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Been developing this platform for over a year. It allows you to create virtual rooms where you can chat with room members using webcam and microphone and run r

by hauxir 7y ago

Been developing this platform for over a year. It allows you to create virtual rooms where you can chat with room members using webcam and microphone and run realtime apps that include: - Screensharing(useful for e.g. Netflix) - Cowatching video player - SNES and NES Emulators - Virtual cardtable - Poker with Playmoney - Quake 3 in-browser! - Synced YouTube player and many more coming.

etherio 7y ago
You released it at th3 right time.
doorbellguy 7y ago
I think that's a really nice concept, and quite possibly a good time to bring this to our notice whenever most of us are home bound. Do you plan on adding more features in the features?
- hauxir 7y ago
  I spend most of my free time on this. New features are added multiple times a week :)
arendtio 7y ago
I like that I don't need to register first.
lucb1e 7y ago
OpenArena! <3 It didn't work for me (something about the v6 address not resolving, and then a stream of 'connection reset by peer' msgs in the OA console; too bad it has to be in-browser and I can't just launch my native client) but I love that this is a thing, it's one of my favorite games ever. Edit: NES games also don't work for me, I keep seeing "Load a ROM file to play a NES game!" but others in the room are playing. Firefox on Linux, this is. Can I register a ticket somewhere or are there debugging tips I could try myself?
- hauxir 7y ago
  Contact the support channel from the lobby.
- code_duck 7y ago
  I tried starting a room with the NES app and it told me to load a .nes file. However, the dialogue it launched was for photos (on my Android device). I don't think there's any way to select a .nes file from there.
djhaskin987 7y ago
Just what the doctor ordered, bless you sir.
jawns 7y ago
I would love to know the legal implications of running a service where people are able to stream copyrighted content to others, or to share subscription services like Netflix in violation of its TOS.
- tyrust 7y ago
  This is like every other service that supports screen sharing, is it not?
  - jawns 7y ago
    Except that this service explicitly says it's for "watching movies or TV shows on Netflix together online."
    - holler 7y ago
      justin.tv almost exclusively was for chatting/watching copyrighted videos/tv shows together online (later rebranded and sold for ~$1B as twitch.tv)
- giovannylira 7y ago
  I thought services like this ran in a legal limbo because the end user can't select the content, much like radio.
  - grawprog 7y ago
    Or like sitting at your friend's house while they pick some entertainment?
- darkwater 7y ago
  You mean just like email or web hosting? I can easily send you a "robbed" book in PDF format by mail. Is my MUA/MTA legally implied?
robbrown451 7y ago
Very cool. I'd love to work with you to bring interesting apps to it. Also, not sure if you have put much effort into trying to synch YouTube very accurately (down to the 20th of a second or better), but if that is interesting or important to you, I've done a good bit of work with dealing with the inaccuracies of YouTube's timer via the API and I'd be glad to share my code as well as ideas for this. I've found I can get it very accurate by using a bit of smoothing combined with looking at the system time. (I haven't yet done cross-internet synching and dealing with latency, but I have a plan for it)
- hauxir 7y ago
  Sounds interesting :) send me an email, it's on the page!
  - robbrown451 7y ago
    I'll be in touch!
joshspankit 7y ago
Great time to launch it Any chance synced mp4 playback is on the shortlist?
- hauxir 7y ago
  synced mp4 playback is already possible using the CoWatch app. You can sync a URL from either an htttps server or a Google Drive file.
herpderperator 7y ago
How does realtime screensharing with something like Netflix work? If it's actual screensharing, wouldn't it be super laggy and low quality? Do you somehow get each user to stream the exact same Netflix URL in the sense that it's not actually screensharing but rather there are just multiple clients (which sounds like it could be a legal problem...)?
- kohtatsu 7y ago
  Netflix is DRM'd anyway so it's a non-starter. Try taking a screenshot of a Netflix stream. Not many people realize it'll just result in black pixels for that area.
  - godelski 7y ago
    Really? Because I just took these https://imgur.com/a/LvbVZtq https://imgur.com/a/LvbVZtq
    - kohtatsu 7y ago
      Which platform? It might also depend on the content, hmmm.
      - godelski 7y ago
        I'm not sure I should share my secrets now lol. But the answer is linux. I haven't tried screensharing before. But I have tried with other DRM stuff and it got blocked. So I wouldn't be surprised if this was a fluke. Definitely makes making memes easier though.
        als0 7y ago
        If the video quality is low enough then Netflix and co don't bother. It also varies on who is the content supplier, some are less fussed about protecting content that doesn't bring in much money.
    - 7y ago
jonquark 7y ago
Interesting! I started a room, then started a video chat in it. Is there a way to do something else (e.g. play poker) without having to create a new room?
- jonquark 7y ago
  Ah to answer my own question. I wasn't logged in and created then left/rejoined and was no longer an admin.

