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Windows Media Center Alternatives

We have listed 16 alternatives for Windows Media Center which have similar features like Windows Media Center including commercial, freemium, free and open source alternatives.

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Kodi

Open Source

Kodi is a free media player that is designed to look great on your big screen TV.
Universal Media Server

Open Source

Universal Media Server is a DLNA-compliant UPnP media server. It originated as a fork of PS3 Media Server.
MythTV

Open Source

MythTV is a Free Open Source digital video recorder project distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL.
OSMC

Open Source

OSMC is a free and open source media center built for the people, by the people.
MediaPortal

Open Source

MediaPortal is an open-source media center (HTPC) software project.
MiniDLNA

Open Source

ReadyMedia (formerly known as MiniDLNA) is a simple media server software, with the aim of being fully compliant with DLNA/UPnP-AV clients.
Infuse

Freemium

Infuse is a beautiful way to watch videos.
Squire

Commercial

Squire is a player for movie and TV show.
Plex

Freemium

Plex is a client-server media player system and software suite.
Emby

Freemium

Emby (formerly Media Browser)Media Browser for Windows 8.1 gets rebranded as Emby with new features is a media server designed to organize, play, and stream a…
PS3 Media Server

Open Source

PS3 Media Server is a DLNA-compliant UPnP media server.
OpenELEC

Open Source

OpenELEC (Open Embedded Linux Entertainment Center) is a Linux distribution designed for home theater PCs and based on the Kodi (XBMC) media player.
Serviio

Freemium

Serviio is a freeware media server designed to let users stream music, video or image files to DLNA compliant televisions, game consoles, Blu-ray players, gam…
JRiver Media Center

Commercial

JRiver Media Center is a multimedia application that allows the user to play and organize various types of media on a computer running Windows, Mac OS X or Li…
Moovida

Open Source

Moovida (formerly Elisa) is an open source cross-platform Media Center featuring an intuitive interface with a professional look and feel.
Playon

Commercial

Playon is a service to record and watch video content offline from services such as Netflix Hulu, etc.

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