Vidparty

A chrome extension that mimics Teleparty to watch the online video together

Demo

Features

• Synchronize play
• Synchronize pause
• Synchronize seek

Currently support platforms:

• DramasQ

Getting Started

Follow the instructions below to set up the environment and run this project on your local machine

Prerequisites

• Chrome browser
• Node.js

Installing

1. Download ZIP or clone this repo

> git clone https://github.com/rubychi/vidparty.git

2. Open Chrome and browse chrome://extensions

3. Switch on the developer mode

4. Click Load unpacked and select /chrome extension to load Vidparty

Running the app

1. Install dependencies in /server

> npm install

2. Start the server

> npm start

3. Select a video from https://dramasq.one

4. Copy & paste the link in another tab

5. Watch videos play/pause/seek synchronously

Built With

Frontend

• socket.io

Backend

• express
• node-fetch
• socket.io
• uuid

Attributions

• Video chat icons created by Smashicons - Flaticon