MediaPortal Alternatives
MediaPortal is described as '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' and is an app in the Video & Movies category. There are more than 25 alternatives to MediaPortal for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone. The best alternative is Kodi, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like MediaPortal are Emby (Freemium), Splash (Free), Google Home (Free) and OSMC (Free, Open Source).
- Kodi, formerly XBMC, is a free and open source media player and entertainment center for Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, XBox, and iOS. View 65 alternatives to Kodi
- Free • Open Source
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- Android Tablet
- BSD
- iPad
- Raspberry Pi
- Fire TV
Kodi vs MediaPortal
Mickael No dvb-t dvb-s dvb-c tuner supportdoes not work even as half as good like mediaportal and needs additional software to watch TV which causes lots of trouble - Media Center plugin that presents your media with a simple, intuitive, and fast interface. View 32 alternatives to Emby
- Freemium • Proprietary
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- BSD
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- Self-Hosted
- Apple TV
- Kindle Fire
- Roku
- Cloudron
- Playstation
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- The smoothest Video Player you have ever seen. (Now it's 100% free without ads). View 102 alternatives to Splash
- Set up, manage, and control your Chromecast, Chromecast Audio and Google Home devices. View 43 alternatives to Google HomeNo screenshots yet
- Free • Proprietary
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- Android
- iPhone
- Chrome OS
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Google Chrome
- OSMC (Open Source Media Center) is a free and open source media player based on Linux and founded in 2014 that lets you play back media from your local network, attached storage... View 36 alternatives to OSMC
- Free • Open Source
- Apple TV
- Raspberry Pi
- JRiver Media Center is a multimedia application that allows the user to play and organize various types of media on a computer. View 48 alternatives to JRiver Media Center
- 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 • Proprietary
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- 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 132 alternatives to Kantaris
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Last Update: 2013-04-25. See https://sourceforge.net/projects/kantaris/
Warning
Sourceforge has detected malware in Kantaris builds.
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Android TV is a Operating System made for the TV which has a custom launcher and custom apps to make it easier to navigate on the television. View 47 alternatives to Android TV
- Free • Open Source
- Android
- NextPVR. NextPVR is a popular free personal video recorder application for Microsoft Windows, making it easy to watch or record Live TV. View 16 alternatives to nextPVR