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How to Play Video and Music Files on Your Xbox One. The Xbox One has integrated TV features and support for streaming media apps like Netflix and Hulu, but that isn’t where it ends. You can play video and music files you’ve ripped or downloaded by plugging in a USB drive or streaming them over your local network. This is made possible by the Xbox Media Player app, which Microsoft released about nine months after the Xbox One was released. Sony also added a similar PS4 Media Player app to its console, so both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 offer this feature. Supported File Types. The Xbox One Media Player app supports a wide variety of audio and video codecs, container formats, and image file types. It even supports album art images stored in music folders. Here’s a list of what the app supports, straight from Microsoft: Music, Video, and Container Formats : 3GP audio, 3GP video, 3GP2, AAC, ADTS, .asf, AVI DivX, DV AVI, AVI uncompressed, AVI Xvid, H.264 AVCHD, M-JPEG, .mkv, .mov, MP3, MPEG-PS, MPEG-2, MPEG-2 HD, MPEG-2 TS, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, MPEG-4 SP, WAV, WMA, WMA Lossless, WMA Pro, WMA Voice, WMV, WMV HD Picture Formats : Animated GIF, BMP, JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF. In practice, almost anything you want to play or view should work fine. You’ll see an error message if you try to play something that isn’t supported. Install the Xbox Media Player App. This app isn’t installed by default, so you’ll need to install it yourself from the Xbox Store. To launch the Xbox Store, head to My Games & Apps > Apps > Find more in the Xbox Store. Search for “media player” and install the Media Player app. How to Play Videos and Music From a USB Drive. If you have a USB flash drive or external drive, you can use it to play videos on the Xbox One. The Xbox One supports USB 1, USB 2, and USB 3 drives. The drive must be formatted in FAT16, FAT32, exFAT, or NTFS. If you have a Windows PC, your USB drive will work on your Xbox One as long as your Windows PC can read it. If you have a Mac, be sure to format the drive as exFAT and not with a Mac-only file system like HFS+. Connect the drive to your computer and copy your video, music, or picture files onto it. Eject it from your computer and connect it to one of the USB ports on your Xbox One. There Xbox One has three USB ports you can use: Two on the back of the console, and one on the side. Open the Media Player app and you’ll see your connected drive as an option. Select the drive and you can browse all the media files on it and play them, controlling the playback with your Xbox controller. How to Stream Media Files From Your Computer. Alternatively, you can skip the USB drive entirely and stream a video from your computer to your Xbox One using DLNA. You could also use a network attached storage (NAS) device as a DLNA media server if you have one. To do this, you’ll need to set up a DLNA server on your PC or Mac first. Microsoft recommends–and officially supports–Windows Media Player as a DLNA server. This feature was introduced in Windows 7, and it still works on Windows 8, 8.1, and 10. If you use a Mac, you’ll need to find a third-party DLNA server like Plex. To activate the DLNA server included with Windows, open the Control Panel, search for “media,” and click the “Media streaming options” link under Network & Sharing Center. Click the “Turn on media streaming” button here. This makes the files available in your Music, Pictures, and Videos libraries available for streaming. (So if your video file isn’t in your Videos folder already, you’ll want to put it there now.) Once you have a DLNA server set up, it will appear in your Xbox One’s Media Player app as an option alongside any connected USB drives, allowing you to browse and stream media files stored in your media libraries. How to Stream Media Files With “Play To” or “Cast to Device” You can also use the “Play To” feature to play music from your computer to your Xbox One. This feature is now called “Cast to Device” on Windows 10, but it’s still called “Play To” on the Xbox One. It also relies on DLNA in the background. However, you don’t have to set up a DLNA server. You just browse to the media files on your computer and tell Windows to play them on your Xbox One. This feature was introduced in Windows 7, and it still works on Windows 8, 8.1, and 10. To do this, ensure the appropriate option is enabled on your Xbox One. Head to Settings > All Settings > Preferences > Game DVR & Streaming and ensure the “Allow Play To Streaming” option is enabled. To play music or video files on your Xbox One, just right-click them in File Explorer or Windows Explorer and use the “Cast to Device” or “Play To” menu to select your Xbox One. A small Windows Media Player window will appear, and you can use to to manage your playlist and control playback from your computer. You can also control playback on the console itself with your Xbox One controller. If you haven’t yet installed the Movies & TV app on your Xbox One, you’ll be prompted to do so. The page for the app on the Xbox Store will open–just select “Install” to