Usher Alternatives

Usher is described as 'Wouldn't it be great if there were a tool that could manage your videos and movies as well as Apple's iTunes and iPhoto manage your music and your photographs? Now there is. Meet Usher, your personal movie assistant' and is an app in the video & movies category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Usher for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Android and iPhone apps. The best Usher alternative is Emby, which is free. Other great apps like Usher are OSMC, Video Hub App, Swinsian and Playon.

Usher alternatives are mainly Media Centers but may also be Audio Players or Media Servers. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Usher.

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Emby
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Freemium • Proprietary
Media Center
Media Server
Media Manager
Mac
Windows
Linux
Android
iPhone
Android Tablet
BSD
Windows Phone
iPad
Self-Hosted
Apple TV
Kindle Fire
Cloudron
Playstation
Xbox
45 Emby alternatives
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 interface. Emby prides itself on delivering a fast, intuitive, media rich experience for the whole family.
- - Emby is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & iPhone alternative to Usher.
- - Emby is the most popular free alternative to Usher.
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Emby Features
1. Chromecast SupportCast your content to a Chromecast connected device with Emby.
2. Ad-freeEmby doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
3. Kids ModeEmby allows you to create and manage your kids' profiles in order to protect them.
Media Streaming
Browser Gallery
Private gallery
Optimized for Mobile
Local server
Remote Media Access
Media Transcoding
Asset Pipeline
Remote playback
OSMC
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Free • Open Source
Media Center
Audio Player
Apple TV
Raspberry Pi
43 OSMC alternatives
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 storage and the Internet. OSMC is the leading media center in terms of feature set and community and is based...
- - OSMC is the most popular Open Source alternative to Usher.
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OSMC Features
1. LightweightOSMC consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Designed for TVs
Momentjs integration
Auto-identifies vids
Based on Debian
Stream video to Apple TV
Video Hub App
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Freemium • Open Source
Media Manager
File Search Utility
File Organizer
Mac
Windows
Linux
33 Video Hub App alternatives
Browse, search, preview, and organize your videos.
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Video Hub App Features
Indexed search
Catalog
Stream video to Apple TV
Swinsian
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Paid • Proprietary
Audio Player
Mac
160 Swinsian alternatives
Swinsian is a sophisticated music player for macOS with wide format support, folder watching, advanced tag editing and designed to be responsive even with the largest libraries.
- - Swinsian is the most popular commercial alternative to Usher.
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Swinsian Features
1. Lossless AudioSwinsian has lossless audio support, basically studio quality sound.
2. LightweightSwinsian consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
3. File TaggingSwinsian can organize and highlight your files with tags and labels.
Vast format support
Smartlists
Artwork
Find and Delete Duplicate Songs
Integrated Last.fm scrobbler
Built-In ID3 Tag Editor
Sync iTunes Libraries
ITunes-like user interface
Playon
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Paid • Proprietary
Media Center
Media Server
Windows
Android
iPhone
Blackberry
Android Tablet
iPad
Blackberry 10
31 Playon alternatives
PlayOn is both browser and media server for your Windows PC which lets you magically stream your favorite shows, movies, even your personal media from your PC to your TV, smartphone or tablet. To display videos on your TV, PlayOn relies on a friend such as a game console like...
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Playon Features
Record videos
Media Streaming
Support for DLNA
Add a screenshot
MythTV
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Free • Open Source
Media Center
Media Server
Mac
Windows
Linux
42 MythTV alternatives
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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MythTV Features
TV Tuner
DVR
TV Streaming
iVideo 7
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Free • Proprietary
Mac
1 iVideo 7 alternatives
Find, play, and share your videos.
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iVideo 7 Features
Smart playlists
Portitle
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Free • Proprietary
Media Center
Windows
Chrome OS
12 Portitle alternatives
Portitle Web App is a smart launcher to dozens of movie and TV related websites. Portitle will intelligently identify any video file stored at your HTPC, and then will bring you a full wealth of information, reviews or subtitles to that movie or episode.
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MusiMoods Playlist Creator
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Paid • Proprietary
Audio Player
Media Player
Mac
192 MusiMoods Playlist Creator alternatives
MusiMoods is a gorgeous and sophisticated, yet easy-to-use, mood and activity based playlist creator and music player for Macintosh. Simply add your music and select a mood.
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MusiMoods Playlist Creator Features
Create Playlist
InerziaStudios
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Paid • Proprietary
Mac
0 InerziaStudios alternatives
InerziaStudios is the ultimate solution to manage your movies. You can organize, filter and watch them in a cutting-edge interface.
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InerziaStudios Features
Integrated Search
Drag and Drop