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Due to various limitations of TV boxes and smart TVs, many videos cannot be played on TV, and external storage devices, such as U disk, mobile hard disk, NAS, etc., are required. For multiple TV terminal devices, removable hard disks, etc. It is inconvenient to use and easy to damage. It is more troublesome to set up NAS and requires additional costs. It is a common requirement to use smart TVs to watch video content on Windows 10 computers. Here are several methods to achieve this function.
Method 1: Use an HDMI cable
This is one of the most common methods. It is possible to connect a Windows 10 computer to a Smart TV via an HDMI cable. Just follow the steps below:
Make sure both the Smart TV and Windows 10 PC are turned off.
Plug one end into the HDMI output port of the Windows 10 computer and the other end into the HDMI input port of the Smart TV.
Turn on the smart TV and switch to the corresponding HDMI input source, you should be able to see the content of the computer screen on the TV.
This method is very simple, but you need to make sure you have an HDMI cable available, and you need to manually adjust the input source on your smart TV, which also needs to support HDMI ports.
Method 2: Use DLNA technology
Windows 10 supports DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) technology, you can set a Windows 10 computer as a DLNA server, and then access shared media content through a smart TV.
In “Settings” – “Network and Internet” – “Sharing Options” – “Network and Sharing Center”, if media streaming is not enabled, click “Enable Media Streaming”.
First, make sure that the system is Windows Media Player with Windows 7 or above, open the “Network and Sharing Center”, click “Change Advanced Sharing Settings” on the left, and click “Select Streaming Options” in the column of “Streaming Media” Then click “Enable”. In the pop-up window, keep the devices in the list in the “Allowed” state, and then click “OK”.
Second, open the Windows Media Player that comes with Windows, click “Media Streaming”, check “Automatically allow devices to play my media”, click “Organization” – “Manage Media Library” – “Video”, set The video files on the computer are all concentrated in one folder, and then add this folder to the library.
After completing the above two steps, you can share the video in the “Media Library” of Windows Media Player to the smart TV or TV box in the same wireless WIFI network environment through DLNA.
On the smart TV or TV box, open “HD Player”, the TV will automatically search for DLNA devices, if the settings are normal, you will see a prompt “1 DLNA device”, click on it, select “Video” – “Folder” , you can see the shared files on the computer, and click the video file to play it.
Method 3: Use SMB to share folders
Shared folders can enable mutual access and sharing of files between multiple computers. The method of setting up a shared folder is:
Find the folder you want to share, right-click and select Properties.
In the folder properties window, switch to the Sharing tab.
Click the “Sharing Advanced Settings” button and make sure the sharing option is enabled.
In “Sharing Permissions”, add users or computers that need to access the folder, and set corresponding permissions.
On the smart TV or TV box side, open the “HD player”, the TV will automatically search for network sharing devices, if the settings are normal, you will see the shared computer, click on it, select the name of the folder, you can see the computer side To share files, click on a video file to play it.
It should be noted that the shared folder protocol is SMB, and some smart TVs only support SMB 1.0, while Windows 10 defaults to the SMB2.0 protocol and removes support for SMB1.0. And this SMB2.0 protocol is not backward compatible with SMB1.0, which directly leads to the fact that some devices with only SMB1.0 protocol cannot be shared with computers.
The solution is to reinstall the SMB1.0 protocol. The method of installing the SMB1.0 protocol is:
1. Open the Control Panel and find the “Programs and Features” item
2. Select “Turn Windows features on or off”
3. Find the SMB 1.0 option and click the + sign to expand all and tick it.
The above are the three main ways to use a smart TV to watch video content on a Windows 10 computer. I personally think that the method of using SMB shared folders is the most stable and simple, and it is recommended.
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