Syncplay

Syncplay Download links (hosted by GitHub):

• Windows installer (store settings in %APPDATA%) – DO NOT RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR ON WINDOWS 11!
• Windows portable (store settings in Syncplay folder) – DO NOT RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR ON WINDOWS 11!
• Linux Deb Package
• Linux Deb Server-only Package
• Linux Tarball (see installation instructions if you don’t know how to sudo make install)
• MacOS (version 14+) disk image

Notes:

• If Syncplay does not load on Windows then you probably need to install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistribuble Package (Download the 32-bit version, i.e. ‘vc_redist.x86.exe’). If it still doesn’t work then download the client console option bundle and run SyncplayConsole.exe for a command line interface for Syncplay.
• Please report bugs and problems via https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay/issues
• Please discuss ideas, etc. via https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay/discussions
• Review the source code: https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay

Changelog:

New features:

• Added ‘readiness override’ feature. If you can control a remove, you can set someone a ready or not ready through the context menu in the list of who is playing what. Only works if the server is running v.1.7.4, but can change status for people using older clients. Adds the folderSearchWarningThreshold’ setting to the Synclay INI. (#671 by @Et0h)
• Allow folder search timings to be tweaked for better FTP rmount support, adding ‘folderSearchFirstFileTimeout’, ‘folderSearchTimeout’ and ‘folderSearchDoubleCheckInterval’ settings to the Synclay INI (#682 raised by @t-nil resolved by @Et0h)

Bug fixes and maintenance:

• Fix position not changing when playlist changed in mpv error (#618 raised by @mbalandis resolved by @Et0h)
• Update Turkish translation (#687 by @muaz742)
• Adjust QSplitter style (#689 and #690 by @luk1337)
• Added pyside6 as alternative to pyside2 in deb dependencies (@daniel-123)
• Improved handling of big media directories (#694 & #699 raised by @Arsks12 and resolved by @Et0h)
• Fix some rewind issues relating to file loads / playlist changes (#698 by @Et0h in response to #683 by @soredake & #618 by @mbalandis)
• Set mpv.net ‘auto load folder’ setting to false to fix playlist advancement bug (#698 by @Et0h)
• Move macOS build process to version 14 (Sonoma) now version 13 (Ventura) has reached its end of (@albertosottile and #717)

Syncplay Download links (hosted by GitHub):

• Windows installer (store settings in %APPDATA%) – DO NOT RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR ON WINDOWS 11!
• Windows portable (store settings in Syncplay folder) – DO NOT RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR ON WINDOWS 11!
• Linux Deb Package
• Linux Deb Server-only Package
• Linux Tarball (see installation instructions if you don’t know how to sudo make install)
• MacOS (10.14+) disk image – Not available due to compatibility issues. See: Syncplay 1.7.3 for the latest MacOS release. Let us know if you can help us get it to work!

Notes:

• If Syncplay does not load on Windows then you probably need to install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistribuble Package (Download the 32-bit version, i.e. ‘vc_redist.x86.exe’). If it still doesn’t work then download the client console option bundle and run SyncplayConsole.exe for a command line interface for Syncplay.
• We have discontinued support for the legacy release of macOS as the relevant versions of the OS have reached end of life (EOL). We have also discontinued support for Linux AppImage / Snap -. Use Deb package or Tarball instead.
• Please report bugs and problems via https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay/issues
• Please discuss ideas, etc. via https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay/discussions
• Review the source code: https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay

Changelog:

New features:

• Added ‘readiness override’ feature. If you can control a remove, you can set someone a ready or not ready through the context menu in the list of who is playing what. Only works if the server is running v.1.7.4, but can change status for people using older clients. Adds the folderSearchWarningThreshold’ setting to the Synclay INI. (#674 by @Et0h)
• Allow folder search timings to be tweaked for better FTP rmount support, adding ‘folderSearchFirstFileTimeout’, ‘folderSearchTimeout’ and ‘folderSearchDoubleCheckInterval’ settings to the Synclay INI (#682 raised by @t-nil resolved by @Et0h)

