Universal Media Server

Stream your media to any device

Universal Media Server is a free DLNA, UPnP and HTTP/S media server for Windows, Linux and macOS. It streams or transcodes many media formats to a wide range of devices, including televisions, audio equipment, gaming consoles, computers and smartphones. It can pass media to devices untouched when they support it, or transform it to suit the network, device and language preferences. It also supports access to physical media through disc drives and disc images.

The server includes a web interface for browsing and playing media from any browser, with dynamic metadata lookup and filtering by actor, director, genre, year, artist and other fields. It integrates with TMDB, Discogs and MusicBrainz for cover art and metadata, and can manage YouTube channels, online radio, podcasts and RSS feeds. It is powered by FFmpeg, MediaInfo, Crowdin, MEncoder, tsMuxeR, AviSynth and VLC, among other tools. It is available through direct download or package managers including Chocolatey, Homebrew, AppImage and Docker.

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