Software Update: PS3 Media Server 1.40.0

Version 1.40.0 of PS3 Media Server has been released. This program is written in Java dlna-compliant UPnP Media Server for Sony’s PlayStation 3. PS3 Media Server is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X, and allows you to stream audio and video to the PS3. More information about the possibilities of this program can be found at this page, which also shows some screenshots. The changelog of this release shows the following changes and improvements:

Changelog:

• Updated OS X MPlayer to enable external VOBsub, ASS/SSA and Fribidi support
• Allow update checks to be performed manually (Windows only)
• Allow automatic update checks to be enabled (Windows only)
• Simplify PMS customization for packagers or custom builds
• Logging fix for headless configurations
• Added experimental support for iPad / iPhone renderers
• Fixed DVD ISO playback on OS X (thanks, jjmojojjmojo!)
• Added support for the AirPlayer app
• Added support for Samsung TV model SEC_HHP_TV (thanks, coax!)
• Added Aperture support on OS X (thanks, coax!)
• Added thumbnail support for images (some code from here†
• The cache is now reset after each upgrade/downgrade (for versions higher than 1.40.0)
• Files with the extension *.vdr are now recognized as MPG videos
• Added support for JPEG Multi-Picture Format (.mpo) files
• Added support for chunking renderers like Sony Bluray (thanks, infidel, WorldOfHurt and patters!)
• Updated Italian translation (thanks, nocciola82!)
• Fixed bug that would often limit streaming buffer to 50 MB.
• Updated FFmpeg for Windows to r30656 from r30172
• Updated French translation (thanks, danielha!)
• Updated Russian translation (thanks, Tianuchka!)
• Added support for regular ASS/SSA subtitles (before we only supported the more popular “advanced” kind)
• Updated MediaInfo to 0.7.47 from 0.7.44
• Updated JRE autodownload to 6u27 from 6u26
• Removed IP/hostname from Status tab (still shown in Traces)
• Updated libraries (codec, gson, jgoodies, logback and netty)