Questions tagged [screensharing]
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Detect Firefox support for screen sharing
Firefox, since version 52, will support screen sharing via:
navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia({ video: { mediaSource: 'screen' }})
.then(stream => { ... });
Check out this test page to see it in action.
I would like to know whether there is a…

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Split one HTML page to display different views on multiple screens
I have two screens say Screen 1 and Screen 2 and a HTML page with JavaScript/JQuery.
What I want to do is that split the HTML into two views. One on Screen 1 and the other on Screen 2.
Screen 1 has a simple view ( e.g a cinema screen for customers…

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Screen sharing capabilities
I am trying to develop a screen sharing application. I would like to know how the screen sharing works on the desktop by sending and receiving network packets. Can i get any architecture or help on how it works in depth?
I searched a lot in google…

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Find the differences between two images for screen sharing apps
Hi I'm writing a client/server remote viewer (desktop sharing) application where screenshots of the desktop are sent across the network over a socket. I'd like to reduce the size of the transfer by getting the difference between the two images and…

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What version of RDP is used in Windows 8?
I've tried to connect to Windows 8 Developer Preview via rdesktop 1.6 and freerdp 0.8.2 from linux and there was no success.
I've get:
ui_unimpl: NOT IMPLEMENTED: Unknown Capability Set 0x1E ui_unimpl: NOT
IMPLEMENTED: Bpp 254
Although I could…

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invalidAccessError: getDisplayMedia must be called from a user gesture handler - Safari
I get sharing screen by using mediaDevices.getDisplayMedia() and it work well on Chrome and Safari < 15. But when I try it on Safari 15, I hit the bug:
invalidAccessError: getdisplaymedia must be called from a user gesture handler
I have viewed the…

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Detecting if another tab is sharing screen on client's browser, and stopping them from sharing
Generally, with a webcam, if a browser tab, or a desktop app is using the webcam, other sources cannot use that webcam until the first app stops.
In a similar way is it possible to detect if there is a screen already being shared in another tab…

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How to put domain instead of app ID when Screensharing in Chrome Extension?
My Chrome App has been verified and approved.
I have implemented Screen Share functionality.
I want to show my domain instead of the app ID. See the below Image for reference.
My Current App: Shows APP ID
I want to achieve something like this:
How…

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How to detect when my application window is screen shared
How can I detect on Windows OS level when any of my desktop application window is screen shared by any screen sharing tool. I am sure any screen sharing tool can not do screen sharing to remote user without support from Windows OS. I want to know…

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testing using selenium: chrome screensharing auto select tab and share with audio
I am testing my website using Selenium and I am able to open chrome with --auto-select-desktop-capture-source="tab_name" and select the tab when screen share is enabled. Now I want the audio playing in the tab to be in my stream along with the…

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Is there a way to capture/share only own app screen in Android via WebRTC?
Based on the AppRTC example I can only share the whole screen on Android, not only my own app 1. That is, when my app goes to background the screen sharing does not pause, instead, the other app is shared for example.
Is there a way to only capture…

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Screen sharing in native iOS app using WebRTC
I'm exploring WebRTC, I made a demo using it and it works perfectly, but now I want to share my app screen using WebRTC in my native project.
Is it possible?. I searched many documents but I didn't find any solution.

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C# Best approach to send screen difference over socket
I am working on screen sharing project. I am sending only screen differences over socket comparing previous and actual buffer. It working
I am sending 8 to 9 FPS to client using Format16bppRgb555 to reduce overall bytes size of Bitmap
byte[]…

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How to detect when OS X Screen Sharing is active programmatically?
OS X does not make it obvious that you might've left a screen sharing session open -- and it's still actively broadcasting your session to these other computers. Does anyone know where Snow Leopard stores that the computer you're sitting at has an…

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Screen streaming between clients who are connected to a django server
I am working on a feature for a project that I'm not sure where to start. I have a django server running on a raspberry pi 3. I want one user (lecturer) to be able to connect to a server, click a screen cast button, and then anyone else (students)…

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