Alternatives to Playon for Mac 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 Media library Music Library Music Player Support for subtitles TV Shows Add a feature

1255 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

736 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

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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

35 Like
MythTV

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...
- MythTV doesn't record streaming media, which is PlayOn's prime function. Guest • Mar 2017
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
DVR Add a feature

76 Like
Freevo

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...
- Discontinued The project seems to be no longer maintained. Last stable version, 1.9.2 Beta, released in March 2011, can be still downloaded from GitHub.
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
DVR Add a feature

7 Like
Oblecto

Oblecto is a frontend agnostic media butler bringing high performance high quality media streaming to the home.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web BSD ... Self-Hosted
Built-in Media converter Local server Local Storage Media Streaming ... TV Shows Add a feature

2 Like
My Movies

With My Movies you can experience your entire movie collection, and browse through and play your movies, browse cast, play trailers and much more by using a remote...

Freemium Mac Windows Android iPhone Android Tablet ... iPad
No features added Add a feature

3 Like
ArkMS

- Meet Arkuda’ products family on Mac! 2.5+ millions users worldwide. - The only application to stream all your media from your Mac to HD TV, iPhone, iPad, Mac, PC...

Commercial $ $ $ Mac
Media library Add a feature

4 Like
VLC Streamer

Sit anywhere in your house and watch movies or TV shows on your iPhone, iPod or iPad.

Freemium $ $ $ Mac Windows Android iPhone Chrome OS ... iPad
Easy to use Add a feature

1 Like