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How is Matrix's screen-sharing quality? (programming.dev)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Flagstaff@programming.dev to c/matrix@programming.dev

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A frequent activity that my closest friend group likes to do is spectate on single-player games played by one person via screen-sharing (and we're mostly introverted so no Twitch for us lol; plus, that's Amazon's playground anyway). This is where Discord unfortunately reigns supreme: its screen-sharing is somehow absolutely fantastic and near-flawless.

I recently learned that Matrix has screen-sharing through this Discord age-verification article, which may be enough to finally make the push for my friends to consider Matrix; how is it in comparison? Does anyone here very frequently use it?

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[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Old post, but in case you havent tried it yet this is a web test version of element-call. Its the same software stack that is now being used by element-desktop and element-x. Its quite new so most larger servers support it already but not all. Screen sharing works very well, ~~but only one person at a time.~~ Nvm you can have multiple screenshares active now and switch between them.

[–] ryandenotter@programming.dev 5 points 1 week ago

I have recently set up my own Matrix server. I have played around with the screen sharing, and it appears to work quite well. Very high quality.

This may be because my server is very small and few people were using it. I haven't played around with it on larger servers.