What is Freevo?
Freevo is an open-source home theater PC (HTPC) software application that allows users to play back digital media content on their TVs and stereos. It integrates TV viewing, video playback, music listening, image viewing, and more into a unified interface optimized for large screens that can be controlled with remote controls.
Some key features of Freevo include:
- Playback support for video, audio, images, YouTube, torrents, and more media formats
- Live TV support through the use of TV tuner cards
- Graphical user interface designed for 10-foot interaction using a remote control
- Highly customizable interface, appearance, and function
- Plugin architecture allowing extensibility through additional plugins
- Support for generating and viewing schedules and descriptions of upcoming TV programming
- Metadata scraping to automatically download descriptions, posters, and data for media
Originally based on Python and XML, Freevo is designed to run on Linux platforms and is capable of turning old computers into fully functional home theater PCs. Its modular design and active open-source community enable Freevo to leverage some of the latest multimedia technologies available for Linux.
Kodi, Android TV, Emby, OSMC, MediaPortal, MythTV, PseudoTV, VidOn Server, SageTV, Oblecto, GB-PVR, Easy-Data Mediacenter, Cyberlink PowerCinema, Kroozbox are some alternatives to Freevo.