How To: Enable Video Stream Between PC And Android Phones

Getting all those video files you’ve accrued on the big screen is perhaps the most pressing challenge of our time,and getting a cable and hooking up Android phones to your PC also is tedious and time consuming. So, why not directly stream it from or to your PC? Here, we are going to share with you how to stream video, photos and music from your Android device to desktop PC or Laptop.



VLC Direct for Android is a powerful video stream application and it  uses the power of VLC to stream your Android device movie, music, photo to your desktop screen. You can watch anything from your movie collection and  no need for complex conversion processes and  manually transfer movies to your device. You only need install VLC server software on your computer, and grab the VLC Direct app from the Android Market. If your devices are on the same Wi-Fi network, VLC  will see the computer and display it on screen. When you tap it, it shows the list of folders you have chosen to share. Yes, folks, this is the same multiplatform free media player that you’re familiar with on your PC, and its still super awesome. It allows you to play any video format of any size from your Android phones including MKV, AVI, MPEG, and over oversized MP4s with large HD resolutions, as well as most formats you could think of. Here is the instructions on how to stream video from your Android phones to PC or laptop,

Step 1: Download VideoLan VLC Media Player (Free) from here. Then install it in your PC/Mac.

Step 2: Start VLC on your PC/Mac.

Step 3:Then, Enable the VLC web interface



Step 4: Download VLC for Android, then install and  open VLC in your Android phone.
Step 5: On your Android phone, open menu and Go to “Settings”.
Step 7: Then,click “Automatic Connection Wizard”.


Step 8: On Click “Start” on your Android phone. VLC Direct will start scanning the network, looking for VLC. (Note: If your computer have install firewall, please disable the firewall)
Step 9: That’s it! VLC Direct is now configured and ready to use!

Do I sound impressed? VLC costs just $3.57( full-featured ), and there is a free version that shows only allow streaming from PC to Android is limited to a few minutes per media file with subtitles disabled.

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