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PS3 Media Server -> Version History

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Version 1.50.1
  • Release Date: Jan 29, 2012
  • Download(s):
  • Improved audio/video synchronisation when using tsMuxeR
  • Updated MPlayer/MEncoder to SB22 from SB18
  • Language updates:
    • Russian (thanks, Tianuchka!)
    • Clarified some settings in all languages
  • Fixed delay when entering the media server
  • Improved support for Samsung AllShare devices
  • Updated MediaInfo to 0.7.53 from 0.7.51
  • Updated JRE auto-download to 7u2 from 7u1
  • Updated FFmpeg to r35509 from r31564
  • Added country code thumbnails (Thanks, happy-neko!)
  • Fixed #1274
Version 1.50.0
  • Release Date: Nov 20, 2011
  • Download(s):
  • Backwards-incompatible API changes (for plugin developers/packagers) - see http://tinyurl.com/3qtgk5k for more details
  • Updated binaries build script to include Linux support (thanks, happy.neko!)
  • Updated OS X MPlayer to include fontconfig support
  • Language updates:
    • Updated Bulgarian translation (thanks, JORDITO!)
    • Updated German translation (thanks, smo!)
    • Updated Dutch translation
    • Clarified English language labels
    • Speeds displayed in Mb/s instead of Kb/s
  • Added full featured IP filter with support for wildcards and ranges
  • Improved network interface choosing algorithm now skips virtual interfaces
  • Updated libraries (configuration, jgoodies and slf4j)
  • Detect file system changes runtime (adding/removing folders/files).
  • Updated JRE auto-download from 6u27 to 7u1
  • Added option to create a desktop shortcut to the Windows installer
  • Renderer image improvements
  • Improvements to tab layouts
  • Maximum bandwidth setting works
  • Limit bandwidth to 110Mb/s by default which should solve a lot of "stuttering playback" reports
  • Recognise forced subtitles (thanks, ExSport!)
  • Updated MPlayer and MEncoder on Windows and OSX from Sherpya's old builds to SubJunk's new builds which fixes many playback issues, colour-conversion bugs and more (but possibly has drawbacks for some files, too)
  • Main (Status) tab displays a large tick when it's connected to a renderer instead of a PS3 or warning image
  • Updated MediaInfo to 0.7.51 from 0.7.47
  • New natural sort option for file order: Alphanumeric (e.g. Season 2 before Season 10)
  • Always allow "Restart Server" button (#1186)
  • Updated FFmpeg for Windows to r31564 from r30656
  • We now support Samsung AllShare, along with our existing support for Samsung WiseLink
  • Allow to configure subtitle color if using PMS in headless mode (#1280)
Version 1.50.0 Beta 2
  • Release Date: Nov 6, 2011
  • Backwards-incompatible API changes (for plugin developers/packagers) - see http://tinyurl.com/3qtgk5k for more details
  • Updated binaries build script to include Linux support (thanks, happy.neko!)
  • Updated OS X MPlayer to include fontconfig support
  • Updated Bulgarian translation (thanks, JORDITO!)
  • Updated German translation (thanks, smo!)
  • Updated Dutch translation
  • Added full featured IP filter with support for wildcards and ranges
  • Improved network interface choosing algorithm now skips virtual interfaces
  • Updated libraries (configuration, jgoodies and slf4j)
  • Detect file system changes runtime (adding/removing folders/files).
  • Updated JRE auto-download from 6u27 to 7u1
  • Added option to create a desktop shortcut to the Windows installer
  • Renderer image improvements
  • Improvements to tab layouts
  • Maximum bandwidth setting works
  • Limit bandwidth to 110Mb/s by default which should solve a lot of "stuttering playback" reports
  • Speeds displayed in Mb/s instead of Kb/s
  • Recognise forced subtitles
  • Clarified English language labels
  • Updated MPlayer and MEncoder on Windows from Sherpya's old builds to SubJunk's new builds which fixes many playback issues, colour-conversion bugs and more (but possibly has drawbacks for some files, too)
  • Main (Status) tab displays a large tick when it's connected to a renderer instead of a PS3 or warning image
  • Updated MediaInfo to 0.7.50 from 0.7.47
Version 1.50.0 Beta 1
  • Release Date: Oct 23, 2011
  • Download(s):
  • Backwards-incompatible API changes (for plugin developers/packagers) - see http://tinyurl.com/3qtgk5k for more details
  • Updated binaries build script to include Linux support (thanks, happy.neko!)
