Alternatives to VLC Streamer for all platforms 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...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Android Tablet BSD iPad Raspberry Pi Fire TV
Media Streaming Support AirPlay Automatic subtitles download Built-in Media converter ... Built-in subtitle search DNLA Server Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Jailbreak required Music Library TV Shows meta data support Video library Add a feature

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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 Kindle Fire Roku Daydream
Media sharing Media Streaming Play local content Dedicated Server Hosting ... DNLA Server Local server Media Transcoding Media Streaming Offline sync of media files Remote File Access Remote Media Access Stream audio Add a feature

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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

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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 OS X Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Android Tablet
Chromecast support Cloud sync DNLA Server Support Google Cast 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 tvOS Raspberry Pi
Based on Debian Add a feature

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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 Iptv Add a feature

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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

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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 OS X Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Self-Hosted PHP
Support for MPD Support for WebDAV 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
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 or iPad. No need to convert files! Infuse is optimized for iOS...

Freemium $ $ $ iPhone iPad Apple TV
IOS support TV Shows meta data 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 OS X Windows Linux
Create PlayList Media Streaming Raw Photo processing Stream audio ... Support for subtitles Add a feature

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younity

younity is your free personal media server: Access, stream, and share all your videos, music, photos, and files from any device.

Freemium Mac Windows Android iPhone Android Tablet ... iPad
Media Streaming Portable Remote desktop Add a feature

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- Discontinued downloaded and installed it and then found that the company's only live webpage is the download page; all other links dead. no info. no support. nothing at all.
Madsonic

Madsonic is a web-based media streamer and jukebox fork of Subsonic Based on Java technology, Madsonic runs on most platforms...

Freemium Mac OS X 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

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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...

Free Open Source Mac Linux
DNLA Server Media Streaming Add a feature

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- Discontinued Shut down per notice on homepage, but has been forked via http://alternativeto.net/software/gerbera/ See http://mediatomb.cc/
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 OS X Windows Chromecast
Chromecast support Support AirPlay Does one thing and does it well Hi-fi sound ... Stream video to Apple TV Add a feature

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