I am one the those few souls who have a Mac and Xbox One . Microsoft has done great job for streaming movies to Xbox One for Windows user but there is not much support on Mac. After searching the interwebs I found out there are few options available for Mac users
Any Mac running a current, post-feline OSX should have boot camp. Apple shares that only Macs of the last few years are compatible, but I've installed with little issues. Just completed this. Download windows 10 to a writable DVD or Thumbdrive. Choose Devices & streaming Device connections Allow game streaming to other devices. Then, under Xbox app, select Allow connections from any device to allow anyone who's connected to your home network to stream games and TV. To limit streaming to only a few people, select Only from profiles signed in on this Xbox. If you do not have Xbox Video on your homescreen, scroll your way to the extreme right until you see the search bar. Search for Xbox Video there. Now on your Mac, open SofaPlay and select the Xbox-SystemOS from the dropdown list Select a movie from your Mac and drag it into SofaPlay.
1. Sofa play : This is a paid app which worked fine for me for few months but lately it just wont connect to my Xbox despite trying all the tricks and help mentioned on the site.
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2. Plex : This is a local media server which comes with a free app but to stream content to Xbox you need to buy a pass which cost 5$ a month.
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None of the above are free and I am not in mood to pay 5$ to stream movies to Xbox. But accidentally I found out the best and reliable way to stream movies to Xbox One from Mac. Here`s how
You need Vuze, Vuze is great bit torrent client which also acts as a media server. After downloading Vuze go to Device Playback in the Navigation bar on the left side. Under Device play back section you should see the Xbox one OS there. Now click on the Xbox One OS and just drag and drop your video files in the right grid .
After dropping files Vuze will ask you to convert the files at that time just select Do not transcode .
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Now go to Media player on the Xbox One. In the Media player App you should be able to see your Vuze on Mac. Its going to have a WIFI look a like icon . Click on it and then click on Download folder, voila you are good to go to stream your video files to Xbox one.