diff --git a/Emby.Common.Implementations/IO/ManagedFileSystem.cs b/Emby.Common.Implementations/IO/ManagedFileSystem.cs
index 62d285072c..78070a5d91 100644
--- a/Emby.Common.Implementations/IO/ManagedFileSystem.cs
+++ b/Emby.Common.Implementations/IO/ManagedFileSystem.cs
@@ -490,38 +490,13 @@ namespace Emby.Common.Implementations.IO
             var temp1 = Path.GetTempFileName();
 
             // Copying over will fail against hidden files
-            RemoveHiddenAttribute(file1);
-            RemoveHiddenAttribute(file2);
+            SetHidden(file1, false);
+            SetHidden(file2, false);
 
             CopyFile(file1, temp1, true);
 
             CopyFile(file2, file1, true);
             CopyFile(temp1, file2, true);
-
-            DeleteFile(temp1);
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Removes the hidden attribute.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="path">The path.</param>
-        private void RemoveHiddenAttribute(string path)
-        {
-            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(path))
-            {
-                throw new ArgumentNullException("path");
-            }
-
-            var currentFile = new FileInfo(path);
-
-            // This will fail if the file is hidden
-            if (currentFile.Exists)
-            {
-                if ((currentFile.Attributes & FileAttributes.Hidden) == FileAttributes.Hidden)
-                {
-                    currentFile.Attributes &= ~FileAttributes.Hidden;
-                }
-            }
         }
 
         public bool ContainsSubPath(string parentPath, string path)
diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/Connect/ConnectManager.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/Connect/ConnectManager.cs
index b7faaa9013..8c8b7b0268 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/Connect/ConnectManager.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/Connect/ConnectManager.cs
@@ -570,9 +570,9 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Connect
             }
             catch (HttpException ex)
             {
-                if (!ex.StatusCode.HasValue)
+                if (!ex.StatusCode.HasValue || ex.IsTimedOut)
                 {
-                    throw;
+                    throw new Exception("Unable to invite guest, " + ex.Message, ex);
                 }
 
                 // If they entered a username, then whatever the error is just throw it, for example, user not found
diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/Emby.Server.Implementations.csproj b/Emby.Server.Implementations/Emby.Server.Implementations.csproj
index ae21651918..7ee0c566f7 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/Emby.Server.Implementations.csproj
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/Emby.Server.Implementations.csproj
@@ -424,6 +424,9 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Localization\Ratings\us.txt" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <EmbeddedResource Include="Localization\Ratings\uk.txt" />
+  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\Portable\$(TargetFrameworkVersion)\Microsoft.Portable.CSharp.targets" />
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
        Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/HttpServer/HttpListenerHost.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/HttpServer/HttpListenerHost.cs
index 83885ee2ee..4e7dc88363 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/HttpServer/HttpListenerHost.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/HttpServer/HttpListenerHost.cs
@@ -91,16 +91,12 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpServer
 
         readonly Dictionary<Type, int> _mapExceptionToStatusCode = new Dictionary<Type, int>
             {
-                {typeof (InvalidOperationException), 500},
-                {typeof (NotImplementedException), 500},
                 {typeof (ResourceNotFoundException), 404},
                 {typeof (FileNotFoundException), 404},
                 //{typeof (DirectoryNotFoundException), 404},
                 {typeof (SecurityException), 401},
                 {typeof (PaymentRequiredException), 402},
-                {typeof (UnauthorizedAccessException), 500},
-                {typeof (PlatformNotSupportedException), 500},
-                {typeof (NotSupportedException), 500}
+                {typeof (ArgumentException), 400}
             };
 
         public override void Configure()
@@ -228,6 +224,22 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpServer
             }
         }
 
+        private int GetStatusCode(Exception ex)
+        {
+            if (ex is ArgumentException)
+            {
+                return 400;
+            }
+
+            int statusCode;
+            if (!_mapExceptionToStatusCode.TryGetValue(ex.GetType(), out statusCode))
+            {
+                statusCode = 500;
+            }
+
+            return statusCode;
+        }
+
         private void ErrorHandler(Exception ex, IRequest httpReq, bool logException = true)
         {
             try
@@ -244,11 +256,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpServer
                     return;
                 }
 
