Hi!
Here's another way to "Cast" files do DLNA devices on your home network
from the Windows PC.
by "Cast" I mean "StreaM' either audio or video to another DLNA device
on your network and for the sake of simplicity I too will refer to
casting rather than streaming as Windows itself does too.
The process is extremely straight forward and I have been aware of the
"Cast" option for quite some time though on earlier versions of Windows
- Windws 7 - I never got the option to work for some strange reason so I
never bothered to mention casting prefering to use Third Party
alternatives but now I have the "Cast" option working very nicely thanks
across my network and to all DLNA compatible devices so here we go.
First things first, you'll need to select the file, group of files or
playlist you wish to cast from the File explorer or similar. Once the
files are selected right-click on the selection and a context menu will
appear.
From here select the "Cast To Device" option and a list of all
available DLNA devices on your Network will show so select the device
you wish to "Cast" to and press enter.
A player will open with the usual controls such as play, pause, stop,
repeat toggle and so on and you'll see a list of files to cast in a list
box, you can select amongst these if you like pressing enter on the
particular file you wish to cast.
A final thought, be sure your Firewall doesn't block access to the
outside world/devices for the "Cast" utility, if the "Cast" procedure as
outlined above doesn't work then chances are your Firewall has something
to do with it so either apply a rule or enable the "Learning mode" for
your firewall so it knows what to do when you next try to "Cast".
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