MythTV AlternativesMedia Centers and other similar apps like MythTV
MythTV is described as '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' and is a popular Media Center in the video & movies category. There are more than 25 alternatives to MythTV for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Android, Mac and iPhone apps. The best MythTV alternative is Plex, which is free. Other great apps like MythTV are Emby, OSMC, MediaPortal and Infuse.
- Media Center
- Free • Open Source
- 88 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
Application types
Country of Origin
United States
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Chrome OS
- Android Tablet
- Windows Phone
- iPad
- Apple TV
- Daydream
- Kindle Fire
- Android TV
- Kodi
- Roku
- Flathub
- Snapcraft
- Android Auto
- Xbox
- Playstation
- Fire TV
- Chromecast
- Google TV
- Amazon Alexa
Comments about Plex as an Alternative to MythTV
- 49 Emby alternatives
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.
License model
- Freemium • Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- BSD
- Windows Phone
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- Apple TV
- Kindle Fire
- Cloudron
- Playstation
- Xbox
Top Emby Features
- 44 OSMC alternatives
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 and the Internet. OSMC is the leading media center in terms of feature set and community and is based...
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Apple TV
- Raspberry Pi
- 28 MediaPortal alternatives
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.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Country of Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
- Windows
MediaPortal Features
- 62 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
Application types
Country of Origin
United States
Platforms
- Mac
- iPhone
- iPad
- Apple TV
- visionOS
Infuse Features
- 105 Splash alternatives
The only player you will ever need. Stunning video quality thanks to advanced engine. Video conversion optimized for social media. Innovative and fully customizable user interface. In one word - Splash.
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application types
Country of Origin
Poland
EU
Platforms
- Windows
DiscontinuedThe latest version (2.7.0) was released in June 2019.
Splash Features
- 8 Tvheadend alternatives
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.
Tvheadend Features
- 10 LibreELEC alternatives
LibreELEC is ‘Just enough OS’ for Kodi, a Linux distribution built to run Kodi on current and popular mediacentre hardware. We are an evolution of the popular OpenELEC project. LibreELEC software will be familiar to OpenELEC users.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Country of Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
- Linux
- 9 Channels - Live TV and DVR alternatives
Watch and record your favorite programs on every TV and device, from the living room, hotel room, or even on your commute. Channels delivers a unified experience across all your TVs, devices, and streaming platforms.
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application types
Country of Origin
United States
Platforms
- Android
- iPhone
- iPad
- Apple TV
- Fire TV
Channels - Live TV and DVR Features
JRiver Media Center is a multimedia application that allows the user to play and organize various types of media on a computer.
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application types
Country of Origin
United States
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- 24 DVBViewer alternatives
DVBViewer allows you to experience Digital TV on your PC. With a proper DVB card you can enter the world of digital entertainment and experience high quality, incredibly sharp TV pictures and near CD quality radio!
DVBViewer Features
License model
- Freemium • Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Apple TV
- Fire TV
- Chromecast
Molotov.tv Features
Plex needs additional software to convert iptv to dvr format, it also has a limit to the amount of channels you can load, has no channel grouping and displays thumbnails for ALL channels, in you have XXX channels people are gonna see