How To Stream Pc To Tv Windows 7

Like many people, you probably have lots of music, video and photograph files stored on your computer. At that place might be times when y'all desire to play them on your Tv set. In this tutorial we'll walk you through the steps of streaming video / audio from a Windows PC to Sony TV wirelessly. No demand to install any third-party software.

You'll demand:

A computer running with Windows x, 8 or seven
Sony TV with built-in WiFi and DLNA support
Wireless network with DHCP enabled (WiFi)

How to Stream Video / Audio from PC to Sony Tv set Wirelessly

There's actually an open standard for sharing media files beyond a home network. It's called the Digital Living Network Brotherhood (DLNA), and you probably already accept everything yous need to utilize information technology. Here we'll set upwardly your PC as a DLNA media server, and the Tv set will piece of work equally a DLNA renderer to receive stream over the LAN.

Part 1: Connect Your TV to A Network Using Wireless Connexion

Information technology's pretty easy to configure your Sony Tv to connect to wireless LAN. Follow these steps:

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Press the Habitation button, then select [Settings] > [Network] > [Network setup] > [Easy].
Cull Wi-Fi and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the set-upwards.

Note: When entering Wi-Fi passwords, press OK to bring up the virtual keyboard. Click Next key on the virtual keyboard when it's done.

Part 2: Set Up Your Figurer equally a Media Server

Windows Media Thespian is the built-in software available in Windows 10/eight/7 that you tin use to share your media over the network to DLNA-compliant devices. Before getting started, you demand to turn on media streaming options in Windows.

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You will then be prompted with a list of DLNA-compliant devices that Windows has found on your wireless network. Select the Sony TV y'all desire to share with and then OK. In my case, my Sony TV is shown with its model KD-55X8000C.

Now open Windows Media Player. Drag your favorite movies, musics or photos stored on your figurer, then drib them into Windows Media Actor's library.

Correct-click on the videos or audios you want to watch on Television set, select "Cast to Device" and choose your Tv from the menu.

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Once the "Cast to Device" remote control window is launched, y'all can reorder or delete items, add to the queue, or toggle echo. It's even possible to add new media items from Windows Media Player or Windows Explorer by dragging them into this window.

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