diff --git a/Emby.Dlna/Profiles/DefaultProfile.cs b/Emby.Dlna/Profiles/DefaultProfile.cs
index 1413e89d2..70d08f9a9 100644
--- a/Emby.Dlna/Profiles/DefaultProfile.cs
+++ b/Emby.Dlna/Profiles/DefaultProfile.cs
@@ -135,6 +135,18 @@ namespace Emby.Dlna.Profiles
                 {
                     Format = "sub",
                     Method = SubtitleDeliveryMethod.Embed
+                },
+
+                new SubtitleProfile
+                {
+                    Format = "subrip",
+                    Method = SubtitleDeliveryMethod.Embed
+                },
+
+                new SubtitleProfile
+                {
+                    Format = "vtt",
+                    Method = SubtitleDeliveryMethod.Embed
                 }
             };
 
diff --git a/Emby.Dlna/Profiles/Xml/Default.xml b/Emby.Dlna/Profiles/Xml/Default.xml
index 9c4e68d96..fe783e005 100644
--- a/Emby.Dlna/Profiles/Xml/Default.xml
+++ b/Emby.Dlna/Profiles/Xml/Default.xml
@@ -55,5 +55,7 @@
     <SubtitleProfile format="pgs" method="Embed" />
     <SubtitleProfile format="pgssub" method="Embed" />
     <SubtitleProfile format="sub" method="Embed" />
+    <SubtitleProfile format="subrip" method="Embed" />
+    <SubtitleProfile format="vtt" method="Embed" />
   </SubtitleProfiles>
 </Profile>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Emby.Dlna/Profiles/Xml/Denon AVR.xml b/Emby.Dlna/Profiles/Xml/Denon AVR.xml
index 772e9a41c..c1d0a67ea 100644
--- a/Emby.Dlna/Profiles/Xml/Denon AVR.xml	
+++ b/Emby.Dlna/Profiles/Xml/Denon AVR.xml	
@@ -55,5 +55,7 @@
     <SubtitleProfile format="pgs" method="Embed" />
     <SubtitleProfile format="pgssub" method="Embed" />
     <SubtitleProfile format="sub" method="Embed" />
+    <SubtitleProfile format="subrip" method="Embed" />
+    <SubtitleProfile format="vtt" method="Embed" />
   </SubtitleProfiles>
 </Profile>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Emby.Dlna/Profiles/Xml/MediaMonkey.xml b/Emby.Dlna/Profiles/Xml/MediaMonkey.xml
index 325c2e836..d51cae988 100644
--- a/Emby.Dlna/Profiles/Xml/MediaMonkey.xml
+++ b/Emby.Dlna/Profiles/Xml/MediaMonkey.xml
@@ -61,5 +61,7 @@
     <SubtitleProfile format="pgs" method="Embed" />
     <SubtitleProfile format="pgssub" method="Embed" />
     <SubtitleProfile format="sub" method="Embed" />
+    <SubtitleProfile format="subrip" method="Embed" />
+    <SubtitleProfile format="vtt" method="Embed" />
   </SubtitleProfiles>
 </Profile>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Emby.Dlna/Profiles/Xml/foobar2000.xml b/Emby.Dlna/Profiles/Xml/foobar2000.xml
index febc12a8f..b22a0ee16 100644
--- a/Emby.Dlna/Profiles/Xml/foobar2000.xml
+++ b/Emby.Dlna/Profiles/Xml/foobar2000.xml
@@ -61,5 +61,7 @@
     <SubtitleProfile format="pgs" method="Embed" />
     <SubtitleProfile format="pgssub" method="Embed" />
     <SubtitleProfile format="sub" method="Embed" />
+    <SubtitleProfile format="subrip" method="Embed" />
+    <SubtitleProfile format="vtt" method="Embed" />
   </SubtitleProfiles>
 </Profile>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/HttpServer/HttpResultFactory.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/HttpServer/HttpResultFactory.cs
index 0af88595f..6c37d5f7a 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/HttpServer/HttpResultFactory.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/HttpServer/HttpResultFactory.cs
@@ -58,6 +58,18 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpServer
             return GetHttpResult(content, contentType, true, responseHeaders);
         }
 
+        public object GetRedirectResult(string url)
+        {
+            var responseHeaders = new Dictionary<string, string>();
+            responseHeaders["Location"] = url;
+
+            var result = new HttpResult(new byte[] { }, "text/plain", HttpStatusCode.Redirect);
+
+            AddResponseHeaders(result, responseHeaders);
+
+            return result;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the HTTP result.
         /// </summary>
@@ -599,9 +611,9 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpServer
             }
         }
 
