bingetogether.com
Consumer and social
watch party
SHOW HN2020
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bingetogether.com
To fight quarantine boredom I build a site to watch movies with friends
bingetogether.com#watch party#watch movies together#netflix party alternative#remote movie night
How HN took it
15 positive, 45 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 16 critical, out of 76 comments about the project. Thread score +0.02.
Idea: 12 for, 5 againstExecution: 0 for, 7 againstDesign: 0 for, 4 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Nostalgia for Netflix's old Xbox party watching.
From 1 comment
I love this. I still speak fondly of the early days of netlfix, when it first got into streaming on the 360. You could invite an xbox live party to watch movies on Netflix. It…
effingwewt on HN
Useful for long-distance relationships and remote family.
From 2 comments
Thank you so much for this! I will spread the word and I'm sure it'll outlive the pandemic. I was waiting for someone (even Netflix) to do this the last couple of years for…
randomlogin on HNGreat idea! My wife was just doing this with a friend in st Louis over text.
spaceprison on HN
Objections
Playback is not synced; only start time is synchronized.
From 2 comments
Syncronisation can not be maintained as there is no info bingetogether gets from the services at what time code the video is. Playback control is currently not supported.
l1am0 on HNIt syncs the start time. As it works without a browser extension I can not sync the actual movie as I do not get the information. What I am planing to do is to allow a later join…
l1am0 on HN
Requires every participant to have a paid streaming account.
From 2 comments
Yes. Everyone involved need an account and needs to be logged in as well. It works by basically redirecting to the streaming website.
l1am0 on HNYes. Everyone needs to have an account and to be signed in.
l1am0 on HN
Does not work with Chromecast or TV devices.
From 2 comments
No it does not, as there is no api for controling the playback on the chromecast
l1am0 on HNWould love that as well, but it is really hard to support even only chromecast with my tech stack. For now I do not plan to support TV applications with Binge Together.
l1am0 on HN
Requests
Support for Hulu.
From 1 comment
Have you investigated what it'd take to addd Hulu support? I find majority of my shows are split between Netflix and Hulu.
mattste on HN
Support for Plex.
From 1 comment
Any planned support for Plex? Thanks!
noeltock on HN
Start-now button or auto-start after a number of people join.
From 1 comment
Feedback: I'd like a button that advances the 'start time' to "ASAP" -- I realize you're probably doing some NTP-like time syncing between clients, and "just start right now"…
philsnow on HN
Questions
How is synchronization maintained?
From 1 comment
Can someone give a TL;DR on architecture of this and Netflix party. How is synchronization maintained ?
mav3rick on HN
Is there a plan to open source it?
From 1 comment
Really cool! Growing up, my friends and I spend many nights self queuing or on similar sites. Out of curiosity, what's your stack? Also, are there any plans for open source?
jjice on HN
Alternatives named
Netflix Party
From 1 comment
similar to netflixparty.com except: - it also supports prime/youtube/vimeo - it has an audio/video chat instead of a simple text chat - it doesn't require a chrome extension - it…
geoffreyy on HN
Kast / Rabb.it
From 1 comment
There are already dozens of such sites (just search for alternatives to Kast or Rabb.it), why should we use this one? Are there any advantages over competition?
Hitton on HN
Cytube
From 1 comment
What differentiates this and cytube? (https://cytu.be)
Avamander on HN
Syncplay
From 1 comment
There's https://syncplay.pl/ for video files.
Hamuko on HN