Hello guys! sometimes I watch movies with friends over jitsi meet, and in order to share just a single window with just its own audio I use chromium, that has the “share tab” option. However, I’d like a more general solution (I cannot play mkv files on browser, for example). I’d like a compact way that creates a virtual device sharing the window (even if the window gets minimized or hidden behind other windows!) and its audio, without the audio of all other windows (I don’t want my notification sounds to be shared too). a quick online search gave me only “complex” answers, that I’ll try only if a more convenient way is not available.
[I’m running EndeavourOS KDE Wayland]
Thank to everyone in advance!
I’ve never done this myself but if you want to keep it simple and be able to play all video formats, why not just stream from VLC?
I’m happy to be corrected on this, but it seems the simplest solution to a potentially complex problem. Everybody uses VLC, right?
Uhm this could be a good workaround, I’ll look into it, thanks! It would solve the movies problem, but not any other screen sharing problem
Thank you!
This is your best option. I did do movie nights with friends during the pandemic in a similar way, but I used OBS Studio to create the stream and Monaserver to stream it to all users. I did not know VLC can handle the streaming to users directly, making this dead simple to setup without additional software. You just need to know how to configure your router to allow the needed port forwarding.
You use Jitsi meet, their free service, to watch movies???
You can use OBS to do that, it looks like a lot but it is the best tool for that. Dont know if it has some ffplay/MPV plugin to internally play videos but I think so
gave me only “complex” answers
It is a complex question, even if you try so hard to deny that :-)
One sender only? Or how many possible senders?
How many Receivers?
Do they need to talk back or send back anything?
How far away are they (in terms of network)?
My assumption:
- Hell be the host, hell control the stream and no one else. So one sender with no internal communication (coz they might have discord or something setup for their conversations)
- according to google, the average no of friends is 5. So may be around 5 receivers
Jellyfin has a watch-together function but to set all that up will probably be even more complex than the “complex” options …
A bit less simple, but for a great solution, you could host a jellyfin server and give each friend their own user account in order to then use the syncplay feature.
I already have a jellyfin instance, but syncplay didn’t works very reliably for me, some users experienced freezing, jumps and other problems
Thanks for the suggestion anyway!
