@ajmcgr Metastream allows users to synchronize media streams on the internet. An example could be a video on YouTube, a livestream on Twitch, or even music on SoundCloud.
It does this by sending playback information to everyone in a session. What it doesn't do is stream any audio or video data between users.
I'm still looking for ways to clear up this confusion so I'm open to any feedback in that regard. đ
Hey @samuelmaddock! Had a small question, would Metastream work with streaming a rented Youtube movie, even if other people haven't purchased it? Asking for a movie night situation. But otherwise this looks like a really cool app!
Hi, PH!
I've been building Metastream as a way to create a better experience for streaming media on the web. Many products exist to synchronize media from a specific service such as YouTube and Twitch. My goal is to provide one product that works with most websites.
In the past I've built popular game mods with the same concept, including Cinema and Media Player for Garry's Mod. Both suffer from constraints of only supporting specific websites. Learning from these past projects, Metastream supports many more websites such as YouTube, Netflix, Hulu, Crunchyroll, and more.
For the product roadmap, I plan to add more traditional media player features such as playlists and a more audio-focused mode. These are still early days for Metastream so expect more developments soon!
Please let me know what you think. :)
@typicalmitul Oof, there are some networking issues I'm still trying to resolve. The primary way of connectingâsharing friend codesâdepends on P2P which can be flaky on some networks.
I have a guide up on how to troubleshoot this issue: https://github.com/samuelmaddock...
One of the features of Metastream is the ability to host your own session and have friends join by connecting to your IP directly. This means you can use Metastream even if any backend services go down! If you're comfortable forwarding a port in your router, the guide linked above includes the port.
you should associate with popcorn ( https://twitter.com/popcorn2934 ) , you could create a very nice thing together because I like their interface, and I like your functionality.
I will leave rabb.it for that.
needs some improvements, i checked you out after rabb.it went bust. it was having major issues from adding to the list- to skipping, it seems like it would play on mine0- but when my friend would come into room- he would only hear audio- i tried to clean everything- redo room invite hime back- and it would not play. its really annoying there are all these youtube, vinmo, players out there- but what made rabbit extention great is that it could share a video playing in your chrome- it did not have to end with .mp4- or be a standard html5 video- it would even play videos from a local video file player app within chrome- and had no problems playing videos from sites like discovery id- which have ads- its just a mess, and i have no idea why rabb.it died- but if someone were to copy their ext- they would have a huge boost
Unfortunately this isnât working for me at all. When I play the movie it will take me to a new tab where it will not allow me to play it unless i close the previous netflix tab and then it simply wonât work. The chat also wonât appear when i click enter it will only show up on the metastream tab which isnât useful since you still have to switch tabs. When i try to press enter on the movie it will pause and not continue unless i go back to the metastream tab and click play (where the movie isnât showing). Very confused !
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