Hey.
I was wondering if anyone has tried Synchtube before. Apparently, it allows you to synchronise Youtube videos with up to 50 friends at a time and also has an integrated chat. Here is the link: https://www.synchtube.com/
My SO and I were very excited to discover this service, as we have been watching a Japanese series for a few weeks now on Youtube. We have found it kind of frustrating to have to guess about buffering, finding the link to the next part of the episode, counting down and trying to synchronise it ourselves, etc. so this seemed perfect. We tried it last night and it didn't work! Alas! We think the problem is that he made the room in advance a few days before and that it didn't recognize him as the person who made the room but, rather, an invitee (so, there was no one to lead off when to start the video). We're going to try again next time we watch and it will be awesome if it does work!
Edit: Tried it tonight and it worked! You need to set a leader, or it gets confused. Also, make sure to mark your room as private, or you will get randoms joining in. Having the next parts of the video/ the next videos you want to watch all queued up in the playlist also really helped with buffering time, etc.
I was wondering if anyone has tried Synchtube before. Apparently, it allows you to synchronise Youtube videos with up to 50 friends at a time and also has an integrated chat. Here is the link: https://www.synchtube.com/
My SO and I were very excited to discover this service, as we have been watching a Japanese series for a few weeks now on Youtube. We have found it kind of frustrating to have to guess about buffering, finding the link to the next part of the episode, counting down and trying to synchronise it ourselves, etc. so this seemed perfect. We tried it last night and it didn't work! Alas! We think the problem is that he made the room in advance a few days before and that it didn't recognize him as the person who made the room but, rather, an invitee (so, there was no one to lead off when to start the video). We're going to try again next time we watch and it will be awesome if it does work!
Edit: Tried it tonight and it worked!
You need to set a leader, or it gets confused. Also, make sure to mark your room as private, or you will get randoms joining in. Having the next parts of the video/ the next videos you want to watch all queued up in the playlist also really helped with buffering time, etc.
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