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Stream media assets to VLC on your desktop, without the need to mount a space via SMB.

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Use this feature to play non-HTML5 video files that require codecs like ProRes. Otherwise, MP4 and other HTML5 supported codecs can be played directly from the browser by clicking on the 'Play' button that appears when hovering over the file thumbnail.

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This feature is particularly useful when accessing files remotely over the Internet through a VPN. Enhance your review experience and save time by eliminating the need to transcode.

Typically, you would mount the space using SMB to play a file, which works well over a local network connection. However, playing files over SMB on the public Internet can introduce latency and cause performance issues with video playback. By utilizing our 'Play on desktop' feature, you can stream high data rate encoded video files over the public Internet without the need to create lower quality proxy files, as long as there is sufficient bandwidth between the remote creative.space server and your workstation.

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Single File

1. Log into both the web and desktop apps with the same user account and make sure VLC is installed on your workstation.
2. In the web app, go to Spaces and find the file you want to stream.
3. Right click on it and select ‘Play on Desktop’ or click on it to open the ‘Inspector’ and click on the 'Play' icon.
4. The web app will initiate a connection through the desktop app will and stream the file directly to VLC for playback.

Multiple Files

1. Log into both the web and desktop apps with the same user account and make sure VLC is installed on your workstation.
2. In the web app, go to Spaces and select multiple files by either clicking on their file icons or ‘Select All’ at the top of the browser column.
3. Click on the 'Play Items on Desktop’.
4. You will be presented with a playlist, which you can reorder.
5. Click on ‘Play on Desktop’ to continue.
6. The web app will initiate a connection through the desktop app will and stream the file directly to VLC for playback.

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