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Local streaming has been supported for a time, Plex does that

The new Plex App for iOS and Android is killer. Especially with ChromeCast / Roku support. They've completely redone the "remote" portion of the app for full control over those devices. Including timeline scrubbing. (Last version was literally just a remote with 4 way buttons.

switching to Plex + chromecast (or roku type device) is easily the best home media automation system I have ever used.
 
The new Plex App for iOS and Android is killer. Especially with ChromeCast / Roku support. They've completely redone the "remote" portion of the app for full control over those devices. Including timeline scrubbing. (Last version was literally just a remote with 4 way buttons.

switching to Plex + chromecast (or roku type device) is easily the best home media automation system I have ever used.

If only Chromecast would work with just a local network without Internet access
 
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