One of the characteristics that distinguishes some modern televisions from others is their degree of intelligence. In a figurative sense, of course. We are talking about the technological advantages of the so-called Smart TV. Regular digital TVs, as a rule, can play the role of the TV itself, working in tandem with a receiver, play media content using the built-in player (alas, often with a limited list of readable formats), and also serve as a monitor for a computer, game or TV set-top box. Whereas Smart TV, they are also smart TVs, are able to participate to a greater extent in the chain of content reproduction as independent participants.

1. About media streaming and DLNA technology

Smart TVs are actually the same computers, because they have their own hardware capabilities, have their own software, can connect to wired and wireless networks. And the last thing is almost complete independence from source devices. The advantages of direct TV access to the Internet are obvious, but there are many of them when local access to the computer. Streaming media from a computer to TV is the TV's direct access to files on the computer. Streaming eliminates the fuss with flash drives and external hard drives. Files are transferred from the computer to the TV over the network. Without the participation of a computer, as long as it is simply turned on, without the participation of a smartphone, without the participation of set-top boxes and other source devices, all permitted material can be played using a TV - video, photos, music, any media files that such a TV can play.

DLNA technology allows devices on the same network to exchange media content. Many people support her modern devices, capable of connecting to the network - computers, tablets, smartphones, TV and game consoles, and, of course, Smart TV. For example, smart TVs from LG that support DLNA technology have a proprietary application Smart Share– a shell of this technology with a user interface. Applications from other Smart TV brands are called differently and, accordingly, have a different interface. In particular, the smart ones Samsung TVs The shell for DLNA technology is the standard AllShare application. And for Sony TVs, this is the Vaio Media Server application.

How to set up streaming media from a Windows computer - PC or laptop - to TV? We will examine this issue in detail below.

2. What do you need to set up streaming from a computer to TV?

To set up streaming from a computer to a TV, as mentioned, it is necessary that the latter supports the network. By the way, to stream media files, the Smart TV “status” for the TV is not required. The TV may not have super-functionality; it simply must support the network and allow the selection of a signal source with at least primitive standard functionality. Such a TV must have a built-in Wi-Fi module or an Ethernet network port. As a rule, modern Smart TVs provide both options - both a wired and a wireless network connection.

Both devices - the TV and the PC or laptop - must be connected to a single local network. When connected to a router (router), any devices - computers, smartphones, tablets, set-top boxes, smart TVs - are automatically combined into one small network. Of course, if you don’t have a router, you can get by by directly connecting the TV to your computer over the network. What you need to do this is to connect network cable to the Ethernet ports of devices. But in this case, if the computer has only one network port (one LAN card with one Ethernet port), you will have to constantly reconnect the cable from the TV and the cable from the Internet provider. It is not comfortable. A router must be in the house if there is a question of unlocking the potential of Smart TV. Well, a Wi-Fi router is a must-have if you use smartphones or tablets in the house.

The method of connecting the TV to the network - wired or wireless, if it provides both options, is not important.

The next condition for streaming is configured access using DLNA technology to the media library folders on the computer. On Windows, this can be done in several ways.

3. Setting up network access to computer files in Windows Media Player

A way to configure access to computer files in Windows without the need to install third-party software is to use a standard player Windows Media.

On the Windows toolbar Media Player Click the “Stream” option and check the box next to:

• "Turn on streaming multimedia…".

After enabling this option, a system window with streaming parameters will open, where you can specify the name of the media library and flexibly configure the availability of media content for specific network devices: leave the preset resolution for some, and remove it for others.

The configured permissions will allow other devices to access files over the network only in the user profile folders. These are the “Video”, “Music”, “Pictures” folders, which are displayed in Windows Explorer along with disk partitions, drives and removable devices of the computer. If this is more than enough, you can start testing file playback on your TV using local applications that work with DLNA technology.

But storing files in user profile folders is on system disk- not the best idea both from the point of view of having free space on drive C, and from the point of view of preserving these files in case of a critical failure Windows operation. As a rule, media libraries of impressive size are stored on non-system partitions of the computer disk. Folders of such media libraries must be added in a separate step to the Windows Media Player library,

To make the contents of other computer folders available for streaming to the TV in the Windows Media Player window, click the “Arrange” option, select “Manage Libraries”, and in it – one of the content types: “Music Library” for audio files, “Video” for video files , “Gallery” for photos and pictures.

