Playing a video on multiple Plex instances simultaneously
So I searched for this all over, and found nothing on the forums. I did find one Lighthouse ticket, but it didn't seem to go anywhere (I added my two cents there too, I didn't know where it was most appropriate).Simply put, I want to be able to sync the playback of two (or more, I suppose) Plex clients. I want the Plex Media Server to see when I start a video that it is already serving somewhere else, and give me the option to sync up the playback between the two.
Scenario 1
You want to run a show while you are tidying up your house. You start the show in one room, then you tell it to start on the other instance of Plex. Currently, you would get a Resume from HH:MM/Start from beginnning dialogue. If the media server knew it was already serving that video to another instance of Plex, what about a "Play with Living Room" or whatever your Plex instance is called. This would initiate some latency/timing communication between server and client, and get the second instance running in sync with the first.
Scenario 2
Often, my wife is asleep in the morning when I am making and eating my breakfast. I like to catch up on a show from last night, but I can't put it up on the TV because the sound will wake her up. I have headphones and an iPhone with Plex for iOS, so I could just run the video there in my pocket as I move around the kitchen, but then I don't get to see the video. I would love to:
1. Start the video on my main Plex instance, with the TV muted.
2. Start the video on my iPhone with headphones, put it in my pocket.
3. Have the iPhone playback sync up with the other instance, so I have video on the screen and sound from my headphones.
What do you guys think? Honestly I would buy an iPhone app that accomplishes just Scenario 2 separately, and I would pay another 4.99 for it. Plex Wireless Headphones.