Syncplay

Syncplay 1.2.9 is available from https://github.com/Uriziel/syncplay/releases/tag/1.2.9

Highlights of Syncplay 1.2.9:

• Improvements config window with greater access to control Syncplay functionality (e.g. OSD messages and rewind/slowdown thresholds).
• Loads of fixes and tweaks, to make Syncplay run better, especially for VLC users.
• VLC and mpv stay open after all files have finished playing, so so you do not have to re-open the player. (This was already the case for MPC-HC)
•  If a user pauses while the leave message is displayed, it now states both that someone left and that someone paused. (Really useful if someone has “Pause when user leaves” enabled!)

See https://syncplay.pl/changelog/ for the full list of changes. Thanks to all who contributed!

There are new OSX instructions thanks to patricksnape . If you are having problems then please e-mail us (dev@syncplay.pl) or chat with us on IRC (#syncplay on chat.freenode.net

Fixes from RC1:

• mplayer: Fixed handling of file switches (seeking and pause state)
• Fixed Syncplay Public Server not working whatsoever

Release Candidate #1 of Syncplay 1.2.9 is available for testing from https://github.com/Uriziel/syncplay/releases/tag/1.2.9-RC1

Highlights of Syncplay 1.2.9:

• Improvements config window with greater access to control Syncplay functionality (e.g. OSD messages and rewind/slowdown thresholds).
• Loads of fixes and tweaks, to make Syncplay run better, especially for VLC users.
• VLC and mpv stay open after all files have finished playing, so so you do not have to re-open the player. (This was already the case for MPC-HC)
•  If a user pauses while the leave message is displayed, it now states both that someone left and that someone paused. (Really useful if someone has “Pause when user leaves” enabled!)

See https://syncplay.pl/changelog/ for the full list of changes. Thanks to all who contributed!

This version should have improved support for Mac OSX. If you are having problems then please e-mail us (dev@syncplay.pl) or chat with us on IRC (#syncplay on chat.freenode.net). Oh, and if the RC works fine then let us know that as well 🙂

New in 1.2.8a:

• + Added “Never slow down or rewind others” option
• ! Fixed incomparability with new version of MPV
• ! Fixed HTTP stream support for mpv

…so you only really need to upgrade to this from 1.2.8 if you are using the mpv media player.

Available from: https://syncplay.pl/download/

If you hadn’t noticed from the Syncplay 1.2.8 news post, we have a new e-mail address!

Got idea, feedback, or bug reports? You can:

• Report Syncplay bugs through https://github.com/Uriziel/syncplay/issues
• Chat with us through IRC via #syncplay on chat.freenode.net when we’re around – Feel free to idle and wait for us to be on and reply.
• E-mail us via dev@syncplay.pl

Backwards compatible with 1.2.x as usual. Available from: https://github.com/Uriziel/syncplay/releases/tag/1.2.8

Important fixes:

• Important bug fix so that Syncplay works with MPC-HC 1.7.4.
• Fixed issue with VLC and Windows XP (reported by /u/supersaw7)
• Allow command line interface to be opened without PySide being installed
• Fixed makefile handling of single user installations (code contributed by joelixny)
• Fixed MPC-HC failure if loading file on launch too slowly

Other highlights:

• Added initial support for DVD sync with VLC
• Information about other rooms is not displayed on OSD by default
• Room user list now ordered alphabetically

See https://syncplay.pl/changelog/ for a full list of changes. Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release (including code contributor blaenk)!

Got idea, feedback, or bug reports? You can:

• Report Syncplay bugs through https://github.com/Uriziel/syncplay/issues.
• Chat with us through IRC via #syncplay on chat.freenode.net when we’re around. Feel free to idle and wait for us to be on and reply.
• E-mail us via dev@syncplay.pl
• ..or post on our Reddit thread

It’s backwards compatible with 1.2.x with graceful fallback for some new features.

Windows installer: https://github.com/Uriziel/syncplay/releases/download/1.2.7/Syncplay.1.2.7rev1.Setup.exe
Linux Tarball: https://github.com/Uriziel/syncplay/archive/1.2.7rc4.tar.gz
OSX Installation Instructions: https://syncplay.pl/guide/install/#OSX

Highlights include:

• Optional hiding filename and filesize for increased privacy.
• Notification when you start playing while alone in room.
• Now actually works with VLC.
• Many other improvements with handling low quality network connections, interface, player support and other things.

See https://syncplay.pl/changelog/ for a full list of changes. Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release!

Syncplay 1.2.7 RC4 is available from: https://github.com/Uriziel/syncplay/releases/tag/1.2.7rc4

Additions (+), changes (*) and bug fixes (!) compared to RC3:

• + Allow syncplay.ini as well as .syncplay files for directory-level configuration files
• + Made packageable for Linux (code by blaenk)
• + Added more MPV, VLC and OSX player paths to search for
• * Various tweaks to syncplay.lua
• * VLC support now installs by default on Linux
• ! Improved UTF-8 support in mplayer, mpv and userlist
• ! Avoid TypeError if ShowMoreSettings is saved as a boolean (code by solarnz)
• ! Don’t show MAL privacy notification if no libMal
• ! Fixed problem which made it not work with MPV 0.3 (code by ion1)
• ! Fixed problems with pauses and seeks while no file is open on MPC-HC (e.g. due to joining a room)
• ! Fixed bug where VLC would not close properly (i.e. it would disappear, but process would never end)

Full changelog available from: https://syncplay.pl/tech/changelog/

Hopefully this will become Syncplay 1.2.7 Final and we can start working on the next version.

As always, you can discuss this release in the #Syncplay IRC channel on irc.freenode.net.  If we’re not around you may have to idle on the channel to get a response, but we will read everything that is posted.

P.S. If you want to show your support for Syncplay then please consider drawing a picture and sending it to urizieli [at] gmail.com as our chief programmer would really appreciate that.

Whilst none of the core Syncplay developers have Mac OS X, we are aware that some of our users do have it.

solarnz has helpfully written a guide to installing and running Syncplay on OS X with the aid of Homebrew.

With his permission we have now adapted the guide for the Syncplay website. See: https://syncplay.pl/guide/osx/ for the guide.

Let us know how well it works, which players it works with, and if there are any changes needed to the guide.

(p.s. RC3 has problems with MPV 0.3 – this is fixed in the development version, and will be fixed in RC4)

Syncplay 1.2.7 RC3 is available from: https://github.com/Uriziel/syncplay/releases/tag/1.2.7rc3

The same as RC2 and RC1 but with the following changes:

• Improved VLC support (in RC2 you needed to have interface file logging enabled)
• MyAnimeList support has been temporarily disabled, because it isn’t currently working.

Full changelog available from: https://syncplay.pl/tech/changelog/

As always, you can discuss this release in the #Syncplay IRC channel on freenode. If we’re not around you may have to idle on the channel to get a response, but we will read everything that is posted.

The second release candidate of Syncplay 1.2.7 is available from: https://github.com/Uriziel/syncplay/releases/tag/1.2.7rc2

Update: See Syncplay RC3.

Note: For VLC to work interface file logging needs to be enabled – this is fixed in RC3.

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The release candidate of Syncplay 1.2.7 is now available.

Windows installer: https://syncplay.pl/Syncplay_1.2.7_RC1_Setup.exe
Linux source: https://github.com/Uriziel/syncplay/archive/1.2.7rc1.zip

Update: See Syncplay RC3.

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