  • Updated OS X MPlayer to include fontconfig support
  • Updated Bulgarian translation (thanks, JORDITO!)
  • Updated German translation (thanks, smo!)
  • Updated Dutch translation
  • Added full featured IP filter with support for wildcards and ranges
  • Improved network interface choosing algorithm now skips virtual interfaces
  • Updated libraries (configuration, jgoodies and slf4j)
  • Detect file system changes runtime (adding/removing folders/files).
  • Updated JRE auto-download from 6u27 to 7u1
  • Added option to create a desktop shortcut to the Windows installer
  • Renderer image improvements
  • Improvements to tab layouts
  • Maximum bandwidth setting works
  • Limit bandwidth to 110Mb/s by default which should solve a lot of "stuttering playback" reports
  • Speeds displayed in Mb/s instead of Kb/s
  • Recognise forced subtitles
  • Clarified English language labels
  • Updated MPlayer and MEncoder on Windows from Sherpya's old builds to SubJunk's new builds which fixes many playback issues, colour-conversion bugs and more (but possibly has drawbacks for some files, too)
  • Main (Status) tab displays a large tick when it's connected to a renderer instead of a PS3 or warning image
  • Updated MediaInfo to 0.7.50 from 0.7.47
Version 1.40.0
  • Release Date: Sep 22, 2011
  • Download(s):
  • Updated OS X MPlayer to enable external VOBsub, ASS/SSA and Fribidi support
  • Allow update checks to be performed manually (Windows only)
  • Allow automatic update checks to be enabled (Windows only)
  • Simplify PMS customization for packagers of custom builds
  • Logging fix for headless configurations
  • Added experimental support for iPad / iPhone renderers
  • Fixed DVD ISO playback on OS X (thanks, jjmojojjmojo!)
  • Added support for the AirPlayer app
  • Added support for Samsung TV model SEC_HHP_TV (thanks, coax-!)
  • Added Aperture support on OS X (thanks, coax-!)
  • Added thumbnail support for images (some code from http://www.rayinblu.com/ps3mediaserver)
  • The cache is now reset after each upgrade/downgrade (for versions higher than 1.40.0)
  • Files with the extension *.vdr are now recognized as MPG videos
  • Added support for JPEG Multi-Picture Format (.mpo) files
  • Added support for chunking renderers like Sony Bluray (thanks, infidel, WorldOfHurt and patters!)
  • Updated Italian translation (thanks, nocciola82!)
  • Fixed bug that would often limit streaming buffer to 50 MB.
  • Updated FFmpeg for Windows to r30656 from r30172
  • Updated French translation (thanks, danielha!)
  • Updated Russian translation (thanks, Tianuchka!)
  • Added support for regular ASS/SSA subtitles (before we only supported the more popular "advanced" kind)
  • Updated MediaInfo to 0.7.47 from 0.7.44
  • Updated JRE autodownload to 6u27 from 6u26
  • Removed IP/hostname from Status tab (still shown in Traces)
  • Updated libraries (codec, gson, jgoodies, logback and netty)
Version 1.40.0 Beta 2 Version 1.40.0 Beta 1 Version 1.31.0 Beta 1
  • Release Date: Aug 13, 2011
  • Download(s):
  • Updated OS X MPlayer to enable external VOBsub, ASS/SSA and Fribidi support
  • allow update checks to be performed manually (Windows only)
  • allow automatic update checks to be enabled (Windows only)
  • simplify PMS customization for packagers of custom builds
  • logging fix for headless configurations
  • Added experimental support for iPad / iPhone
  • Fixed DVD ISO playback on OS X (thanks, jjmojojjmojo!)
