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howardchung
Watch videos, synchronized with your friends
fixes #51 Not done yet, still needs the server component and need some work on the client react picker
This is more straightforward for screenshare as we can determine the width of the capture. It's harder for file as we have to convert the video, probably by drawing it...
This will allow setting the subscriber role automatically. Might require integration with the Discord API on the server.
Currently, screenshare/fileshare require one user to upload to everyone else in the room, which doesn't scale to large room sizes. To achieve higher viewer counts, we can try something like...
Currently VMs are in the US, but considering moving them to Europe for lower costs. However this will probably mean some services like Hulu won't work without proxying.
We can provide some links to commonly used extensions
Debugging is easier if we have metadata on a user's crash/issue, so add a button that sends metadata like the server uptime, which server, etc.