PS3 Media Server 1.90.0 is released

[Raptor399]

General:

Please download it from here.

Note: the project switched to SourceForge for hosting the downloads, since Google Code will not support creating new downloads starting 2014. Older releases (before 1.90) will remain available at Google Code.

Changelog:

• 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)

Upgrade Notes:

For versions prior to 1.70.0:

• It is recommended to back up and remove your old PMS.conf and re-enter and save your settings (if any) in the GUI. Alternatively (e.g. if you have a large number of customizations you wish to preserve), see the upgrade notes for previous major releases (e.g. 1.50.0, 1.60.0 etc.) for migration instructions.

[mazey]

nice but just a headsup on sourceforge it points to transcode tools as the latest version, which shows up on the main page (summary page), imo it should be one of the most downloaded builds as it would get alot more hits from the main summary page because alot of people dont bother clicking files and just grab whats on the main page to try it out, i think the 64 bit full windows version as it seems to be the most popular now.

wouldnt hurt to put the pms logo also on the page as it shows up on the main listing of apps, so it gets abit more attention. the more downloads you get puts you closer to the first page which would lead to even more downloads

[Raptor399]

Good feedback.

Alas, that line "Looking for the latest version?" is automatically generated, as is the link on the homepage and I haven't figured out how it chooses the file to pick yet. I'll see what I can do.

*edit* Logo uploaded and correct defaults set. This should help, thanks!

[KimdomCome]

Unfortunately v1.90.0 did not fix the problem with thumbnails. It still doesn't display mp4 thumbnails on the PS3 or Samsung TV.

[raybero]

Just a heads up that pmsencoder isn't happy with the new version. Probably something to do with the newer jre.

[Raptor399]

I have committed a fix which should be picked up by the snapshot build soon.

[Denbo]

FYI: pmsencoder plug still unhappy with 1.90.1 .

ERROR 2013-08-04 08:59:00.352 [main] Error instantiating plugin
java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: net.pms.PMS.getExtensions()Ljava/util/ArrayList;
at com.chocolatey.pmsencoder.Plugin.<init>(Plugin.groovy:162) ~[na:na]
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) ~[na:1.7.0_25]
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.7.0_25]
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.7.0_25]
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.7.0_25]
at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.7.0_25]
at net.pms.external.ExternalFactory.instantiateEarlyListeners(ExternalFactory.java:208) [pms.jar:1.90.1-SNAPSHOT]
at net.pms.external.ExternalFactory.lookup(ExternalFactory.java:186) [pms.jar:1.90.1-SNAPSHOT]
at net.pms.PMS.init(PMS.java:526) ~[pms.jar:1.90.1-SNAPSHOT]
at net.pms.PMS.createInstance(PMS.java:872) ~[pms.jar:1.90.1-SNAPSHOT]
at net.pms.PMS.main(PMS.java:949) ~[pms.jar:1.90.1-SNAPSHOT]

[valvuena1]

Thanks for the update guys,

sorry I have not much knowledge about the programing part but I've been a user for the past almost three years. I noticed that since I installed the new released version 1.90.0 I have access to my server from the Xbox360 but not longer availability to play any movie in any format. I tried keeping the same parameters that I had in the version 1.82.0 but it doesn't work. Is there something specific that I need to change/do in order to make it work?

Also since the "*.mkv" movies are launched I'm not able to see them in the Xbox360 since they pause every10 seconds. when I watch the same movies in a regular computer from the server, they play without pause in between. Advices?

Thanks again!

[Raptor399]

FYI: pmsencoder plug still unhappy with 1.90.1 .

ERROR 2013-08-04 08:59:00.352 [main] Error instantiating plugin
java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: net.pms.PMS.getExtensions()Ljava/util/ArrayList;
at com.chocolatey.pmsencoder.Plugin.<init>(Plugin.groovy:162) ~[na:na]

Another removed deprecated method in use by the plugin.
The plugin could really do with an update.

[valvuena1]

Thanks, but what about what is happening with the movies extension "MVK", this inconsistence is something that is happening for me in the XBOX since couple of versions before..
thanks