cast content from local (mobile or PC) device

Question

From the main picture on this page: https://developers.google.com/cast/

And the description of Sender app on this page: https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/design_checklist#cast-basics

Sender app / device (e.g. YouTube app on mobile) The sender initiates connecting to and / or casting (sending a content link) to a Google Cast Ready receiver (a.k.a Cast receiver) on the same Wi-Fi network.

Question: Can I cast media that is stored on my local device (a mobile or PC)?

Answer 1

You can if you write your own sender and provide a tiny web server in your sender to serve the content to the html receiver.