  • Added support for the AirPlayer app
  • Added support for Samsung TV model SEC_HHP_TV (thanks, coax-!)
  • Added Aperture support on OS X (thanks, coax-!)
  • Added thumbnail support for images (some code from http://www.rayinblu.com/ps3mediaserver)
Version 1.30.1
  • Release Date: Jul 6, 2011
  • Download(s):
  • 1.30.1:
    • Fixed bug that caused very slow iTunes library parsing
  • 1.30:
    • Backwards-incompatible API changes (for plugin developers) - see SVN changelog for more details
    • Updated OS X binaries (FFmpeg, MEncoder and MPlayer) to fix an AC3 bug and improve internal VOBsub display quality
    • Consistent use of logging framework
    • ASS/SSA subtitles disabled by default on Linux and OS X
    • Multithreaded MEncoder enabled by default on multithreaded CPUs
    • Subtitles stay within confines of original frame when using overscan compensation
    • Made transcoding tab resizing consistent for all sizes
    • Fixed DTS audio support with FFmpeg
    • MEncoder supports DTS-ES (6.1 channels) audio
    • Handles unknown audio channels
    • Change maximum number of plugins to 30 from 4
    • Improved MP4 support
    • New Korean translation (thanks, mrahn80)
    • Fixed bug where config sometimes wouldn't save on Windows 7
Version 1.25.1 Version 1.25.0
  • Release Date: Jun 16, 2011
  • Download(s):
  • Overscan compensation feature added for MEncoder
  • Return of the official OS X build, thanks for your patience!
  • MEncoder no longer crashes when using more then 8 cores
  • New build script for OS X that builds all dependencies (big thanks to Raptor399)
  • Overscan compensation support for MEncoder
  • French translation fixed
Version 1.24.0
  • Release Date: Jun 14, 2011
  • Download(s):
  • New icon on OS X
  • Added Bulgarian and Brazilian Portuguese translation (thanks to jordito and gelo)
  • Updated Polish, French, German and Portuguese translation
  • tsMuxeR handles mov files
  • Updated FFmpeg to r30172 from r28671
  • Updated JRE auto-dl
  • Forcing MEncoder via the TRANSCODE folder ignores tsMuxeR
  • Fixed support for renderers including Panasonic TVs
  • Improved RAR support
  • Updated libraries for OS X build
  • Lots of fixes to the OS X build process so now it works
  • Support for multi-language VOBsub subtitles
  • It's possible to remove hard drives from list if they are no longer connected (thanks, spots)
Version 1.23.0
  • Release Date: May 27, 2011
  • Download(s):
  • Fixed Windows service
  • Windows service now starts automatically with the computer
  • Sony Bravia Z5500 (and possibly others) work again
  • Fixed PS3 not being detected for some users
  • Support cellphone/smartphone (3gp) videos
  • Windows service is uninstalled with program
  • Detect Popcorn Hour and WDTV live more reliably
  • English, Russian and Dutch language updates
Version 1.22.0
  • Release Date: May 15, 2011
  • Download(s):
  • Many file compatibility bugs fixed (particularly MKV, MP4 and DVD ISO)
  • Help tab improved
  • Improved alphabetical file sorting (old method is still there for those who liked it)
  • Language fixes and updates
  • Added custom profiles
  • Added new renderers: Sony HX7, Bravia NX8, Panasonic Viera range
  • Network traffic prioritised properly (thanks to bgm)
  • 48fps videos are now supported
  • Various other fixes
Version 1.21.1
  • Release Date: Apr 15, 2011
  • Download(s):
  • This is an important release for Windows users.
