Playback Synchronization and Chat App

Build project on Express, socket.io, and deployed on Netlify. App allows synchronization between users playing the same video files.

Accessing the Project

The project is available at: https://playback-synchronizer.netlify.app/

Interactive Watch party platform

Create Room or Join Existing Room, drag the desired movies to watch synchronously with other users.

Table of Contents:

• Local Deployment
• Technologies Used
• Future Direction
• Contributors

Local Deploymenet

    $ git clone https://github.com/dmtrung14/playback-sync-main.git
    $ cd playback-sync-main
    $ Go Live with VSCode

Your app should now be running on localhost:5500.

Deploying to Netlify

You could also host directly with Netlify by linking your own repository.

For more information, read hosting on Netlify.

Technologies Used

• NodeJS
• ExpressJS
• Socket.io / Websocket
• HMTL / EJS
• CSS
• JavaScript

Change Log and Future Directions

• The original version of this project was finalized in May 2022, as an YouTube watch party implementing YouTube APIs
• The project was restarted in May 2023 for FE rennovations.
• The contributors plan to implement link embed instead of file uploads.

Contributors

• Thanks to Duy Nguyen for helping walking me through socketIO in this project