Stream video to my home network

Stream video to my home network

I would like stream a video on my home network so I can watch it on my
android tablet. I attempt to do this using vlc 2.0.8 on ubuntu but it
didn't work. Can anyone walk me through the exact steps you need?
I selected Media->Stream then "Add" and chose the video. I then clicked
"Stream" at the bottom of the page then Next, then for New Destination I
chose HTTP (more or less at random) I unchecked Activate Transcoding,
Next, added a name for "SAP announce", then Stream. I see the error
[0x9ac4908] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use
'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
[0xb1600628] main stream output error: stream chain failed for `'
[0xb5400618] main input error: cannot start stream output instance, aborting
in a terminal at that point.