If you want to watch a movie or video saved on your Mac using your iOS device, you can choose to transfer or stream the media file from Mac to iPhone. There are many file transfer apps can help you share files between mobile and computer, such as SHAREit file transfer, Zapya file sharing, etc. They are free and very easy to use, capable of copying large media files between various devices in your local network very quickly. Mobile devices typically lack storage. Thus it may not be a good option to save big media files on the phone.
In this article, we will show you how to stream media files, music and movies, saved on your Mac to iPhone using the free media player, VLC Player. No third-party software needed on the Mac. You can simply go to turn on the File Sharing from System Preferences on Mac to turn your Mac into a SMB file server.
Devices and Mac OS X version VLC media player requires Mac OS X 10.7.5 or later. It runs on any 64bit Intel-based Mac. Previous devices are supported by older releases. VLC Media Player is such an effective player that not only plays audio and video but enables you to resize video, cut video, and convert video. However, not many of us are aware of the VLC video compression function. Mac Apps for Video Players. The Video Players catalog includes software programs developed to watch online video or view video files saved locally, such as AVI, WMV, MOV, or FLV files. Open VLC Media Player and go to View Advanced Controls to bring up the Record button. Some other buttons such as snapshot and looping are just beside the Record button. 2 Record DVD videos Now start to play your DVD by clicking 'Media' 'Add File' to select the DVD videos you want to play. More VLC Conversion Tips. This feature is more powerful than it looks! In addition to converting video and audio files as you would in any other application, you can: Convert a video file to MP3 or another audio format and effectively extract the audio from a video file. Convert a DVD to a video file, ripping the contents of the DVD.
Enable File Sharing on Mac
Open the Apple menu and select System Preferences. Click to the Sharing pane. Place a check in the box next to File Sharing. Click Options… in the Sharing pane, click to enable ‘Share files and folders using SMB‘, then select the user account and type in its password to authenticate.
iPhone to play music and movies saved on Mac
Get the VLC media player from App Store onto your iPhone. It allows users to remote play videos and music from network devices. Run the player, tap on its icon at the top left corner to open the side menu. Choose Local Network. VLC should automatically detect your Mac SMB File Server. Tap on your Mac name to open the Connect to Server screen.
You need to type in port number 22, Mac username and its password. Then touch the Save button to save the login info for easier access in the future. Your Mac SMB server will be listed at the lower section. Choose the Mac SMB server, then tap Connect button to brows to your Mac music library, video album, find and play your movies, and music on Mac using VLC player on iPhone.