Comenzar y gestionar una Watch Party

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Watch Party creates shared viewing for a movie or episode. The host starts a session, shares its invitation and chooses whether guests can play, pause or seek. Each participant still needs an authorised source for the same title. Odyssey supplies no media.

A title-based Watch Party does not require a Home DVR connection. Live TV sharing is a different flow: it uses Home DVR and the live channel’s SharePlay entry point. Choose the flow for the content you intend to share.

Prepara antes de invitar

Use an eligible profile connected to your Odyssey account. The current source excludes profiles using Advanced Kids controls from Watch Party access. Account or profile changes can retire a pending party action.

Check that you can play the intended title yourself. For a series, confirm the exact season and episode. Ask guests to check their own authorised access and, where possible, the same cut or release. Different runtimes can make a shared timestamp land on different scenes.

A party invitation is not a source credential. Sending the link does not grant a provider subscription or media rights.

Comienza la fiesta

1. Abre la película o el episodio y seleccione Watch Party. On Apple TV, find it in the detail page’s ⋯ menu. You can also use Settings → SharePlay & Watch Party → Start Watch Party y elegir un título.
2. En el lobby de anfitrión, confirmar el título y la información de episodio.
3. Revisión Controles de invitados: Juego y descanso y Revin y Busca.
4. Elegir Start Watch Party. The invitation becomes available after the session is created.
5. Compartir la invitación o elegir Invita a amigos to select confirmed Odyssey friends.
6. Cuando esté listo, seleccione Juego & Play.

Do not expect a usable invitation before Start Watch Party has completed. The lobby deliberately displays that it will be available after the party starts.

Control de la sesión

El anfitrión puede volver a través de Settings → SharePlay & Watch Party. An active host session exposes Convocatoria, QR y controles. Use it to show the invitation again or adjust the guest permissions.

Después de cambiar los Controles de invitados para una sesión existente, seleccione Salva las autorizaciones. If guests cannot pause or seek, review these permissions before treating the player as broken.

El anfitrión tiene Parar la fiesta. A guest has Leave Watch Party in the active-party settings. Leaving as a guest and stopping as host are different actions; closing a lobby alone is not the documented stop control.

El ejemplo trabajado

Charlie hosts a film for two friends. Everyone checks the title and source in advance. Charlie starts the party with Play and Pause enabled so anyone can pause for a break, but keeps Rewind and Seek disabled to avoid accidental jumps.

A guest needs to replay a scene. Charlie opens Invites, QR & Controls, enables Rewind and Seek and chooses Save Permissions. At the end, Charlie uses Stop Party. The friends do not need access to Charlie’s media-server password.

Recientes reuniones y reencuentro

La sección de configuración se separa Actividad, Reanudar y reciente. Resumen Watch Party appears only when a suitable unexpired party is available. A recent entry is not a guarantee that its old session still exists.

Recent episode entries can offer a fresh episode choice. You can use Removido de recientes En una entrada o Comentarios recientes de las Partes for the displayed history. Removing history is separate from stopping an active party.

Problemas comunes

Start Watch Party is disabled: check the connected profile, account access and any active guest session. The current flow prevents a guest from taking over a party through the start action.

Un invitado no puede encontrar un partido jugable: verify the title, season, episode and their own source. Creating more invitations will not add a missing stream.

El descanso o la búsqueda no está disponible: review Guest Controls with the host. Save permission changes explicitly.

La convocatoria ya no funciona: check whether the session ended or the invitation expired. Open the current lobby and use its current invitation.

El playback está fuera de paso: compare title editions and network conditions. If the problem continues, note the affected devices, title edition and visible error for support.

Respuestas rápidas

Do I need DVR? Not for a title-based Watch Party. Use the separate Live TV sharing guide for Home DVR requirements.

¿La serie Lock inicia una fiesta? No. Series Lock manages episode progress; Watch Party manages a viewing session.