Comment on Show HN: Showgoers – Watch Netflix with friends remotelyComments−wcummings11yThe far less polished solution I came up with for syncing viewing with my friends: https://github.com/wcummings/vlc-irc-rc−liedra11yHa, my long distance relationship survived with a good old fashioned "3, 2, 1, go!" :)−DINKDINK11y/think better delay pressing start by the latency amount ;]−wcummings11yThis is actually what we were doing (on IRC), but it doesn't scale up to 5 or 6 people over IRC very well.−nly11yYeah, what's with all the tech?−eremzeitOP11yI'll be bookmarking this because sometimes I want to sync watch with files that I have on my computer.−caffeinewriter11yI personally have used http://syncplay.pl/It seems to be similar in concept :)−comex11yHuh. I've been using a very hacky script I wrote myself for this purpose, but I hadn't seen syncplay - strongly considering switching to it.−caffeinewriter11yOne of the main reasons I use it is because it supports MPC-HC, which I often use instead of VLC.
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The far less polished solution I came up with for syncing viewing with my friends: https://github.com/wcummings/vlc-irc-rc
Ha, my long distance relationship survived with a good old fashioned "3, 2, 1, go!" :)
/think better delay pressing start by the latency amount ;]
This is actually what we were doing (on IRC), but it doesn't scale up to 5 or 6 people over IRC very well.
Yeah, what's with all the tech?
I'll be bookmarking this because sometimes I want to sync watch with files that I have on my computer.
I personally have used http://syncplay.pl/
It seems to be similar in concept :)
Huh. I've been using a very hacky script I wrote myself for this purpose, but I hadn't seen syncplay - strongly considering switching to it.
One of the main reasons I use it is because it supports MPC-HC, which I often use instead of VLC.