Share a Screen

Screen sharing in StreamYard allows both hosts and guests to share their screens during a live stream or recording. This feature is useful for presenting a slideshow or show a website.
You can share images, PowerPoint, Keynotes, PDFs, and more. 

Screen sharing works best when you have two monitors. With two monitors, it's easy to click from slide to slide while you’re still controlling the live stream or recording on the other monitor.

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Please note that Screen sharing is not supported on mobile devices (tablets, iPads, phones, etc).

🔍 How to Screen Share

  1. In the studio, click Present, then Share screen at the bottom of the page. Your guests have this option as well.
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  2. If a list of screen-sharing tips appears, click the blue Share Screen button.
  3. A popup will appear with three options:

    • Your Entire Screen: If you wish to share your entire desktop screen
    • Application Window: If you want to choose one application at a time. This option is great for sharing a PowerPoint or keynote.
    • Chrome Tab: If you wish to share a website or ANY file from your computer. Additionally, sharing via the Chrome tab will let you share with Audio. Check the section How to Share a Screen/File with audio below for more details.

  4. Click Share, and your screen will be added to your show. Use the layout buttons under the screen to change how the screen appears alongside you and your guests. 

🔔  If you have the Automatically add shared screens/videos to stream setting turned on, your screen will be automatically added to the stream and not just put backstage.

 

🔍 How to Share a Website with Audio

Sharing a website page via the Chrome tab will let you share the related Audio.

To share audio from your screen you MUST check the “Share audio” box. Screen sharing with audio is only supported when sharing Chrome tabs.

 

🔍 How to Share a Video with Audio

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Note: We don't recommend screen-sharing a video because the screen-sharing feature isn't optimized for it. Instead, we suggest sharing it using the video-sharing feature. 

 

If you'd still like to screen-share a video, here are the steps:

  1. Open a new Chrome tab.
  2. Drag and drop a video file from your computer to the new Chrome tab. Your cursor should show a + symbol when dragging the file into Chrome.
  3. In StreamYard, click Present.
  4. If a list of tips appears, click the blue Share Screen button.
  5. In the popup, choose Chrome Tab, check Share audio, and select the Chrome tab with your video file.
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    To share audio from your screen, you MUST check the “Share audio” box.
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    Note: Screen sharing with audio is only supported when sharing Chrome tabs.

 

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