/syncwatch

Browser extension to watch videos together

Primary LanguageJavaScriptMIT LicenseMIT

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SyncWatch

SyncWatch is extension for browsers which lets you watch videos together with friends synchrounosly.

Browsers support

FirefoxFirefox ChromeChrome OperaOpera

How to use

  1. Install extension.
  2. Click on plugin icon.
  3. Write your name and room name. (If room is not exist it will be created)
  4. Click 'connect'.
  5. Share name of the room with friends. They must follow this instruction (1-4 steps).
  6. Go to the page where video is located.
  7. Click 'share' to send link in room.
  8. Other in room should open this link.

Run server locally

To get a local copy up and running follow these simple steps.

  1. Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/Semro/syncwatch.git
  1. Move to the project directory
cd syncwatch
  1. Install NPM packages
npm ci
  1. Run the server
npm run start
  • Run the server on other port
  npx cross-env PORT=8080 node server.js

How to add a localization

  1. Determine an ISO language code such as en referring to kLanguageInfoTable.
  2. Add a column to locales.csv with language code at the top cell.
  3. Add translated messages in following cells.
  4. Generate localized files with npm run locales (optional step, you can just pull request .csv file).

License

MIT