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After setting up a smart TV, phone and laptop only connect to the internet after opening the router admin page

Our WiFi is ok. But after some time, if I disconnect it from my Android phone and try to reconnect it, it is stuck on obtaining the IP address but doesn't connect. On my laptop, it connects but shows ...
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Windows 10 - How to share a folder for media streaming

I recently moved my movies to a different location on my PC and the sharing broke. I tried to recreate it using the Windows 10 share feature and in principle it works - I see them on my phone in ...
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Screen Mirroring of Samsung Flip WMR55 to Windows 11

I have in my office a Samsung Flip WMR55 which supports Screen Mirroring to show its screen content to another device. What I want to achieve is that I can stream the screen to my Windows 11 laptop to ...
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I can't see my Samsung Smart TV anymore for wireless screen mirroring with Windows via a specific router

I was able to connect my TV (Samsung 40N5300) without any problem. The only problem was, it was disconnected sometimes. It's not like a timeout period since there is no specific for disconnection: It ...
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Activate or find some way for CEC to trigger HDMI source switch on TV

So recently I set up a mini PC for my mom who is 91 on her TV. The problem is that anything too complex she will never figure out like using the TV remote to go through the available HDMI ports on the ...
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Connect PC to TV via home network

I am setting up the cables for my under-construction home. I couldn't find ways to connect a PC to the TV with both of them plugged into the same network switch. I don't want to run display port ...
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How do I block YouTube (et al.) on Windows 10 from being able to cast to smart TV?

Someone in my household recently bought a smart TV and YouTube is somehow able to allow me to cast to it, which I'm confident I'll never need to do from my PC. Thus, I'm trying to figure out how to ...
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Smart TV (Hisense) microphone connectivity via HDMI

Windows 10 won't recognize microphone. I know the TV has a mic but not a camera. It has a privacy setting for Always Allow and Prompt under Settings > Privacy > Channel Microphone Access. ...
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Miracast not working? TV supports, PC supports and sees TV as device, just can't project

I'm trying to mirror my desktop's screen on my TV, the setup is the following: Windows 10 Pro Desktop connected to router via gigabit. LG Smart TV connected to the same router on wifi.ac dxdiag ...
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No Sound via Bluetooth on JBL Playlist 150 on Windows, Ubuntu or LG Smart TV, however does produce sound via Smart Phone

No Sound via Bluetooth on my two JBL Playlist on Windows, Ubuntu 18.04.3 or LG Smart TV, however does produce sound via Smart Phone The JBL Playlist 150 is a media/Audio Only Bluetooth Speaker, which ...
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Why is my Vizio TV seemingly probing my LAN?

I assigned our Vizio TV a static address on our WLAN to allow me to track its traffic. The Linux machines on the LAN are constantly blocking UDP probes that the Vizio is sending. They look like this ...
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Cannot mirror my laptop (windows 10) to Panasonic Smart Viera TV TX-32FS500B

What I can do is: connect TV and laptop to internet wifi I can see the TV to connect on my laptop as it appears in the following image link: Add a Device (dialogue message) But it displays "Couldn'...
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Can't connect to the internet while the TV is connected

At home, I can connect multiple devices (laptops, cell phones, TV) to the internet and it works most of the times on all devices. For some unknown reason though, sometimes I am not able to connect to ...
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How to use Samsung TV as a remote display over lan cable connection

I have a desktop PC with no WiFi and a Samsung TV [ES6710] that can stream media using DLNA, however I want to use it as a remote display over LAN to mirror my PC's desktop on the TV (I have ethernet ...
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How can I route Smart TV traffic over OpenVPN Client in LAN

I've got a VPN Client running on Raspberry Pi in my LAN and I would like to route all the traffic from Smart TV to go through Pi and other devices use the connection without VPN. Is it possible? My ...
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Cannot mirror laptop with windows 10 using panasonic smart tv viera

What I could do: Correctly connected smart tv to Internet; Could connect android devices with smart tv; Establish a connection between laptop and tv; When it establishes a connection between laptop ...
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An internal ip thats not on my dhcp clients list

I ran wireshark and saw some traffic in my VirtualBox Host-Only network. I do use virtual box to learn kali linux, but it is not running right now. When I clicked to see whats going on, I saw an IP ...
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Using android to choose content from my pc to display on a smart tv

