If you want to use VLC player to stream media files in your home or on the internet, then we have found an easy way to turn VLC player into your own media file streamer. This works good for sharing media in a home or across the internet.

First choose a computer with media you want to share.

Steps to setup your VLC Media Host Server

1. Install VLC media player
2. Launch VLC media player.
3. File -> Wizard to open Streaming/Transcoding Wizard.
4. Click “Stream to network”
5. Click Choose button
6. On the new popup window choose a media file to play, then hit ok.
7. Click Next button.
When you choose ‘Stream to network’ option, there are multiple streaming methods that you can select. For instances: UDP Unicast – Stream to single computer, UDP Multicast – Stream to Multiple computers or HTTP – Stream using HTTP protocol.
8. Check “HTTP” and enter the IP of the server PC , then Next.
9. Check “MPEG TS”, then Next
10. Click Finish button to complete the media server setup

Then you need to setup client PC so that it can receive the media streaming seamlessly.

Setup to setup the VLC Client PC:

1. Install VLC media player in another computer.
2. Open VLC media player.
3. ChooseFile -> Open Network Stream
4. Check “HTTP/HTTPS/FTP/MMS”, then enter the URL as {media server IP}:8080.
5. Find the Customize field at the bottom of the screen, enter the value as http://{media server IP}:8080. Exp: http:// 192.168.1.192:8080.
6. Click OK . Your meida should start playing at media server as setup above.