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PS3 Media Server Changelog

What's new in PS3 Media Server 1.90.1

Dec 10, 2021
  • Engines:
  • FFmpeg Video, FFMpeg Web Video and FFmpeg Web Audio:
  • Fix issue that prevented plugins extending FFmpegWebAudio and FFmpegWebVideo safely
  • Updated FFmpeg for Windows:
  • MEncoder Video:
  • Fix for spaces in font names breaking playback
  • Misc:
  • Fixed regression with tsMuxer and H264 support
  • Restored Java support for file names with special characters on Mac OS X.

New in PS3 Media Server 1.90.0 (Aug 1, 2013)

  • Engines:
  • FFmpeg Video, FFmpeg Web Audio and FFmpeg Web Video:
  • Add FFmpeg Web Audio engine
  • General improvements of usability and stability
  • Support for lossless video remuxing if supported by renderer
  • Support for AC-3 and DTS audio tracks remuxing
  • Support for external SRT and SSA/ASS subtitles
  • Support for auto charset detection of non UTF-8 external subtitles
  • tsMuxeR:
  • Regression: restore the pre-1.82.0 compatibility logic
  • VLC Web Video:
  • Fix NPE
  • Support for external subtitles (thanks, tdcosta100!)
  • Renderers:
  • Xbox 360: improved quality
  • Improved Sony Blu-ray Player support (thanks, skeptical)
  • Send thumbnails properly to Samsung 2012 ES and EH models (thanks, dmitche3!)
  • Added renderer profiles (thanks, UMS developers):
  • KalemSoft Media Player
  • Netgear NeoTV
  • Onkyo TX-NR717
  • Sharp Aquos TVs
  • Showtime 4 PS3 homebrew player
  • Sony Bravia EX620 series TVs
  • Sony Bravia W6/W8/W9 (thanks, gui17aume)
  • Sony Home Theatre Systems
  • Telstra T-Box
  • VideoWeb TV
  • Vizio Smart TV
  • Yamaha RX-V3900
  • Transcode folder:
  • Add entries for audio files
  • Add missing entries for video files
  • Add entries for web video and web audio files
  • Allow the chapter folder prefix to be localized
  • Hide chapter folders if the duration of the video is less than the chapter length
  • Don't hide engine names in the #--TRANSCODE--# folder if hide_enginenames is true
  • Language updates:
  • Updated Dutch translation (thanks, leroy)
  • Updated French translation (thanks, gui17aume)
  • Misc:
  • A lot of backports from UMS (thanks, all UMS developers!)
  • Windows: system-wide Java installation is not needed anymore, now we bundle private JRE with installer
  • Fix duplicate entries in DVD/playlist/feed folders: GC566, GC636, GC1483, GH13
  • More accurate checks for reference frame counts to allow more videos to be remuxed rather than transcoded
  • Removed obsolete MPlayerAudio, MPlayerWebAudio and MPlayerWebVideoDump engines
  • Filename display formats can now be set at the profile level as well as per-renderer
  • More detailed logging to improve diagnostics and simplify issue reporting
  • Fix generation of music subfolders in iTunes Library (thanks, gui17aume)
  • Build Windows installer with bundled JRE for 32-bit systems (PMS-setup-full.exe)
  • Build Windows installer with bundled JRE for 64-bit systems (PMS-setup-full-x64.exe)
  • Build Windows installer without bundled JRE (PMS-setup-without-jre.exe)
  • Removed silent JRE download and installation within PMS.exe wrapper if no private or public JREs are found. Prompt user to run PMS-setup-full.exe instead
  • Show user GPL licence during Windows installation
  • Windows installer now runs PS3 Media Server with normal user rights after installation is complete
  • Windows installer localization.
  • New Mac OSX installer with bundled JRE (pms-setup-macosx.tar.gz)
  • Added configuration option for forcing renderer per IP address (#115)

New in PS3 Media Server 1.82.0 (Jun 3, 2013)

  • Engines:
  • dcraw Thumbnailer:
  • Fix image transcoding
  • Add support for more extensions
  • FFmpeg:
  • Fix bug that disabled FFmpeg for compatible files
  • Fix audio channel selection (thanks, valib)
  • MEncoder Video:
  • Fixed bug that caused embedded subtitles to be displayed instead of external (thanks, SubJunk)
  • Fixed handling of per-renderer aspect-ratio settings (thanks, ExSport)
  • tsMuxeR:
  • Fixed 24-bit FLAC support with tsMuxeR (thanks, SubJunk)
  • Fix bug that disabled tsMuxeR for compatible files
  • VLC:
  • Fix looping playback
  • Add multi-threading support (GC1234: thanks, ccampora)
  • Misc:
  • New engine: VLCWebVideo ("vlcwebvideo")
  • Clean up engine names
  • Renderers:
  • PS3: TV series with sound problems after "previously on" block should now play normally with the "Keep AC-3 track" option enabled (thanks, SubJunk)
  • Language updates:
  • Updated Dutch translation (thanks, leroy)
  • Misc:
  • Fix issue with VirtualBox and PMS launchers (thanks, thepadawan42)
  • Added support for M4A files encoded with Fraunhofer AAC
  • Upgrade Thumbnailator to 0.4.4 to fix out-of-memory errors (thanks, coobird)

