15.3.0 improves the web player, adds marking a directory as played/unplayed, made more room for thumbnails, adds a menu item "Web player (full)", fixes binary updates, improves scanning speed, and more.

Changes: buff.ly/BXjGcUq
Patreon: buff.ly/z5nbSjT
Previous release: buff.ly/nb3dXlP

The State of LG TV Media Playback

In WebOS 25, LG finally added support for Dolby Vision in MKV, but they broke other things along the way, leading many people to regret updating their firmware.

See our summary, our recommendations, and our plan at www.universalmediaserver.com/forum/viewto...

We have been applying API fixes, which should improve the chances of getting a good result, especially for newly-released content.

These fixes are available to all, no updates necessary.

Please let us know about any missing metadata or thumbnails and we will look into it.

In 15.2.0 we have added Audioaddict Network support, fixed playback bugs, and added support for more LG and Samsung TVs, including the newest ones.

Changes: github.com/UniversalMed...
Patreon download: www.patreon.com/posts/15-2-0...
Previous release: universalmediaserver.com

Back in May we announced that we were moving our infrastructure to run on 100% renewable energy. We have now finished!

It took this long because we made related changes along the way to also improve performance by 5x. Hope you enjoy :)

15.1.0 is here!

There's a new Docker build, updated our component library Mantine from v7 to v8, improved support for playlist files, UPnP and performance, and more!

Changes: github.com/UniversalMed...
Patreon download: www.patreon.com/posts/15-1-0...
Previous release: universalmediaserver.com

v15 is here!

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

Changes: support.universalmediaserver.com/whats-new-in...
Patreon download: www.patreon.com/posts/15-0-0...
Previous release: universalmediaserver.com

In 14.13.1 we have fixed some high impact bugs you have reported to us and improves scrubbing on the web player, as well as improving accessibility and stability.

Changes: github.com/UniversalMed...
Patreon download: www.patreon.com/posts/14-13-...
Previous release: universalmediaserver.com

We have just added a new page to our Knowledge Base to describe the changes in v15. We hope you're enjoying the beta, and we are very close to releasing the first stable version, which already has bugfixes and improvements over the recent beta.

support.universalmediaserver.com/next/whats-n...

v15 beta has some design tweaks and bugfixes, and adds a link to our Knowledge Base in the web interface header.

This is potentially our last v15 pre-release, so please keep reporting any bugs you find.

Patreon download: www.patreon.com/posts/15-0-0...
Changes: github.com/UniversalMed...

This month, our website and API received 1.2 million unique visits, the most we have ever seen. For comparison, last year we were very proud of 180,000 unique visits in a month.

This is amazing validation of the work we are doing on UMS and its infrastructure. Thank you so much!

In 14.13.0 we added support for Linkplay WiiM devices, improved LG TV support, added renderer support for file muxing mode, fixed bugs and improved performance!

Changes: github.com/UniversalMed...
Patreon download: www.patreon.com/posts/14-13-...
Previous release: universalmediaserver.com

We have begun shifting our infrastucture to run 100% on renewable electricity from hydro and wind power.

It will reduce our costs and improve our performance by a projected 500%, meaning a more responsive website, forum and API. It will also be more resilient to outages.

v15 alpha is here!

This is the result of 6 months of hard work to make our web UI more intuitive and modern.

It's available for download via Patreon on our Feature previews tier, and can be purchased directly at www.patreon.com/posts/v15-al...