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feat: enable screen capture via setDisplayMediaRequestHandler #163

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20 changes: 20 additions & 0 deletions src/native/window.ts
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Expand Up @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
Menu,
MenuItem,
app,
desktopCapturer,
ipcMain,
nativeImage,
} from "electron";
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// load the entrypoint
mainWindow.loadURL(BUILD_URL.toString());

// enable screen capture; on Linux desktopCapturer is used as useSystemPicker is unreliable
if (process.platform === "linux") {
mainWindow.webContents.session.setDisplayMediaRequestHandler(
async (_request, callback) => {
const sources = await desktopCapturer.getSources({
types: ["screen", "window"],
});
callback({ video: sources[0] });
},
);
} else {
mainWindow.webContents.session.setDisplayMediaRequestHandler(
(request, callback) => {
callback({ video: request.video });
},
{ useSystemPicker: true },
);
}

// minimise window to tray
mainWindow.on("close", (event) => {
if (!shouldQuit && config.minimiseToTray) {
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