nessMediaCenter AlternativesMedia Centers & Media Players like nessMediaCenter

nessMediaCenter is described as 'Use your Mac as optimal media center!' and is a Media Center in the video & movies category. There are more than 10 alternatives to nessMediaCenter for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, iPad, iPhone and Apple TV apps. The best nessMediaCenter alternative is Kodi, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like nessMediaCenter are Plex, Infuse, Android TV and JRiver Media Center.

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  1. Kodi icon
     1534 likes

    Open-source media player compatible with Linux, Mac, Windows, Xbox, and iOS, designed for home theater PCs. Customizable with themes, supports 4K, audio and video formats, streaming, privacy-focused operations, and extensible with plugins.

    77 Kodi alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Fire TV
     
    • Kodi is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & iPhone alternative to nessMediaCenter.

    • Kodi is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to nessMediaCenter.

    • Kodi is Free and Open SourcenessMediaCenter is Paid and Proprietary
    • Kodi is Privacy focusednessMediaCenter is not according to our users
  2. Plex icon
     883 likes

    A multimedia tool for streaming movies, TV shows, sports, and music while facilitating personal media organization with versatile libraries and metadata retrieval.

    90 Plex alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Snapcraft
    • Android Auto
    • Apple TV
    • Flathub
    • Daydream
    • Kindle Fire
    • Android TV
    • Amazon Alexa
    • Kodi
    • Google TV
    • Playstation
    • Docker
    • Fire TV
    • Roku
    • Chromecast
    • Xbox
    • Docker Hub
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
     
    • Plex is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to nessMediaCenter.

    • Plex is Freemium and ProprietarynessMediaCenter is Paid and Proprietary
    • Plex is LightweightnessMediaCenter is not according to our users
  3. Infuse icon
     50 likes

    Ignite your video content with Infuse – the beautiful way to watch almost any video format on your iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. No need to convert files! Infuse is optimized for iOS 12, with powerful streaming options, trakt sync, and unmatched AirPlay & subtitle support.

    110 Infuse alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple TV
    • visionOS
     
  4. Android TV icon
     16 likes

    Android TV is Google’s operating system for smart TVs and streaming devices. Android TV makes it easier for people to watch, play and do everything they love on their TV.

    50 Android TV alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

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

    54 JRiver Media Center alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
    • JRiver Media Center is the most popular commercial alternative to nessMediaCenter.

    • JRiver Media Center is Paid and ProprietarynessMediaCenter is also Paid and Proprietary
  6. Oblecto icon
     4 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. Video Player to play video files from all kinds of source, local file, smb file on nas, webdav service, cloud driver etc.

    50 VidHub - Video Library & Player alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Apple TV
    • Android TV
     
  8. VLC Streamer icon
     7 likes

    Sit anywhere in your house and watch movies or TV shows on your iPhone, iPod or iPad.

    68 VLC Streamer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • iPad
     
  9. OpenPHT icon
     10 likes

    OpenPHT is a community driven fork of Plex Home Theater.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Easy-Data Mediacenter is a video and audio player with lots of tools. It is able to deliver bit perfect audio, and does not require any external codecs. It is able to run from a memorystick and does not require installation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. Squire icon
     21 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple TV
     
  12. Front Row icon
     17 likes

    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, networks using iTunes or iPhoto, and the...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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