Bug fixes and maintenance:

• Fix position not changing when playlist changed in mpv error (#618 raised by @mbalandis resolved by @Et0h)
• Update Turkish translation (#687 by @muaz742)
• Adjust QSplitter style (#689 and #690 by @luk1337)
• Added pyside6 as alternative to pyside2 in deb dependencies (@daniel-123)
• Improved handling of big media directories (#694 & #699 raised by @Arsks12 and resolved by @Et0h)
• Fix some rewind issues relating to file loads / playlist changes (#698 by @Et0h in response to #683 by @soredake & #618 by @mbalandis)
• Set mpv.net ‘auto load folder’ setting to false to fix playlist advancement bug (#698 by @Et0h)

Syncplay Download links (hosted by GitHub):

• Windows installer (store settings in %APPDATA%) – DO NOT RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR ON WINDOWS 11!
• Windows portable (store settings in Syncplay folder) – DO NOT RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR ON WINDOWS 11!
• Linux Deb Package
• Linux Deb Server-only Package
• Linux Tarball (see installation instructions if you don’t know how to sudo make install)
• MacOS (10.14+) disk image – macOS universal2 binary (with native code for both Intel and Apple Silicon). For MacOS 10.11 & 12 you can use Syncplay 1.6.9 but be aware that macOS 10 is no longer supported by Apple and so may not be receiving security updates.

Notes:

• If Syncplay does not load on Windows then you probably need to install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistribuble Package (Download the 32-bit version, i.e. ‘vc_redist.x86.exe’). If it still doesn’t work then download the client console option bundle and run SyncplayConsole.exe for a command line interface for Syncplay.
• We have discontinued support for the legacy release of macOS as the relevant versions of the OS have reached end of life (EOL). We have also discontinued support for Linux AppImage / Snap -. Use Deb package or Tarball instead.
• Please report bugs and problems via https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay/issues
• Please discuss ideas, etc. via https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay/discussions
• Review the source code: https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay

Changelog:

Bug fixes and maintenance:

• Fix MPV socket getting created in CWD folder rand only create second pipe if manually specified using input-ipc-server per player argument (#675 fixes #674, by @notpeelz)
• Add support for mpv installed from Microsoft store (#662 by @soredake)
• Fix invalid string escapes (#677 by @notpeelz)

Syncplay Download links (hosted by GitHub):

• Windows installer (store settings in %APPDATA%) – DO NOT RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR ON WINDOWS 11!
• Windows portable (store settings in Syncplay folder) – DO NOT RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR ON WINDOWS 11!
• Linux Deb Package
• Linux Deb Server-only Package
• Linux Tarball (see installation instructions if you don’t know how to sudo make install)
• MacOS (10.14+) disk image – macOS universal2 binary (with native code for both Intel and Apple Silicon). For MacOS 10.11 & 12 you can use Syncplay 1.6.9 but be aware that macOS 10 is no longer supported by Apple and so may not be receiving security updates.

Notes:

• If Syncplay does not load on Windows then you probably need to install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistribuble Package (Download the 32-bit version, i.e. ‘vc_redist.x86.exe’). If it still doesn’t work then download the client console option bundle and run SyncplayConsole.exe for a command line interface for Syncplay.
• We have discontinued support for the legacy release of macOS as the relevant versions of the OS have reached end of life (EOL). We have also discontinued support for Linux AppImage / Snap -. Use Deb package or Tarball instead.
• Please report bugs and problems via https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay/issues
• Please discuss ideas, etc. via https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay/discussions
• Review the source code: https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay

Changelog:

Improvements, bug fixes and maintenance:

