![]() ![]() For Samsung smart TVs, you need to push “Source” button, you will see your Windows 8 computer as a media device in “Network” category. After connecting the TV with “ANIK”, “ANIK_COMP” media device is appeared in TV screen. Here in my case the network name is “Anik” and name of Windows 8 PC is “ANIK_COMP”.ĥ. Also connect your Windows 8 PC with that network. Now, go to your TV settings and connect your TV with available network. It will also form a LAN with these three devices.Ĥ. Then you can create a wired LAN segment between your TV and modem and another Wireless LAN segment between your computer and modem. Your TV do not has Wi-Fi connectivity but has a LAN PPoE Mini Port and your Windows 8 computer has Wi-Fi adapter. Suppose your modem has LAN ports and it also supports Wi-Fi. Now the Switch is joining two LAN segments and forming a Local Area Network.ģ. Do the same thing to establish another LAN segment between your Windows 8 computer and Switch (ADSL modem). Otherwise connect your TV with the switch using LAN cable.Ģ. If your modem supports Wi-Fi and you have a Wi-Fi dongle for your Smart TV, you can connect your TV with your modem using Wi-Fi. Your internet DSL modem can act as a Switch. You will need a Switch (minimum two-layer) to connect two different segments of a LAN. Steps to connect Windows 8 with Samsung Smart TVġ. ![]() These are the main things you need to perform before going to the next stage. You know How to use dlna server in Windows 8? You know How to allow other devices to connect to Windows 8?ī. I have shown the steps with Samsung UA40EH5330R, but this article is applicable for any dlna enabled device.īefore going through this article make sure that:Ī. I can’t think of another way to get to the same end result… suggestions appricated.This article will help you to understand how to share media between your Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 PC and a dlna enabled Smart TV. I don’t want to upload the photos to the HUB, just play them from my phone. I did get Skifta to play 2 photos, once via the WDTV Live Hub ! At this point I’m stuck and it appears Twonky could be the problem even using Twonky on my phone to talk to the built in Twonky. As per 2 and 3, they find the WDTV but WDTV Hub Live does not respond. As Skifta is finds WDTV on the network but when you select play after a few seconds it reports ‘an error has occured’ but this works with other DLNA devices as listed above.Ĥ, Install Twonky ( ). These all work as expected i.e displaying the photo I’ve selected.ģ, Install iMediaShare ( ). To confirm I’ve tested Skifta from my phone with Sony Bravia 2010 TV, Sony Bravia 2011 TV, Asus O!play, Playstation 3, Serviio DLNA server. Skifta believes it is playing the photos but WDTV doesn’t respond. Start Skifta, select share local photos, it see WDTV on the network so select as output device. On Windows, OSX, Ubuntu the phone is seen and I can browse the photos but WDTV doesn’t see the device.Ģ, Install Skifta ( ) DLNA app for Android, connect to the router over wifi which in turn connects to WDTV live hub via a wired connection. I’ve tried the following without success so hoping someone can advise how to do it ? The hub has had its firmware updated and is running default settings including Twonky DLNA server built in.ġ, Connect phone via WDTV front USB socket, tell android to mount SD card as a drive and plug into WDTV. I want to share the photos from my android phone (HTC) to WDTV Live Hub. ![]()
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