DLNA is cool. I can even watch movies on my phone. But I don’t have a DLNA-certified TV. My TV is a normal one. Can I still watch movies from the computer on my TV?
To access DLNA streaming, if your TV is not certified dlna one, then use a media player hardware as a bridge. Of course, this media player must be dlna certified one like the popular ones: WD TV, Popcorn Hour, TVIX, Dune Player, PS3...
Use the cable to connect your hardware media player to your non-DLNA certified TV set. Thus your TV set is only used as a HD monitor.
Also the supported codecs of these players is very important point. MKV file can not be streamed by DLNA directly. Try a video converter app to transcode mkv to compatible one. Seaching on Google, you will find one. I find one via searching dlna mkv video converter.
Good luck. ^-^
And don't forget you lose subtitles since there is no standart for in in DLNA specs.
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Is there any way or app which i could use to stream videos from my device to TV without any cable? I know there are UPNP/DLNA apps which can do that but problem is using that.. TV uses its own video player to play the files and we dont get much of functionality. I'm looking any app which could use MX Player/VLC or any other Android player to control the video in TV. Any help?
Hi.
Is there a way to stream the conact directly to the samsung TV?
Im using the Show box to stream the movies online and the MX Player to see the movie and the imbedded translation. I want to stream the movie directly to the Samsung TV that I have like the built in video player.
To overcome this today, I use the screen mirroring, but this drains my battery quite fast as the phone screen has to stay on at the same time that I stream the movie.
Please advise if this is possible.
Thanks.
You need to check wheter your videos are compatible with Samsung TV first in that as far as I know, Samsung TV only can support MP4, WMV well. Maybe a tool should be helpful to you for encoding videos into MP4.
Hi,
Please i want to stream movies from my phone to my sony kdl ex65 tv(bought in 2012) . I'm able to stream a movie perfectly via dlna but my tv can't play subtitles. Is there any workaround to be able to play movies with subtitles without getting additional accessories or dongles ???
Sorry if i wrote in the wrong forum's category but i didn't know where to ask .
Thanks
Any android app or specific converter?
Mx player can play with subtitiles if video have subtitle included or you can download from subtitles from google by searching
The problem is playing the subtitles on my tv via dlna , not playing it on phone(btw i use mx player for watching on my phone)
I can't believe I'm still asking this in 2020, but casting audio and/or video content to DLNA has been a problem since Android's release -- and the situation hasn't improved, even in Android Q. I've used BubbleUPnP on rooted phones for many years to stream almost any type of audio content to DLNA. But I haven't been nearly as successful casting video streams to DLNA, with BubbleUPnP or anything else. Up to now, I've just lived with it.
But along comes the virus, so our very large church can now only meet via its live stream. Understandably, my wife wants to view the services on the TV vs. a tiny phone screen. The live stream displays perfectly in any Android browser, but I've been totally unable to cast/mirror it to either of my DLNA-equipped TVs. I can cast locally-stored .MP4 movies from my phone to either DLNA TV with BubbleUPnP. And I've even managed to cast previous services from the church's recorded video archive, which are simply recordings made from the same original live streams.
But for some reason, trying to cast the live stream itself always gives errors. I've tried every option in BubbleUPnP, plus every other product I could find in the Play Store that claims to support DLNA, all with no success. Both the recorded videos and the live stream appear as embedded objects within the church's website, but I'm assuming the live stream uses a different protocol that none of the DLNA casting apps can handle?
Yes, I might be able to cobble something together using a Chromecast instead of DLNA. But I have no other need for a Chromecast; am not even certain that it would solve the problem; and just hate to run out and give Google more $$ for functionality that should have been built into Android years ago. Unlike a proprietary Chromecast, DLNA is a widely-used standard. DLNA renderers are built into two of my TVs, and an audio-only renderer is included in my Yamaha AV receiver. I'd just like to be able to use them.
Any ideas welcome... many thanks!
Will it be possible in really near future to cast urls with movies?
I mean I have a direct link to a movie (most popular formats mkv/mp4, x264, mpeg4 etc). It runs fine on my mobile mx player but I cannot cast it to a tv.
Why?
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