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

  • Skull giver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl
    71·
    3 months 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.