Alternatives to Playon for all platforms with any license

Kodi

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...
- PlayOn records streaming content, and the in-home streaming features are secondary. Kodi doesn't have a feature to record streaming content. Guest • Jan 2019 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees
- It is free and it works Playon was not free and it never really worked for me. Waist of money. Guest • Jun 2017 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Android Tablet BSD iPad Raspberry Pi Fire TV
Media Streaming Support AirPlay TV Shows meta data support Video library ... Automatic subtitles download Built-in Media converter Built-in subtitle search DNLA Server Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Support for IPTV Jailbreak required Music Library Music Player Support for subtitles TV Shows Add a feature

1243 Like
Plex

Plex bridges the gap between your computer and your home theater, doing so with a visually appealing user interface that provides instant access to your media. Plex can...

Freemium $ $ $ Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Chrome OS Windows S Android Tablet Windows Phone iPad Apple TV Daydream Kindle Fire Android TV Kodi Roku
Play local content Media sharing Media Transcoding Media Streaming ... Dedicated Server Hosting DNLA Server Local server Media Streaming Offline sync of media files Remote File Access Remote Media Access Stream audio Add a feature

732 Like
Emby

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...

Freemium $ $ $ Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... BSD Windows Phone iPad Self-Hosted Apple TV Kindle Fire Playstation Roku Xbox
Media Streaming Media Transcoding Asset Pipeline Apps with Chromecast Support ... Local server Optimized for Mobile Remote Media Access Remote playback Add a feature

128 Like
OSMC

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...

Free Open Source Apple TV Raspberry Pi
Auto-identifies vids Based on Debian Designed for TVs Momentjs integration ... Music Player Stream video to Apple TV Add a feature

75 Like
Splash

The smoothest Video Player you have ever seen. (Now it's 100% free without ads).

Free Windows
Support for CUDA acceleration Motion smoothing Support for Intel Quick Sync acceleration Add a feature

67 Like
Infuse

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...

Freemium $ $ $ iPhone iPad Apple TV
Support for DLNA Metadata Search TV Shows meta data support Add a feature

33 Like
MediaPortal

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...

Free Open Source Windows
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Internet Radio Music Player Skinnable Add a feature

46 Like
JRiver Media Center

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

Commercial Mac Windows
Configurable Music Library Music Player Add a feature

34 Like
Semper Media Center

Semper Media Center (SPMC in short) is a Android-minded fork of Kodi, by the former Kodi android maintainer, Koying.

Free Open Source Android
No features added Add a feature

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TVersity

TVersity Media Server is a software package that allows a personal computer to stream content to UPnP devices, such as the Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii, regardless of the...

Commercial Windows
No features added Add a feature

36 Like
Kantaris

Kantaris is an all new media player based on code from Videolan client (VLC Media Player) and Bass audio library.
- Discontinued Last Update: 2013-04-25. See https://sourceforge.net/projects/kantaris/
- Warning Sourceforge has detected malware in Kantaris builds.
Free Open Source Windows
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Support for subtitles Add a feature

15 Like
Moovida

Moovida is transforming the way consumers experience digital entertainment media. In a world where the promise of on-demand media has yet to be realized, Moovida...
- Discontinued The official website is no longer available. Last version, 2.1.1, released in October 2011, can be still downloaded from Wayback Machine.
Free Open Source Windows
No features added Add a feature

22 Like
Android TV

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.

Free Open Source Android
No features added Add a feature

4 Like
VidOn Server

Smartly manage all your multimedia resources and automatically transcode videos for your Phone, Pad, etc.

Free Windows
TV Shows Add a feature

6 Like
AllCast

AllCast lets you send photos, music, and videos on your Android to your TV! AllCast lets you cast to: * Chromecast * Subtitles supported * Amazon Fire TV *...

Free Android Android Tablet
Apps with Chromecast Support Media Streaming Support for subtitles Add a feature

4 Like