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My friends and I do this through Discord. One person shares their screen playing netflix/disney/whatever and then everyone just hangs out in voice and watches t

My friends and I do this through Discord. One person shares their screen playing netflix/disney/whatever and then everyone just hangs out in voice and watches together. It's a really seamless experience and the re-encoding is usually not a problem, action scenes can get a little blocky but the quality is really pretty great.

joecot 7y ago
It didn't seem like Discord sent desktop audio with the screen share. Does it do so, or did your friend do some magic to get it to work? I've read for ex you can use pulseaudio on linux to mix the input sources and then use that virtual output for Discord, but I'd be happy to find an easier way.
- TypeCaste 7y ago
  Share the application, not the desktop. It will capture the application audio.
SirYandi 7y ago
Not that this isn't a great idea and something I am now thinking of doing, but I wonder if you're breaking some digital rights law here (?)
- jordigh 7y ago
  You are, and if you're in a big channel that brings a lot of attention and Discord notices it they'll probably shut it down. Same reason people don't just usually stream movies from Twitch. I've seen some Twitch channels that do, like the popular Bob Ross channel, but that's with approval of the rights owners who get a cut of the revenue. Keep it small and intimate in Discord and it will probably be okay.
ryeights 7y ago
>the re-encoding is usually not a problem, action scenes can get a little blocky but the quality is really pretty great. YMMV. This usually barely works for me, I suspect you need a really steady, high-speed upload to make this work.
jakebasile 7y ago
Whenever I tried this, HDCP or similar DRM kicked in and the video was blacked out. How did you get around it?
- errantspark 7y ago
  I've never encountered this at all! Honestly I've never in my life had any problems with HDCP, guess I'm just lucky, I constantly hear about it being problematic.
  - rnotaro 7y ago
    You are probably not using Edge or the Netflix App. (1080P+)
- rnotaro 7y ago
  You need something else than the Netflix App or Edge. Other apps/browsers are limited to 720P and don't use hardware-level Content Decryption Modules

joecot 7y ago

It didn't seem like Discord sent desktop audio with the screen share. Does it do so, or did your friend do some magic to get it to work? I've read for ex you can use pulseaudio on linux to mix the input sources and then use that virtual output for Discord, but I'd be happy to find an easier way.

TypeCaste 7y ago
Share the application, not the desktop. It will capture the application audio.

SirYandi 7y ago

Not that this isn't a great idea and something I am now thinking of doing, but I wonder if you're breaking some digital rights law here (?)

jordigh 7y ago
You are, and if you're in a big channel that brings a lot of attention and Discord notices it they'll probably shut it down. Same reason people don't just usually stream movies from Twitch. I've seen some Twitch channels that do, like the popular Bob Ross channel, but that's with approval of the rights owners who get a cut of the revenue. Keep it small and intimate in Discord and it will probably be okay.

ryeights 7y ago

>the re-encoding is usually not a problem, action scenes can get a little blocky but the quality is really pretty great. YMMV. This usually barely works for me, I suspect you need a really steady, high-speed upload to make this work.

jakebasile 7y ago

Whenever I tried this, HDCP or similar DRM kicked in and the video was blacked out. How did you get around it?

errantspark 7y ago
I've never encountered this at all! Honestly I've never in my life had any problems with HDCP, guess I'm just lucky, I constantly hear about it being problematic.
- rnotaro 7y ago
  You are probably not using Edge or the Netflix App. (1080P+)
rnotaro 7y ago
You need something else than the Netflix App or Edge. Other apps/browsers are limited to 720P and don't use hardware-level Content Decryption Modules