Quick Start: Play a Video from USB on a Projector in 3 Steps

Want to play a video from USB on your projector without messing around with complicated setup? Here's the whole thing in three steps.

Time: 5 minutes · Difficulty: Easy

What you'll need to play a video from USB on a projector

• Any projector (or a TV) with a USB slot or an HDMI input

• A USB memory stick

• Your Projection Craft clip — grab the Full Loop file if you just want it to run on its own

Step 1 — Put the clip on a USB stick

Copy your downloaded clip onto a USB memory stick — just drag the file across. If you want it to play by itself with no setup, use the Full Loop file from your pack.

Step 2 — Plug it into your projector

Put the stick into the projector's USB port. (No USB slot? Plug in a laptop, TV stick or media player with an HDMI cable instead.)

Step 3 — Press play

Turn the projector on, choose the USB / Media source, and open your clip. Set it to repeat if you want it looping all night. Aim it at a wall or a hung sheet, turn the lights down — done.

Want it to look amazing?

That's the five-minute version. When you're ready to make it look properly cinematic — floating in a window, with depth and no tell-tale glare — the Window Projection Setup Guide takes it all the way.