Emby AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Audio Players

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   Plex

    898 likes

   A multimedia tool for streaming movies, TV shows, sports, and music while facilitating personal media organization with versatile libraries and metadata retrieval.

   110 Plex alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • Media Server
   • Media Player

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Online
   • Android
   • iPhone
   • Chrome OS
   • Android Tablet
   • HUAWEI AppGallery
   • Windows Phone
   • iPad
   • Self-Hosted
   • Snapcraft
   • Android Auto
   • Apple TV
   • Flathub
   • Daydream
   • Kindle Fire
   • Android TV
   • Amazon Alexa
   • Kodi
   • Google TV
   • Playstation
   • Docker
   • Fire TV
   • Roku
   • Chromecast
   • Xbox
   • Docker Hub

   • United States

   

   

   

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   Negative comment by Guest · Jul 11, 2018

   Emby is (used to be) "free"; any software that (1) has to use the term "freemium" and (2) is proprietary and (3) requires an online login is not equivalent enough.

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   • Plex is Freemium and ProprietaryEmby is also Freemium and Proprietary
   • Plex is a Media Server Emby is a Media Center
   • Plex is LightweightEmby is not according to our users
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   WiiFin

    8 likes

   Experimental client for Nintendo Wii providing browsing and playback of TV, movies, and music libraries with cover art, user profiles, advanced overlays, pointer controls, secure authentication, server transcoding, and resume support.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Media Player
   • Audio Player

   Origin

   • France
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Dolphin Emulator
   • Nintendo Wii / Wii U

   • France
   • EU

   

   

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   Meelo

    17 likes

   A versatile self-hosted music server offering music video access, B-Side and rare track identification, extensive format support via transcoding, and detailed metadata parsing. Additional features include automatic 'featuring' detection, song version browsing, and genre retrieval through platforms like MusicBrainz.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Audio Player
   • Media Server

   Platforms

   • Android
   • Self-Hosted
   • Docker
   • iPhone
   • iPad

   

   

   

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   Music Assistant

    15 likes

   Turn your Home Assistant instance into a jukebox, hassle free streaming of your favorite media to Home Assistant media players.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (Apache-2.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Music Streaming
   • Audio Player

   Origin

   • Switzerland

   Platforms

   • Self-Hosted
   • Docker
   • Windows
   • Mac
   • Linux

   • Switzerland

   

   

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   JRiver Media Center

    42 likes

   JRiver Media Center is a multimedia application that allows the user to play and organize various types of media on a computer.

   67 JRiver Media Center alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • Audio Player
   • Media Player

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   • United States

   

   

   

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   Ampache

    62 likes

   Ampache is a web based audio streaming application and file manager allowing you to access your music from anywhere, using almost any internet enabled device.

   119 Ampache alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (AGPL-3.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Music Streaming
   • Audio Player

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Self-Hosted
   • PHP
   • Cloudron

   • Germany
   • EU

   

   

   

   +5

   

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   MediaPortal

    53 likes

   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 typeApplication types

   • Media Center
   • Media Player

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Windows

   • Germany
   • EU

   

   

   

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    Madsonic

     21 likes

    Madsonic is a web-based media streamer and jukebox fork of Subsonic Based on Java technology, Madsonic runs on most platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, OSX, and Unix variants.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application typeApplication types

    • Music Streaming
    • Audio Player

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Kindle Fire

    

    

    

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    Musly

     2 likes

    Musly is a free Navidrome client and Subsonic music player with a beautiful Apple Music-inspired interface. Stream your self-hosted music library from Navidrome, Subsonic, or Airsonic servers on Android, iOS, Windows, Linux, and macOS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application typeApplication types

    • Audio Player
    • Music Streaming

    Origin

    • Italy
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Mac
    • iPhone

    • Italy
    • EU

    

    

    

    +9

    

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    Finamp

     8 likes

    Finamp is a Jellyfin music player. Its main feature is the ability to download songs for offline listening.

    35 Finamp alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MPL-2.0)

    Application type

    • Audio Player

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid

    

    

    

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    VidHub - Video Library & Player

     2 likes

    Video Player to play video files from all kinds of source, local file, smb file on nas, webdav service, cloud driver etc.

    57 VidHub - Video Library & Player alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application typeApplication types

    • Media Player
    • Audio Player

    Origin

    • China

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Apple TV
    • Android TV

    • China

    

    

    

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    Findroid

     5 likes

    Findroid is a third-party Android application for Jellyfin that provides a native user interface to browse and play movies and series.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application typeApplication types

    • Media Player
    • Audio Player

    Origin

    • Belgium
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • OpenAPK

    • Belgium
    • EU

    

    

    

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