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This is list of software projects or products that are third-party source ports, modified forks, or derivative work directly based on Kodi Entertainment Center (formerly XBMC Media Center), an open source media player application and entertainment platform developed by the non-profit technology consortium XBMC Foundation.
The following list encompasses notable smart TV platforms and application software that are used as software framework and middleware platforms used by more than just one manufacturer. Smart TV middleware providers to multiple third parties
There is no formal specification for the M3U format; it is a de facto standard.. An M3U file is a plain text file that specifies the locations of one or more media files. The file is saved with the "m3u" filename extension if the text is encoded in the local system's default non-Unicode encoding (e.g., a Windows codepage), or with the "m3u8" extension if the text is UTF-8 encoded.
Kodi has greater basic hardware requirements than traditional 2D style software applications: it needs a 3D capable graphics hardware controller for all rendering. Powerful 3D GPU chips are common today in most modern computer platforms, including many set-top boxes, and XBMC, now Kodi, was from the start designed to be otherwise very resource-efficient, for being as powerful and versatile a ...
Jellyfin is a free and open-source media server and suite of multimedia applications designed to organize, manage, and share digital media files to networked devices. Jellyfin consists of a server application installed on a machine running Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux or in a Docker container, [2] and another application running on a client device such as a smartphone, tablet, smart TV ...
The IPTV platform was renamed Microsoft Mediaroom on June 18, 2007 at the NXTcomm conference. [8] [9] In January 2010, Microsoft Mediaroom 2.0 was announced at the International Consumer Electronics Show. [10] On April 8, 2013, Microsoft and Ericsson announced plans for Ericsson to purchase Mediaroom. The sale was completed on September 5, 2013 ...
BubbleUPnP can play media from the local device itself, standalone UPnP/DLNA media servers (such as Kodi and Jellyfin) or those running on a NAS (including Synology, Western Digital and QNAP), local network SMB server shares (Windows and Mac), cloud storage services (such as Dropbox), WebDAV servers, and various third-party Android media and music apps.
MediaPortal is an open-source media player and digital video recorder software project, often considered an alternative to Windows Media Center. [1] [2] It provides a 10-foot user interface for performing typical PVR/TiVo functionality, including playing, pausing, and recording live TV; playing DVDs, videos, and music; viewing pictures; and other functions. [3]