• Add new per-user mpv.net path (#659 by @soredake)
• Pass input-ipc-server player argument to mpv (#529 and #669 raised by @ahmubashshir and @soredake and @iamkroot resolved by @Et0h et al)
• Fix –no-gui PySide dependency issue on non-Windows OS (#653 raised by @reboot-mk, resolved by @Et0h)
• Fixed German Translation and added more Translated Strings (#649 by @maxwai)
• Remove adding executable permissions to .desktop files (#667 raised by @notpeelz and resolved by @daniel-123)
• Allow player arguments with spaces/quotes (#665 and #668 raised by @zuluwi  and resolved by @Et0h)
• Fixed MPC-HC hanging issue involving ‘LRESULT’ error (#664 raised by @RFOyashiro and resolved by @Et0h)
• Add missing dependency to deb package (@daniel-123)
• Don’t log all 32/64-bit cryptography ‘frozen zipimport’ errors (@Et0h)
• Provide more information on PySide load failure (@Et0h)
• Avoid error when closing Syncplay before loadDelayedPath is complete (@Et0h)

Syncplay Download links (hosted by GitHub):

• Windows installer (store settings in %APPDATA%) – DO NOT RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR ON WINDOWS 11!
• Windows portable (store settings in Syncplay folder) – DO NOT RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR ON WINDOWS 11!
• Linux Deb Package
• Linux Deb Server-only Package
• Linux Tarball (see installation instructions if you don’t know how to sudo make install)
• MacOS (10.14+) disk image – macOS universal2 binary (with native code for both Intel and Apple Silicon). For MacOS 10.11 & 12 you can use Syncplay 1.6.9 but be aware that macOS 10 is no longer supported by Apple and so may not be receiving security updates.

Notes:

• If Syncplay does not load on Windows then you probably need to install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistribuble Package (Download the 32-bit version, i.e. ‘vc_redist.x86.exe’). If it still doesn’t work then download the client console option bundle and run SyncplayConsole.exe for a command line interface for Syncplay.
• We have discontinued support for the legacy release of macOS as the relevant versions of the OS have reached end of life (EOL). We have also discontinued support for Linux AppImage / Snap -. Use Deb package or Tarball instead.
• Please report bugs and problems via https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay/issues
• Please discuss ideas, etc. via https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay/discussions
• Review the source code: https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay

Changelog:

Headline changes:

• Adding –interface-ipv4 and –interface-ipv6 command line switches to server to allow better control over binding to interfaces (#582 by @powerjungle)
• Now offering a SyncplayConsole.exe bundle. This is a command line version of the Syncplay client for Windows (#630 / #450 suggested by @siferati and coded by @Et0h).
• AppImage support discontinued (#643).
• Use PySide6 Python >= 3.12 and continue to use it macOS (#645 by @luk1337)

Tweaks:

• Re-work readiness notifications for non-operators (#607 raised by @BlepBlep and resolved by @Et0h)
• Show current offset in set offset dialog (#642 suggested and tested by @Xeiv, resolved by @Et0h)

Bug fixes and maintenance:

• Fix ArchLinux GUI TypeError (#600 raised by @YamiDoesDev and resolved by @Et0h)
• Playlist restoration should not undo clearing actions (#609 raised by @gavtroy and resolved by @Et0h)
• Support player arguments like –no-border in mpv (#616 raised by @ducreyna  and resolved by @Et0h)
• Ensure MPC-HC resets position on playlist change (#618 raised by @mbalandis and resolved by @Et0h)
• Define desktop filename for Wayland compliance to fix icon (#627 by @z411)
• Fix offset sub-second precision bug (#642 identified @Xeiv, resolved by @Et0h)
• Remove broken setAlignment calls (#646 by @luk1337)
• Don’t pass empty model to QCompleter (#647 by @luk1337)

Syncplay Download links (hosted by GitHub):

• Windows installer (store settings in %APPDATA%)
• Windows portable (store settings in Syncplay folder)
• Windows installer WITH CLIENT CONSOLE option (store settings in %APPDATA%)
• Windows portable WITH CLIENT CONSOLE option (store settings in Syncplay folder)
• Linux AppImage / Snap – Discontinued. Use Deb package or Tarball.
• Linux Deb Package
• Linux Deb Server-only Package
• Linux Tarball (see installation instructions if you don’t know how to sudo make install)
• MacOS (10.14+) disk image – macOS universal2 binary (with native code for both Intel and Apple Silicon). For MacOS 10.11 & 12 you can use Syncplay 1.6.9 but be aware that macOS 10 is no longer supported by Apple and so may not be receiving security updates.

