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This is the version history page for PS3 Media Server, showing the last 20 software updates. You can return to the main page for this software by clicking here.

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Version 1.90.1 Version 1.90.0
  • Release Date: Aug 2, 2013
  • Download(s):
  • 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)
Version 1.82.0
  • Release Date: Jun 3, 2013
  • Download(s):
  • 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)
Version 1.81.0
  • Release Date: Apr 21, 2013
  • Download(s):
  • 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
Version 1.80.0
  • Release Date: Apr 6, 2013
  • Download(s):
  • 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
Version 1.72.0
  • Release Date: Nov 19, 2012
  • Download(s):
  • 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)
Version 1.71.0
  • Release Date: Nov 7, 2012
  • Download(s):
  • 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
Version 1.70.1
  • Release Date: Sep 2, 2012
  • Download(s):
  • 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
Version 1.60.0
  • Release Date: Jul 18, 2012
  • Download(s):
  • 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
Version 1.54.0
  • Release Date: Jun 26, 2012
  • Download(s):
  • 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)
Version 1.53.0
  • Release Date: Jun 11, 2012
  • Download(s):
  • 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)
Version 1.52.1 Version 1.52.0 Version 1.51.0
  • Release Date: Mar 18, 2012
  • Download(s):
  • 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
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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Release Date: Aug 28, 2011

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