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Stream to xbmc from Desktop - dandandandan - 2014-07-10
Hello
This is a pretty naive question, i know.
Is it somehow possible to stream a Video from my Desktop(WIndows/Linux) to xbmc running on a rpi?
Like for example tell vlc to output it somehow on the xbmc connected to my TV via upnp for example.
thanks in advance
RE: Stream to xbmc from Desktop - Ned Scott - 2014-07-11
You can. I don't think VLC can act like a UPnP server, but you can place a VLC stream URL in a text file, call it "video.strm" (or anything .strm) and XBMC will open the file. If you are wanting to share a video then it would just be easier to use normal file sharing (wiki), but you can use VLC. It's good for situations like video capturing or having to transcode.
RE: Stream to xbmc from Desktop - dandandandan - 2014-07-11
Thanks so far.
What i am looking for is a way to click a file in the explorer/an app on my Desktop and say "play on xbmc", without having to navgate in xbmc to a file.
A way to send a file from outside to xbmc and make xbmc play it.