The de facto chat client used by gamers, often at the expense of platform-provided solutions, so I hope mods let this fly. Screen sharing of a game window is something that Discord figured out before anyone else, and it still might be the only one in town that works well for that use case. I’m about to start doing more research to see if any other programs can be subbed in, because this sucks. Wario64 facetiously linked a story about Discord getting hacked and revealing government IDs right underneath this story on Bluesky.
Go on their support forums and bitch about it. It’s the least we can do. Obviously, I plan on deleting the app and retiring my account the moment it asks me for a picture. Not interested in playing the game and trying to trick it or something silly.
gccalvin@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
TeamSpeak has screen sharing, but it’s currently only p2p. Server-side screen sharing is still in development.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
How does it handle game windows? Presumably TeamSpeak cares more about such a use case, but I have to ask. How well does P2P screen sharing work for a group of about 10 people?
gccalvin@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Because it’s client-side, it just depends. The specs of the computer sharing and available internet bandwidth will be a factor. In my experience it’s pretty reliable for non-video content, YT videos vary but are mostly fine. With games it depends on the video bit rate of the game. Minecraft would probably be fine, but Battlefield 6 may struggle. You only need the TeamSpeak 6 client to hop in a group call and try it out (an account is required as it’s in beta). If you do configure a TeamSpeak 6 server, you can screen share within the voice chat channel. Though I understand it probably isn’t easy to persuade your friends to try a new program. If you run into any issues, the support forum is very active.
UnGlasierteGurke@feddit.org 7 hours ago
screen sharing is only a teamspeak 6 feature, right?
gccalvin@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Correct, TeamSpeak 6, which is still in beta so it requires an account.