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 $ $ $ Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... BSD Windows Phone iPad Self-Hosted Apple TV Kindle Fire Playstation Roku Xbox Media Streaming Chromecast support Remote Media Access Remote playback Add a feature 117 Like Very good alternative to Plex media server and free multi-user (for Plex one needs a Plex account first and a Plex pass). Guest • Oct 2017 • 5 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Exactly like Plex, but without the central server for connections. Alos, takes longer for updating the files information for the first time. Has lot more configurations available. Guest • Jul 2017 • 4 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree don't need to authenticate with an outsource server, the problem emerges when a network like Iran filter the server like Iran and PLEX Guest • Feb 2017 • 0 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree
Universal Media Server Universal Media Server is a DLNA-compliant UPnP Media Server. It was originally based on PS3 Media Server by shagrath. Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux DNLA Server Support for DLNA Support for Iptv Add a feature 101 Like
Stremio Media center allowing to watch movies, series, YouTube channels instantly. You can watch in HD, with subtitles, and easily cast any file to TV through DLNA, Chromecast... Free Personal Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Android Tablet Casting to TV Chromecast support Cloud sync DNLA Server Add a feature 110 Like Does not play local content, only paid online content. Guest • Oct 2017 • 6 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree
Subsonic Subsonic is a free, web-based media streamer, providing ubiquitous access to your music and video. Use it to share your music with friends, or to listen to your own... Freemium Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Windows Phone Self-Hosted Media Streaming Music Library Play local content Streaming your own media Add a feature 82 Like
Serviio Serviio is a free media server. It allows you to stream your media files (music, video or images) to any DLNA-certified renderer device (e.g. a TV set, Bluray player... Freemium Mac Windows Linux Create PlayList Support for DLNA Media Streaming Raw Photo processing ... Stream audio Support for subtitles Add a feature 43 Like
Ampache Ampache is a web based audio streaming application and file manager allowing you to access your music from anywhere, using almost any internet enabled device. Common... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Self-Hosted PHP Support for MPD Support for WebDAV Add a feature 39 Like Ampache is an audio server, while plex supports both audio and video (and it is heavily focused on video streaming) Guest • Feb 2018 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree
Madsonic Madsonic is a web-based media streamer and jukebox fork of Subsonic Based on Java technology, Madsonic runs on most platforms... Freemium Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Android Tablet BSD iPad Self-Hosted Kindle Fire Dedicated Server Hosting Support for Multiple Users Multiple Account support Music Library ... Stream audio Add a feature 18 Like
HomeNet Local Media Server HomeNet Local Area Network Media Server - lightweight alternative to Plex - ( HTML5 + Chromecast support ) A relatively simple, minimalist, lightweight media center... Free Mac Windows Linux Chrome OS Self-Hosted ... PHP No features added Add a feature 14 Like
LeonFlix A multi-platform desktop app for watching movies and TV shows.Leonflix is a search tool for movies and TV shows. It scrapes video/file hosting websites and has the... Free Mac Windows Linux Tv shows Add a feature 9 Like
MediaTomb MediaTomb 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... Free Open Source Mac Linux DNLA Server Media Streaming Add a feature 27 Like Discontinued Shut down per notice on homepage, but has been forked via http://alternativeto.net/software/gerbera/ See http://mediatomb.cc/
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 Add a feature 33 Like
PS3 Media Server PS3 Media Server is a DLNA compliant Upnp Media Server for the PS3, written in Java, with the purpose of streaming or transcoding. Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux DNLA Server Support for DLNA Add a feature 68 Like Discontinued The project seems to be no longer developed, but last version, 1.90.1, released in August 2013, can be still downloaded from the official website.
Videostream The easiest way to stream video from your computer to Chromecast or AndroidTV. Control it all from Android or iOS. Freemium Mac Windows Chrome OS Chrome Chromecast Chromecast support Lightweight Add a feature 10 Like
Squire 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... Commercial Mac iPhone iPad Apple TV No features added Add a feature 17 Like
Airflow An all-in-one solution for sending about any video from your Windows or Mac computer to your Chromecast or Apple TV. Freemium $ $ $ Mac Windows Chromecast Chromecast support Support AirPlay Does one thing and does it well Hi-fi sound ... Stream video to Apple TV Add a feature 26 Like Nothing to do with Plex. This software just streams to your media devices. (Chromecast or Apple TV) fPortal • Yesterday Disagree Agree
