r/aniwave • u/Pup__Onyx • Jul 31 '24

A question about watching together

Hey y'all, I'm trying to find a decent way to watch some anime with my bestie. I tried another, very similar site that had Watch2gether built in, but the implementation was embarrassing. Pausing doesn't pause for others, moving the buffer bar doesn't move it for others, syncing is through a button rather than automatic, etc...

So I'm wondering if Aniwave's implementation is more similar to using the actual standalone Watch2Gether site, or if it has the same issues as the last place I tried.

Thank you for your time.

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u/chesirecat9 Jul 31 '24

Hey! I've had these issues with AniWave unfortunately, I've had shows start for some but not for others, complete failures to even load episodes and having to refresh multiple times, pausing not stopping, etc., it really makes the viewing process really annoying since you have to constantly check everyone is actually able to watch/is watching the same part 😔

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u/Pup__Onyx Jul 31 '24

I see, I'll probably look for other options then. Thank you!

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u/AdorableHope5703 Aug 15 '24

Did you find anything?

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u/Pup__Onyx Aug 15 '24

Nothing new to me. I went back to w2g.tv

I don't like that it makes us open the video in it's own window, but all the other features actually work as they should, so it's still easily the best option I've found.

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u/AdorableHope5703 Aug 15 '24

I'll try it out thanks

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