LG Smart Share

by LG Electronics

LG Smart Share is a free DLNA media server for Windows that streams videos, music and photos from a PC to LG Smart TVs and other devices.

Operating system: Windows

Publisher: LG Electronics

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If your PC and your LG TV are connected to the same home network, wired or wireless, you can easily use LG Smart Share to share the videos, music and photos stored on your PC with the TV and other devices.

Features:

  • Uses DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) technology to connect to other DLNA devices, leveraging your home network over cable or WiFi
  • Comes with a simple interface split into Movie, Photo and Music sections
  • Shares the default Videos, Music and Pictures folders, and you can add other folders to the shared list
  • Lists files with details such as length, size, resolution and date, with search and sorting options, so you can check the content before you play it
  • The Allow/Block settings let you decide which devices on the network may access your shared content, which is handy as a parental control
  • Allowed devices are shown in blue and blocked devices in red, and you can also block or allow all devices at once
  • Adding and removing devices from the access list is also easy to do in this application
LG Smart Share lets you play the videos, music and photos stored on your PC on an LG TV over your home network without any cables.

LG Smart Share is a free and easy to use application for sharing media from a PC with LG TVs.  It works with LG Smart TVs running NetCast 4.0 or later, and the Connected Players panel shows which devices on the network can play your content.  The program installs the Microsoft Visual C++ runtime it needs automatically, and LG still offers it on its support website.  The Sharing On indicator in the main window shows whether your content is currently shared.

Windows XP SP2, Vista, 7, 8 or 10 (32/64-bit)
Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz or AMD Sempron 2000
1 GB RAM (2 GB recommended), 200 MB disk space
Windows Media Player 11
LG Smart TV with NetCast 4.0 or later

PROS
Streams videos, music and photos from a PC to LG TVs.
Lets you allow or block individual network devices.
Free to use with a simple three-section layout.

CONS
File format support depends on the TV model.
HD video over weak Wi-Fi may stutter.
No advanced customization options available.
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