Version 9.8.0 released

[SubJunk]

General:

This release improves support for common video files, reduces CPU use and load times, improves security, and more!

The v9 releases will continue for bugfixes and renderer support updates, and soon we will release the first pre-release for v10 which improves, stabilizes and extends our metadata, allowing for things like recommendations, genres, ratings from major sources, etc.

Download:

Windows, macOS and Linux: Our front page or our official mirrors
Docker: docker pull universalmediaserver/ums

Changes since 9.7.2

• General:
  • Started releasing two macOS builds which fixed MEncoder not working on 10.15 (Catalina)
  • Improved support for ASF, MKV, MP4, MPEG-PS, MPEG-TS, and WMV videos by adding and improving accuracy of DLNA.ORG_PN values (thanks for testing, carlosvsilva!)
  • Reduced CPU use and improved video/audio quality by muxing some supported streams with FFmpeg instead of transcoding
  • Other DLNA compatibility fixes, including sending correct framerates, color depths, and audio channel counts
  • Improved load time on web interface with many files by 10x or more (thanks, outnos!)
  • Fixed forced network interface not always persisting
  • Fixed Safari login prompts with HTTPS on web interface (thanks, outnos!)
  • Fixed not displaying the Minimize on startup option in GUI on macOS
  • Fixed Windows installer not adding a Windows Firewall exception for the service
• Renderers:
  • Improved support for Philips PUS 6500 Series TVs
  • Improved support for AVI files on Panasonic Viera VT60 TVs
  • Improved support for Samsung Q7 Series TVs
  • Fixed detection of Panasonic Viera DX Series TVs
  • Fixed detection of Samsung Q9 TVs
  • Fixed detection of Samsung Soundbar MS750
  • Fixed false-detection of XBMC
• Translation updates via Crowdin:
  • Danish (100%)
  • Korean (34%)
• Dependencies:
  • Bump AdoptOpenJDK to 14.0.2
  • Bump git-commit-id-plugin from 4.0.0 to 4.0.1
  • Bump jna-version from 5.5.0 to 5.6.0
  • Bump junrar from 4.0.0 to 6.0.1
  • Bump MPlayer/MEncoder for macOS to SB66
  • Bump oshi-core from 5.2.1 to 5.2.2
  • Bump rome from 1.14.1 to 1.15.0
  • Bump twelvemonkeys-imageio-version from 3.5 to 3.6

Notes:

• We fully support Windows 7+, and have limited support for Windows XP and Vista
• macOS 10.10+ is fully supported

[pipin]

Thanks for the release!

[romel]

Thanks!

[SubJunk]

Thanks for the release!

Thanks!

Thank you both, it makes a big difference to us to see positive feedback like this

[sake]

Well, in this case here we go with another positive post from me

Guys, you are miles away from some of your competitors and this is the reason why I switched to UMS. Thank you.

Keep up the good work guys and hope that you will keep on supporting Windows 7

[icenlord]

The truth is that UMS is the only option with this much features, performance and continuous support.

You guys rock, thanks so much.

[SubJunk]

Well, in this case here we go with another positive post from me

Guys, you are miles away from some of your competitors and this is the reason why I switched to UMS. Thank you.

Keep up the good work guys and hope that you will keep on supporting Windows 7

The truth is that UMS is the only option with this much features, performance and continuous support.

You guys rock, thanks so much.

[David0325]

This release works fine on Linux Ubuntu 20.04, here is a screenshot from Ubuntu Mate 20.04:
https://i.imgur.com/636ZPfh.png
Thank you for the continuous support of UMS.

[SubJunk]

This release works fine on Linux Ubuntu 20.04, here is a screenshot from Ubuntu Mate 20.04:
https://i.imgur.com/636ZPfh.png
Thank you for the continuous support of UMS.

Thanks for letting us know

[chickyboom]

"Fixed Windows installer not adding a Windows Firewall exception for the service"

This is true, but forgot to remove it on uninstall.