-                int statusCode;
-                if (!_mapExceptionToStatusCode.TryGetValue(ex.GetType(), out statusCode))
-                {
-                    statusCode = 500;
-                }
+                var statusCode = GetStatusCode(ex);
                 httpRes.StatusCode = statusCode;
 
                 httpRes.ContentType = "text/html";
diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/Localization/Ratings/uk.txt b/Emby.Server.Implementations/Localization/Ratings/uk.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..20440921f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/Localization/Ratings/uk.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+UK-U,1
+UK-PG,5
+UK-12,7
+UK-12A,7
+UK-15,9
+UK-18,10
+UK-R18,15
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/BaseStreamingService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/BaseStreamingService.cs
index 5e450567a7..418ec7fcbc 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/BaseStreamingService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/BaseStreamingService.cs
@@ -870,33 +870,47 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback
                 inputChannels = null;
             }
 
-            int? resultChannels = null;
+            int? transcoderChannelLimit = null;
             var codec = outputAudioCodec ?? string.Empty;
 
             if (codec.IndexOf("wma", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) != -1)
             {
                 // wmav2 currently only supports two channel output
-                resultChannels = Math.Min(2, inputChannels ?? 2);
+                transcoderChannelLimit = 2;
             }
 
-            else if (request.MaxAudioChannels.HasValue)
+            else if (codec.IndexOf("mp3", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) != -1)
             {
-                var channelLimit = codec.IndexOf("mp3", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) != -1
-                   ? 2
-                   : 6;
+                // libmp3lame currently only supports two channel output
+                transcoderChannelLimit = 2;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // If we don't have any media info then limit it to 6 to prevent encoding errors due to asking for too many channels
+                transcoderChannelLimit = 6;
+            }
 
-                if (inputChannels.HasValue)
-                {
-                    channelLimit = Math.Min(channelLimit, inputChannels.Value);
-                }
+            var isTranscodingAudio = !string.Equals(codec, "copy", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
 
-                // If we don't have any media info then limit it to 5 to prevent encoding errors due to asking for too many channels
-                resultChannels = Math.Min(request.MaxAudioChannels.Value, channelLimit);
+            int? resultChannels = null;
+            if (isTranscodingAudio)
+            {
+                resultChannels = request.TranscodingMaxAudioChannels;
             }
+            resultChannels = resultChannels ?? request.MaxAudioChannels ?? request.AudioChannels;
 
-            if (request.TranscodingMaxAudioChannels.HasValue && !string.Equals(codec, "copy", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            if (inputChannels.HasValue)
             {
-                resultChannels = Math.Min(request.TranscodingMaxAudioChannels.Value, resultChannels ?? inputChannels ?? request.TranscodingMaxAudioChannels.Value);
+                resultChannels = resultChannels.HasValue
+                    ? Math.Min(resultChannels.Value, inputChannels.Value)
+                    : inputChannels.Value;
+            }
+
+            if (isTranscodingAudio && transcoderChannelLimit.HasValue)
+            {
+                resultChannels = resultChannels.HasValue
+                    ? Math.Min(resultChannels.Value, transcoderChannelLimit.Value)
+                    : transcoderChannelLimit.Value;
             }
 
             return resultChannels ?? request.AudioChannels;
@@ -1054,7 +1068,19 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback
 
                         arg += string.Format(" -canvas_size {0}:{1}", state.VideoStream.Width.Value.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture), Convert.ToInt32(height).ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
                     }
-                    arg += " -i \"" + state.SubtitleStream.Path + "\"";
+
+                    var subtitlePath = state.SubtitleStream.Path;
+
+                    if (string.Equals(Path.GetExtension(subtitlePath), ".sub", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                    {
+                        var idxFile = Path.ChangeExtension(subtitlePath, ".idx");
+                        if (FileSystem.FileExists(idxFile))
+                        {
+                            subtitlePath = idxFile;
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    arg += " -i \"" + subtitlePath + "\"";
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingJobOptions.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingJobOptions.cs
index 844fafcdec..d5fe790b9f 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingJobOptions.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingJobOptions.cs
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
 
