Documentation/notes for screensharing

[dagbdagb]

Describe the issue

I had issues sharing my screen, got some help and handholding.

Notes

• must have xdg-desktop-portal-wlr installed
• should have /usr/share/xdg-desktop-portal/wayfire-portals.conf or ~/.config/xdg-desktop-portal/wayfire-portals.conf

[preferred]
default=wlr;*
org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Inhibit=none

May have other content...

• must have env variables:

XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=wayfire
XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland

• must have ~/.config/xdg-desktop-portal-wlr/config

[screencast]
output_name=DP-3   <- modify as needed, value may not be hugely important(?)
max_fps=30
chooser_cmd=slurp -f ’Monitor: %o’ -or

• May use wlr-randr to figure out output names.

• must have pipewire enabled

systemctl enable --now --user pipewire

• must(?) autostart xdg-desktop-portal-wlr with wayfire:

[autostart]
0_0 = (XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=wayfire systemctl --user import-environment)
autostart_wf_shell = false
idle = swayidle before-sleep swaylock
notifications = mako
outputs = kanshi
portal = /usr/libexec/xdg-desktop-portal-wlr

[dagbdagb]

It is highly unlikely I have covered every angle/aspect here. Modify and adapt as needed.

[trigg]

Apologies I didn't see this sooner!

Worth pointing out I'm developing a stream-chooser gui in wf-shell. At this time, in Wayfire, it shows a GUI to allow user to select which output to stream. It has the capability to select individual windows to stream too, but that's only working in sway-git and xdpw-git.

WayfireWM/wf-shell#396

With all your steps above, you'd only have to remove ~/.config/xdg-desktop-portal-wlr/config and clone, build & install this PR to be able to use it.

[dagbdagb]

No apologies needed. I just wanted to dump what I learned while it was still fresh, in a place where someone could have a chance of finding it.

And, I absolutely recognize that wf-shell brings value to those who want/need that. But personally, I enjoy my wayfire 'on the rocks'. 😄

[trigg]

To each their own!

Glad you found something that works how you want 😄

[dagbdagb]

This may fit better in the wiki, I guess.