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35 pointsdutzi_5y ago20 comments

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The platform lets you search for YouTube videos, once clicking on a video, the app creates a room, whoever joins this room will watch that video in sync with you, while both parties are video chatting.

https://imgur.com/qrtyVzc

https://imgur.com/E8VxkOl

dafran5y ago

Alternative desktop app: https://syncplay.pl/

dutzi_OP5y ago

I've exceeded YouTube's quota. I've placed a fixture with preloaded results of John Oliver clips instead. Sorry about that. I'll try working with YouTube on getting this sorted out.

hoistbypetard5y ago

Would you be comfortable posting the source, so that others could host their own copy with their own API keys?

dutzi_OP5y ago

I will add an option to paste a YouTube's video URL, so you can search on YouTube and then navigate back to The Gives and watch it.

dutzi_OP5y ago

I will definitely do it if YouTube rejects my quota requests. Otherwise, I plan on keeping in close for now.

ummonk5y ago

Shoutout to Jitsi, which allows you to add a YouTube video to a group video call which auto plays for everyone.

vutekst5y ago

Alas, this feature only works for users on the browser app, and not in the mobile apps.

interestica5y ago

Yes. I'd love if the mobile version would kill the users video feeds and keep audio even just to have the synced YouTube video. Or text chat only for mobile? Any kind of graceful reduction.

ckugblenu5y ago

Rave.io is an alternative that really impressed me. With features like watching videos with friends on Gdrive

CydeWeys5y ago

I don't understand the name of the site? "The Gives"? That's just ungrammatical.

dutzi_OP5y ago

Yeah, but I liked the domain, it reminded me of 60's rock bands I like.

CydeWeys5y ago

Yeah, but those rock band names are at least grammatical. They're of the form "The {Noun}s", not "The {conjugation of verb}".

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Thaxll5y ago

It's dead jim.

dutzi_OP5y ago

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20 comments

dutzi_OP5y ago

https://imgur.com/qrtyVzc

https://imgur.com/E8VxkOl

dafran5y ago

Alternative desktop app: https://syncplay.pl/

dutzi_OP5y ago

I've exceeded YouTube's quota. I've placed a fixture with preloaded results of John Oliver clips instead. Sorry about that. I'll try working with YouTube on getting this sorted out.

hoistbypetard5y ago

Would you be comfortable posting the source, so that others could host their own copy with their own API keys?

dutzi_OP5y ago

I will add an option to paste a YouTube's video URL, so you can search on YouTube and then navigate back to The Gives and watch it.

dutzi_OP5y ago

I will definitely do it if YouTube rejects my quota requests. Otherwise, I plan on keeping in close for now.

ummonk5y ago

Shoutout to Jitsi, which allows you to add a YouTube video to a group video call which auto plays for everyone.

vutekst5y ago

Alas, this feature only works for users on the browser app, and not in the mobile apps.

interestica5y ago

Yes. I'd love if the mobile version would kill the users video feeds and keep audio even just to have the synced YouTube video. Or text chat only for mobile? Any kind of graceful reduction.

ckugblenu5y ago

Rave.io is an alternative that really impressed me. With features like watching videos with friends on Gdrive

CydeWeys5y ago

I don't understand the name of the site? "The Gives"? That's just ungrammatical.

dutzi_OP5y ago

Yeah, but I liked the domain, it reminded me of 60's rock bands I like.

CydeWeys5y ago

Yeah, but those rock band names are at least grammatical. They're of the form "The {Noun}s", not "The {conjugation of verb}".

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Thaxll5y ago

It's dead jim.

dutzi_OP5y ago

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse