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Screensharing games on windows using opengl exclusive fullscreen causes the stream to freeze

(#2886) Bug Open: Fix pending desktop video
by Theighlin

Reproduction steps

  1. Open the game (Either Minecraft Java edition or osu!lazer works)
  2. Set video settings as in attachments 1 and 2
  3. Restart the game
  4. Stream the Display the game is on

Observed behaviour

Streaming is smooth only when the game isn't focused, as soon as the game is focused, the screenshare freezes, audio can still be heard.

Build information

Canary Desktop 2026.528.23728, Web 2026.528.195219, Windows 11 10.0.26200 (x64), Electron 41.2.2, Chrome 146.0.7680.188, Node 24.14.1, Locale en-GB

Platform

Windows

Evidence

https://fluxerusercontent.com/attachments/1509614617955930112/1509680385036918787/image.png https://fluxerusercontent.com/attachments/1509614617955930112/1509680385036918788/image.png

Details

Expected behaviour Stream works normally
  1. Rex changed the status from Needs triage to Confirmed
  2. Rex changed the status from Confirmed to Fix pending

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