A window will open with a list of existing libraries, and to add to this list desired folder Click the “Add” button on the side. Add this folder in the Explorer window that opens, then click “Ok” in the list window.

Alternative way adding folders with media content to the system list of folders with open access for devices home network– adding to the library using the context menu command in Windows Explorer. At any time, any folder on your computer where videos, music or photos are stored can be accessed for playback from network devices. To do this, you need to open this folder in Explorer, call up the context menu and select the “Add to Library” command. The folder will be added to the appropriate library and its contents will be available for streaming.

The list of folders with video and audio files open for streaming will also change when changes are made to it using the standard Windows 10 Movies and TV and Groove Music applications. In the settings section of both applications, you can add and remove folders to local collections of video and audio files. Local application collections work in conjunction with system libraries.

4. Setting up network access to computer files using the LG Smart Share program

Some Smart TV brands have their own software for desktop operating systems, through which you can configure access to your computer's media files. These programs can be downloaded from the TV manufacturers' website or on the Internet. For example, to allow Samsung smart TVs to access computer content, the South Korean corporation created Samsung program Allshare. And for LG TVs on the company’s website it is available for free download Windows program LG Smart Share for PC. Let's take a closer look at it. On the LG website, select the version for Windows and download.

Installation of LG Smart Share is standard. After launching the program, you need to select any of the proposed content settings options - Movie, Photo, Music.

In the window that appears, access must be enabled. If it is disabled, set the switch to the “On” position.

Switch to the “My” tab shared files" Here you can allow access to files in the specified folders. Using a button in the form of a folder with a plus sign, you need to add any other folders with media content to the existing user profile folders. After adding, click the “Apply” button at the bottom, then “OK”.

Everything - now the content of all folders displayed in the “My Shared Files” tab of the program will be available for network devices, in particular for TV.

In the program settings tab just below - “My device settings” - you can change the computer name. Using this name, the computer will be identified on the network for other devices.

The LG Smart Share utility process will automatically start along with the Windows system, providing further access to your computer's media files.

To make sure that everything works as it should, launch the SmartShare application on the TV.

Go to the “Devices” section and select our media server.

Open any of the shared folders that contain media files.

Let's try to play the file.

5. Setting up network access to computer files using the Home Media Server program

Another way to provide TVs, set-top boxes, mobile and other devices that support the network and DLNA technology with access to your computer’s media content is the Windows program “Home Media Server (UPnP, DLNA, HTTP)”. The program works with many popular TVs: LG, Samsung, Toshiba, Sony, Philips. Using this program, a DLNA server is launched on the computer, to which all network devices can connect. By default, the program allows you to manage server files from the TV - essentially, computer files.

The advantage of using Home Media Server over all of the streaming options listed above is that it has more features and is more customizable. The program provides various transcoders for video and audio files, which allows you to convert media content, if it initially exists on the computer in a format not supported by the TV, into a format that is supported by it. You can additionally configure the broadcast of individual Internet channels on your TV (radio and digital television).

“Home Media Server” can be downloaded absolutely free on the creators’ website.

Download the program, install it and run it. Upon startup, a window will appear immediately initial settings. You can leave everything as default and refuse to scan media files. Let's move on to the program settings in a separate order.

In the program window, click the “Settings” button on the toolbar at the top of the window.

In the settings window that opens, we will see the category tabs on the right. In the first tab “Media Resources”, using the “Add” button, we can add any folders with media content to the program list to give them access for streaming. Shared access can be opened immediately to all partitions of the computer disk (C, D, E, etc.), to all network drives, to all connected removable media. To do this, you need to check the boxes next to the required options at the bottom of the window - accordingly, “ Local disks», « Network drives" and "Removable devices".

The Media Resources settings tab provides many options for the added folders. For example, by clicking the “Change” button, we will be able to exclude hiding files and directories, remove certain types of files, set a different folder name - and all this within the framework of the DLNA server, without changes on the computer.

At the bottom of the “Media Resources” tab there are separate sections with an abundance of various settings. In the “Scanning” section, you can pay attention to the option “Always use file name as the name of the media resource.” Without checking this option, the names of media files in Russian will be converted to transliterated Latin letters or unreadable crocodile.

In the “Devices” settings tab we will see a list of all detected network devices that will have access to DLNA server files. Any of the devices on the list can be disabled by removing the green activity button.