Notes:

• If Syncplay does not load on Windows then you probably need to install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistribuble Package (Download the 32-bit version, i.e. ‘vc_redist.x86.exe’). If it still doesn’t work then download the client console option bundle and run SyncplayConsole.exe for a command line interface for Syncplay.
• Those experiencing problems running Syncplay on Fedora should refer to the advice in #355.
• We have discontinued support for the legacy release of macOS as the relevant versions of the OS have reached end of life (EOL).
• Please report bugs and problems via https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay/issues
• Please discuss ideas, etc. via https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay/discussions
• Review the source code: https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay

Changelog:

Headline additions:

• Adding –interface-ipv4 and –interface-ipv6 command line switches to server to allow better control over binding to interfaces (#582 by @powerjungle)
• Now offering a SyncplayConsole.exe bundle. This is a command line version of the Syncplay client for Windows (#630 / #450 suggested by @siferati and coded by @Et0h).

Tweaks:

• Re-work readiness notifications for non-operators (#607 raised by @BlepBlep and resolved by @Et0h)

Bug fixes:

• Fix ArchLinux GUI TypeError (#600 raised by @YamiDoesDev and resolved by @Et0h)
• Playlist restoration should not undo clearing actions (#609 raised by @gavtroy and resolved by @Et0h)
• Support player arguments like –no-border in mpv (#616 raised by @ducreyna  and resolved by @Et0h)
• Ensure MPC-HC resets position on playlist change (#618 raised by @mbalandis and resolved by @Et0h)
• Define desktop filename for Wayland compliance to fix icon (#627 by @z411)

Syncplay Download links (hosted by GitHub):

• Windows installer (store settings in %APPDATA%)
• Windows portable (store settings in Syncplay folder)
• Linux AppImage
• Linux Deb Package
• Linux Deb Server-only Package
• Linux Tarball
• MacOS (10.14+) disk image – macOS universal2 binary (with native code for both Intel and Apple Silicon). For MacOS 10.11 & 12 you can use Syncplay 1.6.9 but be aware that macOS 10 is no longer supported by Apple and so may not be receiving security updates.

Source code: https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay

Notes:

• Those experiencing problems running Syncplay on Fedora should refer to the advice in #355.
• If you are using macOS via Apple Silicon / ARM then you will need to use Syncplay via Rosetta 2. See #368 for details.
• We have discontinued snap as a release channel (see #376). Please use the AppImage instead.
• We have discontinued support for the legacy release of macOS as the relevant versions of the OS have reached end of life (EOL).
• Please report bugs and problems via https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay/issues
• Please discuss ideas, etc. via https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay/discussions

Other relevant links:

• If Syncplay does not load on Windows then you probably need to install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable Package (Download the 32-bit version, i.e. ‘vc_redist.x86.exe’).
• Source code repository: https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay/
• Issue tracker: https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay/issues

Changelog:

Headline additions:

• Add room permanence option to server (#434 by @Assistant with additional work in #487 by @Et0h and #492 by @odrling)
• Add dark mode support for Windows (#483) by @Et0h
• Syncplay now supports five more languages:
  • French (#455 by @sosie-js)
  • Simplified Chinese (#500 by @lryanner) – Thanks also to @Zhaodaidai for separately working on a Chinese translation
  • Esperanto (by @Tirifto)
  • Finnish (#561 by LINUX-SAUNA with additional work in #563 by @Mikaela)
  • Korean (#591 by @MarongHappy)
• Add playlist-related commands (https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay/issues/472 by@Et0h and #518 by @rtix):
  • /qa [file/url] – add file or url to bottom of playlist
  • /qas [file/url] – add file or url to bottom of playlist and select it
  • /ql – show the current playlist
  • /qs [index] – select given entry in the playlist
  • /qn – select next entry in the playlist
  • /qd [index] – delete the given entry from the playlist
• We now use a macOS universal2 binary (with native code for both Intel and Apple Silicon) (by @albertosottile)

