Freevo Alternatives

Freevo

Freevo is an open source HTPC media centre software integrating PVR / DVR funtionality along with music, video, gaming, home automation and more. It is written in python and uses existing popular software such as mplayer, xine and vlc. Primarily aimed at the Linux platform it is also possible to run on OSX and for the determined on Windows.

Main features

Cross platform - runs on Linux, OSX and Windows (sort of ;) )*8
Watch & record television
Pause live TV - DVB and analogue (with ivtv card)
Support for multiple tuners - watch and record simultaneously.
Separate recording server allows multiple backends and frontends on your network.
Commercial detection/removal
Play & backup DVD video
Play any kind of file supported by mplayer/xine/ffmpeg including DIVX & MPEG4
Watch the latest movie trailers
Retrieve video covers & information
Play & backup audio CDs and retrieve album track lists & covers
Play MP3/Wav/Ogg/Flac or any other audio supported by mplayer or xine
Tune into Internet radio from around the world
Read news headlines and the weather
View and import images from a digital camera
Play games
Control home automation equipment (lights, sockets etc.)