Direct LAN streaming
The movie goes straight from your Mac to the TV with HTTP byte ranges — fast starts, snappy seeking, no cloud.
Native macOS app · Apple Silicon
Drop a movie.
Cast it in one tap.
Dropcast is a small, native macOS app that streams a local movie straight to your Chromecast or Google Cast TV — over your own Wi-Fi, with subtitles, and no upload.
Dropcast
Casting to Living Room TV
Dune: Part Two
MKV · 2160p · 2h 46m
59:00-1:47:00
Why Dropcast
Your movie, your network,
no middleman.
The file never leaves your machine. Dropcast serves it straight to the TV over the LAN, so playback starts instantly and seeking is snappy.
Finds every TV
Google Cast discovery surfaces every Chromecast and Cast-enabled TV on your Wi-Fi in seconds.
Subtitles that just work
Auto-matches sidecars, reads embedded text tracks, and lets you switch or turn them off during playback.
Bundled FFmpeg
FFmpeg 6.1.6 is packed into the app for embedded subtitle discovery. No system install or extra dependencies.
Never transcodes
Dropcast streams your file exactly as it is. What plays on your TV is the original, untouched.
Full playback controls
Play, pause, seek, change the volume, switch subtitles, or stop casting without leaving the app.
A drop, a picker, a movie
Three screens, start to finish.
Drop a movie to cast
MP4, MKV or MOV — streamed
straight to your TV.
Cast to…3 found
Living Room TVGoogle TV Streamer · .42
✓
BedroomChromecast (3rd gen) · .51
Kitchen DisplayNest Hub · .66
Subtitles
Off
English movie.en.srt✓
Polish movie.pl.vtt
English (SDH) embedded
Get the Dropcast app
Download the native app from GitHub Releases, move it to Applications, and start casting. No sign-up, no telemetry, no upload — ever.
Apple Silicon · GPL-3.0-or-later · direct streaming, never transcodes.Movie night in three steps
- 1DownloadGet the latest Apple Silicon app.
- 2Move to ApplicationsKeep Dropcast within easy reach.
- 3Drop and castChoose a TV and control playback.
Prefer a terminal? A CLI is included as a bonus →