Gerbera AlternativesMedia Servers and other similar apps like Gerbera
Gerbera is described as 'Free UPnP media server forked from the now discontinued MediaTomb project. It's highly compatible and works with many devices including TVs, Playstation, Android & iOS phones and tablets' and is a Media Server in the video & movies category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Gerbera for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and iPad apps. The best Gerbera alternative is Plex, which is free. Other great apps like Gerbera are Universal Media Server, Infuse, Serviio and MiniDLNA.
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- Free • Open Source
- 93 Plex alternatives
A multimedia tool for streaming movies, TV shows, sports, and music while facilitating personal media organization with versatile libraries and metadata retrieval.
License model
- Freemium • Proprietary
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Country of Origin
United States
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Chrome OS
- Android Tablet
- Windows Phone
- iPad
- Apple TV
- Daydream
- Kindle Fire
- Android TV
- Kodi
- Roku
- 46 Universal Media Server alternatives
Universal Media Server is a media server capable of serving videos, audio and images to any DLNA-capable device. It supports any device capable of DLNA and runs on all major operating systems: Windows, OS X and Linux.
License model
- Free • Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- 69 Infuse alternatives
Ignite your video content with Infuse – the beautiful way to watch almost any video format on your iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. No need to convert files! Infuse is optimized for iOS 12, with powerful streaming options, trakt sync, and unmatched AirPlay & subtitle support.
License model
- Freemium • Proprietary
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- Mac
- iPhone
- iPad
- Apple TV
- visionOS
Infuse Features
- 48 Serviio alternatives
Serviio is a free media server. It allows you to stream your media files (music, video or images) to any DLNA-certified renderer device (e.g. a TV set, Bluray player, games console) on your home network.
License model
- Freemium • Proprietary
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Serviio Features
- 31 MiniDLNA alternatives
MiniDLNA (aka ReadyDLNA) is server software with the aim of being fully compliant with DLNA/UPnP-AV clients. It is developed by a NETGEAR employee …
- 35 PS3 Media Server alternatives
PS3 Media Server is a DLNA compliant Upnp Media Server for the PS3, written in Java, with the purpose of streaming or transcoding.
DiscontinuedThe 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.
PS3 Media Server Features
- 68 VLC Streamer alternatives
Sit anywhere in your house and watch movies or TV shows on your iPhone, iPod or iPad.
License model
- Freemium • Proprietary
Application types
Country of Origin
United Kingdom
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- Chrome OS
- iPad
VLC Streamer Features
- 32 MediaTomb alternatives
MediaTomb is an open source (GPL) UPnP MediaServer with a nice web user interface, it allows you to stream your digital media through your home network and listen to/watch it on a variety of UPnP compatible devices.
DiscontinuedShut down per notice on homepage, but has been forked via
Gerbera http://mediatomb.cc/
MediaTomb Features
- 49 VidHub - Video Library & Player alternatives
Video Player to play video files from all kinds of source, local file, smb file on nas, webdav service, cloud driver etc.
License model
- Free • Proprietary
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Country of Origin
United States
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- Mac
- iPhone
- iPad
- Apple TV
- 29 Ushare uPnP media server alternatives
uShare is a UPnP (TM) A/V & DLNA Media Server. It implements the server component that provides UPnP media devices with information on available multimedia files. uShare uses the built-in http server of libupnp to stream the files to clients.
Ushare uPnP media server Features
- 13 iStream alternatives
Stream allows you to stream your media onto your big TV screen with no configuration at all! Just throw in some files and iStream will do the rest! iStream supports a vast number of media formats and playback devices: From modern SmartTVs via set-top boxes or network-enabled...
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
iStream Features
- 14 IIS Media Services alternatives
IIS Media Services, an integrated HTTP-based media delivery platform, delivers true HD (720p+) live and on-demand streaming, DVR functionality, and real-time analytics support to computers, TVs, and mobile devices.
License model
- Free • Proprietary
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Country of Origin
United States
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- Windows
IIS Media Services Features