The ext-image-capture-source-v1 and ext-image-copy-capture-v1 screen copy protocols build upon wlroots’ wlr-screencopy-unstable-v1 with various improvements for better screen capture support under Wayland. These new protocols should allow for better performance and window capturing support for use-cases around RDP/VNC remote desktop, screen sharing, and more.

Merge Request: Create ext-image-capture-source-v1 and ext-image-copy-capture-v1

  • gbin
    41·
    30 days ago

    It is kind of shooting at the ambulance, zoom needs to also adapt to the new API. The alternative is a completely non functional Wayland for videoconferencing for years… Unusable stable is not better than unstable usable IMHO at least you have a shot at fixing it for the second option.

    • Skull giver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl
      71·
      30 days ago

      Yes, of course. But jumping on early with an incomplete API isn’t just something Zoom does. Plenty of applications are broken because they don’t receive complete API rewrites every few years.

      Plus, it’s not like desktop Linux didn’t already ship a screen casting API. If developers wanted an unfinished/unstable API, they could’ve just implemented Gnome’s DBUS based API, that’s been around for years. No need to use something wlroots specific. Plus, the Gnome API also works on X11.