Comparison of Media Servers

The following is a list comparing UMS to other popular media servers.

Feature	Universal Media Server	PS3 Media Server	Serviio	KooRaRoo	Plex
Automatic maximum quality 100% video and audio quality is maintained when possible by muxing - not transcoding - compatible files.	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	?
Instant browsing View your files without having to wait for the folders to be scanned, which can take minutes or hours with large libraries.	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Subtitles on all devices When your device does not support the subtitle format in the video, we add it to the video stream to allow you to view them anyway.	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
DTS support Pass along full quality DTS instead of downmixing it to another format.	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Live subtitles If you don't have the subtitles for your file, UMS will download and add them for you via options on your device.	Yes	No	No	No	No
H.264 transcoding H.264 transcoding achieves the same quality as the traditional codec MPEG-2 with much lower filesize, making it a good option for wireless networks.	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Free UMS is and will always be free.	Yes	Yes	Partial <img= src="https://raw.github.com/UniversalMediaServer/UniversalMediaServer/master/src/main/resources/images/icon-status-warning.png" Title="Free and paid editions exist" width="32" height="18"/>	No	Yes
True Motion (frame interpolation) This takes regular framerates, usually 24fps or 25fps, and adds frames in between to make the motion smoother and more realistic. This is done using InterFrame, which is an AviSynth plugin that uses SVP libraries.	Yes	No	No	No	No
Overscan compensation If your TV has overscan - which means it cuts off the edges of videos - we can compensate so you see the whole video. Many people watch with overscan and never realize what they are missing.	Yes	Partial <img= src="https://raw.github.com/UniversalMediaServer/UniversalMediaServer/master/src/main/resources/images/icon-status-warning.png" Title="No subtitle position correction" width="32" height="18"/>	No	No	No
Automatic plugin download/install Download and install plugins automatically from within the program.	Yes	No	No	No	No
Unlimited folders on PS3 & Xbox PS3 and Xbox 360 can only display a limited number of folders, but we work around that.	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
AviSynth support AviSynth is a powerful and flexible video and audio serving program.	Yes	Partial <img= src="https://raw.github.com/UniversalMediaServer/UniversalMediaServer/master/src/main/resources/images/icon-status-warning.png" Title="No multithreading support" width="32" height="18"/>	No	No	No
iTunes support Browse your iTunes library by playlist, artist, album and genre.	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
Renderer search support We support renderers with search capability.	Yes	No	?	?	?
Maximum network bandwidth setting This allows you to set the speed of your network to ensure smooth playing.	Yes	Partial <img= src="https://raw.github.com/UniversalMediaServer/UniversalMediaServer/master/src/main/resources/images/icon-status-warning.png" Title="Not as accurate as the UMS one" width="32" height="18"/>	No	No	No
DVD support We support playing DVDs whether they are in your DVD drive or on your hard drive.	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Archive support Support for browsing archives like ZIP, RAR, GZ, etc.	Yes	Partial	No	?	?
3D SBS video support Most if not all renderers do not support receiving full 3D SBS video over a network, but we work around that.	Yes	Partial	No	?	Yes
High-quality video thumbnails Display the maximum quality and resolution thumbnails that your device can take.	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes

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