Universal Media Server is a DLNA-compliant UPnP Media Server

Universal Media Server supports all major operating systems, with versions for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.

The program streams or transcodes many different media formats with little or no configuration.

UMS is powered by MEncoder, FFmpeg, tsMuxeR, AviSynth, MediaInfo and more, which combine to offer support for a wide range of media formats

Check out the list of media renderers here:
http://www.universalmediaserver.com/about/

Features

  • Works with PS3, Xbox, TVs, Smart phones and many other devices
  • Written in Java for use on Windows, Linux or Mac OS X

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License

GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2)

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User Reviews

  • Great product works well - newer versions have fixed some connectivity issues (older version would not connect to TV while VPN was active) Still an issue with Fast Forward/Rewind - most of the time the synchronisation of the sound with the picture does not work well after using fast forward or rewind. Have not been able to find a better product for streaming from PC to TV.
  • Great product works well - newer versions have fixed some connectivity issues (older version would not connect to TV while VPN was active) Still an issue with Fast Forward/Rewind - most of the time the synchronisation of the sound with the picture does not work well after using fast forward or rewind. Have not been able to find a better product for streaming from PC to TV.
  • Well, it's still a thing made with yucky Java, but at least now it includes its own runtime of it, so there's no ancient security risk, system polluting, full Java install required anymore! Of course, being Java, it's a RAM, CPU, and disk space hog. But the program is nicely configurable, and does work rather well. Only caveats I've found: - The database size it creates for a modest media library it rather large, and takes forever to scan. I disabled and forego the media library to avoid this. - I had to disable transcoding of mp4 and others, because it was transcoding most files even though my WDTVLive device supports them directly just fine. And it doesn't mention that the server has to be restarted to recognize this change. - One time so far the javaw.exe process stayed stuck in memory on exit, consuming over a GB of RAM. This may have been due to exiting while the program was still scanning folders when the media library was still enabled, but it's stupid Java, so who knows. [In the end, had to get rid of this junk, because it was causing constant 4-10% CPU usage when idle keeping the CPU full speed.]
  • Best media server I found. Much better than Kodi (XMBC) in all aspects: performance, usability, features!
    1 user found this review helpful.
  • Almost as good as the discontinued mediatomb! My TV lists the programmes using the supplied title metadata - which fails if the media doesn't have title metadata.
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Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

Linux, BSD, Mac, Windows

Languages

Romanian, Korean, French, Dutch, Polish, Icelandic, Czech, Finnish, Italian, Hebrew, Catalan, Greek, English, Portuguese, Chinese (Traditional), Bulgarian, Swedish, Turkish, Norwegian, Chinese (Simplified), Danish, German, Japanese, Spanish, Russian, Arabic

Intended Audience

End Users/Desktop

User Interface

Java Swing

Programming Language

Java

Related Categories

Java Video Software, Java Sound Audio, Java Multimedia Software, Java Media Servers

Registered

2013-02-16