watch party
Pause for one, pause for all.
Mock. No video plays and nothing is sent. The film is a placeholder.
now showinga film the host has rights toplaceholder, not a real title
| person | sees the film | offset |
|---|---|---|
| mara | drawn into their call picture | in sync |
| jun | drawn into their call picture | in sync |
| priya | drawn into their call picture | in sync |
| ollie | drawn into their call picture | in sync |
| sol | in their browser, full quality | +38 ms, catching up |
| teo | drawn into their call picture | in sync |
the honest part
FaceTime has no way to play a video inside a call. So for people on FaceTime we draw the film into the picture their call shows them, beside everyone’s cameras. It looks like a call where one tile is the film: smaller, softer, and slightly behind the browser.
That only works for films we are allowed to re-encode, which means the host’s own videos or licensed ones. Videos from a provider’s own player play in browsers only; FaceTime folks get the cameras and a “now playing” card.