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Danyutz
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Himens,
Can anyone point out a solution to play movies from my PC to the TV which is in another room?
PC is hooked to the network via ethernet cable, TV uses wifi, both are connected to the same router - but differently ( cable and wifi ).
HDMI cable is out of the question, devices are on separate floors.
Cheers!
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vurt
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| Posted: Sat, 16th Oct 2021 20:18 Post subject: |
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Put movies on a USB memory or a USB drive, connect to the TV's USB in (all TV's i've owned in the last 15 years has been able to play movies from USB).
Streaming movies from a PC to just a TV, no idea, probably not possible or you'll have to read the manual to your specific TV, maybe its OS has some feature that makes it possible but probably not. Maybe possible if you can reach dropbox or similar from the TV and you can stream for there.
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zTurbo
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| Posted: Sat, 16th Oct 2021 20:25 Post subject: |
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right click windows media player screen and stream it
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DXWarlock
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| Posted: Sat, 16th Oct 2021 21:15 Post subject: |
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I use a lower end synology NAS and drop movies into the "Movies" share on it. And TV finds them and can play them.
It's not from the PC itself per say. But it as simple as it gets:
Download movie, copy to network NAS drive, go watch on TV.
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| Posted: Sat, 16th Oct 2021 21:24 Post subject: |
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i got a HDD connected to my router, so i can move files on it and access them from all TV's and other devices. for example i can watch movies with kodi on my firestick like this.
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| Posted: Sun, 17th Oct 2021 02:47 Post subject: |
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Plex server.
running mine on my computer with 16TB which feeds to my nvidia shield TV.
Otherwise you can just get a Shield TV and run a local plex server on it and plug an external HDD into it with your movies.
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| Posted: Sun, 17th Oct 2021 04:46 Post subject: |
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| scaramonga wrote: | A simple Pi 3 or 4 will suffice  |
If you go PI you'll want pi 4b for 4k and HDR support. |
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konkol84
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| Posted: Sun, 17th Oct 2021 10:32 Post subject: |
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Buy power line adapters, they change your electric grid to LAN and you just plug Ethernet cables into them. I play 4k movies from my PC to my OLED without any issues via Plex server on my Pc
Here's a US&A version of the thing, but i bet you can find a version for normal, civilized outlet : https://www.tp-link.com/us/home-networking/powerline/tl-pa8010p-kit/
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Danyutz
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| Posted: Sun, 17th Oct 2021 15:44 Post subject: |
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Oh yes, I see that Spyke named it, I am looking at playing 4K movies.
At this point I'm also considering a NAS like Warlock suggested. I am also looking into Plex, just need to research if 1 bay NAS can play 4K vids.
Pi is also viable , but I can't find any stocks locally - and I have 0 experience with Raspberry.
Actually, all other media streamers in form of USB sticks are also viable.
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| Posted: Sun, 17th Oct 2021 16:13 Post subject: |
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I just do it with my Chromecast.
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DXWarlock
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| Posted: Sun, 17th Oct 2021 17:07 Post subject: |
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I use the single bay DS115 and it does 4k fine for me.
Now I dont have the box doing anything else. Its not a torrent box, or realtime backup or anything.
Only things I use it for is movies for the family, and deep storage backup/archiving of things I very rarely use/dont want to lose.
If you use it for any of those I cannot speak for if it can keep up and do 4k.
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| Posted: Sun, 17th Oct 2021 18:41 Post subject: |
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Emby media server might be a viable alternative to plex. I prefer it tbh
Many modern tvs have emby / plex apps
Or just get a chromecast/fire stick and install emby/plex. Upside is that you can playback dolby vision
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Danyutz
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Danyutz
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| Posted: Mon, 18th Oct 2021 20:04 Post subject: |
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Thought about it, but I need more than one, as it's not underneath the PC room - god damn it 
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| Posted: Wed, 20th Oct 2021 13:07 Post subject: |
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Easiest way is to buy Raspberry Pi (with wifi) and use Kodi or buy Android TV box (Nvidia Shield is awesome) and install Kodi and connect it to your TV. Share a folder on your PC where your movies are located and add the SMB share to Kodi, then you can stream the movies from your computer.
