I want to stream videos with audio on my pc to my friends. I’m on linux, and video streaming is broken on discord (no audio of the source gets shared). Looping audio through mic (Soundux) results in poor audio quality, while discord-screenaudio just provides stuttery video. Any suggestions what to do?
I use a laptop with R4600H chip and 1650Ti.
Vlc Player was invented for this…
Oh I haven’t used that function in years but there’s a lot of helpful guides on it out there like this one. It’s a little “complicated” for modern days but it works pretty reliable.
Funny enough streaming videos is vlcs “Main” function - VideoLanClient
VLC was invented to screen share video from a host computer to a group call? TIL
No, it was invented to stream video files, I don’t think it’s able screen share, but you can use it easily for watch parties. Thats how I understood OPs question.
You understood right, I need it for watch party. Can I use it for streaming over the internet or only my local wifi?
Ahh makes sense I see. It may serve the same purpose just with a little more overhead
No one has mentioned OBS? If I understood OP’s need correctly that seems like the obvious choice to me.
Not op. But…
On Linux I set up OBS to capture my game window and from obs you are able to set the captured screen as a webcam stream.
On Linux I had to install some stuff to get a restream of the audio. It looped the game audio into a virtual mic.
So…
I Jitsi I just set my mic and video to the appropriate obs-made virtual cam and mic.
My upload maxes at 10mb/s
So I didn’t have the best luck with Jitsi. Definitely not full screen quality.
But OBS might come in handy if you find another way to stream.
OBS I believe is available for windows, Linux, and Mac.
When I try to have movie nights with friends I’ll jus take the file, open it with chrome; and share my chrome screen on discord. For some reason that works for me.
Surprised people didn’t mention Hyperbeam (former Tutturu) https://watch.hyperbeam.com/ You can’t upload your own stuff but you can just go to a streaming site and open any show you want
Yep, it’s just a synchronised browser session anything you can open on the clearnet works
Might be a bit heavy, but assuming you have a good upload/GPU: Jellyfin.
