LocalCast - for Plex, DLNA, Chromecast and more
About LocalCast - for Plex, DLNA, Chromecast and more
Cast/Stream videos, music or pictures
FROM your iPhone, iPad or iPod or NAS, DLNA/UPnP, Google Drive, Dropbox or a webpage
TO AppleTV 4th Gen, Chromecast, Nexus Player, Amazon Fire TV, SmartTV, Sonos, Xbox 360, Xbox One or other DLNA devices.
// Web
Browse webpages in the app. If a streamable video is found on the page you can send it to your TV.
// Pro Version
The app is free and fully functional. In order to keep the app free there are advertisements on the bottom of the screen and sometimes a fullscreen ad will pop up. You can disable both type of ads, by purchasing the Pro Version via the in-app purchase.
// Videos
Please be aware that the Chromecast only supports a couple of formats. Videos stored on your iPhone, iPad or iPod will be transcoded automatically. For videos on other sources:
The Chromecast can read containers like mp4, mkv, 3gp and m4v, but all these containers can use different codecs. If you can't hear the audio of a video, then the audio codec is not supported. If you can't see the video but hear the audio, then the video codec is not supported.
// Music
If you cast from your device or DLNA, the album cover will be displayed on the TV. Playlists will be added soon.
// Pictures
On a Chromecast, Nexus Player or other Cast device:
You can rotate, zoom and pan pictures easily from the "Now playing" screen, just touch the button with the four arrows.
// Subtitles
If you use a Chromecast, Nexus Player or other Cast device:
Subtitles from DLNA servers will be added automatically. You can use the integrated Opensubtitles.org search to add a subtitle manually.
Internal subtitles which are inside the video container don't work.
// Follow me
on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/LocalCast/250528721786652
on Google+:
https://plus.google.com/109720416927515295704
// Chromecast & Nexus Player supported formats
https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/media
// Recommended PC software to convert your files:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/handbrake/
// In app purchases:
The app is free and ads supported, the ads can be removed via an in app purchase.
I am just one independent developer working on my apps whenever I can, without a big budget for testing on various devices. If you find a bug please contact me via Facebook, Google+ or email and I'll try to fix it ASAP. Thanks for your support and happy casting!