NextPVR. NextPVR is a popular free personal video recorder application for Microsoft Windows, making it easy to watch or record Live TV.
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Plex Alternatives for Mac
There are many alternatives to Plex for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is Jellyfin, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Plex and many of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Plex are Emby, Universal Media Server, Infuse and Serviio.
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Plex alternatives are mainly Media Servers, but if you're looking for Media Centers or Media Players you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Android, Open Source, Apple TV, Linux, Mac, Chrome OS and Self-Hosted. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Plex.
Alternatives list
19 nextPVR alternatives
14 Airflow alternativesAn all-in-one solution for sending about any video from your Windows or Mac computer to your Chromecast or Apple TV.
Comments about Airflow as an Alternative to Plex
- Airflow is Paid and Proprietary
34 PS3 Media Server alternativesPS3 Media Server is a DLNA compliant Upnp Media Server for the PS3, written in Java, with the purpose of streaming or transcoding.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
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Alerts
- Discontinued
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
30 MediaTomb alternativesMediaTomb is an open source (GPL) UPnP MediaServer with a nice web user interface, it allows you to stream your digital media through your home network and listen to/watch it on a variety of UPnP compatible devices.
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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Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Apple TV
- Fire TV
- Chromecast
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mStream is a suite of open source software that lets you sync and stream your music between all your devices.
Squire is a media center to stream movies and shows from torrents or local files. It’s an always-running menu bar app. The brain where all the local video files or installed streams are processed and sent to the clients.
Comments about Squire as an Alternative to Plex
Squire is a client that streams from other media servers.
- Squire is Paid and Proprietary
50 VidHub - Video Library & Player alternativesVideo Player to play video files from all kinds of source, local file, smb file on nas, webdav service, cloud driver etc.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Apple TV
- Android TV
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Use your Mac as optimal media center!
nessMediaCenter is the suitable replacement for Apple's Front Row: easy to use with a clean look and feel, direct access to movie / picture folder and volumes, support of Aperture, iPhoto and iTunes media including DRM, and comfortable.
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TVMOBiLi is an UPnP/DLNA media server for Mac, Windows and Linux.
It streams your Videos, Music, and Photos from your computer to any Smart TV or internet enabled device in your home.
Watch, record, organize, and curate your favorite shows and movies with Channels. From your living room, second home, hotel room, or even on your commute, Channels lets you watch your personal media your way.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Android
- iPhone
- iPad
- Apple TV
- Fire TV
- Android TV
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Docker
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Nothing to do with Plex. This software just streams to your media devices. (Chromecast or Apple TV)