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Is there any program that does this?

Raiden333Raiden333 Registered User regular
edited May 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
My internet friend and I like to watch videos together with MST3K style commentary over AIM. Is there any program where we can start both of our videos playing at the same time through the net via one of us clicking instead of having to go "3...2...1...GO" over AIM? We have the exact same video files if that's important.

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  • Hahnsoo1Hahnsoo1 Make Ready. We Hunt.Registered User, Moderator, Administrator admin
    edited May 2009
    Erm, the answer is yes? It may not be exactly what you are looking for, but it's a start.

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  • Raiden333Raiden333 Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Hahnsoo1 wrote: »
    Erm, the answer is yes? It may not be exactly what you are looking for, but it's a start.

    Wow, that was fast. Thanks. I'll see if I can get it to work.

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  • Raiden333Raiden333 Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Apparently Zync is designed for files on the web, like youtube, not files on the computer. Thanks anyway, though.

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  • Hahnsoo1Hahnsoo1 Make Ready. We Hunt.Registered User, Moderator, Administrator admin
    edited May 2009
    SeeToo is another option? Although I'm not sure it exactly fits what you need either. The problem is that even identical files on different computers may not be synchronized due to hardware.

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  • HalberdBlueHalberdBlue Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    You can do this in Yahoo messenger.

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  • mrcheesypantsmrcheesypants Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Raiden333 wrote: »
    Apparently Zync is designed for files on the web, like youtube, not files on the computer. Thanks anyway, though.

    If you don't upload the movie to the web, how exactly are you two watching these movies through AIM?

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  • ElinElin Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    My husband and I used to do this when we were long distance. We'd be on vent, have a video ready to start on our computers and do the 1 2 3 start thing. We never really figured out a better system.

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  • LardalishLardalish Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    If you've got 360's and netflicks I know you can download a video and have a viewing party type deal, but if you dont have those then yeah, I dunno. me and my friend would just do the 1 2 3 deal and use vent or skype.

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  • Raiden333Raiden333 Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    mrcheesypants wrote: »
    Raiden333 wrote: »
    Apparently Zync is designed for files on the web, like youtube, not files on the computer. Thanks anyway, though.

    If you don't upload the movie to the web, how exactly are you two watching these movies through AIM?

    We both have the same video file on our computer. We load it up in VLC and pause it at 0:00:00. Over AIM, one of us goes "3...2...1...0" and we both click play.

    I'll check out that SeeToo program.

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