In the “Server” settings tab, instead of the default DLNA server name, we can set our own name, for example, more convenient for perception. Next to the server name field we will see its port - 45397. It may happen that the antivirus or firewall running on the computer will block the operation of the DLNA server. In case of such blocking, the DLNA server port must be granted permission to work in the antivirus or firewall settings.

Also in the “Server” tab, you need to pay attention to the default option that prevents the computer from going into sleep mode while the DLNA server is running. If it becomes necessary to put your PC or laptop into sleep mode, the DLNA server will need to be stopped in the future. If, on the contrary, the checkbox for the option “Prevent the computer from going into sleep mode while the server is running” is not checked for some reason, it is better to check it. Otherwise, watching a movie on TV will be unceremoniously interrupted as soon as the laptop goes to sleep to save battery power.

The Home Media Server program has a very rich selection of settings, and its potential can be revealed gradually, testing certain features as you become familiar with them. For now, let's limit ourselves to the settings already made and save them. Click “Ok” below and agree to scan media files in the configured folders.

After the program completes the scanning process, we can launch the DLNA server. To do this, click the “Launch” button on the toolbar at the top of the main program window.

Home Media Server works in background, and the program can be controlled from the system tray. By calling the context menu on the program button in the system tray, the DLNA server can be stopped, started, or restarted.

Automate this process so that the DLNA server starts automatically with starting Windows, you can in the program settings. Last tab“Advanced” settings provides in the “Startup” column options for autoloading the program itself when Windows startup, autostart of the DLNA server along with the launch of the program, as well as installation of its background service in the Windows system.

Once the DLNA server is running, all available media content on the computer can be played on the TV through a local DLNA application. In the TV app, the DLNA server will appear as a connected playback device. Inside it, folders with computer media content configured in the Home Media Server program will be available.

You can launch available media content for playback not only in the TV application. You can also assign the Home Media Server program to start playing media files on your TV. To do this, in the main window of the program, select the appropriate content - click on the “Movies”, “Music” or “Photo” button on the toolbar at the top. The right side of the program window will display folder files that were previously accessed for broadcasting to the TV. Select the desired video, audio file or picture from the list, call the context menu on this file and select “Play to” among the commands. In the list of devices that appears, select the TV. The selected movie, track or photo will unfold on the TV screen.

6. "Bring to device" function Windows 8.1 and 10

The function of starting playback of media files on a computer with displaying the image on a TV is also provided as part of the standard functionality in Windows versions 8.1 and 10. If the Windows system allows playback of computer media files by network devices in Windows Media Player, as discussed above, a movie, audio track or photo can be launched on the computer, and viewing or listening can be continued on the TV. This is a handy thing when you don’t particularly want to fiddle with the TV remote control and look for, for example, the desired movie among a bunch of other media files, killing your nerves with monotonous flipping through file after file.

To launch a media file on your computer, you need to open the context menu on it in Windows Explorer and select the “Bring to device” command. This is a command for Windows 10. In Windows 8.1, this context menu command is called “Play To”.

After this, we will see a list of network devices available for playback. Choose a TV. Running file will unfold on the TV screen, and on the computer screen we will see a small window Windows player Media with a playlist where you can additionally add some files.

7. Bring to Device feature in Windows 10 Movies & TV app

Available for media files in context menu Windows Explorer the “Bring to device” function is also implemented in Windows application 10 "Cinema and TV". It works on the principle of launching a video file in an application on a computer and continuing to watch it on a network device, in particular, on a TV screen. Open the “Movies and TV” application, launch the video and in viewing mode, click the first button at the bottom – the button to connect to available playback devices. A list of all network devices defined for outputting the video file will appear in a small window. Choose a TV.

In the future, you can continue watching the movie again on your computer, in the “Movies and TV” application. This is a great idea for a home filled with digital technology that is connected into one network. For example, having started watching a movie on the TV screen in the living room, you can continue watching it on the kitchen TV screen. And then you can move back to the living room with the film. And to do this, you just need to pause for a couple of simple actions on the computer.

8. Conclusion

As you can see, the choice of ways to configure the computer part of the chain of interaction between the computer and the TV over the network is large. Despite the fact that the article turned out to be voluminous, in fact, not all programs on the software market for implementing multimedia streaming from a computer to a TV are considered. Setting up your TV is easier.

As mentioned above, your computer's media files can be accessed through local smart TV apps. And these are the above-mentioned Smart Share for LG TVs, AllShare for Samsung, Vaio Media Server for Sony and others. On regular network-enabled TVs, where the firmware does not provide separate applications, access to computer files can be configured by selecting a media server as the signal source. In many cases, the source button on the TV remote is called “Source”.

