Cannot share screen in Google hangouts

[tschf]

Did you search for similar issues before submitting this one?

Yes

Describe the issue you encountered:

If I try and share my screen in a Google hangout, I can not. When I click "Share Screen" nothing happens (aside from the context menu disappearing).

Expected behavior:

Dialog to present, allowing me to nominate which part of my screen to share.

• Platform (Win7, 8, 10? macOS? Linux distro?):

Linux, Ubuntu 16.04, x64

• Brave Version:

Brave: 0.11.5

• Steps to reproduce:
  1. Go to https://hangouts.google.com/
  2. Select video call (new window pops up)
  3. Click the 3 cogs in top right and select Share Screen
  4. Nothing happens
• Screenshot if needed:

Dialog that appears in other browsers (Chrome), but not in Brave.

No errors on the console either.

• Any related issues:

[bbondy]

/cc @bridiver

[bridiver]

this is likely another case of google thinking that we're chrome and looking for something chrome-specific. I'll take a look

[alexwykoff]

+1 from everyone in the company ;)

[srirambv]

+1 from community
https://community.brave.com/t/google-hangouts-screenshare-not-working/1031

[iamhenry]

+1 Would really appreciate if this was fixed. I use GH for all my company meeting and I have to switch to Chrome just for this task multiple times a day to share what I'm working on.

[eljuno]

+1 from community https://community.brave.com/t/google-hangouts-screenshare/14176?u=eljuno

[gerbsen]

the problem still exists

[aweis89]

+1

[grallc]

+1

[julpro]

+1

[centiqchris]

+1

[jolbax]

+1

[lformiga]

+1

[vidishpurohit]

+1

[bsclifton]

Looks like this also doesn't work in Brave Core
cc: @bbondy

[annienar]

This is still happening, anyone knows a way to make it work?

[nextlovell]

Still an issue. Here's where it breaks for me: in Google Meet / Hangout video chat, click 'Present Now', select either 'Your entire screen' or 'A window', and nothing happens. Expected: 'Your entire screen' starts screen sharing and 'A window' opens a modal to select which window to share. Trying to join the meeting by clicking 'Present to meeting' also does not work.

Shield settings: I get the same behavior with shields up or down. With shields up, I have tried toggling ad control, cookie control, and block scripts (nothing on the page works with scripts blocked).

With shields down, I sometimes get an error message "sorry, an error has occurred while screensharing." This seems to appear not the first try but on subsequent tries to share my screen.

Impact: this is my one daily activity where I have to switch out of Brave. It embarrassed me more than once in front of customers and colleagues before I gave up on using Google Meet screensharing with Brave. I now take all my remote meetings with another browser because I might have to share my screen and cannot with Brave.

[nextlovell]

any update @zentagonist @luixxiul @bsclifton @bridiver @lukemulks ?

[bsclifton]

@annienar @nextlovell can you please try the newer version of Brave? You'll have to import your data, but it should fix a lot of issues. This issue may be fixed there
https://brave.com/download-beta

[bsclifton]

Closing issue since we're moving to the new brave-core code-base. Please let me know if this functionality doesn't work in brave-core and I'll open an issue to track it there 😄

[tschf]

My read of the above comments is that it should work in the beta. I just tested this on a fresh install on Ubuntu and experiencing slightly different behaviour than OP. When I click Share Screen, I just get no option to select which window/display to share.

Version 0.55.13 Chromium: 70.0.3538.54 (Official Build) beta (64-bit)

[aleksod]

My read of the above comments is that it should work in the beta. I just tested this on a fresh install on Ubuntu and experiencing slightly different behaviour than OP. When I click Share Screen, I just get no option to select which window/display to share.

Version 0.55.13 Chromium: 70.0.3538.54 (Official Build) beta (64-bit)

Same here. Version 0.55.20 Chromium: 70.0.3538.67 (Official Build) (64-bit)

[csalvato]

The Beta download does not fix it. Still get an error.

[bsclifton]

@csalvato (and anyone else reading this) can you please subscribe to brave/brave-browser#1982? That issue is tracking this problem (this issue was for tracking in the OLD version of Brave)

Thanks!