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6. “Play To” or “Cast to” in Windows 7 and 10
Windows 7 and 10 features “Play To” in Win 7 and “Cast to” in Win 10. This lets your PC control
Stream3M to push media and use as a universal remote control for your media collection.
Stream3M supports the industry standard DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) 1.5 digital media
renderer. This allows you to "Play To"/”Cast to” other devices around your home and combine media
streaming with controlling a connected media receiver while streaming content to it from another
Windows 7/10 PC on a home network.
Before you can use the “Play To”/”Cast to” feature you need the set-up Windows for streaming media.
1. As a first and one time only action, you need to (network)-share the folder or files you want to stream
to Stream3.
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Open File Explorer (
Windows
key + E).
•
Browse to the
folder
with files that you want to
share
.
•
Select the whole folder, or file(s) in the folder, or all the files (Ctrl + A).
•
Right click on folder/file (Win7) Click the
Share
tab (Win 10)
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Choose “Share with” (Win7) Click the
Share
button (Win10)
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Select the
sharing
method, we recommend “Homegroup”
6.1 Use “Play To/Cast to” in Windows Media Player
Windows Media Player makes it easy to manage your media, find items that you want to play, and open Play
To. To select items that you want to play, follow these steps:
1. Click the
Start
button, click
All Programs
, and then click
Windows Media Player
.
If the Player is currently open and you’re in Now Playing mode, click the
Switch to Library
button in
the upper-right corner of the Player.
2. If the list pane is closed or if the
Burn
or
Sync
tabs are exposed, click the
Play
tab.
3. Find the items that you want to play in the Player Library, and then drag those items from the details
pane into the list pane.
4. Click the
Play
to
button at the top of the list pane, click the device on your network that will receive
the media.
5. In the
Play To
dialog box, use the playback controls to play, pause, or stop the media stream, and to
change to the next or previous item in the list.
6.2 Use “Play To” elsewhere in Windows 7 and 10
Outside of Windows Media Player, you can stream media to Stream3M with “Play To/Cast to” by right-clicking
music files. To select music files and stream them to Stream3M, follow these steps:
•
As a first and one time only action, you need to (network) share the folder or files you want to stream to
Stream3.
•
Open File Explorer (
Windows
key + E).
•
Browse to the
folder
with files that you want to
share
.
•
Select the whole folder, or file(s) in the folder, or all the files (Ctrl + A).
•
Click the
Share
tab.
•
Click the
Share
button
•
Select the
sharing
method, we recommend “Homegroup”
•
Right-click the selected files, point to “Play to/Cast to”, and then click the device on the network that will
receive the media.
•
In the “Play To/Cast to” dialog box, use the playback controls to play, pause, or stop the media stream,
and to change to the next or previous item in the list.