Configure Plex server to work with DLNA for streaming content.
Configure Plex server to work with DLNA for streaming content.
Hello, I've been trying to create a home server mainly for watching movies / tv series. I am using windows 10 and plex, and its working as intended, I can watch media on my laptop / PC / phone (I have plex pass), but I cannot watch the movies on TV. The TV is a Sony Bravia 32W650A (2013), and there is no app for plex, so the 2 way to get the movies from the server to the TV is: Connect the TV and the server with a HDMI cable, and then use a mouse to start the media file / open plex in the browser and start the media. Its a solution but not the best one because: Currently the server is nearby to the TV, but it can change Its inconvinient, because I have to use a + mouse for launching a movie Use DLNA, with this I can use the TV remote start a movie. I want to deo his solution but it's not working properly. The problem with DLNA is that a lot of media files not supported by my TV, so I cannot play them on direct stream (I got an unsupported audio / infinite loading), if I don't use direct stream, then I can see that my plex is transcoding it, but on the TV is loading infinitely, also in that case I cannot play any media at all. The perfect solution would be to optimize media for my TV, and play the optimized version (without transcoding anything), but I cannot see a way to force plex to use the optimized version. I have a workaround, but its pretty messy: I use plex everywhere expect TV I disabled DLNA on plex because its not working anyway.. And I turned on windows 10 media stream. In plex I optimized all of my media to a lower quality (1080p 8mbps), and save all of it to \movies\Plex Versions folder I added this \movies\Plex Versions folder in Windows media player to the Videos, so I can see them via DLNA on TV And I can play the media on my TV The problem is that I have to optimize every new media file manually, but it is currently the best way to watch some media on my TV. Is there a better way (without windows 10 media stream), to use plex dlna on this TV? What would you do?
Avoid casting from an app on a mobile device to a TV. If possible, use a Chromsecast. It handles app access much better than standard smart TV apps, and its touchscreen interface remains superior to traditional remote controls.