Front Row

Front Row is media center software for Apple's Macintosh computers and Apple TV with a 10-foot user interface design for the living-room TV for viewing and downloading video, photos, podcasts, and music from a computer, optical disk...

Free
Mac OS X

front row is media center software for apple's macintosh computers and apple tv with a 10foot user interface design for the livingroom tv for viewing and downloading video, photos, podcasts, and music from a computer, optical disk, networks using itunes or iphoto, and the internet using an apple remote. the software is both the interface for apple tv and a standalone application on all shipping macs. it is similar to windows media center and itheater. the first version was released october 2005 with two major revisions since.

Links to official Front Row sites

Features

The Best 13 Front Row Alternatives

1163 Like

Kodi

Kodi, formerly XBMC, is a free and open source media player and entertainment center for Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, XBox, and iOS.

Free Open Source Windows Linux Android iPhone Android Tablet BSD iPad Mac

Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Free to play Jailbreak required Built in Media converter Video library Media Streaming Support AirPlay Automatic subtitles download Built in subtitle search DNLA Server Music Library
684 Like

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.

Freemium

Dedicated Server Hosting Media Streaming DNLA Server Stream audio Media sharing Offline sync of media files Play local content Remote File Access Remote Media Access
237 Like

Miro

Miro (formerly Democracy Player) is a free and open source internet TV application, media library, and video player.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD

Android Sync Fullscreen support Built in Media converter Music Library Built in Torrent client Music store
112 Like

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 interface.

Open Source Freemium Mac OS X Windows Linux Android iPhone BSD iPad Windows Phone

Chromecast support Media Streaming Remote Media Access Remote playback
74 Like

MythTV

MythTV is a free, open source media center and digital video recorder (DVR) distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux
50 Like

OpenELEC

open embedded linux entertainment center (openelec) is a small linux based just enough operating system (jeos) built from scratch as a platform to turn your computer into a kodi (previously xbmc) media center.

Free Open Source Linux Raspberry Pi

Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Support for Iptv Tv shows
21 Like

Moovida

Moovida is transforming the way consumers experience digital entertainment media.

Free Open Source Windows
19 Like

xPud

A Browser OS with an App Store - The desktop has never been this easy -- Get your favorite web browser with a simple web-based interface on top.

Free Open Source Windows Linux

Portable Lightweight
18 Like

nessMediaCenter

Use your Mac as optimal media center! nessMediaCenter is the suitable replacement for Apple's Front Row: easy to use with a clean look and feel, direct access to movie / picture folder and volumes, support of Aperture, iPhoto and...

Commercial Mac OS X Apple TV

iTunes integration Live Broadcasting
6 Like

Enna

Enna is a Media Center application.

Free Open Source Linux
2 Like

Kroozbox

Kroozbox is a database to HTML gateway written in Java that can run under Windows or Linux. The original goal was to have access to PVD (Personal Video Database)...

Free Windows Linux
0 Like

Red Bull TV

Red Bull TV brings a world action, adventure, glamour and excitement to the palm of your hand. TV channel : The Red Bull TV app is available to watch when you want...

Free iPhone Web Windows Phone

Search app for alternative

Alternativein is a new approach to finding good application.
Just type what software you want to change and browse great alternatives, based on our great community recommendations.

Alternativein is powered by a community that helps you make informed decisions. Tell us what you’re passionate about to get your personalized feed and help others.

Alternativein is a product recommendation community that helps connect people with the best products for them. You shouldn’t have to waste time and money to find solutions to your problems. By collecting the knowledge of enthusiasts across the world through recommendations, we can quickly and confidently show people the truth about a product.

We dream of a world where products succeed or fail on their own merits, and allowing people the space to share their thoughts is the first step in achieving that.

Front Row

Links to official Front Row sites

Features

Categories

Tags

The Best 13 Front Row Alternatives

Kodi

Plex

Miro

Emby

MythTV

OpenELEC

Moovida

xPud

nessMediaCenter

Enna

Kroozbox

Red Bull TV

Search app for alternative

Menu