Have a great day!

DLNA - allows compatible devices such as a computer, TV, laptop, phone, tablet to transmit, receive or play various media content files. The function provides enormous opportunities for playing media content. A video file downloaded to a PC can be watched on the TV, and music downloaded to the phone can be listened to on the audio system. It is very comfortable. You just need to create a DLNA network.

How to create a DLNA network

There are many programs for setting up a DLNA home network, but you can simply use Windows' own tools.

Installation on windows 7:

1. Go to the Start menu and select Control Panel.

   The “Start” menu is located in the lower left corner of the monitor, in it you need to select “Control Panel”

2. On the “All Control Panel Items” tab there is a “Home Group” item, click on it.

   On the “Control Panel” tab, select “HomeGroup”, it is indicated by a red arrow

3. A new window will open, in it go to the “Change additional sharing settings” tab.

   The "Change advanced sharing settings" option is located on the "Home Group" tab

4. Check the connections of all positions.

   All positions on the “Change additional sharing settings” tab must be in the active position

5. Return to the “Home Group” window; at the bottom of it there is an item “Create a home group”; click on it.

   The Create HomeGroup button is at the bottom of the HomeGroup window.

6. In the next window, enter the name you came up with for the DLNA server and click OK.

   In the Streaming Media Options window, enter a server name and click OK.

7. Write down the password that appears in the window, you can print it (it will be needed when adding other devices to the home group), click “Done”.

   The password that appears in the window must be written down or printed

8. In the HomeGroup window, click on Select media streaming options.

   In the HomeGroup window, select Select media streaming options.

9. A media server window will appear, in which you need to mark the types of content for which public access will be opened.

   In the media server window, you must select the types of content that will be available to the homegroup

10. Click "Next".

The DLNA Windows 7 server is connected. A “Network” icon will appear on the “Computer” tab; by clicking on it, you can see all connected devices. Having selected the desired device, click on it. All available media content files will open in the media player window, they can be viewed and transferred to other devices.

On Windows 10 everything is simpler; there is no need to create a “Home Group”.

Installation on windows 10:

1. In the Control Panel Search window, type Streaming media options and open it.

   In the search box, type "Media streaming options"

2. In the open tab, click “Enable media streaming.”

   In the Streaming Media Options window, enable media streaming

3. On the next tab, in the “Name of multimedia library” section, write the name of your DLNA server, click OK.

   In the “Enable media streaming” window you need to enter the name of the future multimedia library

Write down the password you created and click the “Done” button.

After making the settings, you can access, view and play media content files contained in the folders on your computer from devices on your home network.

Equipment for building a home network with DLNA

To create a DLNA network, you will need a computer or laptop with a media server configured on it. Via wired or wireless Wi-fi connections it connects to the router, which, in turn, distributes the signal to other devices.

DLNA network turns your home into a media center

Such devices can be: TVs, laptops, tablets, phones, music centers. If you don’t have a router, you can configure signal distribution directly from your computer, but in this case you will need a Wi-Fi adapter for your computer. The principle of building a DLNA home network is similar to the Internet.

In the end you will need:

• computer or laptop;
• Wi-Fi router or adapter;
• at least one other device that supports DLNA.

It is better to connect the TV to the computer via a cable connection. Wireless communication is convenient and modern, but when viewing powerful media content files, streaming data may be lost and, as a result, the TV may malfunction.

Connecting a DLNA-enabled TV to a wi-fi router

You can connect a TV to your DLNA home network, this step will give you the opportunity to fully use installed server. First of all, you need to connect the TV to your Wi-Fi router. You can do this in one of two ways.

Simply connect the TV and router with an Internet cable with LAN connectors:

Location of LAN jacks on different models TVs are different, but they are labeled everywhere and cannot be confused with outputs for other purposes.

You can connect your TV to your router wirelessly wi-fi networks. New TV models, as a rule, already have a built-in adapter. If the model is older, you will have to use an external wi-fi adapter. It needs to be inserted into the USB connector of the TV, and the system itself will detect it and put it into operation.

The Wi-Fi adapter must be connected to the TV via a USB port

1. Pick up the remote control remote control TV, press the Menu key.
2. In the menu that opens, click “Network”, then “Network Settings” and select “Wireless (General)”.
3. In the list that opens, select yours and click “Next”.
4. In the window that opens, enter the password for your home network.
5. If everything is done correctly, the connection will be established.