install it. You’ll have to install the app before the “Play To” or “Cast to Device” streaming will work. Chris Hoffman is a technology writer and all-around computer geek. He's as at home using the Linux terminal as he is digging into the Windows registry. Connect with him on Twitter. Did You Know. The distance between the Earth and our Moon is so great that at the farthest point of its elliptical orbit (apogee), you could fit the other seven planets in the solar system, gas giants included (excluding dwarf planets like Pluto), in between us and our sole satellite. Best of How-To Geek. Get the HTG Newsletter. Join 100,000 other subscribers. Follow How-To Geek. More Articles You Might Like. Enter your email address to get our daily newsletter. Join the How-To Geek Club! (It's Free) ✕ Get exclusive articles before everybody else. Get downloadable ebooks for free! Get geeky trivia, fun facts, and much more. Supported File Formats by Xbox One S, Play Unsupported Formats on Xbox One S. Aug 01, 2016 07:50 am / Posted by Diana Joan. On August 2 nd, Microsoft launched the awaited revised version of Xbox One named as Xbox One S, which now supports to stream 4K content on Netflix and Amazon Video and watch Ultra HD Blu-ray movies in stunning visual fidelity with High Dynamic Range. Like Xbox One, the Xbox One S also has a built-in media player app that enables you to play video and music files you've ripped or downloaded by plugging in a USB drive or streaming them over your local network. The following article will show you what Apps > Find more in the Xbox Store. Search for "media player" and install the Media Player app. Play video and music on Xbox One S from a USB drive. If you have a USB flash drive or external drive, you can use it to play videos on the Xbox One. The Xbox One S supports USB 1, USB 2, and USB 3 drives. The drive must be formatted in FAT16, FAT32, exFAT, or NTFS. If you have a Windows PC, your USB drive will work on your Xbox One S as long as your Windows PC can read it. If you have a Mac, be sure to format the drive as exFAT and not with a Mac-only file system like HFS+. Connect the drive to your computer and copy your video, music, or picture files onto it. Eject it from your computer and connect it to one of the USB ports on your Xbox One. There Xbox One has three USB ports you can use: Two on the back of the console, and one on the side. Open the Media Player app and you'll see your connected drive as an option. Select the drive and you can browse all the media files on it and play them, controlling the playback with your Xbox One S controller. Stream media files from Xbox One S via DLNA server or Plex. You could also use a network attached storage (NAS) device as a DLNA media server if you have one. To do this, you'll need to set up a DLNA server on your PC or Mac first. Microsoft recommends -and officially supports -Windows Media Player as a DLNA server. If you use a Mac, you'll need to find a third-party DLNA server like Plex. To activate the DLNA server included with Windows, open the Control Panel, search for "media," and click the "Media streaming options" link under Network & Sharing Center. Click the "Turn on media streaming" button here. This makes the files available in your Music, Pictures, and Videos libraries available for streaming. (So if your video file isn't in your Videos folder already, you'll want to put it there now.) Once you have a DLNA server set up, it will appear in your Xbox One S' Media Player app as an option alongside any connected USB drives, allowing you to browse and stream media files stored in your media libraries. Stream Media Files to Xbox One S With "Play To" or "Cast to Device" You can also use the "Play To" feature to play music from your computer to your Xbox One. This feature is now called "Cast to Device" on Windows 10, but it's still called "Play To" on the Xbox One S. It also relies on DLNA in the background. However, you don't have to set up a DLNA server. You just browse to the media files on your computer and tell Windows to play them on your Xbox One S. This feature was introduced in Windows 7, and it still works on Windows 8, 8.1, and 10. To do this, ensure the appropriate option is enabled on your Xbox One S. Head to Settings > All Settings > Preferences > Game DVR & Streaming and ensure the "Allow Play To Streaming" option is enabled. To play music or video files on your Xbox One S, just right-click them in File Explorer or Windows Explorer and use the "Cast to Device" or "Play To" menu to select your Xbox One S. A small Windows Media Player window will appear, and you can use to to manage your playlist and control playback from your computer. You can also control playback on the console itself with your Xbox One S controller. If you haven't yet installed the Movies & TV app on your Xbox One S, you'll be prompted to do so. The page for the app on the Xbox Store will open -just select "Install" to install it. You'll have to install the app before the "Play To" or "Cast to Device" streaming will work. Money Saving Software Bundles. Original Price: $107. Original Price: $94. Copyright © 2018 Pavtube Studio. All Rights Reserved. Xbox One Getting Mobile TV