MediaPortal Alternatives for Linux
MediaPortal is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is Kodi, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to MediaPortal and 11 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to MediaPortal are Emby, Oblecto, Tvheadend and MythTV.
MediaPortal alternatives are mainly Media Centers but may also be Media Players or Media Servers. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of MediaPortal.
- Free • Open Source
- Media Center
- Media Player
- Media Server
71 alternatives to Kodi- Mac
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- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- BSD
- iPad
- Raspberry Pi
- Fire TV
Kodi, formerly XBMC, is a free and open source media player and entertainment center for Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, XBox, and iOS. Kodi is designed to be the perfect companion to a home theater PC - it supports an almost endless range of remote controls, and combined with its...
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Kodi vs MediaPortal opinions
does not work even as half as good like mediaportal and needs additional software to watch TV which causes lots of trouble
0MickaelNo dvb-t dvb-s dvb-c tuner support
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- Freemium • Proprietary
- Media Center
- Media Server
- Media Manager
43 alternatives to Emby- Mac
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- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- BSD
- Windows Phone
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- Apple TV
- Kindle Fire
- Cloudron
- Playstation
- Xbox
Emby, formerly Media Browser, is a media aggregator plugin for Media Center that takes your recorded, digital, or ripped media and presents it in a simple, easy to use interface. Emby prides itself on delivering a fast, intuitive, media rich experience for the whole family.
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- Free • Open Source
- Media Center
- Media Player
- Media Server
57 alternatives to Oblecto- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- BSD
- Self-Hosted
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.
Tvheadend is a TV streaming server for Linux supporting DVB-S, DVB-S2, DVB-C, DVB-T, ATSC, IPTV, and Analog video (V4L) as input sources.
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...
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MythTV vs MediaPortal opinions
really bad EPG handling. TV stops if you want to look at EPG
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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.
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DiscontinuedThe project seems to be no longer maintained. Last stable version, 1.9.2 Beta, released in March 2011, can be still downloaded from GitHub.
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.
This app doesn't have any features at the moment.DiscontinuedThe project seems to be no longer developed. Last version, v0.4.0, released in February 2010, can be still downloaded from the official website.
Kroozbox is a database to HTML gateway written in Java that can run under Windows or Linux.
This app doesn't have any features at the moment.
SageTV is a PVR (personal video recorder) application for your PC.
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Media Hoarder - THE media frontend for data hoarders and movie lovers.
This app doesn't have any features at the moment.