Rygel Alternatives

Rygel is described as 'Home media solution that allows you to easily share audio, video and pictures, and control of media player on your home network. In technical terms it is both a UPnP AV MediaServer and MediaRenderer implemented through a plug-in mechanism' and is a Media Server in the video & movies category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Rygel for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Android and iPhone apps. The best Rygel alternative is Plex, which is free. Other great apps like Rygel are Universal Media Server, Infuse, Serviio and MiniDLNA.

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  1. Macast icon

    Macast

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    A menu bar application using mpv as DLNA Media Renderer. You can push videos, pictures or musics from your mobile phone to your computer.

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    You can copy the video link after the video is casted.
     
  2. TwonkyServer icon

    TwonkyServer

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    Easily access and stream photos, videos, music, and more from your home network with Twonky—just like finding a movie on Netflix or a song on iTunes.

    17 TwonkyServer alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    People enjoying their media with Twonky
     
  4. OpenTheatre icon

    OpenTheatre

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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...

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    OpenTheatre screenshot 1
     
  5. FUPPES icon

    FUPPES

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    FUPPES is a free, multiplatform UPnP A/V Media Server.

    It supports a wide range of UPnP MediaRenderers as well as on-the-fly transcoding of various audio, video and image formats. You can share any audio, image or video file type by adding it to the configuration file.

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  6. Kernel Media Server icon

    Kernel Media Server

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    Kernel Media Server is a powerful software that allows you to organize, stream, and enjoy your personal media collection. You can access it from any device, anywhere, and it provides high-quality streaming optimized for your network and device.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
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  7. forked-daapd

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    A re-write of the firefly media server (mt-daapd). It's released under GPLv2+. Please note that this git repository is a mirror of the official one at git://git.debian.org/~jblache/forked-daapd.git

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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