GB-PVR AlternativesMedia Centers and other similar apps like GB-PVR

GB-PVR is described as 'Robust, full-featured Personal Video Recorder (PVR) or Media Center, which can record and playback several types of audio-visual (AV) media. Although it has many features, they can all be placed into one of two categories:' and is a Media Center in the video & movies category. There are more than 10 alternatives to GB-PVR for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Fire TV and BSD apps. The best GB-PVR alternative is Kodi, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GB-PVR are Android TV, MediaPortal, Oblecto and Easy-Data Mediacenter.

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  1. Kodi icon

    Kodi

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    Open-source media player compatible with Linux, Mac, Windows, Xbox, and iOS, designed for home theater PCs. Customizable with themes, supports 4K, audio and video formats, streaming, privacy-focused operations, and extensible with plugins.

    76 Kodi alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Fire TV
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    • Kodi is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & iPhone alternative to GB-PVR.

    • Kodi is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to GB-PVR.

    • Kodi is Free and Open SourceGB-PVR is Free and Proprietary
    • Kodi is Privacy focusedGB-PVR is not according to our users
  2. Android TV icon

    Android TV

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    Android TV is Google’s operating system for smart TVs and streaming devices. Android TV makes it easier for people to watch, play and do everything they love on their TV.

    50 Android TV alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android TV
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  4. MediaPortal icon

    MediaPortal

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    MediaPortal transforms your PC into a complete media solution. It runs on basic hardware, connects directly to your TV and displays your TV Series, Movies, Photos and Music in a much more dynamic way.

    27 MediaPortal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. Oblecto icon

    Oblecto

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    Oblecto is a media server, similar to Plex, Emby, Netflix and others. It runs in the background on a home server to index your media such as movies and TV shows to make them searchable and streamable through a REST based interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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    • Oblecto is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to GB-PVR.

    • Oblecto is Free and Open SourceGB-PVR is Free and Proprietary
  6. Easy-Data Mediacenter icon

    Easy-Data Mediacenter

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    Easy-Data Mediacenter is a video and audio player with lots of tools. It is able to deliver bit perfect audio, and does not require any external codecs. It is able to run from a memorystick and does not require installation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. MythTV icon

    MythTV

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    MythTV is a free, open source media center and digital video recorder (DVR) distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL. With its plugin architecture, MythTV can be transformed into a home media center suite, capable of managing your personal photo, video, and music collections...

    42 MythTV alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. PseudoTV icon

    PseudoTV

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    PseudoTV Live is channel-surfing for your media center. Never again will you have to actually pick what you want to watch. Use an Electronic Program Guide (EPG) to view what's on or select a show to watch.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Apple TV
    • Kodi
    • Fire TV
     
  10. VidOn Server icon

    VidOn Server

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    Smartly manage all your multimedia resources and automatically transcode videos for your Phone, Pad, etc.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. Freevo icon

    Freevo

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    Freevo is an open source HTPC media centre software integrating PVR / DVR funtionality along with music, video, gaming, home automation and more. It is written in python and uses existing popular software such as mplayer, xine and vlc.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. Enna icon

    Enna

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    Enna is a Media Center application. Featuring a simple user interface, Enna is based on the powerful Enlightenment Foundations Libraries (EFL) as for its graphical user interface and GeeXboX libraries as for multimedia playback and information retrieval.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  13. ChrisTV icon

    ChrisTV

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    ChrisTV PVR (Personal Video Recorder) is a software designed to control analog TV Cards, Graphic Cards with Video Input (VIVO), Combo Cards (Graphic Card and TV Card), Webcams, DVcam Capture that have WDM drivers (Windows Driver Model) or BDA drivers compatible with DirectShow...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main window
     
  14. Zapping icon

    Zapping

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    Zapping is a TV viewer for the Gnome desktop. It runs on Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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