New in PS3 Media Server 1.81.0 (Apr 22, 2013)

  • Engines:
  • FFmpeg:
  • Add/fix audio channel options
  • Build script: add HTTPS support
  • WEB.conf:
  • Add support for the file:// protocol
  • Match protocols (e.g. mms://...) before extensions (e.g. http://example.com/foo.mms)
  • Misc:
  • Media Parser v1: fix audio channel parsing
  • Fix for "Can't assign requested address" bug after update to Java 1.6.0_45 on Mac OSX

New in PS3 Media Server 1.80.0 (Apr 10, 2013)

  • Regressions:
  • Re-allow all transcode engines to be disabled
  • PMS.conf:
  • FFmpeg has been renamed ffmpeg_video_custom_options and now defaults to null
  • Renderers:
  • Document TranscodeVideo and TranscodeAudio profiles
  • Panasonic TVs: Add "exclusive" option to SeekByTime to work around a transcoding issue
  • PS3: Restore seek-by-time support for streaming
  • Android: allowing chunked transfer
  • AirPlayer & iPad/iPhone: transcoding to WMV format gives better results
  • Improved support for Sony Bravia HX (thanks, mazey!)
  • Improved streaming support for some renderers (thanks, ExSport!)
  • Engines:
  • FFmpeg Video and FFmpeg Web Video:
  • Support all three TranscodeVideo profiles: WMV, MPEGTSAC3 and MPEGPSAC3
  • Preserve source video quality
  • FFmpeg Video:
  • Custom FFmpeg options are now read before each transcode rather than only at startup (parity with custom MEncoder options)
  • Rescale videos larger than the renderer's max height/width
  • Updated to use "wmav2" codec (#1583)
  • FFmpeg Audio: support all TranscodeAudio profiles
  • VLC:
  • Added support for VLC as engine (thanks, LordQuackstar!)
  • Language updates:
  • Updated Brazilian translation (thanks, Bruno Arueira!)
  • Updated Catalan translation (thanks, oscaroe!)
  • Updated simplified Chinese translation (thanks, lovenemesis!)
  • Updated Italian translation (thanks, nocciola82!)
  • Misc:
  • Fixed bug that prevents PMS running multiple profiles concurrently
  • Fixed NPE when responding to DLNA subtitle requests
  • Fixed NPE for empty soapactions
  • Image thumbnailer:
  • Added thumbnail support for TIFF and other formats
  • Trapped exception when handling unsupported formats
  • Fixed response to M-SEARCH "ssdp:all" message (thanks, ler0y!)
  • Fixed fontconfig configuration for Mac OSX, improving subtitle quality
  • Moved several transcoding settings from MEncoder to Common transcoding settings
  • Layout improvements to remove scroll bars where possible
  • Help is now context sensitive

New in PS3 Media Server 1.72.0 (Nov 19, 2012)

  • Regressions:
  • Fixed bug that occurred when using ShowDVDTitleDuration
  • Fixed bug that caused embedded subtitles to be displayed when subtitles are disabled
  • Fixed bug in handling of filenames with embedded $ characters
  • Engines:
  • Removed option to automatically switch to tsMuxeR (available manually via the #--TRANSCODE--# folder)

New in PS3 Media Server 1.71.0 (Nov 8, 2012)

  • Windows:
  • Updated MEncoder and MPlayer to SB41
  • Updated ffmpeg to 1.0 (Zeranoe Build 2012-10-10)
  • Fixed file permissions bug
  • Mac OS X subtitles:
  • Changed audio/subtitle defaults to accept anything
  • Removed fontconfig from MEncoder for improved subs compatibility
  • Renderers:
  • Improved Android.conf video support
  • Added support for Samsung SMT-G7400 (UPC Horizon)
  • Fixed bug that prevented Galaxy Nexus pictures displaying
  • Language updates:
  • Updated Chinese Traditional translation (thanks, mcc!)
  • Added Turkish icon
  • Misc:
  • Updated MediaInfo to 0.7.60 (GC1508)
  • Updated h2 database to 1.3.168 (thanks, valib!)
  • Improve handling of initialization errors
  • Fixed possible error while loading iPhoto library (GC1523)
  • Fixed bug where disabled engines could be selected in the #--TRANSCODE--# folder
  • Added options for renderer-specific file name formats
  • Added ffmpeg build script

