OSMC Alternatives

OSMC is described as '(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' and is a popular Media Center in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to OSMC for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, iPhone and iPad apps. The best OSMC alternative is Kodi, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like OSMC are Plex, Universal Media Server, Plasma Bigscreen and Infuse.

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

    68 VLC Streamer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • iPad
     
  2. XBian icon
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    XBian is a small, fast and lightweight media centre distribution for the Raspberry Pi, CuBox-i, Hummingboard and many more devices to come. It is based on a minimal Debian and therefore offers much of the same freedom as Debian offers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • HummingBoard
    • Raspberry Pi
     
  3. Enna icon
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    Enna is a Media Center application. Featuring a simple user interface, Enna is based on the powerful Enlightenment Foundations Libraries (EFL) as for its graphical user interface and GeeXboX libraries as for multimedia playback and information retrieval.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4. Flex Launcher icon
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    Flex Launcher is a customizable application launcher and front end designed with a TV-friendly 10 foot user interface, intending to mimic the look and feel of a streaming box or game console. Flex Launcher allows you to launch applications on your HTPC or couch gaming PC...

    7 Flex Launcher alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Raspberry Pi
     
  5. 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
     
  6. OpenPHT icon
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    OpenPHT is a community driven fork of Plex Home Theater.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. 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

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple TV
     
  8. OpenTheatre icon
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    It communicates with its own API written entirely using our custom built command-line web crawler designed to scrape information from trusted files, updated every day. The public web resources used are available on our open assets database, where anyone can contribute their open...

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. Moovida icon
     23 likes

    Moovida is transforming the way consumers experience digital entertainment media. In a world where the promise of on-demand media has yet to be realized, Moovida develops software and services to simplify and enhance media consumption, effectively filling the gap between the...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. Kantaris icon
     16 likes

    Kantaris is an all new media player based on code from Videolan client (http://alternativeto.net/software/vlc-media-player/) and Bass audio library. Kantaris has a graphical user interface similar to that of Windows Media Player.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued
    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. VidOn Server icon
     7 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. PseudoTV icon
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    PseudoTV Live is channel-surfing for your media center. Never again will you have to actually pick what you want to watch. Use an Electronic Program Guide (EPG) to view what's on or select a show to watch.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Apple TV
    • Kodi
    • Fire TV
     
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