So while this is not the only way to do this task, it might be the perfect way to stream video to your phone from PC or laptop, regardless of operating system or media player. You don’t have to dig around in settings panels, enable experimental features, or note down lengthy URLs and IP addresses. What SMPlayer does is make it easier to stream video from PC to Android over wifi. Now this “trick” is neither new nor novel VLC has a stream to Android feature hidden in its UI termed ‘network stream’. You do not have to leave the video “playing” on your PC, and you will be able to play/pause, skip forwards/back from whichever Android media player you use to watch the stream. Open a video in the app, select the cast to smartphone/tablet option, and then scan the QR code displayed (or send yourself a link to your phone) to stream video on your PC to your smartphone or tablet: SMPlayer can also stream video to your TV using Chromecast To stream content you do need to have a working Wi-Fi connection. The feature works by creating a (basic) web server on your PC over which your video is streamed. Providing you have a supported app on your phone (even a web browser all do) you can open the QR link and your video stream will begin playback right away.

Then, to stream a video to your phone from your PC just open a compatible audio/video file in SMPlayer 15.6, head to the Play > Cast to > Smartphone/tablet menu option, and scan the QR code that appears using your phone or tablet camera. The handy feature means you can watch video on your computer from your phone with minimal effort as no uploading, no downloading, and no subscriptions are required.Īll you need to stream is the latest version of SMPlayer (v15.6) on your Windows, Mac or Linux desktop, plus an Android phone (or tablet) with a compatible media player, like MX Player or VLC for Android, installed. SMPlayer makes it easy to stream video from PC to Android over wifi

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