This tutorial will teach you how to stream the movies on your computer to a Blu-Ray player, enabling you to watch the movies on your T.V. This tutorial works for Windows 7, if you have Windows XP, please follow this link: Streaming movies from Windows XP to blu-ray

In this tutorial I will be using an LG BD390 Blu-Ray player and a Windows 7 computer. I have downloaded some movies and want to play them on my T.V. through my Blu-Ray player. With the LG BD390, I can watch these movies without running any wires from the computer to the T.V. or Blu-Ray player since it is wireless. Don't worry if you're not using the same Blu-Ray player, everything will work in a similar fashion (even if you're running wires and not going wireless).

What we're going to do first is create a shared folder with the movies inside of it. You are actually making this folder visible on a network so that other devices (in this case your Blu-Ray player) can see and play the files.

Consolidate all your movie files into a single folder. Now, right click that folder and go to Properties. Click the Sharing tab after you're in the Properties, and you'll see the following:


Click the Share button and you should come to a window that looks something like this:


Click Share and then it should indicate that your folder is now shared. Click Done and go back to the Sharing tab of the Properties menu once again but this time click on "Advanced Sharing". Check the "Share this folder" box and then click Permissions:


Click the Everyone user and check all three allow boxes, and then click apply and OK:


Also click Apply and OK on the previous menu, which you should now see. Now, click the Security tab of the Properties menu. Click on the "Edit..." button.


On the next screen, click "Add..." On that screen, type Everyone into the box labeled "Enter the object names to select" and then click "Check Names" directly right of the box.


Click OK. Now, the Everyone user should appear in our menu. Check all of the "Allow boxes". Click Apply and then click OK.


Close any other open Properties windows you may still have open. Now the folder is shared across your network. Unfortunately for us Windows 7 users, Microsoft has implemented quite a few road blocks that were non-existent in previous Windows operating systems. Sharing folders across networks from Windows 7 can be tricky, and there are some tweaks we'll have to perform for our Blu-Ray player to be able to see our movie files.

First, we will fix the networking settings, go to:
Start > Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network and Sharing Center
On the left side of the screen, click "Change advanced sharing settings"

There are three possible location settings in Windows 7, those being Home, Work, or Public. There are two sections within this "Advanced sharing settings" window. One is "Home or Work" and the other "Public." In the Network and Sharing Center (menu you were just in) you can see which location setting you're using. Since you're trying to watch movies, I would assume you have it set to Home or Work.

So then, change the "Home or Work" settings, unless you are indeed using Public. You need to use the following settings:
-Turn on network discovery
-Turn on file and printer sharing
-Public folder sharing - doesn't matter, I'd leave it off
-Media straming - leave this alone
-File sharing connections - if you're sharing ONLY between Windows 7 PCs, turn on the 128 bit encryption, otherwise use the 40 and 56 bit encryption
-Turn off password protected sharing
-Use user accounts and passwords to connect to other computers

At this point, your network settings are good to go. One step remains, uninstalling Windows Live Essentials (this may or may not apply to you). For reasons unknown to me, Windows 7 machines that have Windows Live Essentials installed on them have a terribly hard time sharing folders with devices that aren't running some operating system of Windows. Copiers, Blu-Ray players, and other devices all cannot see Windows 7 shared folders on a network as long as Windows Live Essentials is installed.

With that being said, go to:
Start > type "add or remove programs" and click the first link that shows up.
Look for Windows Live Essentials in your programs list, if it is there, uninstall it entirely.

After all of the above steps have been completed, you are finally done with the computer aspect of setting this up. The next steps can vary quite a bit depending on your Blu-Ray player. In any case, connecting your Blu-Ray to your PC or network is pretty simple once the files have been shared. I will now describe the steps required to access the movies on my Windows 7 computer via my LG BD390 Blu-Ray player. You must improvise if some of these steps are different on your Blu-Ray player.

Connecting to a Windows 7 PC via LG BD390 Blu-Ray player wirelessly:
1. Make sure PC, wireless router, TV, and Blu-Ray player are turned on.
2. On the Blu-Ray player, go to My Media.
3. If you haven't previously configured your network on the Blu-Ray player, you will be prompted to. It will search for a network, choose yours, enter the password (if router is secured), and you'll be connected.
4. Now, the computer will be scanned by the Blu-Ray player for shared folders. Pick the folder (most likely the only folder available for picking) that you put your movies in. Your movies will be displayed in a list for you to choose from, simply pick one and watch!

Last updated: 11/20/2011

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