PS3 Media Server full changelog

Engines:
FFmpeg Video, FFMpeg Web Video and FFmpeg Web Audio:
· Fix issue that prevented plugins extending FFmpegWebAudio and FFmpegWebVideo safely
· Updated FFmpeg for Windows

MEncoder Video:
· Fix for spaces in font names breaking playback
Misc:
· Fixed regression with tsMuxer and H264 support

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

Renderers:
· Xbox 360: improved quality
· Improved Sony Blu-ray Player support
· Send thumbnails properly to Samsung 2012 ES and EH models
· Added renderer profiles
· 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

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

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 quot;exclusivequot; 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 quot;wmav2quot; codec (#1583)

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)

· Updated MEncoder and MPlayer to SB41
· Updated ffmpeg to 1.0 (Zeranoe Build 2012-10-10)
· Fixed file permissions bug

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
· Added Turkish icon

Misc:
· Updated MediaInfo to 0.7.60 (GC1508)
· Updated h2 database to 1.3.168
· 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

· 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 quot;Subtitles codepagequot; 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 quot;Keep AC-3 trackquot; option enabled
· Don't show entries for disabled engines in #--TRANSCODE--# folder
· Allow Traces tab panel to auto-scroll
· Revert changes to SMP-N100.conf that conflict with Sony Blu-ray players and break MKV support

· 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
· Added new renderer: Sony SMP-N100

Language updates:
· Catalan translation update
· Simplified Chinese translation update
· Localized audio and subtitle priority defaults

· 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)

· Fix global custom MEncoder options
· Re-fix NPE when toggling HTTP Engine V2
· Fix startup for symlinked PMS.sh (#1356)
· Added documentation to PMS.conf
· Updated JNA to support multiarch directories on Linux (#1152)
· Added option to select and force the default renderer
· Fixed Samsung 2012 TVs timeout
· Added support for D-link DSM-510
· Updated MPlayer build script to SB32
· Fix quot;value too longquot; SQL exceptions
· If renderer has not specified a maximum height/width, default to 1920x1080
· Initial fix for Samsung 2012 TVs
· Linux: load system-wide defaults from /etc/skel if user's profile not found
· Added recognition for AcePlayer app
· Fix parsing of in plist preventing iPhoto libraries from working
· Added Plugin development guide

Language updates:
· added Arabic
· added Hebrew
· CZE translation update
· Layout support for right-to-left languages added