![]() You would install the Syncplay Client on your system and connect to a virtual room on a Syncplay server as a user. A media player is hosted in this virtual room which all server users can control. If one user performs an action on the media player like pausing the video, the same action is relayed to the other users. Similarly, if someone joins the room later in the video, they are synced with the current users. These rooms are entirely private, and all information sharing is hashed.Ĭontinuing in the same vein, if someone is too far ahead in the video, the server can bring them back into sync. ![]() In fact, you can take your server safety a step further by setting up a password as well. No Syncplay users can view or access any other room than their own. With that said, we’re ready to install Syncplay and start using it. However, your system must fulfill some software requirements before running this nifty little program. Let’s check out what they are and where you can get them. Here’s a list of the supported media players, and you can get any of them: Syncplay supports several media players and the most common ones are interoperable with Syncplay. Syncplay also has an in-chat feature that lets users communicate in the room. This additional facility is highly compatible with mpv, making it a promising choice for the rest of the players. Furthermore, if you want to play online streams, you will need the youtube-dl program too. Below is a list of packages required for Syncplay: In addition to a proper media player, you’re also going to need some packages and dependencies to get Syncplay up and running. Once you have all the necessary packages, you can finally go ahead and install Syncplay. With that done, Syncplay should be installed and ready for use! Using Syncplay Once you have it, run the following command to start the installation: This can be done by downloading the latest Syncplay tarball. Upon the first run, Syncplay should look something like this:Īs you can see, the first step is to configure Syncplay. There is a list of available public servers - all the users who want to be synced must select the same server. Syncplay developers recommend not using ports 89 as they’re usually overloaded. Next, there is no need to enter a server password as that is only a functionality for private servers. Similarly, the username is optional and can be anything you want. Lastly, the default room must also be the same for all the users. It is recommended to make the room name somewhat cryptic as a password doesn’t protect your server. A complicated room name would keep random people from entering, i.e., serve as a password. With that done, go ahead and click the run Syncplay button: Also, keep in mind that room names are case-sensitive. The window on the left contains some information about your server connection and room, and the right one is the media player - VLC in our case. You can drag and drop any video present on your hard drive into the player or browse through your files using the Media tab. The same can be done with a YouTube video. ![]() In case you want to watch a video that isn’t on YouTube, you will have to whitelist it in Syncplay. ![]() This can be done by going to the Advanced tab and selecting Set Trusted Domains. Take a look at the site on your own, but don’t be surprised if you don’t find an extension to do something - that feature may be hiding somewhere in VLC already.You can type in whichever website you want to whitelist in this box. You can make your VLC window look entirely different or add support for discovering different types of online streams - like radio stations from TuneIn Radio - to VLC’s playlist window. The website also offers a variety of skins and service discovery scripts. So many other features - whether you’re thinking of transcoding or streaming - are built into VLC already. The extension site is full of even more extensions and plug-ins, but we wanted to highlight the best. With this extension installed, you can just click anywhere on the video to pause or resume playing your video file. VLC forces you to press Space or click a small Play/Pause button at the bottom of the screen, which can be inconvenient if you’re controlling VLC with a mouse from a distance - perhaps while using VLC as a media player connected to your TV with an HDMI cable. Web-based video players like YouTube often allow you to click the video screen to pause and resume playing a video.
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