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Like the title says... i'm looking for a way to play music/videos from my media player TO a Tv on the same network. Basically like you can do with windoze media player and have been able to do for a while... surely Linux can do something the same or better?

I'm not looking to install a media server then use the TV to browse the media server and find files, which I have done already and the media browser on the TV is a bit frustrating when you have many files.

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  • What sort of TV? Are you talking about sending video to a DLNA endpoint (something that some smart TVs are)? – Oli Jun 12 '13 at 14:46
  • yes, its a samsung smart TV. it can connect to dlna servers and play that way but browsing media on the tv itself is quite bad. in windoze media player there is a "play to" option that finds the tv on the network so i can find what i want to play on the pc and just send it to the tv. – Luckdragon Jun 12 '13 at 23:59
  • Good question - apparently there are some 'smart tvs' that work as a client to view videos on your 'server' computer software? However there are few if any articles on the cheaper common hdmi dongles that allow Androids and laptops to share screen! – NoBugs Jan 22 '14 at 07:04

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Set up a DLNA server (like MediaTomb) on the host, import media, etc. I thought MT had its own "play to" functionality through its webui but it's been years since I last played with it.

If it does, that's your whole solution there. If it doesn't you'll need a controller.

If you're looking for control from a computer, GUPnP-AV Control Point is a fair bet but control point software is widely available for all sorts of devices, eg: BubbleUPnP.

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    that GUPnP-AV Control Point looks pretty cool :P going to play around with that one for a bit. only had a brief look at mediatomb but will give that one another look over and see whats possible. – Luckdragon Jun 14 '13 at 09:56
  • @Luckdragon If you don't get on with MediaTomb (I had problems with some transcoding), MiniDLNA worked well for me but that really is a very Spartan sharing tool. For that to work you will need a remote (or to browse from the TV). – Oli Jun 14 '13 at 10:25
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    For me, MiniDLNA failed with most videos (e.g. avi/divx). Serviio somehow works (see minidlna and samsung tv file format doesn't support for details). But still, I'd like to have a possibility to "beam my screen" to the TV (e.g. show what's in the browser, or some presentation, etc.), like if it was another "cloned screen". – Izzy Aug 06 '13 at 18:50
  • After installing MediaTomb from Ubuntu 12.04 repos, I get (with the Chrome browser) MediaTome UI disabled: check configuration. I've checked MediaTomb's support forum and there are no answers to this problem. Any ideas? – John Rose Apr 12 '14 at 18:23
  • I'm also not sure if I should be using MediaTomb. I want to view an flv file (though I can convert it to mp4 if necessary) on my new Sony TV which I can see on my home network, it's connected to my router by ethernet as device MT8520-1 with an IP address allocated by my router. I've looked up Sony's manuals on their web site and they give no info about using the ethernet connection. – John Rose Apr 12 '14 at 18:32
  • MediaTomb worked directly after setting it and adding videos on my samsung TV! – Philippe Gachoud Apr 10 '15 at 16:17