         public string VideoCodec { get; set; }
 
+        public int? TranscodingMaxAudioChannels { get; set; }
         public int? VideoBitRate { get; set; }
         public int? AudioStreamIndex { get; set; }
         public int? VideoStreamIndex { get; set; }
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
             MaxVideoBitDepth = info.MaxVideoBitDepth;
             SubtitleMethod = info.SubtitleDeliveryMethod;
             Context = info.Context;
+            TranscodingMaxAudioChannels = info.TranscodingMaxAudioChannels;
 
             if (info.SubtitleDeliveryMethod != SubtitleDeliveryMethod.External)
             {
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/BaseEncoder.cs b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/BaseEncoder.cs
index d7789a5fd2..80bbc87e38 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/BaseEncoder.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/BaseEncoder.cs
@@ -474,7 +474,19 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder
 
                         arg += string.Format(" -canvas_size {0}:{1}", state.VideoStream.Width.Value.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture), Convert.ToInt32(height).ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
                     }
-                    arg += " -i \"" + state.SubtitleStream.Path + "\"";
+
+                    var subtitlePath = state.SubtitleStream.Path;
+
+                    if (string.Equals(Path.GetExtension(subtitlePath), ".sub", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                    {
+                        var idxFile = Path.ChangeExtension(subtitlePath, ".idx");
+                        if (FileSystem.FileExists(idxFile))
+                        {
+                            subtitlePath = idxFile;
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    arg += " -i \"" + subtitlePath + "\"";
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/EncodingJobFactory.cs b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/EncodingJobFactory.cs
index e197bdb6fd..d6340d4abf 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/EncodingJobFactory.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/EncodingJobFactory.cs
@@ -370,30 +370,50 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder
                 inputChannels = null;
             }
 
+            int? transcoderChannelLimit = null;
             var codec = outputAudioCodec ?? string.Empty;
 
             if (codec.IndexOf("wma", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) != -1)
             {
                 // wmav2 currently only supports two channel output
-                return Math.Min(2, inputChannels ?? 2);
+                transcoderChannelLimit = 2;
             }
 
-            if (request.MaxAudioChannels.HasValue)
+            else if (codec.IndexOf("mp3", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) != -1)
             {
-                var channelLimit = codec.IndexOf("mp3", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) != -1
-                   ? 2
-                   : 6;
+                // libmp3lame currently only supports two channel output
+                transcoderChannelLimit = 2;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // If we don't have any media info then limit it to 6 to prevent encoding errors due to asking for too many channels
+                transcoderChannelLimit = 6;
+            }
 
-                if (inputChannels.HasValue)
-                {
-                    channelLimit = Math.Min(channelLimit, inputChannels.Value);
-                }
+            var isTranscodingAudio = !string.Equals(codec, "copy", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
 
-                // If we don't have any media info then limit it to 5 to prevent encoding errors due to asking for too many channels
-                return Math.Min(request.MaxAudioChannels.Value, channelLimit);
+            int? resultChannels = null;
+            if (isTranscodingAudio)
+            {
+                resultChannels = request.TranscodingMaxAudioChannels;
+            }
+            resultChannels = resultChannels ?? request.MaxAudioChannels ?? request.AudioChannels;
+
+            if (inputChannels.HasValue)
+            {
+                resultChannels = resultChannels.HasValue
+                    ? Math.Min(resultChannels.Value, inputChannels.Value)
+                    : inputChannels.Value;
+            }
+
+            if (isTranscodingAudio && transcoderChannelLimit.HasValue)
+            {
+                resultChannels = resultChannels.HasValue
+                    ? Math.Min(resultChannels.Value, transcoderChannelLimit.Value)
+                    : transcoderChannelLimit.Value;
             }
 
-            return request.AudioChannels;
+            return resultChannels ?? request.AudioChannels;
         }
 
         private int? GetVideoBitrateParamValue(EncodingJobOptions request, MediaStream videoStream, string outputVideoCodec)
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Model/Configuration/UserConfiguration.cs b/MediaBrowser.Model/Configuration/UserConfiguration.cs
index a4a88f169b..efd3d6b671 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Model/Configuration/UserConfiguration.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Model/Configuration/UserConfiguration.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Configuration
         public bool DisplayMissingEpisodes { get; set; }
         public bool DisplayUnairedEpisodes { get; set; }
 
