cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/DiscordAlternatives/p/1782665/searching-for-discord-alternative-with-multi-screenshare-feature
When gaming with friends, many times we'll share our screens simultaneously so we can help keep track of group members if we get split up.
Are there any discord alternatives with this feature?
Bonus points if it allows you to also toggle on/off the audio from the share separately from their microphone.
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Zyratoxx@piefed.blahaj.zone · 44 pts · 173d
Commet is matrix based, can do screenshare (and whether by bug or feature you can atm share multiple screens using one account), looks similar to Discord and doesn't lock any features behind a premium subscription.
(tip: change "join voice" permission from "moderator" level to "user" level or make your friends at least moderators in your voice room)
QuadratureSurfer@piefed.social · 8 pts · 173d
Another comment on here was mentioning that Matrix can only allow one user to share their screen at a time.
With Commet, can multiple users share screens simultaneously, or can only one user share multiple screens simultaneously?
Zyratoxx@piefed.blahaj.zone · 19 pts · 173d
for me both worked
this is me sharing screens until my PC froze xD
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club · 10 pts · 173d
You force users to keep NSFW & Memes separate??
Zyratoxx@piefed.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 173d
sue me xD
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club · 7 pts · 173d
I'm contacting my memelord solicitor as we speak!
Zyratoxx@piefed.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 172d
my door peephole pov:
ohshit604@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 171d
Chances are they’re running into the issue with Element not displaying the arrows to switch between streams.
It is possible for everyone to screen sharing simultaneously however, the bug I mentioned above can make people believe it’s not possible.
Edit: Appears nobody made a bug report for it on GitHub, weird because this issue has occurred for months. #32559 for folks who are invested in this issue.
emrsmsrli@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 172d
looks like a nice alternative to element, i'll try it out once it gets encrypted call room support. thanks!
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 164d
Commet has awful audio settings. There's like none. Can't even mute other players, no noise cancelling eithee. I want to like it but those are huge dealbreakers.
artyom@piefed.social · 22 pts · 173d
https://fluxer.app/
As you can imagine, they're having some server issues right now, but it looks promising.
paequ2@lemmy.today · 12 pts · 173d
They're interesting. They're ahead on some features compared to Stoat, like screen sharing. There's no Fluxer Android app at the moment though. There is a Stoat Android app.
The Fluxer server seems snappier than the Stoat server, at least for now.
Federation would be huge if Fluxer ever gets to that.
There's also no community search on Fluxer right now. In Stoat, I can browse communities. There's an Arch Linux server on Stoat!
paequ2@lemmy.today · 9 pts · 172d
This part of Fluxer makes me a little nervous...
So Fluxer will be AGPLv3 until the creator wants to turn up the money faucet? Then, thanks to the CLA, they'll rugpull and change the license, like everyone else?
artyom@piefed.social · 4 pts · 173d
When the HQ isn't down, you can browse communities there.
paequ2@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 173d
Ah, ok! Thanks!
ElectroLisa@piefed.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 173d
I'm surprised how close the UI is to Discord.
Haven't had the opportunity to try it's features, but it seems like a promising alternative!
EDIT: I've done a VoIP call and to say it's buggy would be an understatement. It is definitely a work in progress, but still looks promising
recklessengagement@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 173d
TeamSpeak does all this, and arguably better at it than discord.
Downside is the text chat sucks. But if all you want is the voice/video, it's great.
JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl · 7 pts · 173d
How can text chat suck? It's like one of the most simple things to do and has been done since the 1990's lol
Grail@multiverse.soulism.net · 14 pts · 173d
Not even Matrix has figured out text chat that works as well as Discord's. A Discord server has a sense of place to it. Matrix channels change position based on the most recent message, which damages the ability to create a sense of place.
Cyberspark@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 173d
An easy ui fix, but misses that they separate the concept of spaces and channels entirely. You can essentially join a server's text channel without being a member of their server depending on permissions. The UI has ended up created from a user POV rather than being server-based because of this perspective. That being the case I doubt it will change.
Stopping them moving would still be better though
Grail@multiverse.soulism.net · 1 pts · 172d
And that's why I can't use Matrix for what I use Discord for. I run several Discord servers including one that I literally used magic to guide My hand in creating the channel layout, and people in the server can feel the magic in the !air. Which is appropriate, because it's an occult server. Such magic would never be possible on Matrix.