Streaming, Plus DLNA And USB Playback. How Apple’s HealthKit Could Offer General Wellbeing As A Platform Advantage. Microsoft is still listening to fans when it comes to adding features to the Xbox One. A new update that will begin rolling out to people in the early access program this month adds a number of top requests, including media playback from USB or DLNA that will support a bunch of new file formats, including mpeg 2 TS and MKVs. The One will also gain the ability to stream TV on a local network to smartphones and tablets running the Xbox SmartGlass app. Streaming TV requires that users have the Xbox One Digital TV Tuner, which was announced last week and will initially be available to a limited pool of launch countries, including the UK and France beginning soon and ahead of the full-scale launch in October. The Tuner will allow people to directly connect free-to-air digital broadcast signals on the Xbox One without requiring an intervening device, and to navigate channels and use the OneGuide on their consoles. Streaming will work with SmartGlass apps on iOS, Android and Windows Phone. The media player is the big news here, with users having complained from the beginning about the Xbox One’s lack of support for streaming via DLNA, the wireless media streaming protocol that lets you broadcast from a local media server or other connected device. Xbox 360 supported DLNA, as well as USB playback, but Microsoft says it’s going farther with the Xbox One by allowing playback of a broader range of file types than were ever available to the Xbox 360. Other improvements include a new Friends section, a new Snap Center that gives players easier access to messages, friends, parties and achievements without having to leave their game; threaded messages; a way to boot directly to TV; a live TV mini guide that shows at the bottom of the screen and acts as a pared down OneGuide; and more. These updates will roll out to the general public over ‘the coming months,’ according to Microsoft. How to Turn Your Computer Into a DLNA Media Server. Many boxes you plug into your TV, including the Roku, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and even some smart TVs themselves offer DLNA (“Digital Living Network Alliance”) streaming support. They can stream video files and music over the network from your PC—as long as you set up a DLNA server on the PC first. This feature is also known as Play To or UPnP AV. Using it is easier than you might think, as the server software you’ll need is built into Windows. There are also third-party DLNA servers with more features, and you can run them on any operating system. Here’s how to set up DLNA on your machine. Option One: Enable the DLNA Media Server Built Into Windows. There are many different pieces of software that can function as DLNA servers, but you don’t need to install anything special to get started. Windows has an integrated DLNA server you can enable. To activate it, open the Control Panel and search for “media” using the search box at the top right corner of the window. Click the “Media streaming options” link under Network and Sharing Center. Click the “Turn on media streaming” button to enable the media-streaming server. Although this Control Panel doesn’t mention the term “DLNA” at all, the media streaming feature in Windows is a DLNA-compliant media server. You can now customize the streaming settings. The default settings allow all devices on your local network to access the media files in your media libraries, and that’s fine if you’re on a local network with only devices you trust. You probably don’t need to adjust these. This window doesn’t actually tell you how to add video, music, and picture files that can be streamed over the network. However, the media streaming feature depends on your Windows libraries. If you want to stream video, music, or picture files, add them to the Videos, Music, or Pictures libraries. You don’t have to move the files to the current library folders—you can add new folders to the libraries. On Windows 8.1 or 10, you’ll need to unhide the libraries to access them. Once you have, either copy the media files you want to stream to your libraries or add folders containing media files to your libraries. For example, if you have a bunch of videos at D:\TV Shows\, you could right-click the Videos library, select “Properties”, click “Add”, and add the D:\TV Shows\ folder to your Videos library. The files would still be stored at D:\TV Shows\, but they’d be visible in your Videos library and available for streaming from other devices. You can now access the DLNA media player on your other device—for example, the Roku Media Player, PS4 Media Player, or Xbox One Media Player apps all include this feature. For example, on a Roku, you must first install the Roku Media Player channel and open it. DLNA servers on your local network will appear in the list, so you can select your computer and stream media files from it. In addition to browsing your shared media library from the device, you can use the Play To feature to find media on your computer and start playing it directly on the networked device. Or use the DLNA media-streaming features to share media between