stream a movie from my amazon account on my pc to my tv wirelessly

[ibthilly]

How to stream from pc to tv wirelessly. I have an ASUS RT-AC68P Wireless router and a Lan adapter connected to my tv. The tv is picking up the network, but just not sure how to stream from pc to tv from here.

 

[Corwin65]

You will need a chromecast, roku, amazon firestick type thing. (if I'm wrong, thank you in advance for educating me)

 

[Pooneil]

Windows, itself, has a DLNA server that your TV can detect. For this to work the video format on the computer must be one the TV will recognize. This is more of a pain than it is worth because while TVs will do this the format and interface issues are too frustrating. IME, the dead easiest and most reliable way is to use PLEX media server on your computer and put a PLEX app on a ROKU, Apple TV or Chromecast. Whichever device fits your budget and other viewing needs. The miracast technology can do this too. I have no personal experience with miracast.

You will need really solid wifi if you plan on streaming high quality MKV files. One advantage of PLEX is transcoding so you can tell it to compress video when the bandwidth is not great enough. Plus you can then watch video on other computer, and your phone. It is free, but if you pay for PLEX you can stream over the internet. YMMV on this feature.

I love PLEX on my ROKU.

 

[jsmithepa]

Well, does your TV have this WIDGET?

No? Then you have the wrong TV.

You must attach "something else" for it to work.

Why not ask Amazon? HERE.

 

[Math Geek]

the roku is freaking awesome. miracast is built into android so most phones and tables with it connect directly to the roku stick with nothing in between. i watch movies off my phone all the time on my roku with no extra anything. why oay for flex when this already works

but you will need something to make this possible. if the tv is not a smart one then you will need something else. a ton of dvd/blue ray players have amazon built in. as does roku, apple tv, amazon fire stick. chromecast simply makes your tv another monitor for your pc so you can see whatever your pc is showing on the tv. but in the end you need something to do this for you.

as a side note, win 10 has miracast built in as well and it picks up the roku stick as well making the simple connection you want as well. again the tv is simply another monitor to the pc with miracast going. this does take newer wifi hardware however and even a couple year old wifi card won't work as it is not in the standard at that time. a new ac adapter will work fine to be able to use miracast.

right now with sales going, the roku stick is $40 at many places. i prefer it over apple tv and amazon stuff. the others cram their own content to the front and it can be hard to find other services. roku is 3rd party so everything gets equal treatment.