Tweaks and bug fixes which were initially introduced for Beta 1:

• If LANG parameter is set in setup, don’t show language dialog (#460 by @atagulalan)
• Trusted Domains: Allow trusting a domain regardless of HTTP basic auth credentials (#437 by @Tremolo4)
• Allow playlists to be played from network (#419 by @zeroeightysix)
• Fix room name case sensitivity UI issue (#403 by @Et0h)
• Remove redundant help button from dialogs (#403 by @Et0h)
• macOS build: upgrade to Python 3.9 and PySide2 5.15.2 (@albertosottile)
• Remove Encoding from .desktop files as it’s depreciated now and add Keywords entry to .desktop files. (@daniel-123)
• Console: Document setting offset in help (#453 by @luke-jr)
• Add deprecation notice for offset help (#435 by @Et0h) – Note: This does not mean the feature has been removed, it means that we don’t recommend using it and we don’t promise to maintain support for it forever.
• Add Windows Store mpv.net path support (#494 by @Et0h)
• Update PT-BR translation (#497 by @nipkownix)
• Fixed server argument max-username-length not working (#506 by @powerjungle)
• Fix disconnected monitor bug (#505 by @Et0h fixing #504 raised by @Zefferis)
• Print timestamp when pausing (#521 by @Kansattica)
• Added support for LAV Filters Megamix (#457 by @ImportTaste)
• Bundle libgthread-2.0.so.0 into AppImage (#432 by @teohhanhui)

Additional tweaks and bug fixes which are new for RC1:

• Add Windows Store mpv.net path support (issue #494 raised by @soredake and resolved by @Et0h)
• Correct persistence argument type (#496 by @modwizcode)
• Remove mpv fallback warning spam (@Et0h)
• Fixed permanent rooms on Windows servers (#526 raised by @haz429 and resolved by @Et0h)
• Fixes converting lines to array (#515 by @danfai)
• Made Hungarian chars usable from MPV: ő and ű (#515 by @hunbernd)
• Typo fixes (#540 and #541 by @ViktorOn)
• Linux: Fix dark mode detection by moving to darkdetect v0.7.1 (#557 raised by @ExTBH and resolved by @albertosottile)
• macOS: bundle PySide6, create a universal2 app; and explicitly exclude tkinter (@albertosottile)
• Explicitly pass certifi as trustRoot for Twisted (#554 raised by @BODZy resolved by @albertosottile)
• Don’t detect SMPlayer as mplayer2 (#584 raise by @nikgtasa and resolved by @Et0h)
• Fix localhost connection breaking mpv chat (#545 raised by @Abu-AM and resolved by @Et0h)
• More verbose connection error messages (#565 / #553 raised by @Someone7un7 and resolved by @Et0h)
• Fix mpv quit message (#571 / #578 raised by @jiang-yuan and resolved by @Et0h)
• Log –debug as UTF-8 to fix charmap mapping (#586 by @Et0h)
• Add/fix wildcard matching of trusted subdomains (#587 / #588 raised by @name-snrl and resolved by @Et0h)
• Restore server-side playlist on reconnect (#567 / #590 raised by @soredake and resolved by @Et0h

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release, including those credited above.

