WebRTC Screen sharing

Capturing a screen, window, or tab with getDisplayMedia and sending it over WebRTC.

Screen sharing covers capturing a screen, window, or tab with getDisplayMedia and sending it like any other video track, under the user's control over what gets shared. Start with the overview for the high-level picture.

Overview

Screen sharing overview

Start here: the high-level picture of WebRTC screen sharing.

Deep dive

Screen Capture

Sharing Audio

Lifecycle

Camera + Screen

See it run

Screen Routing

Reference

Screen sharing API reference

1 WebRTC API symbol, each on its own page.

Cross-cutting

Security

Mandatory encryption and authentication, in every topic.

Debugging

Reading connection health with the Stats API.