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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.

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[-] SolOrion@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

Just checking the obvious- you're streaming a window, right, and not a screen? Discord streams only have audio if you pick a single window to share, afaik.

[-] jet@hackertalks.com 8 points 1 year ago
[-] gc_@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm not talking about youtube videos. I mean videos either on my pc or platforms in megathread like 123movies. I tried both with Jitsi. Video is shared but audio is not for some reason

Edit : By sharing I mean screen sharing. 123movies didn't work with the link option

[-] jet@hackertalks.com 2 points 1 year ago

Curious. I'm able to share audio and video with jit si.

[-] gc_@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

What was your video source?

[-] jet@hackertalks.com 1 points 1 year ago

Linux vlc jitsi on Firefox

[-] vd1n@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

So it's a Firefox extension of VLC that plays video?

[-] gc_@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

yeah i need to know that as well

[-] moreeni@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

[-] Spacellary@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I suppose also opening the video file in the browser works for that?

[-] moreeni@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Yep, it's just a synchronised browser session anything you can open on the clearnet works

[-] vd1n@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

So opening a video file from your PC within the browser would not work?

[-] moreeni@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

No, but you can upload the file to some external storage and open it instead, as the previous commenter suggested

[-] gc_@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

this works pretty great, thanks

[-] Fylkir@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 year ago

Might be a bit heavy, but assuming you have a good upload/GPU: Jellyfin.

[-] gentoo_biscuit@thelemmy.club 3 points 1 year ago

It even has a group watch button. Never tried it though

[-] ollie@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Jellyfin's sync play is not stable at all in my experience. very much not recommended for non technical people.

[-] FullOfBallooons@leminal.space 6 points 1 year ago

I haven't tried it on Linux, but a while back I was streaming stuff for my friends on Kosmi. It worked pretty well.

[-] vd1n@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Could I stream my personal home files? Or does it have to be something on the www?

Yeah... I used www in a question like it's 1993.

[-] FullOfBallooons@leminal.space 1 points 1 year ago

You can either share your screen/window or upload a file. There's probably a filesize limit, but I'm not sure what it is. I was using it to upload episodes of GameCenter CX to stream and I didn't have any issues, but those episodes aren't super huge. YMMV if you're trying to upload a bluray rip or something.

[-] Lupus108@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

Vlc Player was invented for this...

[-] wolfshadowheart@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago

VLC was invented to screen share video from a host computer to a group call? TIL

[-] Lupus108@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] wolfshadowheart@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Ahh makes sense I see. It may serve the same purpose just with a little more overhead

[-] Lupus108@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

That's an interesting idea and since vlc is even able to play files that are still downloading I guess it could also stream a screen grab file that is just temporary?

[-] gc_@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

You understood right, I need it for watch party. Can I use it for streaming over the internet or only my local wifi?

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[-] aperson@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Vlc should be able to screen share as well.

[-] gc_@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

How do I do it? Could you share some tips/guide?

[-] Lupus108@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago

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

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[-] SuperNovaCouchGuy2@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

upload your video to vimeo

go to live.hexbear.net

click on the "Pure Kino" channel

add the vimeo link to the play queue

call your friends

[-] stu@lemmy.pit.ninja 3 points 1 year ago

I was able to get video streaming with audio working on Discord using pipewire, but it was a massive pain in the ass and somewhat unreliable. I don't have a lot of experience with Jitsi, but I trust others' recommendation there

[-] gc_@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

yeah that's one of the reasons I'm looking for alternatives. It's almost always too difficult to set up for discord, or straight poor quality or unreliable.

[-] DetachablePianist@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

No one has mentioned OBS? If I understood OP's need correctly that seems like the obvious choice to me.

[-] 7Sea_Sailor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago

In theory yes. But with obs you need a streaming server, and what server are you gonna use for pirated content?

[-] gc_@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

What platform should I use with OBS to stream?

[-] vd1n@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[-] YEP@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

I'm pretty sure you can plug obs input into things like teams or zoom. But I doubt the quality is worth a shit.

[-] ssboomman@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] vd1n@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I'm looking for the same solution but to stream a game screen.

I got obs to work with Jitsi but it's low quality.

[-] _hovi_@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

For streaming a game to a friend so we could connect via LAN I've used sunshine on the "server" and moonlight for the "client"

[-] XpeeN@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago
[-] gc_@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

element has screen sharing/watch party options?

[-] XpeeN@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago
[-] gc_@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

How? Is it via jitsi plugin?

[-] XpeeN@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Ahh I can't really recall. Sry

[-] guts@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Telegram is really popular too for streaming.

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