media share for desktop

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@larryas wrote:

can you replace santa tracking now that Christmas is over with a good media share for desktops, not phones?

 

thanks

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@larryas I hve been asking since they retired Media Share a few years back.  A product manager stated that "we'd be looking into it."  I think they forgot.

they have said that not enough people signed up for this.

i though it didn't cost anything.

i'm not sure that is real reason.

@larryas wrote:

they have said that not enough people signed up for this.

i though it didn't cost anything.

 

i'm not sure that is real reason.

 

 

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It was not that enough people signed up for it, @larryas, it was that not enough people (supposedly) used it.  That is what I was told by a U-Verse product manager.  Yes it was a free app for TV customers w/U-Verse HSI.  

I'm sure that a bean counter deep in AT&T's HQ said "we are paying x a month for Media Share but only x subscribers are using it."  That type of "analysis" is most likely what did the service in.  My contention is that the service was poorly publicised.  I showed it off several times to other U-Verse subscribers and they had no idea that was even possible.  I miss the service but apparently it didn't have enough ROI for the bean counter.  smh.

You do know that many smart bluray players, smart TV's and media streamers offer services similar to it?  Yes they are not as simple as Media Share was.

i've tried several , but can't get any to work.

i just want to show pictures on tv for my wife.

@larryas - To display the content from your computer or portable device, the easiest & least expensive & best quality is a physical connection.

My computer is connected to my TV HDMI (see my avatar). I have also connected my iphone & ipad.

You can connect a DVI output to an HDMI input or an RGB output to component input.

Go here for adapters & learning center - https://sewelldirect.com/learning-center/pctotv

If you are using a digital camera with a storage card - many TVs have a slot for that card. Not as good as connecting the computer, but if you have it, you can us it til you get the computer connected.

Post if you have questions.

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@dhascall wrote:

@larryas wrote:

they have said that not enough people signed up for this.

i though it didn't cost anything.

 

i'm not sure that is real reason.

 

 

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It was not that enough people signed up for it, @larryas, it was that not enough people (supposedly) used it.  That is what I was told by a U-Verse product manager.  Yes it was a free app for TV customers w/U-Verse HSI.  

 

I'm sure that a bean counter deep in AT&T's HQ said "we are paying x a month for Media Share but only x subscribers are using it."  That type of "analysis" is most likely what did the service in.  My contention is that the service was poorly publicised.  I showed it off several times to other U-Verse subscribers and they had no idea that was even possible.  I miss the service but apparently it didn't have enough ROI for the bean counter.  smh.

 

You do know that many smart bluray players, smart TV's and media streamers offer services similar to it?  Yes they are not as simple as Media Share was.

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The biggest problem was the Win 7 Win Media Player would not do Media Share and that pretty much was the death knell.  As far as I know they never got it working on that version of the Win Media Player and bye-bye Media Share. 😉

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that is probably what happened.  i tried to use everything i could find on windows 7 and 10 both

with no luck.  i have both wireless and wired tv's neither worked.

my laptop has no hdmi or dvi ong vga, i hate running cables when i've got a whole network running uverse and can't simply view picture from a pc.

thanks for the information.

@larryas - Ok, If a physical connection is not  for you, check out this product that uses your wi-fi - http://www.airserver.com/

thanks, i will give it a try.  i have windows 10 on wireless laptop and if it will allow me access to tv on uverse that will be great.

i contacted them and they said

No. AirServer is an AirPlay receiver for your Mac or PC. AirServer will accept and display AirPlay streams and mirrored images from your iOS devices or mirroring-enabled computers. AirServer cannot create a mirrored image of your desktop. AirServer also cannot send an image from your computer to another device.

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@larryas wrote:

i contacted them and they said

 

No. AirServer is an AirPlay receiver for your Mac or PC. AirServer will accept and display AirPlay streams and mirrored images from your iOS devices or mirroring-enabled computers. AirServer cannot create a mirrored image of your desktop. AirServer also cannot send an image from your computer to another device.

 

 

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That's what I thought when I took a quick look at their webpage.

Chris
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OOPs - Sorry, I got carried away - Airserver is for when the computer is already wired to the TV & you can cast a poratble device to the computer/TV.

To cast from the computer to the TV get a chromecast & plug it in to the HDMI port.

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I believe apple TV also casts from portablble devices to the apple TV connected HDMI to the TV.

Connected simarly to the TV as the chromecast, but, not sure if it can cast from a computer. IF your pictures  are on a portable device it would work, but is more expensive. You would want to be exercizing the web access aspect.

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@larryas wrote:

i've tried several , but can't get any to work.

i just want to show pictures on tv for my wife.

 

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By "several", do you mean a smart tv or smart blu-ray player? If so, do you have streaming in Windows Media Player turned on?  Are your pictures in C:\Users\Public\Public Pictures?

nothing smart. i do have sample pictures in that directory.

can't get tv to see anything.   i hoped in this age of wireless that it would be possible.

maybe not.

tks