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)