Adding other DLNA-compatible devices to your home network

Once you have set up a DLNA server on your PC, you can connect to wi-fi router Other devices. Connecting to your home network, possibly via a wireless connection or via cable.

Laptop or other PC

To add a laptop to your home network, you need to configure its connection to the router. In the case of a wired connection, it is enough to connect the LAN connectors of it and the router. When connecting wirelessly, you need to pay attention to the bottom right corner of the monitor. There you will find an icon in the form of gray sticks of different heights.

The icon on the panel indicates that the laptop is currently disconnected from the Wi-Fi network

By clicking on it, you will go to the network connection settings menu; all networks with connection capabilities are displayed here. Select the desired network, click the mouse.

On the Control Center tab shared access» connects desired network wi-fi

If the network does not have a password, the connection will occur in automatic mode. Otherwise, a window will pop up in which you must enter a password.

Enter your home network password and click “Done.”

Video: how to connect a laptop to a wi-fi network

Before you can transfer media content to other devices, you need to configure the media server.

To add a laptop to your home network you need:

Media player

To integrate a media player into your home network, simply connect it to your router. The player automatically connects found DLNA resources. It is enough to open shared access to folders for homegroup devices on the device acting as a media server.

Setting up DLNA on your TV

TVs connected to the home network find the server and folders with content allowed for viewing in automatically. On LG TVs, folders of available media servers appear in the same row as pre-installed programs and functions.

There are many alternative programs for creating a media server. The LG TV comes with a disk with a program called Smart Share, which can also be downloaded on the Internet. This program allows you to create a media server without using Windows tools. Just download it to your computer, click on its launch shortcut and wait for the installation to complete.

A folder with the Smart Share logo will appear in the TV's programs and connections panel. On your computer, in the program settings window, you can assign folders for playing content. You can view photos and videos located in these folders on your TV.

Smart Share good program for those who are too lazy to delve into windows settings. It loads the system quite heavily. Even with the TV turned off, on a weak computer, its presence can be felt. For some reason, it does not always update the folder with added files. Sometimes you have to do this manually. It is better to set up a normal server using Windows.

Exists universal program, allowing you to connect any TV that supports DLNA to your computer. It's called Home Media Server.

Video: instructions for installing and configuring the Home Media Server program

Using DLNA on Android OS

To use your Android device, you first need to connect it to your router:

1. To do this, go to settings and switch the slider wi-fi connections to the "on" position.

   When the wi-fi function is turned on, the slider is in the “on” position

2. Next you need to go to the wi-fi settings.
3. You will see a list of currently available networks.

   IN wi-fi settings devices on Android OS select the desired network

4. Select the one you need and enter the network password.
5. After some time the connection will occur.

   In the wi-fi settings you can see information about the network to which the Android device is connected

Devices running Android OS have great functionality; with their help, you can not only view files with media content, but also allow you to transfer them to other devices. On Play Store You can download a program that will significantly expand the capabilities of your smartphone or tablet. It's called DLNA server.

Download the program and install it on your phone, then follow these steps:

1. Go to the program and click “Add > DLNA Server”, this way you create a DLNA server.

   The program will help you create a server on an Android device

2. On the next tab, you set the server name in the Server Name item; the port item remains the default.

   In the Server Name item you need to specify a name for the server

3. Go to the Roots tab, select and designate a folder with content intended for viewing.

   On the “Roots” tab of an Android device, you can designate a folder with content for viewing

4. Next, click “Back” several times and save the settings.
5. In the start window of the device, find the created server and click Start to start.

   By going to the TV menu you will find new media server created on a device with Android OS

Video slows down and other problems

Sometimes annoying interference and malfunctions interfere with watching your favorite movies and prevent you from appreciating all the benefits provided by using the DLNA network. Possible problems and methods for solving them, see the table provided.

Table: errors that occur when playing media content and methods for eliminating them

№	Errors and malfunctions.	Causes of errors and malfunctions.	Possible Solution.
1	Devices cannot discover the network.	there may have been a glitch in work wi-fi router.	Try rebooting your wi-fi router.
2	Low data transfer speed on a wired connection.	The cable is damaged or poorly secured in the LAN connectors.	Check the integrity of the cable and the tightness of its fastening in the connectors.
3	The media server is unavailable.	Errors in the operation of the media server.	Reboot the media server.
4	Media device is not available.	Errors in the operation of the media device.	Reboot your media device.
5	The video is slow.	The data transfer speed is insufficient to watch the movie.	Temporarily stop watching the movie to download enough data to watch it.
6	The system stops watching movies and indicates the reason - insufficient disk space.	There is not enough space to store temporary files.	Choose videos more Low quality with a smaller frame size.
7	A message appears - the movie format is not supported by the media device.	The media device does not support this movie format.	Find a movie in a supported format.

