Alternatives to Universal Media Server for all platforms with any license

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...

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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

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Popcorn Time

Popcorn Time is a multi-platform, free and open source media player. The program is intended as a free alternative to subscription-based video streaming services such as...
- Popcorn Time isn't a server you can install on your own network. It is a media player dependent on other servers. Guest • Nov 2018 • 11 agrees and 0 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android
Media Streaming Ad-free Support AirPlay Automatic subtitles download ... Built-in viewer Apps with Chromecast Support Peer-To-Peer Support for subtitles Video library VOD Add a feature

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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 App Store Stream video to Apple TV Add a feature

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MiniDLNA

MiniDLNA (aka ReadyDLNA) is server software with the aim of being fully compliant with DLNA/UPnP-AV clients. It is developed by a NETGEAR employee …

Free Open Source Linux
Support for DLNA DNLA Server Lightweight Add a feature

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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 Vast format support Add a feature

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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 Xbox Add a feature

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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.
- 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.
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
DNLA Server Support for DLNA Add a feature

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ZeroNet: Play

'Play' has just appeared on ZeroNet, a server-less P2P network that utilizes Bitcoin cryptography and BitTorrent technology.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web ZeroNet
Local Search Peer-To-Peer Add a feature

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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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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...
- Discontinued Shut down per notice on homepage, but has been forked via http://alternativeto.net/software/gerbera/ See http://mediatomb.cc/
Free Open Source Mac Linux
DNLA Server Media Streaming Add a feature

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Gerbera

Gerbera is a free UPnP media server forked from the now discontinued MediaTomb project.

Free Open Source Linux
Media Streaming Add a feature

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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
Stream video to Apple TV 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
Xbox Add a feature

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MovieHub

Watch free Movies and TV Shows online at MovieHub. Watch full length feature films and tv series streaming online without registration.

Free Web
TV Shows Add a feature

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iStream

Stream allows you to stream your media onto your big TV screen with no configuration at all! Just throw in some files and iStream will do the rest! iStream supports a...

Free Open Source Mac
Support AirPlay Support for DLNA Add a feature

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