Will my approach to a synchronized movie stream work? (ASPNET core SignalR and Angular)
I want to add a functionality to my site that lets my friends and I watch movies that are synced to match the same time or at least broadcast any actions (pause/play/fast-forward/etc.).
I was thinking of adding a media player that streams the movie from my server and signalR synchronizes the current times across all the users as well as any actions performed by the host.
I've read signalR is bad for streaming but I only want it to sync up current times (or just pause/play actions) so I figured that couldn't be too much of a load. I haven't used signalR yet either so if this is impossible please advise
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Seems perfectly fine to me
Just use SignalR to send "pause", "play", "seek", etc. commands