your PCs. Option Two: Install Plex or Universal Media Server. The Windows DLNA server is the easiest and fastest one to set up, but it’s not necessarily the best option. Due to the way DLNA works, you can only stream certain types of media codecs, for example. If you have other types of media, it just won’t work. Other DLNA servers improve this by offering real-time transcoding. If you try to play an unsupported file, they’ll transcode it on-the-fly, streaming the video in a supported format to your DLNA device. Many different media servers support DLNA, including the immensely popular Plex media server—so you can set up the Plex media server on your computer and use DLNA on another device to access your media, if you want. Plex’s own media player offers more features, but your Plex library can also be accessed from any media player that supports DLNA. This allows you to access your Plex library on devices that don’t have a Plex client or web browser, but do offer DLNA support. You might also be interested in the completely free Universal Media Server, which is based on the now-discontinued PS3 Media Server. It boasts a large number of features, and you can install and configure it on Windows as well as macOS and Linux. Macs and Linux PCs don’t have this feature built-in, so third-party media programs like these are the only option. DLNA seems to be on its way out, which is one reason why it’s so hidden on Windows 10. DLNA is fundamentally focused on playing back media files you have downloaded on your PC (video files, music files, and image files) on other devices. Modern solutions are usually focused on streaming media from the cloud. And, even if you want to manage your own local media library, a solution like Plex is more full-featured and better. This standard’s strength is still its wide ecosystem of supported devices. Even though it’s not an ideal solution, it provides the glue to link a wide variety of devices together without any third-party apps. Devices that don’t have web browsers or apps you can use to access Plex may support DLNA. Chris Hoffman is a technology writer and all-around computer geek. He's as at home using the Linux terminal as he is digging into the Windows registry. Connect with him on Twitter. Did You Know. When saying the name of the letter “Z” aloud, American-English speakers will say “Zee”, but in the rest of the English speaking world the speaker will say “Zed”. Get the HTG Newsletter. Join 100,000 other subscribers. Follow How-To Geek. More Articles You Might Like. Enter your email address to get our daily newsletter. Xbox One's new media player is perfect for watching torrents. DLNA and MKV support included. Microsoft announced its plans to bring a standalone media player to Xbox One earlier this week, and now the company is previewing some of its new features. A dashboard update for Xbox One preview users is rolling out in preparation for the media player app beta, with some of the new social and TV features. While the media player isn’t available just yet, Microsoft is demonstrating how it works in a preview video. The media player, a highly requested feature, supports local files from USB and network media players through DLNA. Both of these features will allow Xbox One owners to download content like movies, TV shows, or music and stream them directly to the console or play them from a USB stick. Microsoft is improving its support of essential video and audio codecs with the Xbox One, allowing owners to watch DivX, Xvids, MKVs, and even animated GIFs. It’s perfect for those with network-attached storage (NAS) full of MKVs that might have been acquired from BitTorrent sites. Via: Major Nelson Source: Xbox (YouTube) Next Up In Gaming. Now Trending. Command Line. Command Line delivers daily updates from the near-future. Xbox One Getting DLNA Support, USB Media Playback, Boot-to-TV Option. Microsoft announces a spate of new Xbox One features coming over the next few months. Last updated by Eddie Makuch on August 12, 2014 at 12:15PM. You are now subscribed. Alongside Microsoft's Gamescom briefing today, the company announced a spate of new features coming to the Xbox One "within the next few months." Some of these features are included with August's Xbox One system update, while others are coming later. Below is a breakdown of what's coming to Xbox One over the next few months. Unfortunately, Microsoft did not give concrete details on when these features will roll out publicly. New "Friends" section -- Now available for users in the preview program, this new section allows gamers to stay up to date with what games their friends are playing, as well as their gamescore, and how it has improved (we hope!) over the past 30 days. The new Friends section. Snap Center -- This new feature will let you see messages, friends, parties, and achievements, affording you a "seamless" way to switch back and forth without needing to leave your game. Threaded messages -- An updated Messages app will include full conversation history through threaded messages. Embedded links to Game DVR clips, which you can watch without leaving your game session, are also supported. New media player support -- A new app will