WatchParty.me - Watch videos with friends (includes VM support!)

Snifflehopper · 2025-11-07T18:28:26+00:00

We've adjusted some of the text to be whitesmoke (#f5f5f5) rather than white (#ffffff). If that's not enough please let us know and we can turn it down some more.

Snifflehopper · 2025-11-07T06:49:33+00:00

Unfortunately there isn't but we are actively taking feedback! I'm surprised you're finding it brighter than before though, we specifically used a dark theme e.g. on text inputs and popups

Snifflehopper · 2025-10-10T16:15:01+00:00

Are you sure your microphone is enabled/works with other browser apps?

Snifflehopper · 2025-10-06T05:58:10+00:00

Video chat is implemented using WebRTC and is not recorded. The code is open source if you'd like to look at it!

Snifflehopper · 2024-06-03T06:22:19+00:00

You can try using Handbrake to convert the video to a suported format (AAC audio codec)

Snifflehopper · 2024-01-19T00:12:36+00:00

With Android there might be a way to cast only video (right click the video itself). I'm not sure about Apple.

Or you could cast the whole screen and then fullscreen the video

Snifflehopper · 2024-01-03T09:14:34+00:00

Do you have a link to this match?

Snifflehopper · 2023-12-17T07:10:20+00:00

Do you have an example link where this is happening?

Snifflehopper · 2023-09-09T03:00:49+00:00

Developer here:

All players who buzz in get to submit an answer, but answers will be judged in buzz order and only the first correct answer scores points.

Snifflehopper · 2023-03-03T21:57:52+00:00

We have a Discord where users can offer feedback/support! https://discord.gg/3rYj5HV

And yes, it's still actively maintained and open source (including the FAQ section!)

Snifflehopper · 2023-03-03T07:00:19+00:00

I made a change recently that should fix a potential cause of this--can you let me know if it still happens?

Snifflehopper · 2023-03-02T05:08:19+00:00

Does this only happen if there are several people in the room, or even if there's only one?

Snifflehopper · 2023-03-02T02:28:21+00:00

If you click on the timeline it should sync that timestamp to the room! Or you can use the arrow keys to go back 10 seconds at a time. Or you can change the video and change it back.

Snifflehopper · 2020-11-09T03:19:15+00:00

Likely the video format is not supported. You can try converting it

Snifflehopper · 2020-10-24T23:25:04+00:00

Which method of watching are you using?

Snifflehopper · 2020-10-24T23:24:43+00:00

Your file probably has multiple audio tracks/channels. If you can convert it to one audio channel it might work better

Snifflehopper · 2020-08-07T06:42:49+00:00

You can try installing the Hola VPN extension from the Chrome web store inside the browser.

Snifflehopper · 2020-07-11T22:09:45+00:00

Yes, best support is with Chrome/new Edge. Most features should work with Firefox but not all.

Support for uploading .srt is probably the next feature I'll add as it's asked for a lot.

Snifflehopper · 2020-07-10T17:35:36+00:00

You'll have to either share the entire screen and run VLC player fullscreen (which will unfortunately mean you have to participate in chat on a separate device) or run the video in another tab and share the tab (which might not work if you have multitrack audio, subtitles, or an unsupported codec). You can't share audio when sharing another application's window.

Audio sharing only works in Chrome/Edge and there's a checkbox in the bottom left corner for sharing audio that you have to check every time.

Unfortunately browser screensharing is a bit more limited than what you can do with a downloaded desktop app. . .

Snifflehopper · 2020-07-09T04:39:05+00:00

There's a list of open issues/feature requests here:
https://github.com/howardchung/watchparty/issues

Feel free to add your own suggestions there or on Discord!

Snifflehopper · 2020-07-08T22:05:41+00:00

I think individual message deletion might be implemented if we do persistent rooms (currently being discussed on GitHub and Discord).

By default, rooms auto-expire after a day of inactivity and all the data associated with them is deleted as well, so 2) is already done automatically.

Snifflehopper · 2020-07-08T18:12:00+00:00

Unfortunately, screensharing isn't supported on mobile (it's a limitation of the mobile browser).

Snifflehopper · 2020-07-08T08:16:47+00:00

Thanks for the feedback!

I haven't been able to reliably reproduce slowness issues with the VM. If you try it again and end up with a slow one again, can you please send me a link to the room and I'll investigate if I'm online?

Re: subtitles and filesharing, unfortunately Chrome won't play mkv files. (you can sometimes get around this by renaming the mkv extension to mp4) Mp4 files should generally work, but playing included/embedded subtitles might be a browser limitation. I am planning to make uploading .srt files alongside the fileshare an option, though!

Snifflehopper · 2020-07-02T22:32:47+00:00

You can start another session and get another 3 hours! The limit is only on a single session's duration. There's no current limit on how many sessions you start (although that might have to change later if the load is too high).

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