Stream your movies to VLC across devices with this simple FTP Server with python.

Short summary

A practical tutorial on using pyftpdlib to spin up a temporary FTP server in Python for local network file sharing. Covers installation on Arch Linux, anonymous vs authenticated access, choosing non-privileged ports, enabling write mode for uploads, and streaming media to VLC. Commands are copy-paste ready with clear explanations of each flag.

• •Use pyftpdlib to start a temporary FTP server with a single Python command
• •Supports custom directories, authentication, non-privileged ports, and write access
• •Ideal for quick file transfers and media streaming to VLC across local network devices

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