PS3 Media Server BETA v1.20.409 is Now Available

161w ago - It's been awhile since we reported the previous update to PS3 Media Server, and the latest BETA v1.20.409 is now available for both Windows and Linux.

Download: PS3 Media Server BETA v1.20.409 (Windows) / PS3 Media Server BETA v1.20.409 (Linux)

For those unaware, PS3 Media Server is a DLNA compliant Upnp Media Server for the PlayStation 3 entertainment system.

Changelog details since last update:

changelog between r409 and r400:

• UTF8 issues ?
• No more crashes on Linux/OSX
• MP4 Video Cover Art
• Other small issues
• Performance changes with videos folder scan

changelog between r400 and r397:

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

changelog between r397 and r392:

• Fix no thumbnails mode
• DRM files detection
• MediaInfo64 / Better divx, avi/ac3, wmv support, also Skip/Force transcode management

changelog between r392 and r381:

• Major change: Could introduce regression issues, streaming/transcoding detection issues
• 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

changelog between r381 and r369:

• 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 ). 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