That's the trouble with open source, too many changes and no one actually controlling the outcome.
Universal media server not loading software#
I tried and failed miserably because of programmers that know, withhold information, and expect others to decipher written software which has absolutely no associated help at all. It would appear UMS doesn't even support UMS! Apart from that it works beautifully and you get actual help from those who reply. I tried UMS as Serviio no longer supports 4k TVs. I know, and you don't, is the attitude of morons! If you don't want others to use this software then provide a statement advising everyone to f off and use something else instead. Wouldn't everyone's time be better spent if, instead of ripping into me, you actually bothered to explain what was required, in this post, or elsewhere. You spend time and effort in attempting to get a new conf file working then shoot me down in flames because you cannot or will not provide any help at all in how the software is supposed to work and how I am supposed to use the files you provide. What is the point in providing me a conf file to test which UMS can never use? Is there anything in this software that can be changed that actually works?Īs UMS doesn't allow for the conf files to be changed, how on earth am I supposed to use the conf file you have created? Yet again UMS provide options which feedback then notifies shouldn't be used! Is that where my problem lies? Yet another option which should not be used by anyone, they are just there to confuse users so programmers can feel smug about knowing things that others don't? So what is your problem with this?Īre you now advising that changing the installation folder means that UMS will not work?
Universal media server not loading install#
The installation folder is where UMS allows you to install it. Why provide an option that you know causes UMS to stop working? Yet another basic problem that needs resolving. So, what you are stating is that UMS cannot possibly use a new conf file!Īnd the default Viera conf file cannot be changed under any circumstances!Īnd, as I have been advised elsewhere, you should not under any circumstances, run more then one UMS at a time if you expect it to work at all, which is what the profiles option does.Įven though there is an option to stop this happening, UMS ignores this setting. The GZ profile however performs badly using transcoding with none of the files playing back compared to the Viera profile.Īs this appears to be a common transcoding problem I assume there may be a problem with the conf file, or one or more of the settings I added to my TX conf file may need to be included. When I compare the outcome of the Viera to the GZ, as expected, the files all perform the same using no transcode. There were some transcoding issues which is why I attempted to create my own conf file. Initially, I used the Viera default and tested the options I have in my library with no transcoding and transcoding options. This means I normally only get two options in the transcode folder: no transcode and one transcode option (ignoring subtitles for now) and allows me to undertake a direct performance comparison between the conf files. I have set up a new profile for the GZ, limited all transcode engines to FFMPEG only and unchecked all the video and audio transcode options in the tabs as per the Viera profile. My original profile defaulted to the Viera conf file. Thanks for the feedback and assistance mik_s.