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VLC is a pretty viable alternative, and it has client apps for pretty much every platform. There could be some basic features added to make it a bit more usable
by wppick 5y ago
VLC is a pretty viable alternative, and it has client apps for pretty much every platform. There could be some basic features added to make it a bit more usable (text search/filtering), but for basic use cases it works pretty good for me
- lelandbatey 5y agoHow do I use VLC to watch my Blu-ray collection that I have stored on my desktop? If I have the VLC application installed on my Windows desktop and I have the VLC app on my phone, how do I browse, select, and watch on my phone a movie that's stored on my desktop? Is this possible? Since if it is I would LOVE to use VLC!
- Ardon 5y agoYou can't use VLC as a server, but you can use it as a DLNA client. That setup would be a media server on your desktop (I'd recommend Jellyfin for this, there's a windows app) which broadcasts a DLNA server on your local network. Then in VLC, you click on "mDNS Network Discovery" in the sidebar that comes up in the playlist view and your computer will show up with a folder structure. Here's what that looks like for me: https://f002.backblazeb2.com/file/ATibPod/vlc-as-jellyfin-client.png https://f002.backblazeb2.com/file/ATibPod/vlc-as-jellyfin-cl...
- shellfishgene 5y agoI use the android version of VLC to browse a network share of movies and play on my Chromecast.
- wppick 5y agoI just use an sftp server, which you can add a connection to in VLC and explore your files like a file explorer
- KyeRussell 5y agoThis isn’t even remotely an alternative.