SynergyTube - The foolish SynchTube

Status: deprecated.

see node-synergytube

Introduction

What it is

SynergyTube aims to be an alternative to SynchTube which has been shut-down. First goals have been reached by establishing a channel-system and user profiles.

Currently we've just reached our third milestone (v0.2)
Next up is 0.3

How it works

A Channel simply consists of a playlist which is managed by the Channel-Admins. The Admins can change the currently playing item, delete items, add items and manage the channel (change description, cover-image, etc..)
You only have to log-in to use the chat functionality and take part in polls. Or if you are an admin of course.
Currently supported Media-Vendors are:

• Youtube

We're planning on adding more soon after the system has reached version 0.3.

Implemented Features

• User Limit on Channels
• Administrationship of Channels
• A Working Channel-Overview
• Realtime Communication via Socket.IO
• Playlist-Synchronisation
• Database-Abstraction

Installation

Requirements

• node.js-Instance
  Note: Always use the latest Node-Version
• PHP-Server
• MySQL-Database

Step-by-Step

0. Download the master-branch as a tarball or clone it with your native git-client
1. Don't leave the socket_server folder accessible from the web. Copy it to a seperate folder (eg. /var/nodejs/synergy) and execute it from over there.
2. If you intend to use MySQL as the DBMS of your choice just use backend-script this ships with. If you want to use another one just have a look at /socket-server/mysql_backend.js and create your own one in the same pattern or look arround the web for your database system.
3. (shouldn't be needed as of 0.4) Go To your /require in your WebPage-Directory and configure the "config.inc.php" file to your needs.
4. Install the node.js server and follow the on-screen instructions to set up your backend.

cd /path/to/socket_server/app.js
npm install

5. Run it!

node app.js

Development & Future Plans

Backend

• (Deploy the Client-Frontend over ExpressJS)
• Provide a better User Experience and some EyeCandy
• Fully update to AngularJS (#25)

Features

• Add Support for other Media Vendors
• Channels for Everypony (#51)
• User Profiles and Stuff
• Poll-System
• Full List here

Suport, Contributing & Development

If you want to support our work let us know:
mail us | open an issue | make a pull request
If you are not sure if a bug's currently beeing fixed check out the development branches

Licensing

Licensed under MIT-License.
see LICENSE for further details