Fixed incorrectly detecting some sports events as movies
Fixed various documentation typos (thanks, luzpaz!)
Fixed detection of DTS-HD
Fixed auto updater
Removed broken access control that crept in from v14, whoops
Improved performance of CI
Renderers
Improved support for LG 2023+ TVs
Dependencies
lock file maintenance
update actions/setup-java action to v4
update dependency @emotion/react to v11.11.3
update dependency @testing-library/jest-dom to v6.2.0
update dependency @testing-library/user-event to v14.5.2
update dependency @types/node to v18.19.4
update dependency @types/react to v18.2.46
update dependency @types/react-dom to v18.2.18
update dependency @types/react-color to v3.0.11
update dependency axios to v1.6.3
update dependency com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind to v2.16.1
update dependency com.github.eirslett:frontend-maven-plugin to v1.15.0
update dependency com.github.oshi:oshi-core to v6.4.10
update dependency com.ibm.icu:icu4j to v74.2
update dependency com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle to v10.12.7
update dependency eslint to v8.56.0
update dependency org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin to v3.12.1
update dependency org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin to v3.2.3
update dependency org.slf4j:slf4j-api to v2.0.10
update dependency react-router-dom to v6.21.1
update dependency stylis to v4.3.1
update dependency web-vitals to v3.5.1
update jna monorepo to v5.14.0
update logback-version to v1.4.14
update mockito monorepo to v5.8.0
update typescript-eslint monorepo to v6.17.0

14.0.0-b1 Pre-release

Overview
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.

There have also been many updates to the web settings and player interfaces, including adding the ability to mark sets of files (e.g. TV series) as fully played, and automatic detection of your system dark/light mode preference.

We also took the opportunity to bump major versions of some of our dependencies, including Mantine v7, NSIS v3, Yarn v4, and the generator of our Knowledge Base, Docusaurus v3.

Lastly, we have thrown in hundreds of bugfixes and performance improvements, and refactored a lot of code to be easier to work on, as well as improved our testing frameworks to prevent future bugs.

New features
Block/allow renderers and network devices
You can now block and allow access based on the renderer or the network device, from the Home screen on the settings area.

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Allow or block renderers or network devices by default:
You can now choose the default strategy for renderers and network devices. Previously, there was only one strategy possible - either allow everything, or deny everything with an allowlist. Now you can allow or deny by default, with denylists and allowlists, for complete control.

This makes UMS much more flexible for shared living situations or wide/low-trust local networks. It is also useful for those of you using powerline adapters for your network since that can result in unwanted access from neighbors.

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Link person to renderer
You can now link user accounts to renderers/devices, allowing you to have independent playback tracking. For example, if you have a TV in the living room and another in your bedroom, the living room TV doesn't need to be affected by what you watch in your bedroom.

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Restrict shared content to certain groups
You can now choose to share directories or online content with certain groups. For example, if you have a person (or a device that is assigned to a person) who is a child, you can assign them to the "Kids" group, and give that group access to the "Family" directory, but not the "Horror" or "Adult Only" ones. Or give them access to the Kurzgesagt web feed, but not the history podcasts.

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Avatars
People can have avatars to make them easier to see at a glance. You can set them on the user settings page along with the user groups

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Direct TMDB integration
You can now link your TMDB account with UMS in the General Settings area.

Doing this allows you to edit metadata based on search results from TMDB:

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DEVICE SUPPORT
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Apple iPhone
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Brite-view CinemaTube
DirecTV HR
Freebox HD
LG Smart TV Upgrader
Nokia N900
Panasonic TVs
Philips Net TV
Philips Streamium
Popcorn Hour
Samsung televisions
Sharp Aquos
Sony Bravia
Sony PlayStation 3
Vizio Smart TV
XBMC Media Center
Yamaha A/V receivers
Apple iPad
Apple iPod
Boxee
D-Link DSM
Freecom MusicPal
Google Android
Microsoft Xbox 360
OPPO blu-ray players
Philips Aurea
Philips PFL
Pioneer Kuro
Realtek media players
Samsung UPC Horizon
Showtime
Sony blu-ray players
Sony SMP-N100
Western Digital WD TV Live
Xtreamer




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9 reviews, Showing 1 to 5 reviews


Rating by Andrew on Jan 31, 2022 Version: 10.15 OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 8/10 Functionality: 9/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10




The new version is really bad, I can no longer watch movies I have on my computer through my ps4. I uninstalled and went back to version 9.8.0.

Review by Ayla on Sep 6, 2020 Version: 9.8.1 OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 5/10 Functionality: 4/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 4/10




Rating by Nixio on Apr 23, 2020 Version: 9.4.2 OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 9/10 Functionality: 9/10 Value for money: 9/10 Overall: 9/10




Rating by tsMuxer on Apr 26, 2017 Version: 6.6.0 OS: Linux Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10




The newest version has a bug where it won't play any files with a srt subtitle,gives an error message saying file not found.

Review by johns0 on Mar 26, 2015 Version: 5.1.0 OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10


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