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Re: DeskPad – A virtual monitor for screen sharing

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Post by pitaj »

conductr wrote: post #34

I think the problem I have is more so that people want my font sizes to be 3x what I have them. Usually I’m presenting a spreadsheet (financial statements and such) and people ask me to zoom in. Which I can but it breaks the whole thing and throws me off because I can no longer read my document anymore and I’m trying to present it. For that reason, I evangelize that attendees use the Zoom feature on their device if i…

> As I understand the issue it’s not that font is too small on my device, it’s that Teams has a tiny viewport and so it gets shrunk down. Most people aren’t doing full screen.

AFAIK, teams literally does not have a way to put the viewport in full screen mode!

Re: DeskPad – A virtual monitor for screen sharing

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Post by 67j67j7j »

gechr wrote: post #78

After trying various solutions - including DeskPad - I came up with a custom cross-platform (I'm on macOS, but assume it'll work elsewhere) solution that worked incredibly well on my 40" ultrawide monitor: OBS[1]. Having never used OBS before but knowing it was popular among streamers, I wondered if I could use it to (1) only share the specific applications I wanted to share and (2) share them at a resolution that pe…

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Re: DeskPad – A virtual monitor for screen sharing

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Post by Aaron2222 »

ilyagr wrote: post #50
neLrivVK wrote: post #28

I’ve been using https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDisplay for this purpose. Does something similar and more. Works great!

I know it can create a dummy display, but can it create a window on the real display showing the contents of the virtual display? That seems to be the flagship feature of DeskPad.

Yes. It can also do windowed mirrors of real displays. That being said, BetterDisplay is $19 USD and crams in a ton of functionality, so for those who just want a single virtual screen for screen sharing (and don't need/want anything else), DeskPad is probably the better option due to its simplicity and being free. But yeah, if you want something more advanced, BetterDisplay is great.

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Post by sieabahlpark »

prmoustache wrote: post #63
mleo wrote: post #39

This is great; though I have less need for it day to day now. I used to have 49" 5120x1440 display. We started with Zoom, which under Advanced would allow partial desktop sharing. I would draw a 1920x1080 box and move windows in and out of the box. We moved to Teams and Teams only supports Window or Screen sharing. DeskPad would work great for that situation. Create a virtual display, share it and then use it on righ…

Why do change the resolution instead of the scaling?

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Re: DeskPad – A virtual monitor for screen sharing

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Post by jeremyjh »

gechr wrote: post #78

After trying various solutions - including DeskPad - I came up with a custom cross-platform (I'm on macOS, but assume it'll work elsewhere) solution that worked incredibly well on my 40" ultrawide monitor: OBS[1]. Having never used OBS before but knowing it was popular among streamers, I wondered if I could use it to (1) only share the specific applications I wanted to share and (2) share them at a resolution that pe…

Why did you prefer this to DeskPad? I haven't tried either but have been looking for a solution for this without knowing it.

Re: DeskPad – A virtual monitor for screen sharing

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Post by IronWolve »

I do this in a win VM, then I just share the VM window, and I just resize it to 1028x768. Or remote desktop into a VM, and share remote desktop.

Works great for vendors/techs to work on upgrades, I can keep working.

Also allows me to alt tab or minimize and not steal the mouse focus, and they cant see my screen.

Re: DeskPad – A virtual monitor for screen sharing

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Post by djbusby »

craftkiller wrote: post #71
tasn wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I just realized formatting is a bit broken. :( Fixed: #!/bin/bash swaymsg create_output OUTPUT=$(swaymsg -r -t get_outputs | jq '.[].name' | grep HEADLESS | tr -d '"') # No need to reduce res, it defualts to 1080p # swaymsg output "$OUTPUT" resolution 1280x720 wl-mirror "$OUTPUT" swaymsg output "$OUTPUT" unplug

You can do code blocks on HN by prefixing your lines with four spaces. #!/bin/bash swaymsg create_output OUTPUT=$(swaymsg -r -t get_outputs | jq '.[].name' | grep HEADLESS | tr -d '"') # No need to reduce res, it defualts to 1080p # swaymsg output "$OUTPUT" resolution 1280x720 wl-mirror "$OUTPUT" swaymsg output "$OUTPUT" unplug

HN needs a dedicated pastebin (remember those?)
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