  • Rollback MPlayer for Windows to fix critical subtitle bug
  • Add extra information to Windows uninstaller
  • Fix NPE when toggling HTTP Engine V2
Version 1.21.0
  • Release Date: Apr 12, 2011
  • Download(s):
  • Support new devices: Android, Nokia N900
  • Improved support for XBMC
  • Support MKV header compression in most MKV files (less "data corrupted" errors)
  • VOBsub subtitles are now supported on Windows
  • Multithreaded MEncoder works on more things now
  • Bandwidth optimisations
  • New Help tab
  • More file sorting options
  • Improve error logging
  • Buffer reports more accurately
  • Properly support MEncoder multithreading on newer CPUs
  • Updated MEncoder and FFMPEG
  • Processes ended properly on Linux
  • Many images added and updated in the program and Windows installer
  • Support thumbnails for other aspect ratios than 16:9
  • Support double-NTSC framerates
  • Added DVD & VOBsub subtitle quality option for MEncoder (AKA subtitle anti-aliasing support)
  • Many language fixes and improvements
  • Config files are saved in AppData on Windows now instead of the install directory
  • Folder names containing commas are now handled correctly when loading settings on startup (thanks, Targeter)
  • GameTrailers support fixed
  • WEB.conf parsed properly now
  • iTunes library loads much faster
  • Newer version of JRE is automatically downloaded for users who don't have it
  • Window size tweaked to support lower resolutions better
  • Internal scrollbars added for when content overflows
  • Improved audio parsing
  • Updated many dependencies
  • Fixed DVR-MS support
  • Fixed LPCM audio streaming
  • Improved support for plugins
  • Improved support for VLC Media Player
  • Fixed many minor bugs
Version 1.20 r412 Beta Version 1.20 r409 Beta
  • Release Date: Mar 28, 2010
  • Download(s):
  • UTF8 issues ?
  • No more crashes on Linux/OSX
  • MP4 Video Cover Art
  • Other small issues
  • Performance changes with videos folder scan
Version 1.20 r400 Beta
  • Release Date: Feb 21, 2010
  • Download(s):
  • Fixes: mp4 transcode/remux regression / Http server start regression / Mplayer thumbnails mode / Better DLNA (regarding totalmatches)
Version 1.20 r397 Beta
  • Release Date: Feb 17, 2010
  • Download(s):
  • Fix no thumbnails mode
  • DRM files detection
  • MediaInfo64 / Better divx, avi/ac3, wmv support, also Skip/Force transcode management
Version 1.20 r392 Beta
  • Release Date: Feb 12, 2010
  • Download(s):
  • MediaInfo support by default for PS3/XBOX, ongoing work on other renderers:
    • Faster XMB navigation (faster parsing, plus file list appears before thumbnails generation)
    • Proper auto detection of non supported files (PS3: Mpeg w/ DTS, Qpel/Gmc/H264 AVI files, Apple Lossless AAC files, 6 channels WMV, etc.)