allow you to play media files from an attached USB device or from a home media server that supports DLNA. The preview version of the update will only work with USB devices, but DLNA support is coming soon. Once this update is applied, the Xbox One will support more media formats than Xbox 360, Microsoft says. You can see a full list of supported file formats below. Xbox One digital TV tuner -- This device was announced last week, and arrives in Europe (UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain) this October. There is no word on a North American release. Stream TV to SmartGlass -- Users in the regions listed above can stream TV programming across their home network to smartphones and tablets using the free SmartGlass app. They can also pause, play, and rewind TV using the app, all while gaming on Xbox One is uninterrupted. Boot-to-TV option -- Xbox One owners can set their system to boot directly to TV when coming out of connected standby mode. Live TV mini guide -- Supported in markets where OneGuide is available, this new guide featured at the bottom of the screen will show details about TV content current playing. This will allow you to see what's on other channels without flipping from the one you're currently on. "We continue to be amazed by our fans' enthusiasm for our Xbox One system updates and their fantastic input," Microsoft said in a statement. "We're working hard to make Xbox One more social and the best place for all your games and entertainment, and we can't wait to roll out these new features, and more, in the coming months." Video, photo, and audio on Xbox Media Player for Xbox One FAQ. Find answers to commonly asked questions about video, photo, and audio content on Xbox Media Player. Xbox Media Player questions. The supported file types for the Media Player app are: Xbox One supports a wide variety of codecs and media types, but if you try to play a file that contains unsupported content, Media Player will notify you about the issue. Yes, Media Player will show thumbnails for your audio, video, and photo files if they're available. You can play media from a USB 1.0, 2.0, or 3.0 removable drive. USB 1.0 and 2.0 drives will automatically be treated as media drives. The Xbox One team tests extensively to ensure that Xbox will work well with Windows Media Player software. If you decide to use third-party software, contact that software's manufacturer for support. To share from a Mac computer, you have to use a third-party streaming solution. Be aware that Microsoft does not support third-party streaming solutions, so you'll have to contact that product's manufacturer if you need support. This is not currently supported on Xbox One. For information about setting up sharing on Xbox 360, see Windows Media Center PC support. Unfortunately, the iPhone and iPod Touch use a different mechanism for storing media than a “traditional” USB drive, so Media Player is currently unable to play content from these devices. Try adjusting the power settings for external storage: Unfortunately, Media Player does not currently support the use of subtitles in movies. Обзор функции PlayTo для Xbox 360. Компонент Play To обеспечивает потоковую передачу контента на консоль Xbox 360 с других устройств, например ПК с ОС Windows или планшета. На этой странице. Для использования функции PlayTo необходимо выполнить следующие условия. Последнее обновление программного обеспечения для консоли Xbox 360. DLNA-совместимое устройство, например ПК с ОС Windows. Связь по локальной сети между консолью Xbox 360 и DLNA-совместимым устройством. Примечание. Некоторые мобильные устройства, например планшеты и телефоны, совместимы с DLNA, но с них нельзя отправлять файлы мультимедиа на консоль Xbox 360. Xbox 360 поддерживает следующие форматы видеофайлов. Windows Media Video (WMV) 7, WMV 8 и WMV 9: Максимальное разрешение 1920x1080 (1080p). аудио Windows Media Audio Standard или Windows Media Audio Pro. Примечание. Контент WMV может быть защищен технологией управления цифровыми правами (DRM). Примечание. VC1-контент может быть защищен с использованием Windows Media DRM. Поддерживаются следующие аудиоформаты: Windows Media Audio (WMA) 7, WMA 8 и WMA 9. Примечание. У контента стандарта WMV может быть защита Windows Media DRM. Примечание. У контента WMA Professional может быть защита Windows Media DRM. Примечание. Контент WMA Lossless может быть защищен с использованием Windows Media DRM. Убедитесь, что функция PlayTo на консоли включена. Как включить эту функцию. На главной странице Xbox перейдите в раздел Настройки и выберите Системные настройки . Выберите Настройки консоли . Выберите Подключенные устройства . Установите для PlayTo значение "Вкл". Имя консоли Xbox 360 помогает найти ее в сети. Это поможет выбрать консоль, к которой нужно подключить устройство, если в вашей сети несколько консолей. Как дать имя консоли. Перейдите в меню Настройки и выберите Системные настройки . Выберите Настройки консоли . Выберите Имя Консоли . Выберите имя из списка. Чтобы дать другое имя, выберите Другое . Введите имя для консоли и выберите Готово . После настройки PlayTo на консоли вы можете выбрать это приложение для воспроизведения данных с совместимых