Show HN: Showgoers – Watch Netflix with friends remotely

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jul 24, 2015, 8:27 PM UTC

wcummings wrote: post #2

The far less polished solution I came up with for syncing viewing with my friends: https://github.com/wcummings/vlc-irc-rc

Post by caffeinewriter » Fri, Jul 24, 2015, 8:40 PM UTC

eremzeit wrote: post #10

wcummings wrote: post #2

The far less polished solution I came up with for syncing viewing with my friends: https://github.com/wcummings/vlc-irc-rc

I'll be bookmarking this because sometimes I want to sync watch with files that I have on my computer.

Post by bomatson » Fri, Jul 24, 2015, 8:49 PM UTC

Post by lawl » Fri, Jul 24, 2015, 8:53 PM UTC

Post by moistgorilla » Fri, Jul 24, 2015, 8:58 PM UTC

TheGRS wrote: post #14

chubasco wrote: post #12

The Netflix app on the Xbox 360 used to do this. And you and your friends could put on your headsets and watch the same thing on Netflix while chatting.

I was pretty disappointed when they ditched that feature, my friends and I used it pretty extensively as we were all attending different colleges, but still loved to play games and chat online. It was buggy for sure, especially when you added in disparities in lag (which was very common back then). IIRC Microsoft maintained this functionality however and not Netflix, which is probably why it was eventually discontinu…