How to make my own DLNA media server to watch movies on other devices

And when we refer to other devices, it means that not only on TV, but we are also talking about PCs, mobiles, laptops, etc. The use of this type of device is unlimited and we will not only talk about just watching movies, but we can also watch videos, listen to music. View images, etc.

Although you think that making this type of server is very complicated, we can tell you that nothing is further from reality. If you can see iPhone videos and photos on my Samsung Smart TV without cables. Then it will be possible to carry out this procedure, you just have to follow the steps that we will list below.




But now we will show you how to create my own DLNA media server to watch movies on other devices. So that you can have fun at all times and not depend on a TV.

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How to make my own DLNA media server to watch movies on other devices

To  create your own DLNA media server to watch movies on other devices, you need to do the following. First you will go to your PC and in the taskbar at the bottom right, you will select the connections icon. When we do that, we'll give it the right clip and select the Open Network and Internet Settings option.

When you perform this action, the window will be shown on the desktop and here we will make a clip on the option Change connection properties. In this way, it will take us to another window and here we go to the Network Profile section and choose the Private option. Now let's go back to the previous window and scroll down until we find the Related Settings section.



There we will choose the option Change advanced sharing options, create a clip and it will take us to a new window. There, we will select the All Networks option at the bottom and create a clip on the arrow. Then in the section streaming multimedia, we will create a clip in the Choose Media Streaming option.


Configure the network to create the media server

When you perform this action, it will show us another window and in it we will give it a name first. Then you will see the device which is connected inside the local network, if you want to remove some you can do it otherwise you can leave it like this. Then you need to create a clip on the OK option.

We have already finished this part and close all the windows we have open, now we have to search our PC i film hi video that we want to share. We can have several videos and movies downloaded in one folder. Now let's select that folder and create a right clip and in the options we have to select the option Give access to.

And then we choose the Specific users option, when we do that a box will pop up and in it we will select the All option and then you will create a clip in Add and finally create a clip in Share. There we will see the folder we will share and then we will create a clip in the Done option and you have to do the same if you want to share music or another file.


And our media server will be ready, now if you want to see this folder on your android phone, you need to have the VLC Player application installed. In the application we will go to the section that says local network and wait for it to scan for a few seconds. After this time, it will show us the server we just created, we select it and that's it.



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It is important that you know that the devices must be on the same WiFi network and that way we have finished another interesting tutorial. This in a very simple way showed you how to create my own DLNA media server to watch movies on other devices.


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