-        private async Task<IHasHeaders> GetCompressedResult(Stream stream, 
-            string requestedCompressionType, 
-            IDictionary<string,string> responseHeaders,
+        private async Task<IHasHeaders> GetCompressedResult(Stream stream,
+            string requestedCompressionType,
+            IDictionary<string, string> responseHeaders,
             bool isHeadRequest,
             string contentType)
         {
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/UniversalAudioService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/UniversalAudioService.cs
index e5ece3984..fffec6948 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/UniversalAudioService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/UniversalAudioService.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Globalization;
-using System.IO;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using MediaBrowser.Api.Playback.Hls;
 using MediaBrowser.Api.Playback.Progressive;
@@ -42,6 +41,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback
         public string Container { get; set; }
 
         public int? MaxAudioChannels { get; set; }
+        public int? TranscodingAudioChannels { get; set; }
 
         public long? MaxStreamingBitrate { get; set; }
 
@@ -51,6 +51,15 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback
         public string TranscodingContainer { get; set; }
         public string TranscodingProtocol { get; set; }
         public int? MaxAudioSampleRate { get; set; }
+
+        public bool EnableRedirection { get; set; }
+        public bool EnableRemoteMedia { get; set; }
+        public bool BreakOnNonKeyFrames { get; set; }
+
+        public BaseUniversalRequest()
+        {
+            EnableRedirection = true;
+        }
     }
 
     [Route("/Audio/{Id}/universal.{Container}", "GET", Summary = "Gets an audio stream")]
@@ -133,7 +142,9 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback
                     Context = EncodingContext.Streaming,
                     Container = request.TranscodingContainer,
                     AudioCodec = request.AudioCodec,
-                    Protocol = request.TranscodingProtocol
+                    Protocol = request.TranscodingProtocol,
+                    BreakOnNonKeyFrames = request.BreakOnNonKeyFrames,
+                    MaxAudioChannels = request.TranscodingAudioChannels.HasValue ? request.TranscodingAudioChannels.Value.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) : null
                 }
             };
 
@@ -205,6 +216,17 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback
 
             var mediaSource = playbackInfoResult.MediaSources[0];
 
+            if (mediaSource.SupportsDirectPlay && mediaSource.Protocol == MediaProtocol.Http)
+            {
+                if (request.EnableRedirection)
+                {
+                    if (mediaSource.IsRemote && request.EnableRemoteMedia)
+                    {
+                        return ResultFactory.GetRedirectResult(mediaSource.Path);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
             var isStatic = mediaSource.SupportsDirectStream;
 
             if (!isStatic && string.Equals(mediaSource.TranscodingSubProtocol, "hls", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
@@ -242,7 +264,8 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback
                     StartTimeTicks = request.StartTimeTicks,
                     Static = isStatic,
                     SegmentContainer = request.TranscodingContainer,
-                    AudioSampleRate = request.MaxAudioSampleRate
+                    AudioSampleRate = request.MaxAudioSampleRate,
+                    BreakOnNonKeyFrames = transcodingProfile.BreakOnNonKeyFrames
                 };
 
                 if (isHeadRequest)
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/StartupWizardService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/StartupWizardService.cs
index cd56b69bd..2df6d225b 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/StartupWizardService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/StartupWizardService.cs
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api
             config.EnableSimpleArtistDetection = true;
             config.EnableNormalizedItemByNameIds = true;
             config.DisableLiveTvChannelUserDataName = true;
+            config.EnableSimpleSortNameHandling = true;
         }
 
         public void Post(UpdateStartupConfiguration request)
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/BaseItem.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/BaseItem.cs
index 3d46cc9aa..346442f59 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/BaseItem.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/BaseItem.cs
@@ -655,7 +655,17 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities
 
         private string CreateSortNameFromCustomValue(string value)
         {
-            return string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(value) ? null : ModifySortChunks(value).ToLower();
+            return string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(value) ? null : NormalizeCustomSortName(value);
+        }
+
+        protected virtual string NormalizeCustomSortName(string value)
+        {
+            if (ConfigurationManager.Configuration.EnableSimpleSortNameHandling)
+            {
+                return value.RemoveDiacritics().ToLower();
+            }
+
+            return ModifySortChunks(value).ToLower();
         }
 
         public bool IsSortNameDefault(string value)
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/LiveTv/LiveTvChannel.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/LiveTv/LiveTvChannel.cs
index 8a10ae417..34a9103f8 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/LiveTv/LiveTvChannel.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/LiveTv/LiveTvChannel.cs
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.LiveTv
                 }
             }
 
-            return Number + "-" + (Name ?? string.Empty);
+            return (Number ?? string.Empty) + "-" + (Name ?? string.Empty);
         }
 
         [IgnoreDataMember]
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Net/IHttpResultFactory.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Net/IHttpResultFactory.cs
index 7b431f69a..b88524691 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Net/IHttpResultFactory.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Net/IHttpResultFactory.cs
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Net
         /// <returns>System.Object.</returns>
         object GetResult(object content, string contentType, IDictionary<string,string> responseHeaders = null);
 
+        object GetRedirectResult(string url);
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the optimized result.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Model/Configuration/ServerConfiguration.cs b/MediaBrowser.Model/Configuration/ServerConfiguration.cs
index a4a921821..e30364de9 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Model/Configuration/ServerConfiguration.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Model/Configuration/ServerConfiguration.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Configuration
         /// <value><c>true</c> if [enable u pn p]; otherwise, <c>false</c>.</value>
         public bool EnableUPnP { get; set; }
 
+        public bool EnableSimpleSortNameHandling { get; set; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the public mapped port.
         /// </summary>
@@ -77,8 +79,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Configuration
         public string MetadataPath { get; set; }
         public string MetadataNetworkPath { get; set; }
 
-        public string LastVersion { get; set; }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the display name of the season zero.
         /// </summary>