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1 Monday, 04 November :52 Last Updated Monday, 04 November :52 This is the next Official release of Universal Media Server that follows the previous stables ve rsion The developers behind the popular media streaming application for Linux, Windows and MAC OS X highlight the following changes since version through to the beat version we reported here. Changes since 2.6.5: General: Transcoding quality automatically adjusts for content and network speed by default, allowing wireless users an easier experience Added the New Media folder, which contains unwatched media Added the Recently Played folder, which contains watched media Added the ability to resume videos after closing the program, for details on its use see the tooltip on the Navigation tab Added support for muxing (losslessly streaming) more files with tsmuxer by default Added support for sending subtitle streams (without transcoding) to more devices Added more information to our debug logs Added internal subtitle support to FFmpeg Added subtitle seeking support to FFmpeg Added subtitle styling (fontconfig) support to FFmpeg Added "Prettify filenames" feature, for details on its use see the tooltip on the Navigation tab Added configuration wizard to simplify common things like network configuration Added an option to hide/show advanced options, hopefully making things less 1 / 8

2 Monday, 04 November :52 Last Updated Monday, 04 November :52 confusing/daunting for most users Added VLC video transcoding (thanks, LordQuackstar!) Added new options to itunes library browsing: Browse by Artist, Album and Genre Added manual configuration option (hide_subs_info) to hide subtitle info from filenames while browsing Added checkboxes to enable/disable renderers Added tooltips to several options to make them clearer Added H.264 transcoding quality option Enabled support for cover files in virtual folders (thanks, DKalck!) Improved video transcoding quality by default Improved audio transcoding quality in FFmpeg by default A more helpful error is displayed when something is using the UMS HTTP port Made some custom MEncoder options safer to use Improved file compatibility for mod2 videos Improved support for itunes compilations Made video playback more stable FFmpeg starts faster Improved speed of list population Audio files are added to the transcode folder Chapter folders are hidden if the video duration is less than the chapter length Improved file compatibility detection for H.264 muxing Renamed a lot of configuration variables Removed the obsolete MPlayerAudio, MPlayerWebAudio and MPlayerWebVideoDump engines Improved memory defaults on Windows The "Clean Install" option on Windows removes the program directory The server logo displays on more renderers A status message is displayed while UMS is checking the MPlayer font cache MPlayer/MEncoder is no longer included in the Linux builds Added renderer config option DisableMencoderNoskip Made the use of acodec in CustomMencoderOptions safer Videos work when tsmuxer is the only engine enabled Code optimizations to run faster Fixed duplicate entries in DVD/playlist/feed folders Fixed FFmpeg web videos on Linux and OS X Fixed external ASS/SSA support (Thanks, skeptical!) Fixed FFmpeg muxing on nonps3 renderers Fixed use of custom Java Heapsize (Thanks, OptimusPrime!) Fixed streaming radio timing out after 1:45:32 Fixed MEncoder subtitle support when the font name contains a space Fixed startup issue on OS X Fixed RAW image transcoding and support 28 additional RAW file extensions Fixed incorrect server IP address when starting UMS by launching UMS.exe or UMS.bat Fixed and improved support for virtual folders Fixed conflicts between some renderer config options Fixed tsmuxer video detection bug 2 / 8

3 Monday, 04 November :52 Last Updated Monday, 04 November :52 Fixed x264 transcoding with MEncoder Fixed a rare startup bug Fixed layout issues Fixed memory leaks Fixed various bugs Renderers: Added support for LG 42LA644V TVs (thanks, khmelnov.roman) Added profile for Samsung D7000 TVs Added support for Samsung mobiles (Galaxy S3, S4, Note, Note 2, and Note 3) Added support for Panasonic TXL32V10E TVs Added thumbnail support to Samsung 2012 ES and EH models (thanks, dmitche3!) Added support for Bravia W series TVs Improved support for KalemSoft Media Player on BlackBerry PlayBook Updated support for Bravia W series TVs (thanks, flux131) Updated Samsung AllShare logo Updated notes on Philips PFL (thanks, ler0y!) Xbox 360 supports 5.1 audio Faster transcoding on Xbox 360 Improved DirecTV support Updated DirecTV image Improved PS3 support Enabled textwrapping for long names on Sony Bluray players Languages: Added English (UK) to the list of languages 3 / 8

