How to Stream Desktop Videos to My Android

Upload videos to streaming websites to access the videos with your Android phone.

Streaming video websites let you create your own streaming video channel for yourself and the Internet community. Uploading desktop videos to streaming video sites lets you play back your video anywhere without filling up your SD memory card to its capacity. You won't have to decide which videos to take with you because you can upload all your desktop video to a streaming video site's server and access the video through an Android application. Creating an account with most Web-streaming sites is free.

Instructions

Ustream

1. Visit ustream.tv and click "Create an Account" to enter your personal information. Click "Sign in" to log into your account.

2. Download the Producer plug-in from the Ustream site and double-click the setup file to install Producer on your computer. Launch Producer and log in using your Ustream account information.

3. Drag a video to the "Video Drop" section of the Producer interface. Wait for your video to loop to the beginning. Click "Record" to start capturing the video on the Ustream server.

4. Click "Record" again to stop recording when the video finishes.

5. Download the Ustream app from the Android Market on your smartphone. Install and launch the program.

6. Log in with your account information. Scroll down to your video upload, and tap the link to stream the video to your smartphone.

YouTube

1. Visit youtube.com to create a new account or log in with your Google account. Click "Video Upload" at the top of the screen.

2. Browse your hard drive for the file you want to upload. Double-click any video in MPEG, AVI, MOV or 3GP format to upload the video. YouTube limits uploads to 2GB or 15 minutes.

3. Click "Save" and enter any information you want to add to the video while it uploads.

4. Tap "Menu" on your Android phone. Launch YouTube and tap "Options." Tap "My Account." Scroll to a video on your account and tap the link to stream the video to your phone.

Dailymotion

1. Visit dailymotion.com and log in or create a new account. Click "Video Upload" and "Add" to browse for files.

2. Double-click a video in AVI, MPEG or 3GP format to add the video to Dailymotion. Video uploads to Dailymotion must not violate any copyrights.

3. Download Dailymotion from the Android Market on your smartphone. Install and launch the program.

4. Log into Dailymotion on your Android, and tap the video you uploaded to stream it to your phone.

Tips & Warnings

• Use a video splitter to break large videos into 15-minute clips for YouTube. Then add each video to a playlist. Tap "Options > Playlists" to access YouTube playlists on your Android phone.

Resources

• Ustream
• YouTube
• Dailymotion