Step-by-step tutorial to share your multimedia library on the Home network

In a previous article I was doing a brief analysis of an application that allowed me to view videos and photos from my mobile phone, on the living room television.

For this, a communication protocol called DLNA is used, which is integrated into the operating system of our computers from version 7 , and that allows us to share our multimedia library with any device that is identified in our network.

Step by step configuration

The first step is to open the Charm bar by pressing the Windows + C combination, or by dragging the bar from the right side.

Choose Settings to access the Control Panel option.

I access the Networks and Internet section.

I continue through the Network and Sharing Center .

And here I go to the bottom right corner (at the very bottom) and select the HomeGroup link.

Within the Change Homegroup Settings screen, I select the link that Allows all network devices…

Now yes, we have a list of all the DLNA devices to which we can have access and give permissions, and we select those in which that we want to play multimedia material from our computer.

If you have not previously configured the Home group, you will see a screen where you can indicate which folders you want to share with the rest of the computers on the network.

The process ends, when the system itself generates, or remembers, the password to be used in the Home group, but that is not necessary to share the informationbetween the devices.

And now view the videos and photos from your library, on the living room television, simply choosing it as the device on which to play the file.

More information | DLNA website In Xataka | What is DLNA and what can I use it for at home