NAME¶

syncplay - synchronize playback of various video players via internet

SYNOPSIS¶

syncplay [options] [file] [playeroptions]

DESCRIPTION¶

This manual page documents briefly the syncplay command.

syncplay is a program that allows you to watch movies with friends or family at different places synchronized via the internet.

When a viewer pauses/continues playback or seeks within their media player this will be replicated across all media players connected to the same server in the same viewing session. A chat function is included so viewers can discuss the movie while watching it. To improve the communication experience for viewers, the Syncplay developers and this package suggest to use additional VoIP (package mumble) or video phone (package jami) software.

Technically, it synchronizes the position and play states of multiple mpv, VLC, MPC-HC and MPC-BEmedia player instances so viewers' players present the same movie at the same time.

There are known synchronization issues with VLC. If you experience such problems use MPV instead.

OPTIONS¶

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below.

-h, --help

Show summary of options.

--no-gui

Do not show the graphical user interface.

-a hostname, --host hostname

Address of the server to connect to.

-n username, --name username

User name to use.

-d, --debug

Enable debug mode.

-g, --force-gui-prompt

Force configuration window to appear when Syncplay starts.

--no-store

Do not store configuration settings in .syncplay.

-r [room], --room [room]

Default room to use.

-p [password], --password [password]

The password for the server.

--player-path path

Path to the player binary.

--language language

Language of Syncplay messages. Valid values are de/en/es/eo/fi/fr/it/pt_PT/pt_BR/tr/ru/zh_CN/ko.

--clear-gui-data

Resets path and window state GUI data stored as QSettings.

-v, --version

Show version of program.

--load-playlist-from-file file

Loads the playlist from file. One entry per line.

SEE ALSO¶

syncplay-server(1).