Show HN: Rabbit – Synchronized video playback (opens in new tab)

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fiatjaf10y ago· 1 in thread

Interesting, the video will be streamed from the server for all participants? I wish I could try it, but the setup seems too complicated for non-Elixir users.

I'll probably try it in the near future, when I have more time to learn all this mix, ecto and Erlang things.

flippantOP10y ago

Yes, one user takes control and the other participants have their video synchronized whenever the user in control pauses and plays.

The setup is prohibitively complex. I'll invest some time into having hands-free fetch/setup (possibly using OTP releases) and resubmit HN.

Thanks for your feedback

flippantOP10y ago

I've been working on this during the holidays to watch Christmas movies with a friend. I mainly use it to stream h264/mp3 encoded videos. Inspired by Netflix Party, I decided to submit it to Show HN. It's largely unpolished, but the core feature (the ability for a partner to sync playback) works well.

Yesterday, I added a video chat feature. I'm not sure if it works exactly as intended because I don't have anyone to test it with this late at night.

Thank you for looking at my project.

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