приложений и устройств. Подробности изменяются в зависимости от приложения или устройства. За дополнительной информацией обращайтесь к поставщику устройства или приложения. How to Stream and Play Video_TS Files on Xbox One S via USB, DLNA or Plex Server? Aug 02, 2016 08:01 am / Posted by Diana Joan. Fail to play Video_TS files on Xbox One S. It's likely that you have a ripped DVD movies saved as a Video_TS folder which contains the following 3 type of files in it: When you try to stream or play the Video_TS files with Xbox One S media player app via USB drive, DLNA or Plex Media Server, you just receive a invalid file format error message. The main reason is that Video_TS is not included in Xbox One S supported file formats list as below: Video formats: 3GP video, 3GP2, AVI DivX, DV AVI, AVI uncompressed, asf, AVI Xvid, H.264 AVCHD, M-JPEG, .mkv, .mov, MPEG-PS, MPEG-2, MPEG-2 HD, MPEG-2 TS, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, MPEG-4 SP, WMV, WMV HD. Audio formats: 3GP audio, AAC, ADTS, MP3, WAV, WMA, WMA Lossless, WMA Pro, WMA Voice. Transcode DVD Ripped Video_TS for Xbox One S. To get Video_TS files recognized by Xbox One S media player app, you can use a third-party Video_TS conversion app - Pavtube BDMagic for Windows (best Blu-ray Ripper)/Mac, which has full support for the BUP, IFO and ISO files contained in the Video_TS folder, you can easily rewrap Video_TS files to Xbox One S playable formats listed above. Besides Video_TS files, the program also has the ability to remove region code from Blu-ray/DVD disc for Xbox One S playback. To get the best video playback settings for Xbox One S, you can either use the program to direct output Xbox One S preset profile formats with all the optimized playback settings or output Xbox One playable formats listed above and then adjust the output profile settings such as video codec, resolution, frame rate, bit rate, audio codec, bit rate, sample rate or channels. How to Stream and Play Video_TS files on Xbox One S via USB Drive or Media Server? Start the program on your computer, click "File" > "Load from folder" button to import Video_TS files into the program. Step 2: Set output file format. Click "Format" bar, from its drop-down options, select one of Xbox One S supported file formats such as "H.264 HD Video(*mp4)" frop "HD Video" main category. Tips: You can get better output quality by flexibly tweaking the output video codec, resolution, frame rate, bit rate, audio codec, bit rate, sample rate or channels. Output Xbox One S optimized profile settings. You can also select to output Xbox One S preset profile formats by following "Zune/Xbox 360 Device" > "Xbox 360 HD Video(*.wmv)" which can also work on Xbox One S. Step 3: Start Video_TS to Xbox One S conversion. Tap the "Convert" button in the right-bottom to begin the conversion from Video_TS to Xbox One S media player app readable formats conversion process. After the conversion is completed, you can stream video to Xbox One S via USB drive, DLNA Server or Plex Media Server. Money Saving Software Bundles. Original Price: $107. Original Price: $94. Copyright © 2018 Pavtube Studio. All Rights Reserved. Xbox One: How to stream content using DLNA. The Xbox One will let you stream content to the console using DLNA, although on day one there's no native support to initiate those streams, so the console acts as a receiver only. That means Xbox One won't go out and find content on your network, so it can't retrieve those files on your DLNA-compatible media server, for example, that all your other connected devices enjoy. This is something that could easily be overcome with an Xbox One app in the future, but so you're not kept waiting, here's how you can get streaming to your console right away. You can easily send content to your console from another DLNA device directly and Xbox One will recognise the incoming stream and open the app required to play it. If you're streaming music, you'll need to have Xbox Music installed as this will act as the receiving music player. If you're sending video or photos, you'll have to have installed Xbox Video. Both apps are free in the Xbox One's store. Many Android phones have a native app to do this from media applications, but sometimes they are only good for sending local content from the phone to the Xbox One. We tried it out with the HTC One and found it worked well enough. However, the Skifta app will solve all your problems, as this free app can be the intermediary between your DLNA media server and your Xbox One. All you have to do is install the app, search for the source and select the playback device: Xbox One will be listed, ready to receive your content. Then you identify the file and across it goes. We've streamed a range of content from our network to the Xbox One without a hitch: it's great for impromptu photo slideshows, great for video and great for music. Bear in mind that your smartphone will need to be able to play the files - ie, have the codecs for the video format. Skifta is also available for iOS and we've tested Skifta on the iPhone 5S with the Xbox One and it works in exactly the same way as the Android version. Both apps are available for free, right now.