PlayerXtreme is a media player and manager for iPhone iPad. It has the built-in media file transfer utility to help its users easy import files from computer to their iOS device, web browser transfer, iTunes file sharing and network file sharing. In a related article, we has explained how it allows us to transfer media files from Windows to iPhone through web browser. This method can help us easily send audios and videos from Mac and Windows computers to our iOS devices. If you are using a Windows PC, you can also make use of the shared network to quickly access the media files stored on your computer from your iPhone or iPad. This is another quick and easy way to copy files from PC to iPhone iPad wirelessly without iTunes sync. Check out more details below.
Enable network discovery and file sharing on PC
On your Windows computer, go to Control Panel -> Network and Internet -> Network and Sharing Center. In Windows 10 you can just type “control panel” in to the search field to quickly access the Control Panel.
On the Network and Sharing Center screen, click Change Advanced Sharing Settings link on the left pane. Click to expand the Guest or Public network, click Turn on Network Discovery to enable it, also click the Turn on file and printer sharing under the public network section. Then click Save changes button at the bottom.
Now open the File Explorer in Windows system, you should see the available shared computer and devices on your network.
Stream or copy media files from Windows PC to iPhone
Connect your iPhone to the same Wi-Fi network as your PC. Run PlayerXtreme on iPhone. Switch to the Network tab. Then scroll down to the bottom, you may find PlayerXtreme already detected your PC under the Discovered section. Tap on your computer name from there, then type in your computer login name and password, tap on Save.
Now you can find your PC in the Saved Shares section on the Network screen. Tap to view all shared media files from your PC right on your iPhone. You can directly play or stream audios, music, videos, movies, photos saved on your computer using PlayerXtreme media player without copying them to your iPhone storage.
If you want to save a media file from computer to iPhone so you can watch it on the go, long press on it to bring up the action menu, then choose Download to copy the selected photo, video or music from PC to iPhone.