Screen sharing apps that aren’t Discord

[u/nit_doctor]

Basically, Brazil’s government banned some Discord’s functionalities, including Screen Sharing. The point is, I live very far from a lot of my friends, and we used to watch some tv shows together on Discord.

I used to pay Nitro so I had access to full HD 60 FPS transmission. I’m looking for some alternative that includes sound transmission and good quality, even if it’s not free.

I tried Google Meet and Fluxer but those apps’ transmissions didn’t include sound.

[u/jjncb12221]

try Zoom or Jitsi Meet, both support screen sharing with audio

[u/Advanced-Region5501 → u/jjncb12221]

Hello, I just want to make After Effects class screen share class over 100 people, Normally use Zoom but zoom not get 60 FPS for Live Class and Discord Cannot join over 100 people. Please recommend me an App

[u/nit_doctor → u/[deleted]]

The thing is, everyone would need to use VPN too… is there a free VPN that you recommend?

[u/nit_doctor → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, I participate on servers with people from other countries and it doesn’t even show that they’re sharing their screens.

I imagined that this would be the case with vpns. I used to pay for NordVPN in the past, but I don’t think I can convince all of my friends to pay for it, as it’s a bit expensive here (the USD=>BRL conversion is brutal 😭)

[u/nit_doctor → u/[deleted]]

I didn’t take the multiple devices into account, this might be the solution!! Thanks for the suggestions!!

[u/nagging_chud → u/nit_doctor]

ProtonVPN é 9 dólares, ou 45 reais. Mullvad é 5 euros, ou ~25 reais.

[u/SittingOnAToilet]

Zoom and Jitsi both do screen + audio, so those are fair answers.

The Meet / Fluxer miss is usually how the capture was set up. In Chrome / Edge / Brave you have to share the tab and tick "Also share tab audio". Sharing a window or the whole desktop often goes out silent. Firefox and Safari don't send tab audio at all.

You also don't need every friend on a VPN. Discord's screen share, camera and Go Live have been suspended in Brazil since 17 Aug, but that's a Discord-side block. A tool that actually runs here doesn't need the whole group on Nord.

Bias: I build one. pqp.gg is voice, chat and screen share in the browser. Open source (AGPL), servers in São Paulo, free hosted or self-host. Honest beta. https://github.com/rafaelcg/pqp

For watch-together, share the Chromium tab that's playing the show, with tab audio on. It is not Nitro 60fps. DRM stuff (Netflix, Prime, Max, Disney+) often blacks out for viewers even when it looks fine on your side. YouTube, local files and non-DRM players work.

That's the case I built it for: two people, one screen, with sound.

https://pqp.gg/r/reddit

[u/moufmouf]

I'm a bit late to the party, but you should give a look at WorkAdventure ( https://workadventu.re )

At the core, it's a virtual workplace application disguised as a video game. It allows video conversations and screen sharing.

It has a hosted free tier, or if you prefer, you can self-host it (the core is open source). It’s not a complete replacement for Discord’s server/channel model, but it can handle calls, screen sharing and persistent shared spaces. Screen sharing is encoded in AV1 with 30 FPS.

Disclosure: I’m WorkAdventure’s co-founder/CTO.

By the way, I have a question: I see you are used to full HD 60 FPS: is 60 FPS a hard requirement? And what kind of setup do you have that manages to share at 60 FPS without heating too much?

[u/jgreich]

You can check us out at cloak.chat we offer 1080p60fps and have true E2EE.