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For --password and --salt we now check the environment for the corresponding variables SYNCPLAY_PASSWORD and SYNCPLAY_SALT. If they are found their values are used as long as the options are not given via CLI. Setting both options this way is highly encouraged. It fixes leaking these secret options to other system users (e.g. on Linux everybody can see them with 'ps' or looking at '/proc/<pid>/cmdline'.
Syncplay
Solution to synchronize video playback across multiple instances of mpv, VLC, MPC-HC, MPC-BE and mplayer2 over the Internet.
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What does it do
Syncplay synchronises the position and play state of multiple media players so that the viewers can watch the same thing at the same time. This means that when one person pauses/unpauses playback or seeks (jumps position) within their media player then this will be replicated across all media players connected to the same server and in the same 'room' (viewing session). When a new person joins they will also be synchronised. Syncplay also includes text-based chat so you can discuss a video as you watch it (or you could use third-party Voice over IP software to talk over a video).
What it doesn't do
Syncplay is not a file sharing service.
Authors
- Initial concept and core internals developer - Uriziel.
- GUI design and current lead developer - Et0h.
- Original SyncPlay code - Tomasz Kowalczyk (Fluxid), who developed SyncPlay at https://github.com/fluxid/syncplay
- Other contributors - See http://syncplay.pl/about/development/