README.md

Note:

Project is archived and replaced with syncwatch-web

syncwatch

Syncronizes the position and play/pause state of the <video> for all parties viewing the web page to watch a video together. Video sources that are supported are direct mp4 links, magnet URLs (webtorrent^[*]) and local files but the file has to be an .mp4.

*: magnet URL must to be seeded on the webtorrent network, regular bittorrent doesn't work in browser.

Requirements

• A running web server
• python3
• sqlite3

Setup

• Optionally, set up the ssl certificates first.

  • sqlite3 syncwatch.db 'CREATE TABLE ssl_certificates (cert_file, key_file)'
  • sqlite3 syncwatch.db 'INSERT INTO ssl_certificates (cert_file, key_file) VALUES ("/path/to/cert/fullchain.pem", "/path/to/key/privkey.pem")'

• Put the .html, .css and .js files into the root folder of a web server.

• Run python3 websocket_server.py

  • First install the dependencies pip install --user websockets
  • If ssl certificates are not set, use --no-ssl for the websocket server.

Demo

You can try it here

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