Android TV Alternatives
Android TV is described as 'Operating System made for the TV which has a custom launcher and custom apps to make it easier to navigate on the television' and is an app in the Video & Movies category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Android TV for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone. The best alternative is Kodi, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Android TV are Plex (Freemium), Stremio (Freemium, Open Source), Emby (Freemium) and Splash (Free).
- OpenPHT is a community driven fork of Plex Home Theater. View 15 alternatives to OpenPHT
- PS3 Media Server is a DLNA compliant Upnp Media Server for the PS3, written in Java, with the purpose of streaming or transcoding. View 35 alternatives to PS3 Media Server
Discontinued
The project seems to be no longer developed, but last version, 1.90.1, released in August 2013, can be still downloaded from the official website.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- PlayOn is both browser and media server for your Windows PC which lets you magically stream your favorite shows, movies, even your personal media from your PC to your TV... View 29 alternatives to PlayonNo screenshots yet
- Paid
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- Blackberry
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Blackberry 10
- Kantaris is an all new media player based on code from Videolan client (http://alternativeto.net/software/vlc-media-player/) and Bass audio library. View 133 alternatives to Kantaris
Discontinued
Last Update: 2013-04-25. See https://sourceforge.net/projects/kantaris/
Warning
Sourceforge has detected malware in Kantaris builds.
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Squire is a media center to stream movies and shows from torrents or local files. It’s an always-running menu bar app. View 81 alternatives to Squire
- NextPVR. NextPVR is a popular free personal video recorder application for Microsoft Windows, making it easy to watch or record Live TV. View 17 alternatives to nextPVR
- Sit anywhere in your house and watch movies or TV shows on your iPhone, iPod or iPad. View 65 alternatives to VLC Streamer
- Smartly manage all your multimedia resources and automatically transcode videos for your Phone, Pad, etc. View 27 alternatives to VidOn Server
- Pith sits on a server or NAS. It scans your media for movies and tv shows and you access it through a modern web UI from your tablet, phone or PC. View 14 alternatives to Pith
- Search movies, series, anime, subtitles, torrents and archives from open directories. View 63 alternatives to OpenTheatre