(sorry for my bad english)
I am looking for a system that enables me to watch my videos (that are storaged for example in My Cloud) at my Smart TV.
Somebody can tell me if this is possible to do via wify? What is the quality of the transmission?
Where can I get a good documentation that explains this subject?
If you install Plex on your Samsung TV via the apps menu on your tv and you can also install Plex (media server) on your MyCloud Mirror. Plex will organise your movie files and these will show up on Plex on your tv.
Look up DLNA. It’s a system for streaming digital media between devices. It is likely that your smart TV will have a DLNA client.
Your router may provide a DLNA server for an HDD plugged into a USB port (if it has one; many do, e.g. Belkin, Technicolor).
Or you can buy any of the MyCloud family, and use the Twonky DLNA media server that is built in to it.
If your smart TV is based on a fairly open version of Android (that allows you to install apps from the Play store), you may be able to install Kodi and access a file server, again, either provided by your router, or by a MyCloud.
Yes, it is possible via WiFi, provided you have a router that provides wireless access.
How is your home network setup? Since you have a smart TV you should not have a problem. Find the link to your videos, then you should be able to choose WD My Cloud and the videos/movies you want to watch.
Below are pictures from my smart TV. Click on, tap or activate images to enlarge them.
Here, after selecting Videos on my TV I select WDMYCLOUD.
I do … there is NO NEED to re-encode a video file to ‘embedd’ a srt file !
To embedd ie ‘mux’ a srt file into a video container … it is very quick, no re-encoding, no quality loss. External subtitles need to be embedded into the video file for DLNA servers to display them.
100% Freeware Tools: (that support a lot of tasks … embedding subtitles is one of them)
Hi
This is how I use to connect with my last mycloud, Id see the device as a component on my smart TV input list. I just purchased a new mycloud home and I cant see it any longer and I don’t see a method to share my video folder I created.
I only see a option to share a link with someone. How do I see my mycloud on my TV again?
Thanks, I had this loaded and can see the PLEX server as a device on the input screen of my TV but it has no content in the files and I have them all in plex. Who do i share it?
Hi, the problem that you can’t watch video on your smart TV probably is the format incompatibility. This is easy to handle with a free video converter like HandBrake to convert video for streaming video on TV.