Showgoers
Consumer and social
shared video watching
SHOW HN2015
How HN took it
10 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 4 critical, out of 27 comments about the project. Thread score +0.21.
Idea: 5 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Elegant solution compared to rabb.it's approach
From 2 comments
As I said over on /r/netflix, great app, and the implementation is hands down better than rabb.it's RTC method. Did you start after Netflix switched to HTML5 video? I'm curious…
rory096 on HNGreat idea. I used to always just count down so we could start Netflix at the same point, and then sync up after a bit by pausing and restarting occasionally, this is a very…
chenja on HN
Fun idea for shared viewing over distance
From 3 comments
Very cool. Thanks for sharing :D
JCordeiro on HNLove it! You should OSS this!
dhruvarora013 on HNThis is Nice, Will use.
ripaujla on HN
Objections
Each user needs their own Netflix account
From 1 comment
Good question. It uses websockets to send/receive sync commands to each individual browser, each of which has its own instance of netflix. So theoretically every user still needs…
eremzeit on HN
Netflix not available in some countries
From 2 comments
If only Netflix was avaliable in Poland...
enedil on HNInteresting stuff! I enjoy watching movies with friends at the cinema hall together and discuss about the movies soon after. Recently when I made a decision to move abroad, I was…
ninja_to_be on HN
Requests
Open source the project
From 1 comment
Love it! You should OSS this!
dhruvarora013 on HN
Add video and voice chat
From 2 comments
just add webrtc voice chat to complete the experience
s369610 on HNThis would be a lot cooler if it weren't necessarily a chrome extension and was rather a native app for windows and mac...and it'd be even better if it had video chat included…
brysonr on HN
Native Windows and Mac app or other browser support
From 3 comments
This would be a lot cooler if it weren't necessarily a chrome extension and was rather a native app for windows and mac...and it'd be even better if it had video chat included…
brysonr on HNDoes this work with Plex for XBox One? If so, can you do a party chat while it's running? That'd be the awesome hacky answer to 360's great Netflix Party Mode.
cweiss on HNAdd support for http://www.google.com/cast/ and I'm in.
tantalor on HN
Questions
What happens when one client buffers?
From 1 comment
What happens when one client stops to buffer?
BHSPitMonkey on HN
Does it rebroadcast the stream or only sync position?
From 1 comment
Does this do something like rebroadcasting the stream, or does it merely sync your place on a show using their own Netflix account?
tthayer on HN
Alternatives named
Rabb.it
From 2 comments
The concept seems very similar to Rabbit: http://rabb.it
brickmort on HNThere's another solution called https://rabb.it/, but it also has HBO, Hulu and a bunch of other stuff, seems like a better alternative.
camilo_u on HN
AltspaceVR
From 1 comment
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…
gfodor on HN
Syncplay
From 1 comment
I personally have used http://syncplay.pl/ It seems to be similar in concept :)
caffeinewriter on HN
Plex sync playback
From 2 comments
For plex users, if your friends can access your plex server, this is trivial. One of you starts watching a movie, the others start watching the same movie and it asks them "would…
click170 on HNPlex already does this. If you go to now playing it will let you start playing where someone else on your server is at.
johnpowell on HN