![]() SF: What is the need for this particular media server? ![]() We have lots of advanced features as well for those who want to use them, but I think our biggest advantage is that it just works. Many competing programs require you to wait for a media library to be built, which can take hours for those with lots of videos, but UMS is ready to use straight away with no configuration needed. SJ: It’s a great tool for anyone who wants to just use a media server program with no hassle. SF: Who can benefit the most from your project? We’ve fixed a lot of old bugs and implemented better quality control methods into our process which results in better stability, we have manual and automatic tests that are run before new releases, and we have a great community who are generous enough to give us useful feedback when we make a mistake so we can fix it pretty quickly. ![]() SF: Has the original vision been achieved? Now we have a core team of 6: SharkHunter, valib, skeptical, DeFlanko, Optimus_prime and myself, as well as other frequent contributors who help with code and translations. Unfortunately this introduced instability in the program and I was spending more time fixing new bugs than anything else, and after a few releases with major bugs I decided to branch the project off to create Universal Media Server (and was joined shortly after by SharkHunter) with more of a focus on stability, and as the name suggests, support for a wider range of devices. We made some great progress and further down the line more developers were added. Our builds became popular and that led to me and another developer, chocolateboy, being added as official developers to keep the project going. I started to make builds of it for myself and published them on the forum, and SharkHunter did his own builds too. SJ: I started this project when I was working on another project called PS3 Media Server, so just a quick background on that: I had used PS3MS for years, and the project founder and developer shagrath – who is not only a very talented programmer but also a very cool guy – eventually lost interest since he didn’t use the program himself anymore. SubJunk: Our program serves media (video, audio and images) to many devices like TVs, gaming consoles, smart phones and more. SourceForge: Tell me about the Universal Media Server project please… The project founder, SubJunk, tells us about the project’s history, purpose, and direction. For our March Community Choice Project of the Month, our community has selected Universal Media Server, a Multi-OS DLNA-compliant UPnP Media Server for streaming videos and other media over a network. ![]()
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