The PS3 Media Server development team announced a few hours ago, July 18th, the immediate availability for download of the PS3 Media Server 1.60.0 application, bringing assorted bug fixes and general improvements.

The most important feature of PS3 Media Server 1.60.0 is that it is now distributable as .deb installers for the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) operating system, supporting both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures.

PS3 Media Server 1.60 also adds support for TX3G (MPEG-4 Timed Text) subtitles, PGS (Blu-ray) subtitles, and VobSub (DVD) subtitles in MP4 container, as well as support for WebM videos downloaded from YouTube.

Moreover, it provides better handling of embedded ASS/SSA subtitles styling, new Sony SMP-N100 renderer, and FFMpeg video player is now enable for all platforms.

Last but not least, the Catalan and Simplified Chinese translations have been updated, and the CBRVideoBitrate value has been optimized for Panasonic TVs.

Download PS3 Media Server 1.60.0 right now from Softpedia.