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Re: Show HN: Showgoers – Watch Netflix with friends remotely

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Post by eremzeit » Fri, Jul 24, 2015, 9:03 PM UTC

bomatson wrote: post #15

This reminds me of when my wife and first started dating long distance - Skype screen sharing movies was our jam

Though I originally made it for me and my SO, it was surprising how many people have told me that they also have done the whole netflix, skype and "3, 2, 1, go" combo. Its interesting to think about things we could make that would better allow shared experience or emotional intimacy with people over distance.

Re: Show HN: Showgoers – Watch Netflix with friends remotely

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Post by eremzeit » Fri, Jul 24, 2015, 9:08 PM UTC

mkaziz wrote: post #20

bomatson wrote: post #15

This reminds me of when my wife and first started dating long distance - Skype screen sharing movies was our jam

How did that work for you? Isn't skype screenshare super laggy for a movie? What about audio?

In our case, we did netflix that we manually synced up and just do videochat on skype. Facetime doesn't work because it hijacks your sound, turns down all other audio sources and you can't turn it off. Silly apple.

The skype is nice because it puts a thumbnail of their face that stays hovered over the netflix even while it's in fullscreen.

Re: Show HN: Showgoers – Watch Netflix with friends remotely

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Post by brickmort » Fri, Jul 24, 2015, 9:10 PM UTC

The concept seems very similar to Rabbit: http://rabb.it

Re: Show HN: Showgoers – Watch Netflix with friends remotely

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Post by johnpowell » Fri, Jul 24, 2015, 9:12 PM UTC

jstx wrote: post #16

Is this OSS? If not, are there any plans to add Plex to it?

Plex already does this. If you go to now playing it will let you start playing where someone else on your server is at.

Re: Show HN: Showgoers – Watch Netflix with friends remotely

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Post by ripaujla » Fri, Jul 24, 2015, 9:30 PM UTC

This is Nice, Will use.

Re: Show HN: Showgoers – Watch Netflix with friends remotely

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Post by s369610 » Fri, Jul 24, 2015, 9:31 PM UTC

just add webrtc voice chat to complete the experience

Re: Show HN: Showgoers – Watch Netflix with friends remotely

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Post by gfodor » Fri, Jul 24, 2015, 9:35 PM UTC

Cool stuff -- at AltspaceVR we support the same concept with Netflix, YouTube, Twitch, etc, but as avatars within a virtual space (ideally in VR.) You can hang out while watching netflix with voice chat, body tracking, etc. This was a big challenge for us to get working well, so I can sympathize with the authors :)

http://altvr.com

Just install our browser plugin, go to a netflix vid, hit "watch in AltspaceVR", and you'll have a virtual space dedicated for that netflix movie.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/altspacevr/ijjkiof...

Re: Show HN: Showgoers – Watch Netflix with friends remotely

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Post by booruguru » Fri, Jul 24, 2015, 9:53 PM UTC

Is there anything like this for VLC or some other desktop video app?

Re: Show HN: Showgoers – Watch Netflix with friends remotely

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Post by comex » Fri, Jul 24, 2015, 9:53 PM UTC

caffeinewriter wrote: post #13

eremzeit wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Re: Show HN: Showgoers – Watch Netflix with friends remotely

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Post by megawac » Fri, Jul 24, 2015, 9:56 PM UTC

booruguru wrote: post #28

Is there anything like this for VLC or some other desktop video app?

Used this one way back http://addons.videolan.org/content/show.php/Syncplay+interfa...