Bug 416573 - Alternative for gnome-network-displays (Miracast)
Summary: Alternative for gnome-network-displays (Miracast)
Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: generic-multiscreen (show other bugs)
Version: 5.20.3
Platform: Arch Linux Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Aleix Pol
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Reported: 2020-01-22 12:26 UTC by Petr Bartos
Modified: 2020-11-11 20:05 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Description Petr Bartos 2020-01-22 12:26:18 UTC
Hi,
it would be great if Plasma had native support for remote screen casting, an alternative to what is provided by https://github.com/benzea/gnome-network-displays .
Comment 1 David Edmundson 2020-01-22 12:36:32 UTC
This isn't a bug. Closing.

>The application will stream the selected monitor if the mutter screencast portal is available. If it is unavailable, a fallback to X11 based frame grabbing will happen. As such, it should work fine in almost all setups.

This should work on plasma too. We have the same portal API and X11 is the same.
Comment 2 Petr Bartos 2020-01-22 13:20:39 UTC
I know it is not a bug, therefore i have chosen "wishlist" as severity. Or what is please proper chanel for proposing new functionalities?

And yes, it is working. And i must admit that i thought that it is working only because i am still using X11, and thought it will stop working on wayland (since there is mentioned mutter). Now i know it is not the case and it should work also in wayland/kwin.

However it still seems to me somehow odd to rely with something that might be considered as one of "core" functionalities of desktop on application built for another desktop :o)
Comment 3 David Edmundson 2020-01-22 14:56:11 UTC
>I know it is not a bug, therefore i have chosen "wishlist" as severity. 

We have that for minor tweaks to existing stuff.

Realistically creating a whole new project (easily months of work) isn't something that'll happen from reading a suggestion.

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Glad it works, if the wayland side doesn't work, please do open a ticket and I'm happy to look at that.

>functionalities of desktop on application built for another desktop 

Maybe, but it's also odd to completely duplicate something. 
Does the gnome-ness cause any problems? 

(fwiw, I'm meeting Ben who created that project next week so I can pass anything along)