4 Monday, 04 November :52 Last Updated Monday, 04 November :52 Updated Czech translation Updated Dutch translation (thanks, Leroy!) Updated French translation Updated Spanish translation (thanks, AlfredoRamos and uman2k!) External Components: Updated Apache Commons Codec to 1.8 Updated Checkstyle to 2.10 Updated Cobertura Maven Plugin to Updated FFmpeg on all operating systems, which: Improves ASS/SSA subtitle support Improves handling of aspect ratios, even when muxing Fixes multithreaded MPEG4 decoding Added multithreading to ALAC decoding Speeds up JPEG decoding Fixes and improves MP3, AAC and DTS decoding stability Fixes memory leaks Fixes channel mapping with surround AAC audio Improves H.264 and VC1 support Improves Vorbis support Improves Matroska support Improves MPEGTS muxing Updated FindBugs Maven Plugin to Updated Gson to Updated H2 Database Engine to Updated Java Runtime Environment automatic downloader for Windows to 7u45, which: Improves security Updated JBoss APIviz to Updated jgoodiesforms to Updated jgoodieslooks to Updated JUnit to 4.11 Updated Logback to Updated Maven Cobertura Plugin to / 8

5 Monday, 04 November :52 Last Updated Monday, 04 November :52 Updated Maven Doxia Docbook Simple Plugin to 1.4 Updated Maven Git Commit ID Plugin to 2.1.5, which: Improves stability Updated Maven IDEA Plugin to Updated Maven Javadoc Plugin to 2.9.1, which: Makes it more threadsafe Improves security Updated Maven Project Info Reports to 2.7 Updated Maven Source Plugin to Updated Maven Surefire to 2.16 Fixes problems with character encodings Updated MediaInfo for Windows to , which: Adds H.265 (HEVC) support Fixed some crashes with.mov files Improved AVI support Added HEVC/H.265 in MKV support Added Dolby E support Improved AVI, MKV, MPEGTS, QuickTime, RMVB, MPEG4, AAC, AVC, AC3 and DTS support Faster MPEGTS analysis Updated Netty to Updated PMD Maven Plugin to Updated slf4j to Updated Thumbnailator to 0.4.5, which: Fixes memory errors with the latest Java Runtimes Fixes use of Exif orientation Updated tsmuxer for Windows to 2.0.6b, which: Improves muxing speed Improves stream standards compatibility Fixes EAC3 support Adds support for DTSexpress audio Updated xmlwise to / 8

6 Monday, 04 November :52 Last Updated Monday, 04 November :52 Changes since 3.0.0b1: General: Added support for muxing (losslessly streaming) more files with tsmuxer by default Added support for sending subtitle streams (without transcoding) to more devices Added more information to our debug logs The "Clean Install" option on Windows removes the program directory The server logo displays on more renderers The wizard defaults to "no" for DTS streaming by default for compatibility A status message is displayed while UMS is checking the MPlayer font cache MPlayer/MEncoder is no longer included in the Linux builds Fixed FFmpeg web videos on Linux and OS X Added renderer config option DisableMencoderNoskip Made the use of acodec in CustomMencoderOptions safer Videos work when tsmuxer is the only engine enabled Fixed a bug where VLC would include unwanted subtitles Fixed MIME types in some situations Fixed (hopefully) a duration/seeking bug Fixed the video resuming feature Code optimizations to run faster Renderers: Added support for LG 42LA644V TVs (thanks, khmelnov.roman) Added support for Samsung mobiles (Galaxy S3, S4, Note, Note 2, and Note 3) Added support for Panasonic TXL32V10E TVs Updated notes on Philips PFL (thanks, ler0y!) Updated support for Bravia W series TVs (thanks, flux131) Updated Samsung AllShare logo 6 / 8

7 Monday, 04 November :52 Last Updated Monday, 04 November :52 Languages: Updated Czech translation Updated Spanish translation (thanks, AlfredoRamos!) External Components: Updated Java Runtime Environment automatic downloader for Windows to 7u45, which: Improves security Updated tsmuxer for Windows to 2.0.6b, which: Improves muxing speed Improves stream standards compatibility Fixes EAC3 support Adds support for DTSexpress audio Download: Windows Linux OSX Source: Universal Media Server 7 / 8

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