MADE FOR YOUR AUDIENCE
Choose a viewing format that fits your content and the community around it.
Documentaries
Let viewers explore a documentary together and keep a conversation beside the film. Use your player integration to manage group playback.
Film premieres
Bring your audience into a premiere room with conversation and a clear start state. Use video you own or are authorized to distribute.
Gaming communities
Give fans a shared place to watch an authorized gaming broadcast, react to the action and talk with a host.
Sports fan rooms
Connect fans through conversation around an authorized match feed. Keep live-feed delay and commentator timing in view when planning the experience.
RELATED CUSTOMER STORY
JOOX combines live concerts and music events with chat rooms and audience interaction, using Tencent Cloud’s streaming and real-time communication services.
Related shared-viewing case: fans interact around live content. Synchronized third-party playback and content rights require separate application support.
CHOOSE WITH CONFIDENCE
See what the live components provide and where your application connects.
| Your requirement | How it is delivered | What to plan for |
|---|---|---|
| Room chat and live interaction | Tencent RTC communication components | Choose text, voice and guest interaction for the format you are building. |
| Play, pause and seek together | Your player integration and session state | Define an authoritative playback state, drift correction and late-join behavior. |
| Licensed content | Your authorized video source | Tencent RTC does not supply film libraries or permission to rebroadcast subscription services. |
| Invitations and memberships | Your access and entitlement services | Check both room membership and each viewer’s right to play the content. |
| An authorized live feed | Compatible production input and live delivery | Test feed delay, commentary timing and reconnection; optional media services can add costs. |
FROM SETUP TO YOUR FIRST SESSION
Use a watch party SDK foundation for interaction, then connect your player and room access.
BUDGET BEFORE YOU BUILD
Budget for your watch party app integration. Plan for communication usage, your video source and shared-playback development.
TEST THE LIVE COMPONENTS
Account-level quota for your first year; usage deduction rules apply. Live trial limits include 100 MAU and 100 viewers per room. Service pauses when trial resources run out.
LIVE STARTER PLAN
50,000 package minutes and 1,000 MAU. First-month promotional price; review current eligibility and renewal terms. Additional products and services are priced separately.
YOUR APPLICATION
Include the Live plan, minutes and MAU plus your player, content licensing and delivery. Shared playback, membership checks and any additional Chat or Room services are separate implementation costs.
This is a solution for teams building their own watch party app. Tencent RTC provides communication components; your application supplies room discovery, invitations, video access and shared-player behavior.
No. Your application must connect play, pause and seek events to an authoritative playback state and correct drift between players. Restore that state when someone joins late or reconnects. Message delivery alone does not synchronize video.
Tencent RTC does not provide permission to redistribute third-party content or bypass a service’s restrictions. Use content you own, license or are otherwise authorized to share, and confirm that your player and access model support the intended use.
Yes, you can add text conversation and choose suitable voice or guest interaction components. Test microphone behavior, content audio and playback timing together so conversation remains easy to follow.
Yes, through your application’s invitation and entitlement checks. Validate access to the room and to the underlying video before playback. Recheck permissions as appropriate when a viewer returns or their membership changes.
Your app owns playback state and synchronization. Add the supported communication layer for viewers, and confirm content rights before sharing the media.
Communication APIs do not supply licensed films or third-party subscriptions. Obtain the appropriate distribution rights and decide how your application handles playback access.