So when people say Matrix works as a Discord replacement, I disagree. Members of My coven have felt a pit of nausea in their stomach when they try to engage with Matrix the same way.
Cyberspark@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 172d
That's fair, but I think looking for a one-size fits-all-purposes is guaranteed to fail. Your replacement can be different to mine and that doesn't make either a bad thing, just represents the various different needs that discord filled.
cheesemoo@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 172d
I don't see anything on the teamspeak website about video calls or screen sharing... Do they have but fail to advertise that functionality? Or am I just missing where they mention it?
recklessengagement@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 172d
Weird, yeah, looks like they don't mention it outside of the community forums. They do though, was just using it last night.
You need TeamSpeak6, aka the "beta" build.
Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 173d
I have been looking into self hosting a Matrix server. Call and stream quality seemed pretty good, however there can only be one person screen sharing at a time. So yeah, unfortunately Matrix won't work as a discord alternative unless they get an update to allow for multiple people to screen share.
I remember there was a Discord competitor called Revolt that recently changed their name to Stoat. Haven't heard much in particular about it, but does any one have any thoughts on Stoat?
Edit: you can view multiple screen shares at once if you use Commet
paequ2@lemmy.today · 10 pts · 173d
I just checked, it seems like Stoat doesn't have screen sharing yet. Also no video yet. Both say "Coming soon!"
They have text and voice channels available today though.
It's pretty much a Discord clone. The UI is very similar. Which is good!
However, right now the biggest hurdle I have is the slow server performance. They're understaffed and underfunded, the main instance is slow. Maybe it would run great if you self hosted it.
I recently learned about fluxer.app, which is another clone.
I just checked and screen sharing seems to be working with them. fluxer.app also has voice and text channels.
Interestingly, fluxer.app says federation is on the road map... But, realistically who knows when that could be. Fluxer also said they're purposely not working on federation now because they have a million other things to work on, which is totally fair.
fluxer.app wants you to pay them starting now. They sell Plutonium, which is like Nitro. Which. Also seems kinda fair. Devs need to eat.
sxt@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 173d
Stoats backend does support voice and video it's just not quite enabled in the frontend yet. I got it all working by following the info here https://github.com/javif89/stoat-selfhost
Holytimes@sh.itjust.works · -2 pts · 172d
An app that doesn't have a sub is an app that you are the product. I'm so fucking tired of subs being framed negatively or as if they need a justification.
If a service or product is free then YOU are the fucking product. That's how we got to this shitty point in the first place.
There is fucking no such thing as a free lunch.
zarkanian@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 171d
How much are you paying to use Lemmy?
shice@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 173d
I've been trying Stoat for the past few days with friends. It's really promising and feels a lot like discord. Haven't had any complaints or issues with the windows app. And once it's set up calls and servers are pretty easy to get set up. Their android app is pretty buggy though currently, it is advertised as in beta so hopefully that'll be fixed in the future. We don't screenshare so I haven't looked into it but I've heard it doesn't support it
gratux@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 173d
I believe Element can do multi-screensharing with MatrixRTC, but you can only view one stream at a time. You can easily switch between active streams though.
Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 173d
How do we switch between streams? My friend group hasn't figured this out. It looks like there's a little line to click but it does nothing.
gratux@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 173d
I think there were some small < > arrows on the sides of the stream
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 172d
Tbf, that's no different from Discord from what I've seen
not_so_handsome_jack@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 173d
I would love to try it, but I can't seem to get a verification email to test it out.
shice@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 173d
Mine took 8hrs before I finally got it
Zyratoxx@piefed.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 173d
What matrix client did you use?
Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 173d
Element on PC. For mobile Element Classic only supports text chats, and Element X is the experimental app for testing voice and video calls. The PC program and Classic work fine, didn't test X
Zyratoxx@piefed.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 173d
I tried Commet a few days ago, not only does it look more Discord like but it allows multiple screenshares (even one user can share so many screens until their PC freezes - as shown in the picture). (The client is alpha but most of the time it worked for me)
Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 173d
I am definitely gonna have to try Commet. Thanks for the heads up!