rtwatch
Consumer and social
watch party
SHOW HN2019
How HN took it
0 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.
Privacy: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Sync approach avoids client-side buffering, so pausing stops the stream for everyone
From 2 comments
Excited to share this project I wrote! This would be the perfect way to watch a movie with someone else over a long distance. Every time you pause it stops the server sending out…
Sean-Der on HNCool project! I made something very similar called cowatch.video Also utilizes WebRTC
hauxir on HN
Objections
Pause and seek control is shared; anyone can pause for everyone
From 1 comment
>If someone pauses it pauses for everyone, and no one can and no one fast forward only their video. It doesn’t say who paused the video or give someone the ability to kick out…
ryacko on HN
Video frames reaching viewers can be captured
From 1 comment
Congrats on making something that you are able to share. > Only the current audio/video frame is being sent to the viewers, there is no way they can download/cache the videos…
bastijn on HN
Fragile if a software bug freezes the shared video
From 1 comment
Not necessarily only good actors, I lived in an era where technology was more unreliable then it was today. It’d be pretty bad if a single software bug froze everyone’s video.…
ryacko on HN
Requests
Add ability to see who paused or kick a user
From 1 comment
>If someone pauses it pauses for everyone, and no one can and no one fast forward only their video. It doesn’t say who paused the video or give someone the ability to kick out…
ryacko on HN
Add chat
From 1 comment
It doesn't do that currently, but I will add it to the issues! I think it is a great idea. Right now it assumes only good actors :) Someone also asked for chat which I think…
Sean-Der on HN
Questions
How does it compare with client-side co-watch tools and what were the implementation hurdles
From 1 comment
That is awesome. So much easier to use than rtwatch since you are doing everything client side! I really want to extend the 'co-watch' idea and make it so people can…
Sean-Der on HN
Alternatives named
Watch2Gether
From 1 comment
Excited to share this project I wrote! This would be the perfect way to watch a movie with someone else over a long distance. Every time you pause it stops the server sending out…
Sean-Der on HN
cowatch.video
From 1 comment
Cool project! I made something very similar called cowatch.video Also utilizes WebRTC
hauxir on HN