VLC for iOS also lets you connect with Dropbox and Google Drive, though I was unable to get a video I have stored on Dropbox to play on my Apple TV, your mileage may vary, and I’m sure the VideoLan team will have this up and working in no time. If you’ve got an FTP or web server out there on the internet, you can use VLC to watch any videos you might have stored there. Exciting! Network Stream Stream stuff from Dropbox, web servers, and FTP servers on the internet. Change the DNS settings from Automatic to Manual. If your Apple TV is connected over Ethernet, navigate to Settings > General > Network > Ethernet. Select your Wi-Fi network's name from the menu. Simply drag your movie files to the web page on your Mac, and - after a quick load - they’ll start playing on your Apple TV via VLC. If your Apple TV is connected over Wi-Fi, go to Settings > General > Network > Wi-Fi.

Type either into your web browser and you’ll get a web page that lets you drag and drop videos into it to watch on the big screen. Click on the Enable Remote Playback button and you’ll get two addresses, one with your local IP address ( above) and one with the more easily read local network address ( above). A popular option to make TVs smart nowadays is to connect them to a Google Chromecast device, which would then act as a DLNA client. Select the device you want to play the media on. Click the Stream to icon in the bottom bar. Swipe over to the Remote Playback tab at the top of the VLC screen on your Apple TV, and then you’ll see the screen above. Drag-and-drop any media you want to play. If you’re not keen on running a server off your Mac, then the next best option is to use VLC’s remote playback function.

Remote Playback Use your web browser to get videos over to your Apple TV.

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