Setting Up CyberLink Apps on Your Devices

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Setting Up CyberLink Apps on Your Devices

There are two apps from CyberLink you can use to access and play media on your devices:

•Power Media Player: compatible with Android and iOS devices, Power Media Player lets you access the media on these devices for playback in CyberLink PowerDVD on your computer. Power Media Player will also play media shared in CyberLink PowerDVD when connected to the same Wi-Fi network.

•PowerDVD Remote: compatible with both Android and iOS smart phones, PowerDVD Remote lets you play media that is on your device. PowerDVD Remote can also be used to control playback of media in CyberLink PowerDVD. See Controlling Playback with PowerDVD Remote for more information.

Click to view help contentSetting Up Power Media Player

Power Media Player is a program from CyberLink that runs on iOS and Android devices. It lets you wirelessly stream videos, music, and photos from your computer to your device, or access all the media on your PC from your device. Power Media Player* is available in the Apple App Store or Google Play.

Note: see the help file within Power Media Player for a detailed list of the available features and descriptions of the program functions. * this feature is not available in some editions of CyberLink PowerDVD 18.

Before you can access and play media located on a portable device that is running Power Media Player, you must first:

•connect the computer with CyberLink PowerDVD 12 or above installed to a wireless network.

•connect the portable iOS or Android device to the same wireless network.

•install the Power Media Player app on your portable device.

•once Power Media Player is installed and the device is connected, it will be available in the Devices & Home Media (DLNA) list.
Click to view help contentSetting Up PowerDVD Remote

Before you can access and play media located on a smart phone that is running PowerDVD Remote, you must first:

•connect the computer with CyberLink PowerDVD 11 or above installed to a wireless network.

•connect the portable Android or iOS device to the same wireless network.

•download the free PowerDVD Remote app from the online store (Google Play, Apple App Store).

•install the PowerDVD Remote app on your portable device.

•on the computer connected to the wireless network, click on the Devices & Home Media (DLNA) tab of CyberLink PowerDVD, and then select PowerDVD Remote.

•select the Allow PowerDVD Remote to connect and control this computer option.

Note: you must be logged into your Windows with an Administrator account to enable this option. If the User Account Control dialog displays to ask for your permission to enable, click Yes.

•find and enter the 4-digit passcode provided on this tab into the device running PowerDVD Remote, so that CyberLink PowerDVD can access the media on it.

Note: if required, click Change to generate a new passcode for the connected device.