New in PS3 Media Server 1.70.0 (Sep 3, 2012)

  • Add new default web video engine: FFMpeg Web Video
  • Add support for new web protocols: mmsh:// and mmst://
  • Sort files alphanumerically by default e.g. Episode 2 before Episode 10
  • Auto encoding detection of non UTF-8 external subtitles for Russian, Greek, Hebrew, Chinese, Korean and Japanese languages (leave "Subtitles codepage" option blank)
  • Improved handling of UTF-8 external subtitles
  • Localized #--TRANSCODE--# folder name
  • PMS.conf:
  • Added transcode_folder_name option to allow #--TRANSCODE--# folder name to be customized (issue GC963)
  • Make example PMS.conf behave more like built-in defaults
  • Restore maximum buffer size to 600 MB (was 400 MB)
  • Prevented image distortion on some DLNA clients with "Keep AC-3 track" option enabled
  • Don't show entries for disabled engines in #--TRANSCODE--# folder
  • Allow Traces tab panel to auto-scroll (thanks, LordQuackstar!)
  • Revert changes to SMP-N100.conf that conflict with Sony Blu-ray players and break MKV support (thanks, mrw1986)
  • Replaced ImageMagick with Thumbnailator for thumbnail generation
  • Fix FFmpeg engine's handling of unsupported custom options (thanks, ajamess)
  • Fixed FFmpeg command line arguments used by tsMuxeR video
  • Added new renderer: Yamaha RX-A1010 (thanks, merelin)
  • Language updates:
  • Updated Dutch translation (thanks, leroy)
  • Updated Bulgarian translation (thanks, JORDITO)
  • Fix DNLA 2114 errors when scanning non-readable subfolders with "hide empty folders" enabled
  • Renderers:
  • Deprecate misnamed TranscodeVideo profile MPEGAC3: use MPEGPSAC3 instead
  • Document and clean up TranscodeVideo and TranscodeAudio profiles
  • Linux tarball: fix "cannot find tsMuxeR" error
  • MEncoder:
  • disable AC-3 remux if audio track has delay
  • disable DTS and LPCM remuxing if tsMuxeR engine is unavailable

New in PS3 Media Server 1.60.0 (Jul 18, 2012)

  • Enabled FFmpeg video player for all platforms
  • Added support for PGS (Blu-ray) subtitles
  • Added support for TX3G (MPEG-4 Timed Text) subtitles
  • Added support for VobSub (DVD) subtitles in MP4 container
  • Better handling of embedded SSA/ASS subs styling
  • Fixed audio track selection for MP4s and MOVs
  • Fixed DV videos detection
  • Added support for WebM videos downloaded from YouTube
  • Optimized CBRVideoBitrate value for Panasonic TVs (thanks, ExSport!)
  • Added new renderer: Sony SMP-N100 (thanks, mrw1986 and guillepalao!)
  • Language updates:
  • Catalan translation update (thanks, aseques!)
  • Simplified Chinese translation update (thanks, lovenemesis!)
  • Localized audio and subtitle priority defaults

New in PS3 Media Server 1.54.0 (Jun 26, 2012)

  • Added LPCM transcoding option for all audio tracks
  • Added DTS HD-MA support up to 7.1 channels: DTS core remux, LPCM and AC3 transcoding
  • Added Dolby TrueHD support up to 7.1 channels: LPCM (recommended) and AC3 (buggy for 7.1) transcoding
  • Added workaround for 2.0 384 kbits AC3 PS3 audio bug
  • Added support for DirecTV HR series (thanks, DeFlanko!)
  • Added support for LG's Smart TV Upgrader (LG 600ST)
  • Added support for Yamaha RX-V671 (thanks, adresd!)
  • Added support for OPPO BDP-83 and OPPO BDP-93 (thanks, adresd!)
  • Fixed bug that occurred when resetting cache
  • Made buffer display in megabytes instead of bytes
  • Fixed overscan compensation bug on some renderers (thanks to tMH for reporting the bug!)
  • Updated MPlayer for OSX to SB32
  • Language updates: CZE translation update (thanks, valib)

New in PS3 Media Server 1.53.0 (Jun 12, 2012)

