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I’m not massively into collecting and curating digital video content – I have some family movies, and I stream content from BBC iPlayer, Amazon Video, etc. – pretty normal stuff. Even so, there are times that I think I could use the tech available to me in a better way – and there are times when I find I can do something that I didn’t previously know about!<\/p>\n

Today was one of those days, whilst I was studying for an exam and I wanted to watch some videos. \u00a0I wanted to be able to watch the videos in the comfort of my living room instead of on\u00a0a PC and I was sure there must be a way. I had copies on\u00a0my Synology NAS<\/a>\u00a0but, somewhat frustratingly, the Plex media server<\/a> wasn’t picking them up (and I wanted to be watching the videos, not playing with Plex!).<\/p>\n

\"Cast<\/p>\n

Then, when I right-clicked on a video file in Windows\u00a0Explorer, I spotted an option to “Cast to Device” which included options for my Samsung TV and also my Bose speakers – though I think the choices will depend on the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA)<\/a> devices that are available on the local network. I selected the TV and found I could create a playlist of videos to watch in the comfort of my sofa – and, even better, the TV remote can be used to pause\/resume playback (the PC was in a different room).<\/p>\n

\"Cast<\/p>\n

Now I’m studying in comfort (well, maybe not – I gave up the sofa and lay on the floor with another PC to take notes!) and streaming media across the home network using Windows and DLNA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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