Emby
Emby Server is a personal media server with apps on just about every device. (by MediaBrowser)
VideoLAN Client (VLC)
VLC media player - All pull requests are ignored, please follow https://wiki.videolan.org/Sending_Patches_VLC/ (by videolan)
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| Emby | VideoLAN Client (VLC) | |
|---|---|---|
| 108 | 379 | |
| 3,899 | 12,995 | |
| 4.2% | 2.8% | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| about 1 month ago | 7 days ago | |
| C# | C | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Emby
Posts with mentions or reviews of Emby.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-01.
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Program for sorting DOWNLOADED movies/games?
I used to use Plex until I found Emby. I find Emby easier to use and it does the same thing. Just putting this here as a fourth option for OP. :)
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Emby VS Chocolate - a user suggested alternative
2 projects | 1 Oct 2023
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My Home Lab setup
Media Server: EMBY
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Ask HN: What is your streaming setup like?
I use https://emby.media along with private trackers and Usenet.
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Just checking: Plex is still the best option right?
You can find it here! I have both installed, but I generally keep EMBY turned off until I want to play around with it. You can have both running at once and both accessing the same folders. You can check it out for free.
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Yo Ho, Yo Ho, a pirates life for me!! Recent streaming services, prices and shows getting butchered, finally decided its time. Here's how a basic self-hosted 'Netflix' would look like. Fully automated once its setup. Using only a makeshift homelab server from second hand parts.
Emby: Offers premium features with some behind a membership.
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media server, bring old days and share with friends
I went with Emby, personally. Plex, Jellyfin, etc are all good choices too! :)
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Jellyfin (open source Plex) moves from Reddit to its own traditional-style MyBB forum
For clarity: Emby is still mostly open source (the source code is right here: https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby). Emby started incorporating closed source plugins that you only get with the paid version of Emby in order to try and get revenue.
- Multiple people on the same account at once?
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Setting up a home media PC to stream to TV
I used Plex until I found Emby, which is far easier to set up and works very well with all my media.
VideoLAN Client (VLC)
Posts with mentions or reviews of VideoLAN Client (VLC).
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-22.
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Hz in Music and changing it
No. You can use a music player such as VLC Media Player to play music back tuned up or down slightly if you wish. But if people are affected by some frequencies and not others, that would be new.
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I Am SOLO | S1E01 - Ep. 1 | 2021-07-14
I watched S1E01 using the AI-generated subs and they were surprisingly good! You just need to download both the sub file (.srt) and the raw video (.mkv) and watch it using a video player like VLC (https://www.videolan.org/vlc/). Subs and raw files at the links below thanks to u/MNLYYZYEG
- For those who transcribe music by ear
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A collection of useful Mac Apps
VLC - Price: Free Free and open-source media player that plays most multimedia files and DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. (UX/UI feels outdated imo)
- unable to play youtube links
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Request: Shrek as Gaeilge
It might be the media player you use. I recommend using VLC media player.
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C++ is everywhere, but noone really talks about it. What are people's thoughts?
Seems to be C, not C++ to me. The C++ code is GUI wrappers to C++ GUI systems.
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Need help on how to repair this issue
Hi there! Try with VLC or mpv players, and see if they can play the corrupted video.
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MP4 File that was recorded back in 2020 turned into 0 Bytes
Try the repair option in VLC media player.
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Can't play Youtube videos, LUA stream error
You could try updating your LUA file with this: https://github.com/videolan/vlc/blob/master/share/lua/playlist/youtube.lua
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Emby and VideoLAN Client (VLC) you can also consider the following projects:
Jellyfin - The Free Software Media System
mpv - 🎥 Command line video player
PhotoPrism - AI-Powered Photos App for the Decentralized Web 🌈💎✨
iina - The modern video player for macOS.
jellyfin-tizen - Jellyfin Samsung TV Client
Anime4K - A High-Quality Real Time Upscaler for Anime Video
Streama - Self hosted streaming media server. https://docs.streama-project.com/
Invidious - Invidious is an alternative front-end to YouTube
Navidrome Music Server - 🎧☁️ Modern Music Server and Streamer compatible with Subsonic/Airsonic
celluloid - A simple GTK+ frontend for mpv
jellyfin-kodi - Jellyfin Plugin for Kodi
mpd - Music Player Daemon
Emby vs Jellyfin
VideoLAN Client (VLC) vs mpv
Emby vs PhotoPrism
VideoLAN Client (VLC) vs iina
Emby vs jellyfin-tizen
VideoLAN Client (VLC) vs Anime4K
Emby vs Streama
VideoLAN Client (VLC) vs Invidious
Emby vs Navidrome Music Server
VideoLAN Client (VLC) vs celluloid
Emby vs jellyfin-kodi
VideoLAN Client (VLC) vs mpd