Syncplay Download links (hosted by GitHub):

• Windows installer (store settings in %APPDATA%)
• Windows portable (store settings in Syncplay folder)
• Linux AppImage
• Linux Deb Package
• Linux Deb Server-only Package
• Linux Tarball
• MacOS (10.12+) disk image – This is RC1a as it fixes a bug with the update check on macOS

Source code: https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay

Notes:

• Those experiencing problems running Syncplay on Fedora should refer to the advice in #355.
• If you are using macOS via Apple Silicon / ARM then you will need to use Syncplay via Rosetta 2. See #368 for details.
• We have discontinued snap as a release channel (see #376). Please use the AppImage instead.
• We have discontinued support for the legacy release of macOS as the relevant versions of the OS have reached end of life (EOL).
• Please report bugs and problems via https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay/issues
• Please discuss ideas, etc. via https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay/discussions

Other relevant links:

• If Syncplay does not load on Windows then you probably need to install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable Package (Download the 32-bit version, i.e. ‘vc_redist.x86.exe’).
• Source code repository: https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay/
• Issue tracker: https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay/issues

Changelog:

Headline additions:

• Add room permanence option to server (#434 by @Assistant with additional work in #487 by @Et0h and #492 by @odrling)
• Add dark mode support for Windows (#483) by @Et0h
• Syncplay now supports five more languages:
  • French (#455 by @sosie-js)
  • Simplified Chinese (#500 by @lryanner) – Thanks also to @Zhaodaidai for separately working on a Chinese translation
  • Esperanto (by @Tirifto)
  • Finnish (#561 by LINUX-SAUNA with additional work in #563 by @Mikaela)
  • Korean (#591 by @MarongHappy)
• Add playlist-related commands (https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay/issues/472 by@Et0h and #518 by @rtix):
  • /qa [file/url] – add file or url to bottom of playlist
  • /qas [file/url] – add file or url to bottom of playlist and select it
  • /ql – show the current playlist
  • /qs [index] – select given entry in the playlist
  • /qn – select next entry in the playlist
  • /qd [index] – delete the given entry from the playlist

Tweaks and bug fixes which were initially introduced for Beta 1:

• If LANG parameter is set in setup, don’t show language dialog (#460 by @atagulalan)
• Trusted Domains: Allow trusting a domain regardless of HTTP basic auth credentials (#437 by @Tremolo4)
• Allow playlists to be played from network (#419 by @zeroeightysix)
• Fix room name case sensitivity UI issue (#403 by @Et0h)
• Remove redundant help button from dialogs (#403 by @Et0h)
• macOS build: upgrade to Python 3.9 and PySide2 5.15.2 (@albertosottile)
• Remove Encoding from .desktop files as it’s depreciated now and add Keywords entry to .desktop files. (@daniel-123)
• Console: Document setting offset in help (#453 by @luke-jr)
• Add deprecation notice for offset help (#435 by @Et0h)
• Add Windows Store mpv.net path support (#494 by @Et0h)
• Update PT-BR translation (#497 by @nipkownix)
• Fixed server argument max-username-length not working (#506 by @powerjungle)
• Fix disconnected monitor bug (#505 by @Et0h fixing #504 raised by @Zefferis)
• Print timestamp when pausing (#521 by @Kansattica)

Additional tweaks and bug fixes which are new for RC1:

• Add Windows Store mpv.net path support (issue #494 raised by @soredake and resolved by @Et0h)
• Correct persistence argument type (#496 by @modwizcode)
• Remove mpv fallback warning spam (@Et0h)
• Fixed permanent rooms on Windows servers (#526 raised by @haz429 and resolved by @Et0h)
• Fixes converting lines to array (#515 by @danfai)
• Made Hungarian chars usable from MPV: ő and ű (#515 by @hunbernd)
• Typo fixes (#540 and #541 by @ViktorOn)
• Linux: Fix dark mode detection by moving to darkdetect v0.7.1 (#557 raised by @ExTBH and resolved by @albertosottile)
• macOS: bundle PySide6, create a universal2 app; and explicitly exclude tkinter (@albertosottile)
• Explicitly pass certifi as trustRoot for Twisted (#554 raised by @BODZy resolved by @albertosottile)
• Don’t detect SMPlayer as mplayer2 (#584 raise by @nikgtasa and resolved by @Et0h)
• Fix localhost connection breaking mpv chat (#545 raised by @Abu-AM and resolved by @Et0h)
• More verbose connection error messages (#565 / #553 raised by @Someone7un7 and resolved by @Et0h)
• Fix mpv quit message (#571 / #578 raised by @jiang-yuan and resolved by @Et0h)
• Log –debug as UTF-8 to fix charmap mapping (#586 by @Et0h)
• Add/fix wildcard matching of trusted subdomains (#587 / #588 raised by @name-snrl and resolved by @Et0h)
• Restore server-side playlist on reconnect (#567 / #590 raised by @soredake and resolved by @Et0h

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release, including those credited above.

