&screensharetype

Defines how webcam and screenshare of a guest in a room interacts which each other

Sender-Side Option! (&push)

Aliases

  • &sstype

Options

Example: &screensharetype=3

Value
Description

1

Replaces the webcam screen with the screen share

2

Creates a totally new connection for the screen share

3 (default)

Reuses the existing connection, adding a second video track

Details

This parameter can be used to specify which type of screen sharing logic is used.

  • screensharetype=1 replaces the webcam screen with the screen share

  • screensharetype=2 creates a totally new connection for the screen share

  • screensharetype=3 reuses the existing connection, adding a second video track; also doesn't show the local screen share window

The default &screensharetype for screen-sharing is 3 when in a room.

As a viewer or scene link, to specify only loading the &screensharetype=3 screen share, you can now use &view=xxxx:s, where :s is appended to the end of the stream ID. This tells the system to ignore the webcam/mic feed, and just send over the screen share. You can do &view=xxxx,xxxx:s to target both webcam and screen share though. I may change this syntax over time, but for now it works. The solo-links in the director's room has this :s applied already where needed.

If using &screensharetype=3 the parameter &screenshareid doesn't do anything.

The type-3 screen share is still not fully cooked for use in scenes, etc, and it won't yet work with &meshcast, &novideo or &noaudio.

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