Often the reason why the TV slows down when watching movies is easily removable small parts. The main reason lies in unstable work media server. For normal operation, periodically optimize and clean the system. Don't overload your computer unnecessary programs.

Anyone can set up DLNA-enabled devices at home. It's not difficult at all. A TV connected to your home network gets a second wind. After spending half an hour connecting to the DLNA network, you can view on big screen any content from your devices. Movies, photos, videos shot on your phone, now you can watch all this just by pressing a couple of buttons.

If you get access to your own home media server for Windows, your ability to use the accumulated information will expand significantly.

This can be very useful if you have not one, but several PCs and TVs at home, but even on mobile phones, laptops and set-top boxes, the server will simplify the use of information, because it will combine everything into one network.

Using such a network, any user can view available photos and videos, listen to music, etc., using the required device.

1. Home media server is...

This is special software that allows for simplified exchange of information between devices connected by a home network - for example, a smartphone, computer and TV and other equipment with similar technology.

It will require DLNA (data streaming standard) and free apps like: " Home media server UpnP, DLNA, HTTP».
Each of the devices can be connected on the same network using a “wired” connection, even if setting up a home network is very complicated and hassle-free. But this option will provide incredible speeds of up to 1000 megabytes per second.

The second option is wireless connection devices via a WiFi router that can support speeds of up to 300 megabytes per second. But when watching videos in 4k and 1920p quality, stuttering is possible.

But this connection is significantly simplified - after all, setting it up only requires setting up the router and connecting TVs, smartphones and PCs to it.

Most often, the second option is chosen - wireless network due to the simplified connection method and the minimum number of wires in the rooms.
Yes, and in the modern world, most of the equipment simply does not have the necessary connectors, such as tablets and smartphones.

2. Create a DLNA server

To create a DLNA server, you first need to download and install special software on your PC.
Today, for all systems from Windows 7 and higher, you need to perform the following steps:
- through the “Control Center” go to the “Home Group”;
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If such a “home group” has already been created, then a list of devices currently connected to it will be shown on your screen.
If there is no group, then it needs to be created using the special “create home group” item, this is done through the “creation wizard”. Next, you need to specify which information on the main PC will be open to information for any connected device.

To watch movies from your PC hard drive, you need to select “streaming to all devices.”
The same point will be needed in order to create a LONG server.

We save the changes and wait for the necessary settings to be applied. When creating such a network, a password will be set automatically. Viewing the password is available in the “Show or print homegroup password” section, and it can be changed in the same item with the appropriate name.

3. Configuring the created DLNA server

After creating a DLNA server, you need to configure it, and first, select the name of the library itself.

A special “streaming” menu will list devices that are already connected to the network.

You can quickly access the DLNA server settings using Windows Media Player.
This application should be opened on the PC; it will be the “home server”.

Thus, on a TV that does not support any format, playing music and video will be possible.

4. Special programs for settings

Creation DLNA server can also occur using other applications
Home Mediaserver is one of those programs that allows you to easily work with PC files. You can download it on the official website in Russian.

Plex– an equally convenient option for working with media files. The server can be launched on a PC, and it can be controlled from the Plex menu itself, or through a browser. Judging by the reviews of software users, up to 90% of them are satisfied with the work of the program.

PS3/PS4– media server, needed to work with set-top boxes of the same name, namely: Sony Play Station 4 and 3.
With simple settings and software and even Windows tools, you can create your own home network to connect home devices locally.

This will make viewing much easier various programs or movies on TV, without purchasing a package of services from a specific television company, and this will allow you to display information from the Internet on any gadget in the house.

Not only computers, but also TVs, smartphones, media boxes and other devices that support viewing multimedia content can exchange and access data on the same local network. This means, for example, that you can view a collection of images or video clips stored on your computer on a large TV screen without transferring the files via removable media.