Virus scans for Windows executables

Note: This open source software has been marked as clean by VirusTotal. Syncplay might be flagged as suspicious by some anti-malware systems simply because it is niche software downloaded from the Internet but as we are open source anyone can audit our code if they wish to do so.

Syncplay-1.7.0-RC1-Setup.exe:

• https://www.virustotal.com/gui/url/14dc64d2b5d1b9aa7432b9c63857f4f9bc4e500a6b8680a5f1a5eae084435868 (SHA-256: a264ffb1352c98e51a64fc37ce6e2e3232bbcdb78f75d8c91f432eb1f90b0e51)

RC.zip:

• https://www.virustotal.com/gui/url-analysis/u-6eab05262d61baec137e957877a191fe62bee1d035b50f81415f38afdc8caba3-1679254085 (SHA-256: e04314a2b89b08b2f1f1aa809c388eae33ae6aa7191be51e3b23e288c3460969)

Syncplay Download links (hosted by GitHub):

• Windows installer (store settings in %APPDATA%)
• Windows portable (store settings in Syncplay folder)
• Linux AppImage
• Linux Deb Package
• Linux Deb Server-only Package
• Linux Tarball
• MacOS (10.12+) disk image

Source code: https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay

Notes:

• Those experiencing problems running Syncplay on Fedora should refer to the advice in #355.
• If you are using macOS via Apple Silicon / ARM then you will need to use Syncplay via Rosetta 2. See #368 for details.
• We have discontinued snap as a release channel (see #376). Please use the AppImage instead.
• We have discontinued support for the legacy release of macOS as the relevant versions of the OS have reached end of life (EOL).
• Please report bugs and problems via https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay/issues
• Please discuss ideas, etc. via https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay/discussions

Other relevant links:

• If Syncplay does not load on Windows then you probably need to install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable Package (Download the 32-bit version, i.e. ‘vc_redist.x86.exe’).
• Source code repository: https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay/
• Issue tracker: https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay/issues

Changelog:

Headline additions:

• Add room permanence option to server (#434 by Assistant with additional work in #487 by Et0h and #492 by odrling)
• Add dark mode support for Windows (#483 by Et0h)
• Add translations for French (#455 by sosie-js) and Simplified Chinese (#500 by lryanner)
• Add playlist-related commands (#472 by Et0h and #518 and rtix):
  • /qa [file/url] – add file or url to bottom of playlist
  • /qas [file/url] – add file or url to bottom of playlist and select it
  • /ql – show the current playlist
  • /qs [index] – select given entry in the playlist
  • /qn – select next entry in the playlist
  • /qd [index] – delete the given entry from the playlist

Tweaks and bug fixes:

• If LANG parameter is set in setup, don’t show language dialog (PR #460 by atagulalan)
• Trusted Domains: Allow trusting a domain regardless of HTTP basic auth credentials (PR #437 by Tremolo4)
• Allow playlists to be played from network (PR #419 by zeroeightysix)
• Fix room name case sensitivity UI issue (PR #403 by Et0h)
• Remove redundant help button from dialogs (PR #403 by Et0h)
• macOS build: upgrade to Python 3.9 and PySide2 5.15.2 (by albertosottile)
• Remove Encoding from .desktop files as it’s depreciated now and add Keywords entry to .desktop files. (by daniel-123)
• Console: Document setting offset in help (PR #453 by luke-jr)
• Add deprecation notice for offset help (#435 by Et0h)
• Add Windows Store mpv.net path support (#494 by Et0h)
• Update PT-BR translation (#497 by nipkownix)
• Fixed server argument max-username-length not working (#506 by powerjungle)
• Fix disconnected monitor bug (#505 by Et0h fixing #504 raised by Zefferis)
• Print timestamp when pausing (#521 by Kansattica)

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release, including those credited above.