  • Fix global custom MEncoder options
  • Re-fix NPE when toggling HTTP Engine V2
  • Fix startup for symlinked PMS.sh (#1356) (thanks, Matthijs!)
  • Added documentation to PMS.conf (thanks, Hagar!)
  • Updated JNA to support multiarch directories on Linux (#1152)
  • Fix test/startup error caused by conflicting JNA versions
  • Language updates:
  • added Arabic
  • added Hebrew (thanks, zvi-yamin!)
  • CZE translation update (thanks, valib)
  • Layout support for right-to-left languages added
  • Added option to select and force the default renderer
  • Fixed Samsung 2012 TVs timeout (thanks, troop!)
  • Added support for D-link DSM-510 (thanks, glenrocks!)
  • Updated MPlayer build script to SB32
  • Fix "value too long" SQL exceptions
  • If renderer has not specified a maximum height/width, default to 1920x1080
  • Initial fix for Samsung 2012 TVs (thanks, troop!)
  • Linux: load system-wide defaults from /etc/skel if user's profile not found
  • Added recognition for AcePlayer app (thanks, md.versi!)
  • Fix parsing of in plist preventing iPhoto libraries from working
  • Added Plugin development guide (thanks, glebb)

New in PS3 Media Server 1.52.1 (Apr 6, 2012)

  • Updated MPlayer to SB29 which fixes AC3 audio sync
  • Allow JRE 6 instead of just JRE 7
  • Language updates:
  • added Turkish (thanks, BrYaNT!)
  • updated Bulgarian (thanks, JORDITO!)
  • updated Catalan (thanks, aseques!)
  • updated Czech (thanks, valib!)
  • updated English labels
  • Reading genre from media (thanks, nielsb!)

New in PS3 Media Server 1.52.0 (Mar 22, 2012)

  • Fix program starting on Linux
  • Support videos with resolutions that are not divisible by 4
  • Improved overscan-compensation
  • Fixed the display of Hebrew subtitles
  • Improvements to logging
  • Updated Czech language (thanks, valib!)

New in PS3 Media Server 1.51.0 (Mar 19, 2012)

  • Fix StartStopListener callbacks for HTTP Engine V1
  • Surface playback start/stop events
  • Make video quality presets localizable
  • Fixed OSX log message about font definitions
  • Fixed double wrapping of streams causing stuttering
  • Added MPEG4 ASP with Qpel support for PS3
  • Allow 15fps video
  • MediaInfo link added to the About tab
  • Updated to latest versions of libraries (codec, jdom, logback and slf4j)
  • Various stability and speed improvements
  • Updated JRE autodownload to 7u3 from 7u2
  • Updated MPlayer and MEncoder to SB28
  • Updated ImageMagick Convert to 6.7.6
  • Updated MediaInfo to 0.7.54
  • More reliable selection of correct audio channels
  • Improved fast-forward and rewind support

New in PS3 Media Server 1.50.1 (Jan 30, 2012)

  • 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

New in PS3 Media Server 1.50.0 (Nov 21, 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
  • 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)

New in PS3 Media Server 1.50.0 Beta 2 (Nov 8, 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

New in PS3 Media Server 1.50.0 Beta 1 (Oct 26, 2011)

  • Backwards-incompatible API changes
  • 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 (thanks, ExSport!)
  • 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

New in PS3 Media Server 1.40.0 (Sep 23, 2011)

  • 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
  • Added support for the AirPlayer app
  • Added support for Samsung TV model SEC_HHP_TV (thanks, coax-!)
  • Added thumbnail support for images (some code from here)
  • 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)

New in PS3 Media Server 1.31.0 Beta 1 (Sep 13, 2011)

  • 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

New in PS3 Media Server 1.30.1 (Jul 6, 2011)

  • Fixed bug that caused very slow iTunes library parsing

New in PS3 Media Server 1.25.0 (Jun 17, 2011)

  • 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)
  • French translation fixed

New in PS3 Media Server 1.23.0 (Jun 5, 2011)

  • Changelog wrote: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

New in PS3 Media Server 1.22.0 (May 17, 2011)

  • 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

New in PS3 Media Server 1.21.0 (Apr 13, 2011)

  • 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

New in PS3 Media Server 1.20 Build 439 Beta (Jan 21, 2011)

