In this article, we are going to examine the way to use the Screen Capture API and its getDisplayMedia() technique to capture half or all of a screensharing throughout a WebRTC conference session.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Screen Sharing</title>
</head>
<body>
<div style="width:80%;background: grey;margin: auto;">
<video id="video" autoplay playsinline muted></video>
</div>
<div style="width:80%;margin: auto;padding-top:10px ;">
<button id="start"> Start Screen Sharing</button>
<button id="stop"> Stop</button>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
const videoElem = document.getElementById("video");
const startElem = document.getElementById("start");
const stopElem = document.getElementById("stop");
// Options for getDisplayMedia()
var displayMediaOptions = {
video: {
cursor: "always",
height:1000,
width:1200
},
audio: false
};
// Set event listeners for the start and stop buttons
startElem.addEventListener("click", function(evt) {
startCapture();
}, false);
stopElem.addEventListener("click", function(evt) {
stopCapture();
}, false);
async function startCapture() {
try {
videoElem.srcObject = await navigator.mediaDevices.getDisplayMedia(displayMediaOptions);
dumpOptionsInfo();
} catch(err) {
console.error("Error: " + err);
}
}
function stopCapture(evt) {
let tracks = videoElem.srcObject.getTracks();
tracks.forEach(track => track.stop());
videoElem.srcObject = null;
}
function dumpOptionsInfo() {
const videoTrack = videoElem.srcObject.getVideoTracks()[0];
console.info("Track settings:");
console.info(JSON.stringify(videoTrack.getSettings(), null, 2));
console.info("Track constraints:");
console.info(JSON.stringify(videoTrack.getConstraints(), null, 2));
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
Code in action:
I want to share a particular area of my screen,,
It’s possible,,
It’s possible to capture a particular area of my screen???