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Re: Show HN: To fight quarantine boredom I build a site to watch movies with friends

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Post by mav3rick »

kazinator wrote: post #4

> To fight quarantine boredom I build a site to watch movies with friends. I would call it "CoVid: watch videos together, remotely."

Can someone give a TL;DR on architecture of this and Netflix party. How is synchronization maintained ?

Re: Show HN: To fight quarantine boredom I build a site to watch movies with friends

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Post by l1am0 »

mav3rick wrote: post #151
kazinator wrote: post #4

> To fight quarantine boredom I build a site to watch movies with friends. I would call it "CoVid: watch videos together, remotely."

Can someone give a TL;DR on architecture of this and Netflix party. How is synchronization maintained ?

Syncronisation can not be maintained as there is no info bingetogether gets from the services at what time code the video is.

Playback control is currently not supported.

Re: Show HN: To fight quarantine boredom I build a site to watch movies with friends

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Post by randomlogin »

Thank you so much for this! I will spread the word and I'm sure it'll outlive the pandemic.

I was waiting for someone (even Netflix) to do this the last couple of years for Valentine's day (as I realized I won't spend the time on building it myself). Being in a long distance relationship made me realize that this would be a fun way to nurture the relationship - watching the movie together, while apart.

Re: Show HN: To fight quarantine boredom I build a site to watch movies with friends

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Post by mav3rick »

l1am0 wrote: post #152
mav3rick wrote: post #151

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can someone give a TL;DR on architecture of this and Netflix party. How is synchronization maintained ?

Syncronisation can not be maintained as there is no info bingetogether gets from the services at what time code the video is. Playback control is currently not supported.

Is this just a chat web app then ?

Re: Show HN: To fight quarantine boredom I build a site to watch movies with friends

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Post by l1am0 »

mav3rick wrote: post #155
l1am0 wrote: post #152

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Syncronisation can not be maintained as there is no info bingetogether gets from the services at what time code the video is. Playback control is currently not supported.

Is this just a chat web app then ?

No it synchronises the start of the video and allows to have a voice chat during the watch party.

Re: Show HN: To fight quarantine boredom I build a site to watch movies with friends

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Post by BiteCode_dev »

tov_objorkin wrote: post #146
BiteCode_dev wrote: post #144

I'm still wondering how people manage to get bored in today's age. You have millions of journals, books, music tracks, tv shows, films and video games. You have tutorials on youtube to learn new skill, such as cooking, yoga, DIY, coding, etc. You can chat, phone or email to all your relatives and friends. You can take the opportunity to produce something, write, build, create, imagine. Even without a computer you can…

We're social animals, this is hardcoded part of our brain. Managing solitude require training as anything else.

Solitude and boredom is not the same.

I understand solitude. You have a need. It's not fulfilled.

I don't get boredom: I see so many ways to fulfill this need.

Re: Show HN: To fight quarantine boredom I build a site to watch movies with friends

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Post by JorgeGT »

l1am0 wrote: post #159
NicoJuicy wrote: post #158

I would love it if https://web.microsoftstream.com/ could be added ( work related)

What is that? Can't even login

It's a corporate video sharing service in Office 365. Think Youtube for your company.
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