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  • 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.
  • I apologise. Maybe main setup error. Checked x64 bit ver 7. after free 32 bit LG Smart Share program on Windows 10 x64 and custom movie folder, with XBOX ONE X Media player, and Xbox no see any files or server correct. In folder is more than 1300 movies. Can I set up error ? In LG Smart Share program I just set movie folder, click and wait for refresh all files and server work for all device in LAN easy. I'm looking for a simple 64-bit DLNA server for my own folder with movies. ( Standard W10 video media share is risk. I use extermal USB for movie content, and W10 update 1809 delete all files in my documents folder. Sometimes is Microsoft update a disaster. )
  • Very good project to me
    1 user found this review helpful.
  • Best!
    1 user found this review helpful.
  • Works like it should! Excellent project.
    1 user found this review helpful.
  • The mac version doesn't work with my TV so I have to give poor rating for this. I still use the old pms without any problem. I am not even using its transcoding features. TV says it doesn't recognize the file formats!! and in some cases it says " it can not properly display it". anyway, it doesn't work on mac with my samsung es6710 tv
  • Works perfectly under linux (any distro)
    1 user found this review helpful.
  • Perfect work ! Ths !
    1 user found this review helpful.
  • The best DLNA media server. Works flawlesly with all my rendering devices.
    1 user found this review helpful.
  • A nice replacement for my old ps3 media server
    1 user found this review helpful.
  • The Praise: Love this application. Just found it a few minutes ago and installed it. BRILLIANT. The Question: I have an ASUS OPlay media player. The video works perfectly but when I play audio files it plays ever song for 11 seconds then goes to the next one. I'm using the DLNA option of my ASUS. If I use the network share option and play the audio it works perfectly. This is of course bypassing the UMS completely and just logging into a shared folder on the computer sharing the files. Any ideas on sorting this will be greatly appreciated. Regards
  • I registered just to leave this compliment. Thanks for coding this for all of us to use. It works great with my sharp TV and I couldn't be happier. It was tough to find something for OSX Mavericks to work so seamless with DLNA!
    1 user found this review helpful.
  • Awesome media server that handles just about every device out there!
    1 user found this review helpful.
  • How great(er) can it be? I've been using PMS for several years. During the years there's been ups n downs. A couple of years ago I changed to UMS and I thought it was working as a charm. Had a few issues with 1080 movies, the computer couldn't get the hang of it. And the subtitles didn't always work. Well, could as much have been my own fault. So the other day I downloaded the new version. I have no words. The new UMS is perfect. I can play anything from my NAS or from the computer. Works like a charm! Thanks a lot.
    1 user found this review helpful.
  • Excellent - much better than the DLNA server of Windows Media Player/Center. Very fast browsing - so that any addition to an included folder is available virtually instantly without having to wait for libraries to be scanned. This single feature makes it much better than even the very popular Plex and XBMC. No problems with "classification" of media - WMP often mis-classifies media to "Other Media" so they become unavailable to receiving device. Trancoding - can play media on devices that may not support particular format - including displaying external subtitles. Simple elegant and WORKS!
    1 user found this review helpful.
  • Anyone can help me, i cant make UMS to work as a multi-plataform to all my devices, i have a PS3, a Samsung Smart TV and a Nexus 5, and cant find the correct configuration that make the program to stream videos to this devices correctly; The issues are that the program cant stream the spanish language from a dvd backup files whit multi-language options, same problem with the sub-titles, cant display anyone; How the configuration work from audio and/or subtitles correct display? Please help, i have a great DVD backups in my PC, but cant see it in my tv, PS3 or my smartphone. TKS.
  • Simple and easy to use. I can now stream videos to my Xbox 360 over wired connection (Ethernet) and to my Samsung TV over wifi without any hiccups. I love and highly recommend this app. :)
    1 user found this review helpful.
  • Brilliant. Best DLNA server I've tried so far (nas4free, freenas, XBMC, plex, WMP, WMC etc). The windows version was easier to work with then the linux headless (ie, no gui). Strangely on either version the best performance (on cpu and memory) came when I turned off all transcoding. Transcoding would all but pin the CPUs on my windows home server (dual hyperthreaded atom) or linux 11 on hyper-v (quad core). While this obviously reduces flexibility (ie, can't stream to as many clients) I used Skifta + VLC on my Samsung Galaxy S and Kindle Fire (original) and performance over my wifi N 300 network is (so far) flawless with server CPUs only showing a few percentage points increase when playing movies (mp4, m4v, encoded using handbrake defaults). Update: I can't get transcoding (movies, web videos such as TED) to work well. They run for a few minutes max, and then quit. Still meets my needs, since I don't need transcoding, but I backed off my ratings a bit.
  • I was surprised how well it worked and how easy it was to install (on Windows in my case). It still has some rough edges, though. Most of the time the video was as good as what I've seen from commercial products like playon, but occasionally there were glitches and brief digital "blocking". Also, it couldn't scan large directories with hundreds of videos without timing out. I wish it could support commercial streaming services like Netflix and Amazon, but because it's open source I suspect these companies won't allow it because too much of their inner workings would become available (for example, somebody modifying the code to copy the decoded stream). But all my DLNA devices saw it and streamed from it. It also put all my drives online without having to add them first, a plus.
  • This is truly awesome software, I have been using it for years and years to serve every audio and video file in my local media library to my PS3, Sony Bravia TV, Iphone 4 and android phone. Works great for streaming files from my pc to other devices but it also earns high praise from me for allowing access to XBMC Add-Ons running on my pc from my PS3. I use my PS3 to access the XBMC add-ons to find the media I want, it then converts it to the right format as necessary and plays it as if it were a file local to the PS3. Sorry it was so wordy, hope I got my point across. Much longer review than I expected to write but I really do not know how I would have survived the past few years without this application. @sukram - not sure what you installed but I can assure you that Universal Media Server is not a hoax of any kind. Peace!
    1 user found this review helpful.
  • I won't even pretend to have a handle on UMS. I know I've wanted something like this since I started streaming. I've got PLEX & Playon and Servio and others but Universal is IT. No expert but I'm streaming from a MVGroup Documentary through UMS as I type this--started 40 minutes ago. Quality is Excellent. This is gonna kick some major a** is my "at first look" assessment. I just have no idea about the Support but it should be a "Mind Hive" project..i.e., WE are/will be the support--with Main Players leading the way, of course.
    1 user found this review helpful.
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