Observed behaviour
When trying to screen share for people to watch, there is an error: Screen share could not be published with a compatible video codec, so it was stopped
Happens on both Windows and Linux desktop apps, screen sharing works in Web App. Attaching the screenshot of an error
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Reproduction steps
- Start sharing screen
- User tries to join screen share
- It does not work and attached error appears
Build information
Canary Desktop 2026.913.210037, Web 2026.916.143514, Windows 11 10.0.26200 (x64), Electron 44.1.1, Chrome 152.0.7977.65, Node 24.19.0, Locale en-US
Platform
Self-hosting