Virus scans for Windows executables

Note: This open source software has been marked as clean by VirusTotal. Syncplay might be flagged as suspicious by some anti-malware systems simply because it is niche software downloaded from the Internet but as we are open source anyone can audit our code if they wish to do so.

Syncplay-1.7.0-Beta1-Setup.exe:

• https://www.virustotal.com/gui/url/6815044aba2bf93f6236124706a18705de1f2eef548e2b561b0bf0442cef4d85 (SHA-256: 669517d54d03fa9c1ef298d539358c3384761fa847c48607ee36bcd21805084a)

Syncplay_1.7.0_Beta1_Portable.zip:

• https://www.virustotal.com/gui/url-analysis/u-43dfa9ed98deed0c14adca36ce72f71df790e2288cd368de47c0b9e7375516b3-1653820844 (SHA-256: 42856f2965e7afc32197516202cc35d107c46607959a2512806c121c29dd6086)

Syncplay Download links (hosted by GitHub):

• Windows non-portable (store settings in %APPDATA%)
• Windows portable (store settings in Syncplay folder)
• Linux AppImage
• Linux Deb Package
• Linux Deb Server-only Package
• Linux Tarball
• MacOS (10.12+) disk image

Source code: https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay

Notes:

• Those experiencing problems running Syncplay on Fedora should refer to the advice in #355.
• If you are using macOS via Apple Silicon / ARM then you will need to use Syncplay via Rosetta 2. See #368 for details.
• We have discontinued snap as a release channel (see #376). Please use the AppImage instead.
• We have discontinued support for the legacy release of macOS as the relevant versions of the OS have reached end of life (EOL).
• Please report bugs and problems via https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay/issues
• Please discuss ideas, etc. via https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay/discussions

Other relevant links:

• If Syncplay does not load on Windows then you probably need to install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable Package (Download the 32-bit version, i.e. ‘vc_redist.x86.exe’).
• Source code repository: https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay/
• Issue tracker: https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay/issues

Changelog:

• Moves back to a 32-bit build of Windows, fixing problems for those on 32-bit Windows or who only had the 32-bit version of the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable Package (issue #425 raised by @Kehanort and resolved by @Et0h with support from others). To help address future issues of this nature Syncplay now also sends information on the system’s platform when updating.
• Removed references to our discontinued IRC channel, and instead directing people to https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay/issues and https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay/discussions (responding to issue #430 raised by @Mikaela)
• Bundle libxcb1 into AppImage to fix problems on Debian 10 (issue #380 reported by @zyusouken , resolved by @daniel-123)
• Bundle libgthread-2.0.so.0 into AppImage (PR #432 by @teohhanhui to address their issue #431)
• Update and improve Brazilian Portuguese translation (PR #422 by @AtilioA))

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release, including those credited above.

Virus scans for Windows executables

Note: This open source software has been marked as clean by VirusTotal. Syncplay might be flagged as suspicious by some anti-malware systems simply because it is niche software downloaded from the Internet but as we are open source anyone can audit our code if they wish to do so.

Syncplay-1.6.9-Setup.exe:

• https://www.virustotal.com/gui/url/0c834cdd0d49b5adc4a2a4cf9ed07b9ebb95a72c22d31c9a0e7dffe38c7729a5/details (SHA-256: 5849d909cd786a07ffc88d68400d006303908c5a2469388b00439591bfe68570)

Syncplay_1.6.9_Portable.zip:

• https://www.virustotal.com/gui/url/00fde2631169ea88ccbaf0e7791fa362c63554a2ca08fd9d74f8f5891da74b4c/detection (SHA-256: 80a5c8f1facb6fe6c5d9351ae1e8ff881727d637e0a316f7c5ab50796c6e3f5a)