Can BBB be configured to enable multiple people to screenshare simultaneously?

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Robert Best

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Feb 8, 2022, 11:22:12 AM2/8/22
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Title contains my question / possible feature request:

Can BBB be configured to enable multiple people to screenshare simultaneously?

I have come to like this feature in other video conferencing tools like zoom and gather.town, that is the ability for multiple participants to share their screens simultaneously and for the others participants to be able to switch back and forth between who's screen they are looking at.

Unless I'm mistaken, this isn't possible in BBB currently because only the presenter can share screen, and only one person can be the presenter at a time, and that role needs to be passed back and forth?

Paulo Lanzarin

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Feb 8, 2022, 12:21:49 PM2/8/22
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Yeah. It isn't possible. You've read it correctly in:


Unless I'm mistaken, this isn't possible in BBB currently because only the presenter can share screen, and only one person can be the presenter at a time, and that role needs to be passed back and forth?

There's an open enhancement request about that in github but no short-term plans for it AFAIK.

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Robert Best

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Feb 16, 2022, 12:45:47 AM2/16/22
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Thank you. Found the open issue here

陈超

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Feb 16, 2022, 2:16:51 AM2/16/22
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Use a virtual camera software and use the desktop share as a video source ?

Olga Krutova

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Mar 16, 2022, 3:48:48 AM3/16/22
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Hi,

Our company made castom solution for university. We've made option so it possible for teacher to see all sharing srceens and webcams from students with option to switch off.
Our company has a lot of experience in BBB customisation. If you interest in collaboration, please write to me.

Best regards,
Olga Krutova



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