The accelerated advancement of technology allows us to almost out of nowhere and with the resources we have, enjoy the best movies in our home. And believe it or not, it is not with the use of decoders or TV antennas, but with a DLNA media server. This is why we present you the following article that will show you how to create 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 also talk about PCs, mobile phones, laptops, etc. The use of this type of device is unlimited and we will not only be talking about simply watching movies, but we can also watch videos, listen to music. View images, etc.
But now we are going to show you how to create my own DLNA media server to watch movies on other devices. So you can enjoy at all times and not depend on a TV set.
How to create my own DLNA media server to watch movies on other devices
In order for you to create your own DLNA media server to watch movies on other devices, you must 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 doing this, we are going to give it the right clip and select the option Open network and internet settings.
When performing this action, the window will be shown on the desktop, and here we are going to make a clip on the option Change connection properties. By doing this, it will take us to another window and here we go to the Network profile section and choose the Private option. Now we return to the previous window and scroll down until we find the Related Settings section.
There we are going to choose the option Change advanced sharing options, make a clip and it will take us to a new window. There, we will select the option All networks at the bottom and we will make a clip on the arrow. Then in the Streaming multimedia section, we are going to make a clip in the option Choose streaming media.
Setting up the network to create the media server
When performing this action, it will show us another window and in it, we are going to give it a name first. Then you will see the device that is connected within the local network, if you want to remove any of them you can do it otherwise you can leave it like that. Then you must make a clip on the OK option.
We have already finished this part and we close all the windows that we have open, now we must search our PC for the movies or videos that we want to share. We can have several downloaded videos and movies in a folder. Now we select that folder and make the right clip and in the options, we must select the option Give access to.
And then we choose the option Specific users, when we do this a box will appear and in it we will select the All option and then you make a clip in Add and finally you make a clip in Share. There we will see the folder that we are going to share and then we are going to make a clip in the Done option and you must do the same if you want to share music or another file.
And our multimedia server will be ready, now if you want to see this folder on your Android phone, you must have the VLC Player application installed. In the application, we will go to the section that says local network and we will wait for it to scan for a few seconds. After this time, it will show us the server that we have just created, we select it and that’s it.
It is important that you know that the devices must be on the same WiFi network and in this way we have finished another interesting tutorial. That in a very simple way showed you how to create my own DLNA multimedia server to watch movies on other devices.