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15.0.0 Patreon

This first public v15 release is the result of over 9 months of hard work to make our web UI more intuitive and modern.

We have added a user switcher with support for multiple logged-in users, a mode switcher to change between the two major areas: Player and Settings, pin code logins, dynamic TV season metadata, a file media info button, rewrites of our notification and realtime code, improved memory management, and a lot of other changes to improve usability and reduce the number of actions needed to do what you want.

Phew.

We would love to see any opinions or ideas you have. This version is our response to feedback and reviews of UMS, and we need more feedback to guide it further.

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

Changes since 14.13.1
General
Added a user switcher to the web interface
Added support for being logged in as multiple users on the web interface
15 0 0-b1-user-switcher
Added a mode switcher to the web interface to make it easier to switch between Player mode and Settings mode
15 0 0-a1-mode-switcher
Added dynamic TV season information when viewing a season on the web player
15 0 0-a1-season-metadata
Added the option to use pin codes on the web interface
15 0 0-a1-pin-code
Added file media info (location, types, streams, subtitles...) to the web player
Added accessibility linting to web interface
Use the custom name of the server on the web player and settings
Moved the settings menu from the dropdown to a side menu on the web interface
Moved the user avatar on the web interface to the top-right where the dropdown menu was
Made the size of the left menu in the web interface customizable
Made the user actions like login and logout happen from the avatar menu
Made it clearer when you are using the default/anonymous user
Made internal scrollbars wider on the web interface
Made Shared Content page on the web interface easier to use and more compact
Automatic management of max memory
Replaced SSE (Server-sent events) with websockets on web interface
Fixed the scrollbar sitting on top of the last link on a long list in the left menu on the web interface
Fixed the Recently Added folder in the Media Library not sorting by date added (before it was the file modified time)
Improved development workflow
Added and improved notifications on web interface
Added a link to the Knowledge Base on the web interface, to the right of the language switcher button
Replaced Help tab on the old interface with a link to the Knowledge Base on the About tab
Replaced youtube-dl with yt-dlp
Improved API lookup chances of success
Reduced network spam
Reduced CPU use from logging
Stopped subscribing to UPnP events while getting DeviceControls
Fixed support for shorts on YouTube
Fixed flickering and refreshing on web interface during scanning
Fixed YouTube video playback
Replaced deprecated methods
Logging improvements
Translation updates via Crowdin
Czech (100%)
Spanish (73%) (thanks, Antonio Rodríguez, Gustanveiker, and Ruben Abrego!)
Finnish (70%) (thanks, Esko Gardner!)
French (100%) (thanks, Fredo1650!)
Korean (100%) (thanks, VenusGirl!)
Polish (56%) (thanks, Karol Szastok!)
Serbian (42%) (thanks, Nashmaster!)
Turkish (100%) (thanks, Burak Yavuz!)
Dependencies
Bump @playwright/test from 1.54.1 to 1.54.2 (#5677)
Bump @stylistic/eslint-plugin from 5.2.2 to 5.2.3 (#5701)
Bump @vitejs/plugin-react from 4.6.0 to 4.7.0 (#5676)
Bump actions/checkout from 4 to 5 (#5704)
Bump com.github.oshi:oshi-core from 6.8.2 to 6.8.3 (#5703)
Bump com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle from 10.26.1 to 11.0.0 (#5688)
Bump com.zaxxer:HikariCP from 6.3.2 to 7.0.1 (#5674, #5690)
Bump org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-client from 12.0.23 to 12.0.25 (#5687, #5702)
Bump org.eclipse.jetty.ee10:jetty-ee10-servlet from 12.0.23 to 12.0.25 (#5687, #5702)
Bump org.eclipse.jetty.ee10.websocket:jetty-ee10-websocket-jakarta-server from 12.0.23 to 12.0.25 (#5687, #5702)
Bump org.eclipse.jetty.http2:jetty-http2-server from 12.0.23 to 12.0.25 (#5687, #5702)
Bump react-router-dom from 7.7.0 to 7.8.0 (#5678, #5686)
Changes since 15.0.0-b1
General
Replaced youtube-dl with yt-dlp
Improved API lookup chances of success
Reduced network spam
Reduced CPU use from logging
Stopped subscribing to UPnP events while getting DeviceControls
Fixed support for shorts on YouTube
Fixed flickering and refreshing on web interface during scanning
Fixed YouTube video playback
Replaced deprecated methods
Logging improvements
Translation updates via Crowdin
Czech (100%)
Spanish (73%) (thanks, Antonio Rodríguez, Gustanveiker, and Ruben Abrego!)
Finnish (70%) (thanks, Esko Gardner!)
French (100%) (thanks, Fredo1650!)
Korean (100%) (thanks, VenusGirl!)
Polish (56%) (thanks, Karol Szastok!)
Serbian (42%) (thanks, Nashmaster!)
Turkish (100%) (thanks, Burak Yavuz!)
Dependencies
Bump @playwright/test from 1.54.1 to 1.54.2 (#5677)
Bump @stylistic/eslint-plugin from 5.2.2 to 5.2.3 (#5701)
Bump @vitejs/plugin-react from 4.6.0 to 4.7.0 (#5676)
Bump actions/checkout from 4 to 5 (#5704)
Bump com.github.oshi:oshi-core from 6.8.2 to 6.8.3 (#5703)
Bump com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle from 10.26.1 to 11.0.0 (#5688)
Bump com.zaxxer:HikariCP from 6.3.2 to 7.0.1 (#5674, #5690)
Bump FFmpeg from 7.1.1 to 2025-07-21
Bump org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-client from 12.0.23 to 12.0.25 (#5687, #5702)
Bump org.eclipse.jetty.ee10:jetty-ee10-servlet from 12.0.23 to 12.0.25 (#5687, #5702)
Bump org.eclipse.jetty.ee10.websocket:jetty-ee10-websocket-jakarta-server from 12.0.23 to 12.0.25 (#5687, #5702)
Bump org.eclipse.jetty.http2:jetty-http2-server from 12.0.23 to 12.0.25 (#5687, #5702)
Bump react-router-dom from 7.7.0 to 7.8.0 (#5678, #5686)

DEVICE SUPPORT
AC Ryan PlayOn!HD
Apple iPhone
Asus O!Play
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