winget install --id UniversalMediaServer.UniversalMediaServerAbout Universal Media Server
Universal Media Server is a DLNA-compliant UPnP Media Server. It is capable of sharing video, audio and images between most modern devices.
What's new in 15.5.0
15 5 0-shared-content-after 15.5.0 is packed full of changes. Highlights include: - Support for 2026 LG and Samsung TVs - Support for folder search on UPnP - Improved filename recognition, for more video thumbnails and dynamic metadata - Fixed broken video playback - Fixed YouTube support - Web player fixes - Web settings design updates (shown in screenshot) - Improved performance in several areas, and more! This release is available via our Patreon page, and will be available here when the next release happens. Full changelog: General - Added UPnP service for extended functionality and configuration - Added ARM64 Docker build, alongside the existing x86_64 one - Added support for subtree (folder) searching via UPnP - Added relevant dependency changes to the bottom of the General section in the changelog - Improved filename recognition, allowing more metadata matching and accurate prettifying - Fixed a database error (#5994) - Improved performance of searching - Improved performance while browsing folders with many items - Fixed transcoded subtitles timing while seeking (#5970) - Fixed videos being unnecessarily transcoded when they are resumed (#5995) - Changed the directory enable/disable button to a switch (#5829) (thanks, @NotDari!) - Fixed bugs with deprecated GUI (via Java) - Fixed memory leaks (via Java) - Improved performance of UPnP communication (via Jetty) - Harden against DoS attacks (via React) - Harden against CSRF and XXS attacks (via React Router) - Fixed current time display showing 0:00 during seek on the web player (via video.js) - Fixed calculating time...
Version history
| Version | Updated | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 15.5.0 | Unknown | 15 5 0-shared-content-after 15.5.0 is packed full of changes. Highlights include: - Support for 2026 LG and Samsung TVs - Support for folder search on UPnP - Improved filename recognition, for more video thumbnails and d... |
| 15.4.0 | Unknown | 15 4 0 We have switched the default Docker operating system from Alpine Linux to Ubuntu, which fixes memory and stability problems. If you want to continue to use Alpine Linux, you can change to the universalmediaserver/... |
| 15.3.0 | Unknown | In this release, we have improved the web player in a lot of ways, most of them shown in the before/after image below: 15 3 0-mark-played-before-after This gives you the ability to mark a directory as fully played or unp... |
| 15.2.0 | Unknown | In 15.2.0 we have added Audioaddict Network support, see our Knowledge Base for more. We fixed a bunch of playback bugs, and added/improved support for a lot more LG and Samsung TVs, including the newest ones. We had a f... |
| 15.1.0 | Unknown | Summary This release adds a new Docker release built on Ubuntu which might improve stability, we will release it alongside the existing Alpine Linux releases for a while until we get feedback from you. We updated our com... |
| 15.0.0 | Unknown | This first public v15 release is the result of over 9 months of hard work to make our web UI more intuitive and modern. We have added a user switcher with support for multiple logged-in users, a mode switcher to change b... |
| 14.13.1 | Unknown | Summary In this release 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. This is probably the last release of the v14... |
| 14.13.0 | Unknown | Summary In this release we have added support for Linkplay WiiM devices, improved LG TV support, added the ability for renderers to specify support for file muxing mode, fixed bugs and improved performance! This is likel... |
| 14.12.1 | Unknown | Summary This release squashes a ton of bugs including ones causing broken video playback, files to not get marked as fully played, and YouTube support. Changes General - Added status page to readme - Fixed videos not bei... |
| 14.12.0 | Unknown | Summary This release stops sample files showing up in the Media Library, improves filename parsing, and fixes a ton of bugs! Thanks to everyone who reported bugs to us, we have been getting a lot of great testing from yo... |
| 14.11.0 | Unknown | Summary This release improves Samsung TV and Kodi support, improves accessibility and keyboard navigation, improves the notification system on our web settings and web player, fixes bugs and more! This release includes s... |
| 14.5.1 | Unknown | Summary We have packed in a lot of performance improvements to file parsing, browsing, scanning, and other background processes, as well as fixes for video playback and more! Earlier this week we released a preview for o... |
| 14.5.0 | Unknown | Summary We have added RadioBrowser metadata lookups for audio streams and fixed many reported bugs, including big improvements to video and audio quality across a range of media players! We had a lot of help from our com... |
| 14.4.0 | Unknown | Summary This release adds support for YouTube channels as video feeds, improves video quality, fixes video feed bugs, improves web settings design, and more! We have also added a new article about it to our Knowledge Bas... |
| 14.3.0 | Unknown | Summary This release adds season names to folders, improves support for Samsung and Sony TVs, improves scanning speed, and more! Changes General - Added season names to folders - Improved folder scanning speed (#4778) -... |
| 14.2.1 | Unknown | Summary This release improves file support and fixes bugs, from broken transcoding on some players to the web settings not working on Linux Changes General - Fixed broken transcoding to renderers that do not support 10-b... |
| 14.2.0 | Unknown | Summary We have improved support for HDR/DV transcoding, PS4 and Samsung TV support, AC-4 and AV1 codec support, and more! This also adds huge improvements to our Chinese and Japanese translations, with nearly 600 new te... |
| 14.1.0 | Unknown | Summary This release adds a Specials folder for TV series and is packed with massive performance improvements to scanning and browsing, as well as fixes for many bugs you reported to us. Thank you so much for the communi... |
| 14.0.2 | Unknown | Summary This is a small release to fix an important bug where empty TV series folders appeared in the Media Library for content that is not shared. |
| 14.0.0 | Unknown | After 10 months of development and testing, we are releasing v14 into the wild. The set of changes is huge, even since the public beta. The general theme for the changes is security and privacy. You now have control over... |