  • OS X: Dropped official support for Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) and Intel processors without 64bit support (anything older then Core 2)
  • Issues with some audio m4a and video mp4 files (wrong mime types)
  • Slowdown on FLAC media library scan
Version 1.11 r381 Beta
  • Release Date: Jan 30, 2010
  • Download(s):
  • Mplayer builds from 2010-01-19 (Regular and MT): http://oss.netfarm.it/mplayer-win32.php
  • DVD ISO muxing enabled by default + DTS support (need some tests :p). It's an option in the transcode settings panel
  • New Mplayer build font cache should build if needed at start
  • Definitive removal of the tsmuxer mpeg parser (slow and now unnecessary with recent ffmpeg builds)
  • New option to avoid music files resampling
  • Better support for simultaneous usage with several ps3s/renderers (need tests as well)
  • Better support for Sony Bravia TVs for all regions (no need to tweak that conf file by hand)
  • 5.0 Audio channel support
  • Small fixes
Version 1.11 r369 Beta
  • Release Date: Dec 4, 2009
  • Download(s):
  • Newest Windows binaries of FFmpeg, mplayer and mencoder. Mencoder-mt is *not* updated: you can try the one from sherpya here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mplayer ... z/download
  • Auto rotation of images based on EXIF orientation, only on PS3
  • New option to start basic streaming in the #transcode folder (request of meskibob)
  • Static UUID, multiple server instances appearing on the renderer should be a thing of the past
  • A few bugfixes
Version 1.11 r363 Beta
  • Release Date: Oct 19, 2009
  • Download(s):
  • Ability to choose the subtitles color
  • Audio transcoding to 48kHz by default on PS3 (new renderer parameter 'TranscodeAudioTo441kHz', feel free to tweak it)
  • Support of HTTP chunk encoding (from the client side)
  • Regional profiles support for Bravia TVs
  • New renderer parameter (see 'TranscodedVideoFileSize', for Samsung/Philips TVs maybe)
  • iTunes library support on Windows
Version 1.10.51 Version 1.10.5
  • Release Date: Mar 9, 2009
  • Download(s):
  • Fixes:
    • Regression in FLAC playback
    • Detailed logs with audio/subs handling
    • Fixed Arial font detection on Windows
    • Cache bug when streaming web medias
    • Flaw in the transcode/remux buffer, in some cases, the video stopped after a few minutes
    • Duplicate items issue on Linux
    • Upnp alive message sent sooner at the start of the server
        Version 1.10.1
        • Release Date: Mar 3, 2009
        • Download(s):
        • Changes / Features : Windows/Linux
          • DTS / DTS-HD core audio tracks are now streamable without reencoding (DVD ISOs not supported yet)
          • New Option: unification of Mencoder/tsMuxer engines, including:
            • . Automatic choice between H264 muxing or transcoding, based on AVC Level 4.1 compatibility and subtitles configuration
            • . Remux on the fly any H264 content from MOV, MP4, and AVI containers (ex: Apple HD Trailers)
            • . This option is enabled by default and can be disabled via the #Video Settings# virtual menu if anything goes wrong
          • TS/M2TS support improvement
          • 2 channels downmixing support with PCM conversion
        • Changes / Features : All Platforms
          • XBox 360 unofficial support (Pictures/Music/Videos : WMV8/WMA2 transcoding)
          • Mencoder archive handling (no seeking support)
          • Simplified copy (always available, no more option), and much faster with remuxed videos
          • Alternate subtitles directory
          • Multi language external subtitles support
          • Alternate cover art folder and .jpg additional support (along existing ..cover.jpg)
          • Automatic album art download from amazon or discogs
          • Option to display more recents file first in a directory
          • Ability to generate video thumbnails with Mplayer
          • New translations: Romanian (thanks to Marinescu Alexandru Cezar), Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese (thanks to KK Tong)
          • Updated translations: Finnish, German, Greek, Icelandic, Japanese, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish
        • Fixes
          • Reworked RSS parsing (youtube playlists)
          • Reworked Audio/Subtitles tracks handling
          • Better stability in LPCM and DTS handling
          • Fixed LPCM channel ordering
          • Wrong font detection on some systems: subtitles weren't loaded
          • Fixed tsMuxer crash at the end of file
          • Modified UPNP discovery [work in progress]
        Version 1.04
        • Release Date: Feb 5, 2009
        • Download(s):
        • Changes / Features
          • New option to enable video copy on ps3
          • RAW images thumbnail support: CR2/CRW/PEF/NEF/ORF/SRF/MRW/DNG/ARW/RAF
