Detailed review about the Syncbot

[Slibowitz]

@ReadtheScript

Thanks for the explanation, you’ve come to be one of the people I absolutely trust on here. Bought and used your code, enjoy your kick back you deserve it. Hoping to see that candylove scene on it soon…
https://www.pornhub.com/view_video.php?viewkey=646634b609324

Thank you so much for the trust and for using my code Really appreciate the support!

That’s a great scene. I already have it on my “2 script list” for the Candy Love videos. Sooner or later it will be scripted

@jcwicked

thank you for the excellent review. You are someone that everyone here trusts, so it is great to get a detailed review from you.

Thank you as well for the trust

@jcwicked

Are you/we concerned about the ecosystem around this? When I use the handy I actually use the bluetooth connection → Intiface Central → “ScriptPlayer” which can either then play videos directly or can connect another video player such as DeoVR for doing VR video (local files only) but still having all the controls and tuning you get with ScriptPlayer. I find this creates a fairly rock-solid pipeline and is super customizable. All the software involved is open source, etc.

Understandable. ScriptPlayer being open source is a huge plus, I agree on this. Having 3rd party tools is always a big plus in my opinion as well. It has it advantages, by allowing for more customization and in case a company does not support a product anymore, we still have 3rd party software to use it. In case for the Handy, 3rd party software is absolutely necessary. I can’t imagine using the web video player from the Handy feeling website over ScriptPlayer. But 3rd party tools also have the disadvantage. The support might end abrupt. Just normal people work on them in their free time. While companies have the ressources and time to work on and support their software.

Currently there is no 3rd party software for the Syncbot. I don’t know if this changes or if it’s even possible. I don’t know the “architecture” they use behind the Syncbot. I am not an expert for software or programming / coding. I think Handy uses an open source API. I don’t know what the Syncbot is using and if it’s accessible at all.

@jcwicked

You named some of their proprietary tools that concerns me. I have probably 1,000 funscripts and I’d love for there to be an open source tool that can do this in-mass. Plus the way you said it stored the post-converted files implies that it is trying to “own” the file within its own software now. These are walled garden type behaviors and will limit the options we have. What will scripting tools be like, etc.?

Do you have any sense about this with Syncbot?

I was a bit concerned when I read about they use their own script file and normal .funscripts are not compatible. I do understand now why they are making this. I can just speculate on it. Maybe because the Syncbot works so different, they decided to use their own file format. Maybe with the funscripts are some “barriers” that don’t allow full potential of the Syncbot. I can just speculate on that.

Personally, I don’t worry that much about it. You still own all of the scripts you convert. Every script is saved on your PC. You can create a backup on an external storage device, upload them to a cloud, share them or whatever you want.

For scripting tools: I don’t think they will use any own scripting tools. For multi axis in the future, if that feature hopefully arrives, we will use OFS, create the scripts, convert all three axis into one Syncbot script and use it. Same here, I can just speculate. But I don’t think they will create an own scripting tool, because that takes way too much time and ressources. And we already have a proper tool for that with OFS.

Overall I think, again not a software expert and I don’t know for sure, everything is happening locally. You install the player, plug in the Synchub, the Syncbot connects to it and you are ready to go. I don’t think anything requires an internet connection. I didn’t test it and I can’t say for sure. Definitely worth testing.

I hope I could address your questions and concerns. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask me.
For the deep in software stuff, I would send you over there and ask your questions directly to the Syncbot team. Maybe it’s already answered there, I didn’t read the whole thread. I think they were some questions about the API.