Whether you’re pairing an older PC with a new build or freshly assembling two beefy systems, here’s how to link the necessary hardware and software together.

Using these techniques you could stream video from your office computer to a laptop plugged into the living room TV and control the playlist with your PDA.

The power of two: Use your PC to stream videos to your phone You can watch anything in your video library on your iOS or Android device.

Valve may have discontinued the hardware, but you can still can use the Steam Link app on your Raspberry Pi system to stream games to your TV or anywhere else.

With the latest version, AirPlay 2, you can also stream audio to multiple rooms, decide which room to play it in, and pair speakers. Here’s how to stream audio using AirPlay.

Plex can take your movies, TV shows, music, and photos and give them the Netflix treatment for the ultimate at-home or away-from-home streaming experience.