Windows Media Center

Windows Media Center (WMC) turns your computer into a home entertainment hub, compiling media from your computer and the internet (plugins required) into one interface. You can even use WMC to record TV (TV tuner required).

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Windows Media Center (WMC) turns your computer into a home entertainment hub, compiling media from your computer and the internet (plugins required) into one interface. You can even use WMC to record TV (TV tuner required). Unleash the full power of WMC by connecting your computer to a HDTV and using a compatible remote to control all the action from your couch.

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The Best 29 Windows Media Center Alternatives

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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
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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.

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
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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 interface.

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

Chromecast support Media Streaming Remote Media Access Remote playback
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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 Windows Linux Mac

Support for Iptv DNLA Server
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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
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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 storage and the Internet.

Free Open Source Raspberry Pi tvOS
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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 use universal media server

Free Open Source Windows Linux Mac
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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
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MediaPortal

MediaPortal transforms your PC into a complete media solution. It runs on basic hardware, connects directly to your TV and displays your TV Series, Movies, Photos and Music in a much more dynamic way.

Free Open Source Windows

Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Skinnable
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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, games console) on your home network. Basic features * DLNA 1.

Freemium Mac OS X Windows Linux

Raw Photo processing Media Streaming Stream audio Support for subtitles
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JRiver Media Center

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

Commercial Mac OS X Windows
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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.

Freemium iPhone iPad
21 Like

Moovida

Moovida is transforming the way consumers experience digital entertainment media.

Free Open Source Windows
17 Like

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 installed streams are processed and sent to the clients.

Commercial Mac OS X iPhone iPad Apple TV
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HomeNet Local Media Server

HomeNet Local Area Network Media Server - lightweight alternative to Plex - ( HTML5 + Chromecast support ) A relatively simple, minimalist, lightweight media center for your own Windows Local Area Network (LAN).

Free Mac OS X Windows Linux Chrome OS Self-Hosted PHP
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Playon

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.

Commercial Windows Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad Blackberry Blackberry 10
7 Like

Freevo

Freevo is an open source HTPC media centre software integrating PVR / DVR funtionality along with music, video, gaming, home automation and more. It is written in python and uses existing popular software such as mplayer, xine and vlc.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux
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DVBViewer

DVBViewer allows you to experience Digital TV on your PC.

Commercial Windows
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VidOn Server

Smartly manage all your multimedia resources and automatically transcode videos for your Phone, Pad, etc.

Free Windows
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nextPVR

NextPVR. NextPVR is a popular free personal video recorder application for Microsoft Windows, making it easy to watch or record Live TV.

Free Windows

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The Best Windows Media Center alternatives for consider, from full-featured to a free app.
Alternatives in Windows Media Center for Windows, Linux, Android, iPhone, Android Tablet, BSD, iPad, Mac, Mac OS X, Windows Phone, Raspberry Pi, tvOS, Apple TV, Chrome OS, Self-Hosted, PHP, Blackberry, Blackberry 10. This list contains a total of 29 applications similar to Windows Media Center.

Last updated: 2020-07-03 01:30:33

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The Best 29 Windows Media Center Alternatives

Kodi

Plex

Emby

Universal Media Server

MythTV

OSMC

PS3 Media Server

OpenELEC

MediaPortal

Serviio

JRiver Media Center

Infuse

Moovida

Squire

HomeNet Local Media Server

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