Comparison of UPnP AV media servers

The following table compares the operating system support and basic features of various UPnP AV media servers.

Name	License	Cost	Mac OS X	Linux, Unix	MS Windows	Audio	Images	Video	On-The-Fly A/V Transcoding	Web Interface	DLNA support	Implementation
360 Media Server	GPL	Free	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	?	Java
BRisa	MIT	Free	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes [1]	Yes	?	Python
Coherence	MIT	Free	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes [2]	Yes [1]	Yes	Python
Elgato Eyeconnect	Prop.	$49.95	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	?
Foobar2000 [3]	Prop.	Free	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	?	C++
FUPPES	GPL	Free	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial	C++
GeeXboX uShare	GPL	Free	No	Yes[4]	No	Yes[5]	Yes[5]	Yes[5]	No	Yes	Yes	C
Gmediaserver	GPL	Free	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	?	C
iSedora Media Server	Prop.	$25	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?
Majestic Media Server	Prop.	$5.99	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	?
MediaTomb	GPL	Free	Yes [6]	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	C++
MiniDLNA	GPL/BSD	Free	Partial [7]	Yes	Yes [8]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial [9]	Partial [10]	Yes	C
Mezzmo	Prop.	$24.95	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?
myiHome	Prop.	Free	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	Java
MythTV with uPnP	GPL	Free	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	C++
Nullriver Medialink	Prop.	$20.00	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	?
PS3 Media Server	GPL	Free	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes [11]	Yes	Java
PyMedS	MIT	Free	Yes	Yes	No	?	?	?	Yes [12]	No	?	Python
Rygel	LGPLv2	Free	No	Yes	No [13]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Vala
Rivet [14]	Prop.	Free	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	?
Serviio	Prop.	Free	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes [15]	Yes	Java
SimpleCenter Premium	Prop.	$19.99	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?
TVersity	Prop.	$29.95 [16]	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
TVMOBiLi	Prop.	$30 [17]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	C++
TVShare	Prop.	$14.95	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	Java
TwonkyServer	Prop.	$19.95	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes [18]	Yes	Yes	?
Windows Media Connect	Prop.	Free [19]	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes [20]	No	?	?
PlayOn	Prop.	$79.97 [21]	No	No	Yes	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	C#
XBMC Media Center	GPL	Free	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes [22]	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	C++
Yazsoft Playback	Prop.	$15.00	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	?
Name	License	Cost	Mac OS X	Linux, Unix	MS Windows	Audio	Images	Video	On-The-Fly A/V Transcoding	Web Interface	DLNA support	Implementation

See also

• List of UPnP AV media servers and clients
• Comparison of set-top boxes
• Universal Plug and Play
• Digital Living Network Alliance

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Work in progress
2. ^ Audio: using gstreamer, Video: work in progress
3. ^ With foo_upnp plugin
4. ^ GeeXboX is provided as its own Linux distribution
5. ^ ^{a b c} HomePage: GeeXboX
6. ^ Mac support provided by Fink at http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/mediatomb
7. ^ Patches can be found at [1]
8. ^ See [2]
9. ^ Patches and discussion at [3]
10. ^ Web interface supported via a Webmin module, see [4]
11. ^ A WIP limited web interface for the optional media library exists in the latest betas.
12. ^ Uses ffmpeg for video only
13. ^ Preliminary experimental support available, see http://jensge.org/2010/04/1-21-gigawatts/
14. ^ Discontinued paid version as of 21 July 2011 see [5]. A free, but unsupported, version is still available.
15. ^ Via 3rd party add-ons
16. ^ Full featured version is $29.95. A crippled version is available for free.
17. ^ Streaming first 10GByte per month is free of charge.
18. ^ Transcoding supported in TMS 5.0 and later on the PC. Must download FFmpeg, VLC or other 3rd-party transcoding engines to use
19. ^ Must purchase a Microsoft Windows license to use
20. ^ http://blogs.msdn.com/b/e7/archive/2009/05/12/media-streaming-with-windows-7.aspx
21. ^ Full featured version is $79.97 lifetime, an annual fee, or a monthly fee. A crippled version is available for free.
22. ^ This feature is not in the latest stable release of XBMC but is available in the latest nightly releases.