Re: Google Chrome can share but Chromium cannot share screen
On Sun, 2022-09-11 at 10:26 +0200, Corentin Bardet wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Le 2022-09-11 07:39, Pankaj Jangid a écrit :
> > For a few work related meetings, I have to use Google Meet. But the
> > screensharing doesn't work in the Chromium installed from stable APT
> > repository. Clicking on the share-screen icon and then selecting any of
> > the three options - Tab, Windows, Entire Screen - shows this error
> > message,
> >
> > "Your browser can't share your screen"
> >
> > But if I install and use Google Chrome, then the screen sharing works
> > in
> > Google Meet.
>
> That doesn't surprise me much.
>
> Google removed the majority of its APIs from Chromium :
> [here](
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromium_(web_browser)#Differences_from_Google_Chrom
> e)
> and
> [here](https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/01/chromium-sync-google-api-removed)
>
> Maybe screen sharing was a Google thing. Especially screen sharing to
> Google Meet.
>
> I think you have no other option than using Google Chrome for your
> meetings.
O r u s e J i t s i !
SteveT
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