Re:Ask HN: Why does Zoom Desktop examine all processes and a...
by account42 on Thursday August 19, 2021 @05:01AM
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> which can be used with gstreamer to get a live video stream of the deskop, in a way far superior to x11 framegrab
I don't think I'd agree that having to go through dbus and pipewire just to get the contents of the screen or a window is far superior to requesting that data from the display server. It certainly adds a lot of complexity with subpar documentation spread across multiple projects. Does this provide you a compressed stream or can you get the raw pixels that are displayed?
I don't think I'd agree that having to go through dbus and pipewire just to get the contents of the screen or a window is far superior to requesting that data from the display server. It certainly adds a lot of complexity with subpar documentation spread across multiple projects. Does this provide you a compressed stream or can you get the raw pixels that are displayed?