Re: Wayland screen capture

[Antonio Ospite <ao2 ao2 it>]

On Thu, 03 May 2018 22:00:06 +0100
David Woodhouse <dwmw2 infradead org> wrote:

[...]
> It would be really useful if there was a library somewhere, with
> a simple function to call for "prompt the user and then give me
> a GStreamer src element", which worked on all platforms.
>
> That's essentially what I've provided in the Pidgin code. Except
> someone more competent would ideally have written it.
>
> Is there somewhere that functionality should live?

Maybe an autoscreencapsrc GStreamer element which can select the
screen capture element/mechanism automatically (ximagesrc,
gdiscreencapsrc, a possible portalsrc), along the lines of autovideosrc.

Ciao,
   Antonio

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