General Configuration

The General Configuration tab of UMS allows you to set general options that determine how UMS will run. Below is an overview of the options on this tab.

General settings

• Language
  Select the language of UMS. To see the selection in effect you have to restart UMS.
• Start minimized
  Apply if you want UMS start in the system tray (window minimized).
• Install as a windows service
  Click if you want to install UMS as a service. Further configuration may be needed to run successfully as a service.
  If you run UMS as a service, you have to manually create a firewall rule that allow all incoming traffic to the service executable ("wrapper").
• Start automatically with Windows
  Set to true by default.
• Enable splash screen
  Set to true by default.
• Check for updates
  Manually check for update.
• Check automatically for updates
  Set false by default.
• Hide advanced options
  You have already chosen it at the install time with the wizard.
• Run the configuration wizard
  It make having to change again some parameters, like the Java memory heap used, more easy for newbies.
• Only run a single instance of UMS
  Having only one UMS instance run at the time could be useful to avoid issue.
• Edit UMS configuration file manually
  Though not confortable as using a good text editor, at least it give you the possibility to edit your UMS.conf configuration file directly from UMS' graphical interface, like Chromecast support or Live subtitles keeping duration and so on.

Network settings (advanced)

• Force networking on interface
  UMS determines the default network to send broadcasts. When UMS does not detect your renderer and your computer has multiple networks, it may have chosen the wrong default network. Select the correct network from the pulldown.
• Force IP of the server
  By default UMS will use the default IP address of the computer it runs on. If your computer has multiple IP addresses, you enter the preferred IP address for UMS to use here.
• Force port of server
  By default UMS uses TCP/IP port 5001. If this port is already in use, set a free alernate port number like 6001
• Use IP-filter
  Set IP-address of allowed streaming client (PS3, TV...), all other will fail to connect (not working when HTTP Engine v2 is enabled!)

Advanced HTTP and system settings

• HTTP Engine V2
  New engine to improve network performance and provide better support for alternate streaming clients.
• Prevent sleep
  If your UMS host has a power-saving mode, use this option to prevent the system from hibernating or sleeping.
  Currently only Windows and macOS are supported. There are three modes:
  • Never
    UMS doesn't interfere with system idle sleep.
  • During playback (default)
    UMS prevents the system from going to sleep while playback from UMS is active.
  • While running
    UMS prevents the system from going to sleep while UMS is running.
• Enabled renderers
  Select or unselect the wanted renderers.
• Default renderer when automatic detection fails
  UMS can recognize many renderers automatically. Sometimes a renderer will connect the UMS does not recognize. This option defines which renderer UMS should assume.
• Force default renderer (disable automatic detection)
  By default UMS tries to automatically detect what renderers try to connect to it. By settings this option to true, UMS will assume any renderer that connects is the default renderer.
• Enable external network
  Whether to enable functionality that uses external networks, like the Internet for Web radio for example.
  It should be disabled if the computer has no Internet access.

Plugins

Here you will find buttons for the plugins that are installed. See the section Plugins for more information on plugins for UMS.

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