JRiver Media Center is a multimedia application that allows the user to play and organize various types of media on a computer.




Kodi is described as 'Open-source media player supporting Linux to iOS, highly customizable with plug-ins, supports 4K and diverse formats, privacy-centric and ad-free' and is a leading Media Player in the video & movies category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Kodi for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone apps. The best Kodi alternative is Stremio, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Kodi are Jellyfin, Emby, Infuse and Meelo.
JRiver Media Center is a multimedia application that allows the user to play and organize various types of media on a computer.




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, games console) on your home network.



PS3 Media Server is a DLNA compliant Upnp Media Server for the PS3, written in Java, with the purpose of streaming or transcoding.



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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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 an operating system using KODI, it's not an alternative.
Only works on a streaming device like Raspberry Pi or Apple TV. Won't run on Win 10.
It is an OS, not an Apple TV app





Swiftfin is a fast, native video player that works with Jellyfin, the open source free software media server.




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.

Oblecto is a media server, similar to Plex, Emby, Netflix and others. It runs in the background on a home server to index your media such as movies and TV shows to make them searchable and streamable through a REST based interface.




It's allows multiple users to watch simultaneously. It also tracks movie progress in real time, which is missing in kodi

Movies & TV (Canada and the US) or Films & TV (UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand), previously Xbox Video and Zune Video, is the default video player of Windows 10 and Xbox One.


Kodi is primarily a front-end ("10-foot interface"), PS3 Media Server is primarily a back-end.