You could also get a Plex server installed on your PC and install the Plex APP on your TV.
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| Posted: Wed, 20th Oct 2021 13:54 Post subject: |
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Kodi is also available on android tvs as an app. No need for a rpi or android tv box.
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| Posted: Wed, 20th Oct 2021 15:32 Post subject: |
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| Photish wrote: | | Kodi is also available on android tvs as an app. No need for a rpi or android tv box. |
Yes this is true, if the TV is Android TV this would be the easiest option.
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| Posted: Wed, 20th Oct 2021 15:59 Post subject: |
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i'd also advise against an RPI as media player. As much as i love the little machine, if you want to playback 4k/HDR/DV you're in for all kinds of headaches on RPI.
android based players (CCGTV/Fire4k/etc) with kodi are way less hassle
also be aware that if you do decide to go with the wired solution the distance to be covered should be <10m. otherwise (even optical/fibre) hdmi cables won't reliably transmit 4k 4:4:4 chroma at 60hz
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Frant
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| Posted: Thu, 21st Oct 2021 02:23 Post subject: |
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I just use Serviio on PC which use DLNA to share whatever I want. I just open the TV's internal player and the folders (and subfolders) with configurable settings are instantly showing up. Simple no hassle solution for me.
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| Posted: Thu, 21st Oct 2021 13:18 Post subject: |
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What you need is a DLNA media server software. You can install it on your PC and your tv will pick it up. I tried Universal Media Server but over time settled with https://www.plex.tv/.
Pitfalls:
- You may not be able to stream 4k stuff to your tv, or even some high quality 1080p things due to bitrate limits. Say your nice cat6 PC ethernet cable goes into a wall but then its cat3 inside the walls that goes into your router. Then your router sends out 100mpbs to your wifi tv with sketchy bitrate.
- Most DLNA reencode your stream, so say when you turn on subtitles your 4k movie over 100mbps network is no longer working smoothly.
- Library refresh is shit for all DLNA servers, restarting stuff usually works.
- You need a smart tv to install the Plex app on it to run it.
Switch over to wifi6 router and wifi6 receiver on a tv for better speeds
Aim for cat6+ cables across the entire connection journey
You may need to fiddle with the router to assign your media server a stable DHCP address or else plex will be bitching all the time.
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Danyutz
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| Posted: Sun, 19th Dec 2021 12:54 Post subject: |
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Coming back to this as I'm getting close on actually installing the TV ( its still in the box, since 3-4mo ago ).
I've read some more about Plex and it seems that playing 4k movies is a hit and miss with this, depending on the type of file you download, sometimes sound doesn't work with subs, or the other way around ( transcoding and starts buffering if I understood correctly? )
I have an older Samsung soundbar that I would like to use, this one only knows DTS afaik but no atmos.
What is the safest file format to download that will work both sound and subs at the same time - i don't care about the DTS, 5.1 might be ok.
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| Posted: Sun, 19th Dec 2021 13:33 Post subject: |
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mkv always. with dolby vision you sometimes only get mp4s but they're still HEVC
cant speak for plex but emby has no such problems. 4k/HDR/DV/ feed it whatever you want it'll play-- so i imagine plex shouldn't have any issues either
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garus
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Mythril
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| Posted: Sun, 19th Dec 2021 16:56 Post subject: |
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Universal Media Server or Mezzmo. Been using them for years without a problem.
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| Posted: Sun, 19th Dec 2021 18:37 Post subject: |
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Rpi4 has no bandwidth problems via cable ethernet that is. Newest osmc even finally supports 4k HDR playback while still having root access so you can install other apps as well (as opposed to libreelec which is limiting in that regard. Docker is your only option there)
Id still advise to use a ccgtv/fire4k and just install kodi. Their wifi will stream high bitrate 4k w/o hiccups and youll have the option for DV playback which an rpi will (probably) never get (due to license shenanigans)
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