This viewing is possible thanks to DLNA- a special set of protocols that allow compatible devices to exchange media content within a local network. Thanks to DLNA the user can listen to music, view images and videos in real time on the screen of one device, while the content itself is physically located on another device. Connection via DLNA can be either wired or wireless.

In most cases, to pair a computer and a TV, it is proposed to use third-party software - a home media server, but in Windows 10 you can do without it, since this version of the system already has all the necessary components, namely a server and a client DLNA, and
multimedia player.

Turn on DLNA in Windows 10 is not difficult.

Team control /name Microsoft.NetworkAndSharingCenter in the window "Run" open network and sharing center and click on the left.

In the next window, expand the section.

And click the button in the next window.

If you suddenly receive a message "Media streaming is not enabled", go to the service management snap-in, find the setting "General Service network resources Windows Media Player", open its properties, set the startup type "Auto" and run it.

After this, streaming should start without problems.

Note: If you are unable to start the Player Network Sharing service, check to see if you have disabled the service Windows Search.

Almost everything is ready, all that remains is to make sure that the TV or other device is available in the media streaming options window and at the same time it has access to the computer. After applying the folder settings Images , Video And Music should be viewable on a device that supports DLNA. The names of the sections in which the section responsible for viewing shared multimedia content on TVs and other devices is located may differ, it all depends on the model specific device. The setting may be called Smart TV , network , UPnP etc.

Unfortunately, streaming doesn't always work as expected.

In some cases, the TV recognizes the computer on the network, but does not see shared folders and files, files may not play or play with errors. Problems may be caused by incorrect network settings, lack of appropriate drivers on the PC, or lack of device support for a number of multimedia formats.

Home media server for Windows 10 is specific program, which allows you to provide access to various types of multimedia resources, for example, photos, videos and audio files from one computer, to other upnp devices located on the same home network. Thanks to modern network streaming technology, you can easily view any media resource, which are stored on the hard drive one computer through another device, for example, a gaming Xbox console One or Sony Playstation 4, mobile phone, media player or any other technology-enabled device.

The program includes a set of various video and audio format codecs, which, in turn, allow you to convert media files into the format required for the playback device, that is, in other words, ensure playback of the file on the device. Thanks to modern transcoding technologies, it is possible to redirect Internet television or radio streams from one computer connected to the network to other media devices.

What is DLNA server Windows 10

People who are not interested modern technologies or they simply don’t understand them well, they may not know what exactly a media server, DLNA, upnp and so on are. That is why it is worth noting that DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) is a specific protocol through which you can access various types of media content located on the main server (for example, on personal computer) any other technology-enabled gadgets. The main requirement for them is only to connect to one unified network. All kinds of films can act as content, videos, photos, documents, music and much more.

A DLNA server for Windows 10 can be useful in cases where the user does not have the desire or ability to connect a laptop, smartphone or tablet directly to, for example, a widescreen TV. Thanks to streaming via a media server, you can special effort, broadcast content, for example, video recording directly to a TV, to a large screen via the network.

In addition to all of the above, enabling and configuring such a server can be incredibly useful for owners of tablets or smartphones with a small amount of memory. The thing is that it is completely inconvenient to download content, for example, movies, onto such devices. Since a high-quality movie weighs a lot and takes a long time to download, it will be much easier to start streaming through your home media network and watch the movie directly on the big screen.

How to easily create your own media server

The instructions for creating your own DLNA server are quite simple and will not take much time. But before considering it, you should carefully familiarize yourself with the basic requirements, with what you will need to create your own home media server. The basic requirements look something like this:

Setting up a media server for Windows 7

Make sure that all conditions are met and you can begin installing your own media server. Since the scheme of actions on other versions of the operating system is approximately similar, we will consider the setup process using the OS as an example Windows 7.

The easiest way to play streaming video on Windows 10

There are also many other ways to play media files via streaming. For example, you can download a special third party program"Home media server" or use the Miracast function. However, there is another incredibly simple method for streaming video content.

The thing is, What operating system Windows 10 by default includes the DLNA function - content playback, in particular video files various formats. The only requirement when using the method is the need to connect all devices to one local network. That is, both the computer acting as a media server and the device on which you plan to play video via streaming must be connected to the same local network source - router or Wi-Fi.

Here's the whole procedure:

1. Click right click mouse over the video file you want to view on another device via streaming.
2. Select “Cast to device” (or Cast to Device, if you have an English version of Windows).
3. Select the desired device from the list that appears, and the file will automatically begin streaming via Windows player Media.