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).

                                         3 November 2022                              Syncplay(1)