  • Fix issue 272: GUI details are hidden don't log shared folder check(s) before the PMS banner has been logged/displayed minor code cleanup
  • Minor language fixes/improvements
  • Added support for Nokia N900 smartphones
  • Update JRE downloads from 6u12 to 6u23
  • Fixed issue 920: iTunes library is parsed twice on app startup. Note: We are avoiding the issue 921 patch for the moment because it breaks iTunes library support for some users.
  • Fixed issue 919: iTunes library is very slow to build
  • Fix WEB.conf parsing error reported here: http://ps3mediaserver.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8776&p=42191#p42187 consistent line endings
  • Apply fix for issue 757: Patch: Use a custom user-agent for HTTP requests (fixes GameTrailers)
  • Fix for issue 65: Folder names containing commas not handled correctly when loading settings on startup (thanks, Targeter) silence ant warning clean up some typos rm redundant calls to PMS.manageRoot() and PMS.loadFoldersConf()
  • Apply fix for issue 833: Remove trailing space from XML start tags fix log message typo
  • Merge el.botijo's documentation patches update revision and copyright year
  • Number of detected cores pluralises/singularises properly Minor language update
  • If the operating system is Windows and we have access to AppData, PMS.conf and WEB.conf are put there instead of the program directory (because it is a Windows standard)
  • Added proper indentation and removed unused code from some of TrTab2.java (minor change)
  • Removed extra spaces/tabs from MEncoderVideo (should do it for all files eventually, but later because it will make it harder to use patches)
  • Continue r422 (coma -> comma)
  • Replaced Windows installer (NSIS) wizard image with custom one
  • Added DVD & VOBsub subtitle quality option for MEncoder (AKA subtitle anti-aliasing support) Minor language fixes/improvements
  • Set proper framerate for double-NTSC videos
  • Fix issue 661: Support thumbnails for other aspect ratios than 16:9
  • Updated the PS3 client image
  • Fix for issue 680: Patch to kill processes cleanly update internal version string: 410 -> 422 typo fix: coma -> comma
  • Updated builds list to reflect recent commits and changed it to a neater layout
  • Updated MPlayer, including fonts with merged configs, from build 30369 to 32674
  • Updated FFMPEG from build 22628 to 25870
  • Fix typo: s/Eror/Error/
  • Fix issue 834: Number of Cores Drop Down List Needs to Be Updated
  • Start STDERR reader as soon as possible to log errors
  • Updated NSIS from 2.42 to 2.46
  • Basic Android support (plays best with UpnPlay)

New in PS3 Media Server 1.20 Build 400 Beta (Feb 25, 2010)

  • Fixes: mp4 transcode/remux regression / Http server start regression / Mplayer thumbnails mode / Better DLNA (regarding totalmatches).

New in PS3 Media Server 1.10.5 (Mar 12, 2009)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Regression in FLAC playback
  • Fixed subtitles font detection on Windows
  • Flaw in the transcode/remux buffer, in some cases, the video stopped after a few minutes
  • Cache bug when streaming web medias
  • Duplicate items issue on Linux
  • Upnp alive message sent sooner at the start of the server

New in PS3 Media Server 1.10.1 (Mar 3, 2009)

  • 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

New in PS3 Media Server 1.04 (Feb 22, 2009)

  • 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 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

New in PS3 Media Server 1.03 (Jan 20, 2009)

  • New 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
  • Bug 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

New in PS3 Media Server 1.02.1 (Jan 11, 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

New in PS3 Media Server 1.02 (Jan 11, 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)
  • Playlists (m3u/pls) support
  • Preliminary album art support, better audio (flac) and tags parsing
  • New options for video resolution, deinterlace filter, and archives browsing
  • Better video settings with virtual PS3 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

New in PS3 Media Server 1.01 (Jan 11, 2009)

  • New features:
  • Audio High Fidelity engine: 24bits/96kHz/5.1 FLAC support (HDMI receiver mandatory)
  • French localization
  • Audio/Subtitles priority settings (same as Haali Media Splitter)
  • Truetype font setting, with some new codepages, for asian subtitles
  • Fixes:
  • m4a and aac are now transcoded by default (iTunes Apple Lossless compatibility)
  • seeking issues with dvr-ms and tsMuxer with AC3/PCM mode
  • Displayed aspect ratio preserved

New in PS3 Media Server 1.00 (Dec 17, 2008)

  • New Features:
  • GPL licensing
  • IDX/SUB support for AviSynth ONLY
  • Revamped some UI, especially transcoding settings
  • First attempt to make an LPCM or AC3 automatic conversion with tsMuxer (seeking isn't working well and demuxed audio delays are not managed)
  • AviSynth script is now really fully customizable
  • Fixes:
  • VIDEO_TS folders are now case insensitive
  • Yet another flac parsing bug
  • Sync issues management for xvid/mp3
  • .ass subtitles files support
  • UUID random generation, it's now possible to launch multiple servers on one network.
  • Added wmv binary codecs in Windows package for smooth WMV-HD transcoding
  • Rare and random video glitch due to another seeking bug