It does mean the other configurations might not load, but since most of the time I’m watching UMS-streamed content on my TV, then I’m sorted. Quit and restart (the executable from the program’s directory). Naturally, nothing played-in fact, nothing was found in any of the directories.įix: I edited the UMS configuration file manually, searched for selected_renderers =, and added what the program usually found: Vizio Smart TV. UMS refused to recognize my TV as a TV, loading the configuration for Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) instead.

Those who believe software runs the same every time are either unobservant or kidding themselves: while on a Mac this usually holds true, on Windows it is sheer fantasy. Today’s error was interesting, and this is a note to myself and anyone else who comes across it. Yet I must be in a minority (again) since there are few entries of this in UMS forums. I’m at a loss on why newer versions don’t work, considering this computer shares little with its predecessor other than licences for programs that have no relation to media streaming. This is, of course, better than 0 per cent for more recent versions. 6.3.2, which works about 85 per cent of the time. Not so: UMS still behaved the same, so I ran v. Only thumbnails appeared and that was the best UMS could do.įast forward to 2019, when I buy a new computer, expecting that, with a clean installation of Windows 10, any prior issue would be history. Upon receiving notification I should upgrade, I did-only to have no videos play any more.

Many years ago, I downloaded what must have been v. The latest Universal Media Server has never worked for me. Earlier entries at the Beyond Branding Blog

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