So i got the idea but don't know how to execute it What i got: 1. Samsung Smart tv 2. Pc running windows 10 3. Nexus 5 (running android 7.1) I Got all my movies in my desktop pc if i press cast ...
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Mirror screen to Samsung Smart TV

I want to mirror my PC screen to my new Samsung Smart TV. Miracast is unavailable. Are there other options? I don't want to stream just pictures or videos. My entire screen should be broadcasted live.
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Can you hide LG Magic Remote's cursor on webOS 2? [closed]

Can you decide against using the "air pointing" feature of LG Magic Remotes and use them as "normal" remotes on a webOS 2 TV? When I pick it up, I don't want the cursor to become visible and move ...
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I broke an LCD tv screen, could it be dangerous? [duplicate]

I accidentally broke my TV(Strange circumstances led to a cracked screen. I've read that it can be dangerous and deadly because there could be something called MBBA inside. It's an LG smart TV (I don'...
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PC firefox play youtube video on samsung smart tv youtube app

From my android phone I can play any YouTube video on my Samsung Smart TV or my Chromecast. I would like to play YouTube videos from my PC with Firefox on other smart devices, too. Scenario: I ...
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How to use a SmartTV as second screen over wifi?

If we would like to use a SmartTV as a second screen over wifi using Linux, how could we do it? Is there a way to do this? For my case I'm using a Samsung SmartTV and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS with KDE 4. ...
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Setting up Miracast on Windows 8.1 / Samsung Smart TV UE65F6470SS

I try since a few days to setup Miracast on my Desktop PC / Smart TV, which refuse to work. (Cant use more than 2 links :-(..) My Setup : Samsung Smart TV UE65F6470SS LAN using Router FritzBox ...
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External HDD being detected on Smart TV but not on PC

I've 1TB external HDD. When i connect it to my smart TV it gets connected normally. I can view movie songs etc but at the same time when i connect it to my pc it does not. It is not being detected on ...
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Windows Media player Streaming doesn't open all video files on TV?

I stream video from my PC to my Samsung Smart TV. But not all videos seems to be supported. I have 2 video files that are mp4: The first I can stream it fine & watch the video, The second says ...
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Win 8.1 laptop cant find any dnla devices in same network

I have sony vaio svs1511 laptop upgraded to windows 8.1, xbox one, and LG SmartTV (2014 year model, with WebOS). They are all in the same 5GHz wi-fi network (I've checked that), pings from my laptop ...
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Recommendation on Web scraping and data flow

I have a solar panel unit, and the company that set it up (Fronius) has a website where I can live stream the data collected from the solar panel (Current power, Energy today, monthly, and yearly data)...
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Show all File Types in Windows Media Player (WMP)

I'm attempting optimize my setup between Windows Media Player and a SmartTV that uses Windows Media Player's playlist to display and stream files. Even though my computer has the proper codecs and ...
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How to use a Smart TV as a wireless display?

I have a Samsung smart TV (S6) with built-in WiFi adapter. Is it possible to use it as a wireless monitor? Currently, I can use "play to" option on Windows Explorer and some other third party ...
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Cannot pass the "Preparing to play..." (Samsung Allshare)

After some time investigating how this software/network connectivity works, I finally could link both PC and TV (Samsung EH6030) together, they see each other now, the TV is connect to a router, and ...
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Streaming Windows Media Center to Samsung Smart TV

I was wondering if there was any way in which I could stream shows that I have recorded with windows media center to my samsung smart tv without having to connect and xbox to it, I am very new to ...
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The 3D on youtube dosen't work

I just buy a samsung smart tv with the 3D feature. I also have a DVD that plays 3D movies. It works. But when I am going on Youtube and watch a 3D video, it dosen't work. I get a screen splitted in 2 (...
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SmartTV connected to a Client Bridge mode Router is invisible to the network

I have a Samsung SmartTV (UE40D5700) and I want to connect it to the internet. Since it has no built-in WiFi, the only commercial option Samsung gives is to buy their own wifi bundle (70$) (no other ...
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"Play on another device" function not working with Samsung Allshare

Briefly I can't get work "Play on another device" function More detailed My Samsung TV (which support network) and PC are in the same network. The problem is, I can play PC contents from TV. But ...
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