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Sync VLC playback across multiple computers
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2015-07-16
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 Project Readme

VlSync

Synchronized VLC playback on multiple devices

Getting Started

Getting started is very simple. First, install the Gem:

  gem install vlsync

or, in your gem file

  gem 'vlsync'

Using the Gem

Launch the Gem through the command line

  vlsync [options]

Client

The Clients are computers you want to play media on.
Starting the client is simple, using

  vlsync

or

  vlsync -c

The default running port is 5957, although it can be changed with the -p [port] option. The port MUST match your server's port, and should be free on both TCP and UDP streams. UDP [port+1] should also be open for client discovery to work.

Devices with multiple network interfaces can specify -h [hostname] if the default interface doesn't work.

Server

The Server is the computer responsible for control of the group of clients. The server is launched like so

  vlsync -s

The Server will automatically discover clients with the same ports on the same network. This is done with the ruby <broadcast> interface.

The default running port is 5957, although it can be changed with the -p [port] option. The port MUST match the port of each of your clients, and should be free on both TCP and UDP streams. UDP [port+1] should also be open for discovery to work.

Devices with multiple network interfaces can specify -h [hostname] if the default interface doesn't work.

Controlling the Server

The server is controlled through STDIN. The following are a few of the commands, with a full list of commands available through VLC's RC documentation

Play, Pause, Stop

Play will change the current media. Any paths can be provided, including local system, server, YouTube URL or any other VLC supported formats.

  play [path]

Pause will toggle the pausing of the current media. Keep in mind if you call pause, you must call pause again to resume.

Stop will cancel current playback until play is called again.

Sync

Sync will pause the video on all machines and seek to 0. This syncs all machines to 0 seconds to ensure playback is Synchronized.

  sync

Rescan

Rescan will rescan the network for clients. Call this whenever a client is launched

  rescan

Quit

Exit VLC on every client. This doesn't shut down the client VlSync.

  quit