-        public string[] ExcludeFoldersFromGrouping { get; set; }
         public string[] GroupedFolders { get; set; }
 
         public SubtitlePlaybackMode SubtitleMode { get; set; }
diff --git a/OpenSubtitlesHandler/Utilities.cs b/OpenSubtitlesHandler/Utilities.cs
index 3fe606c782..c012da462d 100644
--- a/OpenSubtitlesHandler/Utilities.cs
+++ b/OpenSubtitlesHandler/Utilities.cs
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ namespace OpenSubtitlesHandler
         public static IHttpClient HttpClient { get; set; }
         public static ITextEncoding EncodingHelper { get; set; }
 
-        private const string XML_RPC_SERVER = "https://api.opensubtitles.org/xml-rpc";
+        //private static string XML_RPC_SERVER = "https://api.opensubtitles.org/xml-rpc";
+        private static string XML_RPC_SERVER = "https://92.240.234.122/xml-rpc";
+        private static string HostHeader = "api.opensubtitles.org:443";
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Compute movie hash
@@ -142,32 +144,6 @@ namespace OpenSubtitlesHandler
         public static Stream SendRequest(byte[] request, string userAgent)
         {
             return SendRequestAsync(request, userAgent, CancellationToken.None).Result;
-
-            //HttpWebRequest req = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(XML_RPC_SERVER);
-            //req.ContentType = "text/xml";
-            //req.Host = "api.opensubtitles.org:80";
-            //req.Method = "POST";
-            //req.UserAgent = "xmlrpc-epi-php/0.2 (PHP)";
-            //req.ContentLength = request.Length;
-            //ServicePointManager.Expect100Continue = false;
-            //try
-            //{
-            //    using (Stream stm = req.GetRequestStream())
-            //    {
-            //        stm.Write(request, 0, request.Length);
-            //    }
-
-            //    WebResponse response = req.GetResponse();
-            //    return response.GetResponseStream();
-            //}
-            //catch (Exception ex)
-            //{
-            //    Stream errorStream = new MemoryStream();
-            //    byte[] dd = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("ERROR: " + ex.Message);
-            //    errorStream.Write(dd, 0, dd.Length);
-            //    errorStream.Position = 0;
-            //    return errorStream;
-            //}
         }
 
         public static async Task<Stream> SendRequestAsync(byte[] request, string userAgent, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
@@ -177,7 +153,7 @@ namespace OpenSubtitlesHandler
                 RequestContentBytes = request,
                 RequestContentType = "text/xml",
                 UserAgent = userAgent,
-                Host = "api.opensubtitles.org:443",
+                Host = HostHeader,
                 Url = XML_RPC_SERVER,
 
                 // Response parsing will fail with this enabled
@@ -195,32 +171,6 @@ namespace OpenSubtitlesHandler
             var result = await HttpClient.Post(options).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
             return result.Content;
-
-            //HttpWebRequest req = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(XML_RPC_SERVER);
-            //req.ContentType = "text/xml";
-            //req.Host = "api.opensubtitles.org:80";
-            //req.Method = "POST";
-            //req.UserAgent = "xmlrpc-epi-php/0.2 (PHP)";
-            //req.ContentLength = request.Length;
-            //ServicePointManager.Expect100Continue = false;
-            //try
-            //{
-            //    using (Stream stm = req.GetRequestStream())
-            //    {
-            //        stm.Write(request, 0, request.Length);
-            //    }
-
-            //    WebResponse response = req.GetResponse();
-            //    return response.GetResponseStream();
-            //}
-            //catch (Exception ex)
-            //{
-            //    Stream errorStream = new MemoryStream();
-            //    byte[] dd = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("ERROR: " + ex.Message);
-            //    errorStream.Write(dd, 0, dd.Length);
-            //    errorStream.Position = 0;
-            //    return errorStream;
-            //}
         }
 
     }