movies from pc to watch on tv.
February 6th, 2020
I have downloaded some movies that I want to watch on my 65 smart tv. But I have never done this before.
can anyone tell me what I will need to do this and the setting on the laptop or the tv.
I have some hdmi cables.
Thanks so much
hello everyone,
I have downloaded some movies that I want to watch on my 65 smart tv. But I have never done this before.
can anyone tell me what I will need to do this and the setting on the laptop or the tv.
I have some hdmi cables.
Thanks so much
its simple, on input devices set your tv to hdmi and plug the hdmi cable into your laptop and click on display (small screen on lower hand of your screen and check on available display and click on hdmi)
The other way is to copy your movies to a flash drive or portable HDD.
Then you can plug it into the USB socket of the TV and select the source as USB.
Being a smart TV, it should handle most video formats OK.
This way you don’t tie up the laptop while watching your movies on TV
get a chromecast dongle (that is if you have a wireless router) plug dongle in TV’s HDMI input, run google chrome, with videostream, then cast the movie.
If you have a games console you may be able to stream to it thats what i do.
‘s solution is easiest. It depends on how smart your TV is.
thanks so much guys for all your input. thanks
I have a wireless modem my tv is new smart tv has apps for huhu you tube and other apps.
my desktop does not have wireless card, is connected to the modem , can I still use the chromecast dongle ?
sorry guys not too high tech .. but learning a lot here..
no just copy the movie to a usb stick and plug into the usb port on ur TV, I use a 32 GB key and works just fine…this is the fastest and simplest way…other ways exist, like vlc streaming from my PC to my linux based Dreambox, then TV, but harder to set up, unless you understand how this works
serviio is a nice streaming to, most smart tv’s support it
serviio is a nice streaming to, most smart tv's support it
If your TV is DLNA compliant and has Wi-Fi that can connect to your router or laptop then you could give it a whirl.
All free and nothing to buy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serviio
Youtube is your friend for this, just load youtube up on a tablet or phone (mobile device) click the tv icon up top, and your video (from youtube only) will play perfectly on your hd tv. This is old, but works great!
I use Serviio to “share” my movies and music on my network.
The TV is connected to the network and use DLNA to stream the movies etc. Nice thing about doing it this way is you can browse through the movies etc with your TV remote, and also use TV controls like play/pause/forward etc.