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Re: Show HN: Coplay – synchonizing video play between browsers

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Does it also work for the "Live" streams on Youtube? That's the use-case in which I could use the most this kind of synch.

Haven't tried that...it probably won't work. I live in China so YouTube is kinda inconvenient. I connected via VPN to test on YouTube and it should work on most video clips.

Re: Show HN: Coplay – synchonizing video play between browsers

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Does this necessarily have to be a browser extension or is there any hope of using the video provider APIs to accomplish the same thing?

Of course it will be much easier to use if video sites like YouTube provide this feature. But I don't thinks its that widely needed for them to put it on the feature list.

Re: Show HN: Coplay – synchonizing video play between browsers

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Does this necessarily have to be a browser extension or is there any hope of using the video provider APIs to accomplish the same thing?

Of course it will be much easier to use if video sites like YouTube provide this feature. But I don't thinks its that widely needed for them to put it on the feature list.

What I meant to ask is if it's possible with current APIs. I know sync isn't explicitly provided, but wondering if something could be backed together another way.

Re: Show HN: Coplay – synchonizing video play between browsers

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I'm creating something like this, but as a desktop app in java using VLC api.

There is a screenshot[1] of the current state, but it's a bit ugly since I had to stop working on it because of my exams. The idea is to replace the VLC+Skype combo for watching movies together with automatically syncing the play/pause.

But there is another problem I haven't decided yet, and it's the communication channel for chat and syncing. I'm torn between creating a server on an own VPS or adding an IRC client to the app (since you can always find a free irc server and create a room).

[1]: http://i.pics.rs/jDvun

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