XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.freeware   
   From: Newyana2@invalid.nospam   
      
   "Oliver"  wrote   
      
   | My sister wants to stream some movies on her phone that I download.   
   | She lives two states away so I have to put it on my router USB.   
   |   
      
     I've never seen that. If you're using it then there are two potential   
   problems. First is security. You're allowing access to your router by   
   anyone. Second is that it's just data. Software needs to run on an   
   OS.   
      
     If it were me I'd tell her to get a cheap computer or laptop aand   
   stream it to a TV. As long as there's HDMI output and a TV with an   
   HDMI port, you can set the TV as a second display that's duplicated   
   and the HDMI will also handle sound.   
      
     I watch mainly two things. Movies/TV streamed from Netflix, PBS or   
   Hoopla, and downloaded movies. In my case the downloaded movies   
   are legal -- things like movies from the 30s and 40s that are on youtube   
   or Archive.org. The streaming plays through a browser set to fullscreen.   
   The downloaded movies play on Media Player Classic. You can also use   
   VLC or whatever. Again, setting it to fullscreen means you're watching   
   the movie on TV as it would normally be.   
      
     I use an old Win7 computer with one TV and a Raspberry Pi 4 with   
   the other. Someone would have to set that up for her, but it's easy   
   to use, cheap, and takes up about the same space as a pack of   
   cigarettes. I paid $100 for the complete kit. With the RPi, the TV is   
   the monitor. It's a version of Linux. The streaming or playing of files   
   works the same way. There are USB ports to move files onto the   
   RPi desktop for playing.   
      
     All of that would require that your sister figure out how to download   
   files that you put somewhere online, but there's not much more to   
   know once it's set up. Then she can sit back, relax and put away her   
   magnifying glass. :)   
      
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