159 Photos, videos, and music
Sharing media on your home network
Sharing photos, videos, and music with a bigger circle of friends is easy on your home
network. Simply connect your phone to the network and instantly show your captured
photos and videos on a big TV, or start streaming your favorite music tracks on hi-fi
speakers — all via DLNA®. For more information about DLNA, visit www.dlna.org.
Before you share media through the network:
Connect your phone to the network via Wi-Fi. To find out how to connect to a
Wi-Fi network, see the Internet chapter.
Connect the TV or speakers to the network. Check the documentation that
came with your TV or speakers to know how.
1.
Open the Gallery or Music app.
2.
Locate the media that you want to share, and then tap it.
3.
While viewing the photo or playing the video or music, press MENU, and then
tap
Select player
.
4.
Choose the device on your network where you want to play the media.
5.
Once connected to the other device, your phone opens up the Controller screen
where you can tap:
Controls
To
Play the media on the other device.
Pause the music or video playback.
Play the previous photo or music track.
Play the next photo or music track.
Shuffle your music playlist.
Select a repeat mode for photos or music tracks.
Show available media that you can share.
View the media information such as the file name, title, and duration.
Connect to another photo/video player on the network.