by hauxir 7y ago

etherio 7y ago

You released it at th3 right time.

doorbellguy 7y ago

I think that's a really nice concept, and quite possibly a good time to bring this to our notice whenever most of us are home bound. Do you plan on adding more features in the features?

hauxir 7y ago
I spend most of my free time on this. New features are added multiple times a week :)

arendtio 7y ago

I like that I don't need to register first.

lucb1e 7y ago

OpenArena! <3 It didn't work for me (something about the v6 address not resolving, and then a stream of 'connection reset by peer' msgs in the OA console; too bad it has to be in-browser and I can't just launch my native client) but I love that this is a thing, it's one of my favorite games ever. Edit: NES games also don't work for me, I keep seeing "Load a ROM file to play a NES game!" but others in the room are playing. Firefox on Linux, this is. Can I register a ticket somewhere or are there debugging tips I could try myself?

hauxir 7y ago
Contact the support channel from the lobby.
code_duck 7y ago
I tried starting a room with the NES app and it told me to load a .nes file. However, the dialogue it launched was for photos (on my Android device). I don't think there's any way to select a .nes file from there.

djhaskin987 7y ago

Just what the doctor ordered, bless you sir.

jawns 7y ago

I would love to know the legal implications of running a service where people are able to stream copyrighted content to others, or to share subscription services like Netflix in violation of its TOS.

tyrust 7y ago
This is like every other service that supports screen sharing, is it not?
- jawns 7y ago
  Except that this service explicitly says it's for "watching movies or TV shows on Netflix together online."
  - holler 7y ago
    justin.tv almost exclusively was for chatting/watching copyrighted videos/tv shows together online (later rebranded and sold for ~$1B as twitch.tv)
giovannylira 7y ago
I thought services like this ran in a legal limbo because the end user can't select the content, much like radio.
- grawprog 7y ago
  Or like sitting at your friend's house while they pick some entertainment?
darkwater 7y ago
You mean just like email or web hosting? I can easily send you a "robbed" book in PDF format by mail. Is my MUA/MTA legally implied?

robbrown451 7y ago

Very cool. I'd love to work with you to bring interesting apps to it. Also, not sure if you have put much effort into trying to synch YouTube very accurately (down to the 20th of a second or better), but if that is interesting or important to you, I've done a good bit of work with dealing with the inaccuracies of YouTube's timer via the API and I'd be glad to share my code as well as ideas for this. I've found I can get it very accurate by using a bit of smoothing combined with looking at the system time. (I haven't yet done cross-internet synching and dealing with latency, but I have a plan for it)

hauxir 7y ago
Sounds interesting :) send me an email, it's on the page!
- robbrown451 7y ago
  I'll be in touch!

joshspankit 7y ago

Great time to launch it Any chance synced mp4 playback is on the shortlist?

hauxir 7y ago
synced mp4 playback is already possible using the CoWatch app. You can sync a URL from either an htttps server or a Google Drive file.

herpderperator 7y ago

How does realtime screensharing with something like Netflix work? If it's actual screensharing, wouldn't it be super laggy and low quality? Do you somehow get each user to stream the exact same Netflix URL in the sense that it's not actually screensharing but rather there are just multiple clients (which sounds like it could be a legal problem...)?

kohtatsu 7y ago
Netflix is DRM'd anyway so it's a non-starter. Try taking a screenshot of a Netflix stream. Not many people realize it'll just result in black pixels for that area.
- godelski 7y ago
  Really? Because I just took these https://imgur.com/a/LvbVZtq https://imgur.com/a/LvbVZtq
  - kohtatsu 7y ago
    Which platform? It might also depend on the content, hmmm.
    - godelski 7y ago
      I'm not sure I should share my secrets now lol. But the answer is linux. I haven't tried screensharing before. But I have tried with other DRM stuff and it got blocked. So I wouldn't be surprised if this was a fluke. Definitely makes making memes easier though.
      - als0 7y ago
        If the video quality is low enough then Netflix and co don't bother. It also varies on who is the content supplier, some are less fussed about protecting content that doesn't bring in much money.
  - 7y ago

jonquark 7y ago

Interesting! I started a room, then started a video chat in it. Is there a way to do something else (e.g. play poker) without having to create a new room?

jonquark 7y ago
Ah to answer my own question. I wasn't logged in and created then left/rejoined and was no longer an admin.