          • New extensions supported: SHN/M2V/M2P
          • tsMuxer engine can now mux or reencode in AC3/PCM all audio tracks in real time
          • Add the experimental mencoder build for multicore on OSX
          • DVR-MS remuxer now included by default in Windows package
          • New translations: Spanish (thanks to Jose from http://www.playstationhoy.com), Dutch (thanks to Vincent Meylof), German (thanks to Jeuki), Russian (thanks to Peter Klassen), Polish (thanks to Maciej Bocian), Greek (thanks to Alexander Polichroniadis), Portuguese (thanks to Hugo Sousa), Finnish (thanks to Ove Sentlig), Norwegian (thanks to Ball80 and Topguy), Swedish (thanks to Dusan Ilic) and Japanese (thanks to Yu)
        • Fixes
          • tsMuxer's AC3/LPCM encode/muxing + Mencoder's LPCM remuxing now working on Linux
          • Fixed LPCM seeking issue
          • Fixed regression with PicasaWeb images feed
          • Changes in subtitles loading / Fonts support (Default/ASS/Embedded Fonts)
          • Fixed channels order with tsMuxer engine's DTS->AC3 option
          • Transcode buffer wasn't fully released after end of video
          • Fixed bug with shared folders selection on Windows
          • Fixed periodic alive messages sent to ps3
          • Better dvr-ms media info retrieval
          • Updated ffmpeg/mplayer/mencoder/mt builds on Windows and OSX (slight H264 speedup for singlecore)
          • Buffer issues with transcoded audio files lasting more than 10 minutes
          • Fixed RSS parsing with some feeds
        Version 1.03
        • Release Date: Jan 19, 2009
        • Changes / Features:
          • Customize encoding parameters (along with default ones) for any given container/codec/property combination (purpose: A/V sync, playback issues, and tweaking for advanced users)
          • Ability to select networking interface
          • OSX 10.4 Tiger support (Intel only)
          • Settings reorganization
          • M4V now streamed by default, you have to enter the #Transcoded# folder to force the transcode (like AVI files)
          • WMA now transcoded by default
          • Italian localization
          • WINDOWS ONLY: Use (only with 720p/1080p H264 content) an experimental mencoder build for multicores
          • New OSX icon (thanks to Jakob Karlsson)
          • Added a "Skip/Force transcode extensions" option added if default settings don't suit you
          • Possibility to only remux AC3 audio tracks and not reencoded them
        • Fixes:
          • Default platform charset issue
          • Transcode buffer optimization on Windows
          • Application crash on Windows when too many widechars filenames were parsed
          • Audio tracks sorted by track number (if present) in media library
          • Better filenames/subtitles management (m2ts/ts/dvr-ms issues, comas, widechars, etc.)
          • External subtitles not always loaded, again
          • DVD images are listed in the media library
          • Fixed RSS parsing for Youtube and maybe other feeds
          • AviSynth / VideoLAN not always detected on Vista 64bits
          • Unavailable engines exclusion on OSX/Linux
          • Fixed console mode on Linux
        Version 1.02.1
        • Release Date: Jan 6, 2009
        • Fixes:
          • Major Bug in server start due to a faulty MAC address retrieval
          • PMS do not start after activating the archive browsing option
          • Media library small fixes
        Version 1.02
        • Release Date: Jan 5, 2009
        • New features
          • Auto-updater, default configuration, cleanups and windows/linux build scripts (thanks to Tim Cox)
          • Media library (also act as a parsing cache): you can sort your files by date, ID3 tags, etc.
          • Playlists (m3u/pls) support
          • Preliminary album art support, better audio (flac) and tags parsing
          • New options for video resolution, deinterlace filter, and archives browsing
          • Video settings with an easier virtual menu (A/V sync, deinterlace, ...)
          • Windows service installer (working on 32 bits only)
          • New image parsing library: Better performance / EXIF support (sort photos by camera model, etc.)
          • DVR-MS addon
        • Fixes
          • A/V out of sync issues with some ISOs and medias / codecs support improvement (flv, rmvb, hdmov, mp4, multichannels avi, etc.)
          • External subtitles not always loaded
          • Upnp advertising issue in search reply to the ps3 (thanks to Daniel Pedersen)
          • SkipLoopFilter is now disabled by default
          • Regression since 0.98, server would not start on some machines
          • Newest builds of ffmpeg/mplayer/mencoder for win32
          • Usual bunch of fixes
        Version 1.0
        • Release Date: Dec 26, 2008

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