# How do I play a downloaded movie on my laptop
**URL:** https://community.w2g.tv/t/how-do-i-play-a-downloaded-movie-on-my-laptop/203310
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [January 3, 2026, 4:24am UTC](https://community.w2g.tv/t/how-do-i-play-a-downloaded-movie-on-my-laptop/203310 "2026-01-03T04:24:36Z")
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### Author:  [@user\_0cff438b16ebb63](https://community.w2g.tv/u/user_0cff438b16ebb63)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2026, 4:24am UTC](https://community.w2g.tv/t/how-do-i-play-a-downloaded-movie-on-my-laptop/203310/1 "2026-01-03T04:24:36Z")
Hello I am trying to play a downloaded movie but I am not able to do so, when I drag and drop the video file into the browser and paste that address into the Watch2Gether Direct Link searchbox it does not produce a link that I can click on, is there any way I can fix this? Thank you.
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### Author:  [@user\_d97a1840b5ef06c](https://community.w2g.tv/u/user_d97a1840b5ef06c)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2026, 11:16pm UTC](https://community.w2g.tv/t/how-do-i-play-a-downloaded-movie-on-my-laptop/203310/2 "2026-01-16T23:16:31Z")
hi , as far as i do know , w2g does not support playing to any videos straight from one of your drives. it has to be an direct link from a website - aside youtube and so on.
you might consider and try out using google drive or similar file hoster , nas-storage etc. , uploading your videos there and link from there to w2g browser. i must say it didn’t worked out to me so far , tho it seems to be the only way playing videos directly from your pc in w2g nonetheless, so to say. best regards.
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### Author:  [@user\_95f53b7185f71fb](https://community.w2g.tv/u/user_95f53b7185f71fb)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2026, 8:32pm UTC](https://community.w2g.tv/t/how-do-i-play-a-downloaded-movie-on-my-laptop/203310/3 "2026-01-28T20:32:39Z")
This is correct. You cannot play videos from your computer because other users in your room cannot access them.