Video Chat & Screensharing

[torbenraab]

It would be really nice to have a video chat and screen sharing functionality build in. So you could use it with direct chats and groups. Maybe take a look at jitsi. Its open-source and also has a self hosted option.

[MikMuellerDev]

Jep absolutely agree, this feature is the only real thing that i don't like about revolt and kinda holds me back from using it full-time.

[Sventra]

Plaese keep in mind that what we (the users and friends) ideally want is screenshare with audio, screensharing is an essential feature, but without the audio coming from the app being shared, it's often useless

[watermelonsmith]

WE NEED IT!!!!

[Yuuww]

You have to keep in mind that sharing the screen costs Revolt a lot of traffic, which has to be paid for. Revolt is not a big company with a lot of budget. I think if users are willing to pay the money for it, it is workable. Otherwise I think the feature is unlikely.

[MikMuellerDev]

It is to be noted that self hosting is an option and should be easier, since i've found it pretty hard to setup a revolt instance myself.
I suggest creating a all in one docker container / docker-compose for a complete "Revolt Stack", which involves Revolt, Autumn, January and so on.

[Sventra]

Screen sharing could be done in a P2P way, maybe with a warning about IP addresses leak and/or obfuscating them in some way, but it still should be possible to have a cheap screenshare option

[torbenraab]

It could also be an option to let the providers of a self hosted instance to decide wether they accept screen sharing and videoconferencing or not. I understand that the traffic could be quite high, but if it is self hosted and you are fine with it I don't see a problem.

[mlv-]

Traffic at Hetzner and OVH is cheap/free. Storage is another matter, though, so some limits would have to be imposed anyway.

[Official-PSASD]

I purely agreed, I would be very happy when video chat and screen sharing existed in Revolt that me and my friends can watch movies, cartoons/anime and even the events.

[Mati20187]

Adding screen sharing and video calls would make transitioning to Revolt much easier for many people because they wouldn't have to sacrifice features they are used to. I really hope this will get implemented

Edit: if the public Revolt server can't handle the traffic, make it an option on self-hosted instances

[4444dogs]

I agree - video chatting with my IRL friends would be a game changer!

[UnixPhonez]

i agree althought i'm not sure if revolt has the funds to support massive amounts of video calling etc

[iGerman00]

I agree.

I suggest(ed) to look into OvenMediaEngine.
Judging by their Spaces demo it is definitely workable.

Another cool feature to one-up even Discord would be to allow for streaming from OBS or similar software - OME offers that option too. From reading up on OvenMediaEngine it seemed pretty light on resources too.

[TRUEchips]

Yep that's the only thing keeping me from using revolt 24/7

[watermelonsmith]

yeah same

[douglasparker]

It's super important that not only is video and screen sharing added to Revolt, but we also have the ability to control the bitrate for these streams (configurable with docker env variables).

Discord bitrate is horrendous even with Nitro and I'd love to have high quality streams when self hosting.

[yoyoinneverland]

I like what I'm reading about Revolt, but screen-sharing video games is an integral part of our server. Hopefully it's added at some point so we can migrate.

[natemtn]

This is possible with P2P isn't it?

[natemtn]

Oh yep. WebRTC. It's completely P2P and supports screen sharing, video, etc. It's the perfect solution.
Though Discord uses a relay server to prevent call participants from being DDoSed https://discord.com/blog/how-discord-handles-two-and-half-million-concurrent-voice-users-using-webrtc
I don't think call participants being DDoSed is a legitimate fear.

[MasicoreLord]

A relay server could still be beneficial for things like CGNat, tunnel, VPN w/ port-forwarding, and etc.

Also the potential for DDOS is very much a concern many have w/ P2P solutions like was used in early Skype.

[benjamin051000]

DDOSing is a legitimate fear in public servers. In a private server, the only person to DDOS you is someone you know, so I doubt for private servers you would need any kind of IP address hiding/masking.

[benjamin051000]

I imagine self-hosting a relay server wouldn't be too difficult. At least you get one level of indirection there.

[iGerman00]

Maybe something like a toggle could be made for servers that can choose to use or not use a relay servers, and also warn users if their IP could be exposed before joining a call or starting a screen share session, or prohibit public servers from not using a relay altogether.

[candroid-man]

This is the only thing I need to switch my entire server to Revolt. I am done with Discord's bullshit, but there is not yet a suitable alternative

[Kanan99X]

Agreed, would love this feature. Make it peer-to-peer.

[polluxau]

also would like this when revolt is earning enough revenue + please implement it for linux with pipewire and wayland support as these are standards in linux now not pulseaudio or x11

[mikilian]

I agree about pipewire but disagree about x11.

[polluxau]

I agree about pipewire but disagree about x11.

We are moving to wayland, its already ready under amd and intel, nvidia will be ready in late may to june.

Using pipewire and xdg-desktop-portals is the way

[mikilian]

Honestly I can't follow you. What has Intel, AMD or nvidia to do with revolt? I just wanted to say, wayland isn't the only display server + million of people out there are using X11. So screen sharing should work for both of them, not just the half.

[amycatgirl]

Just saying, XDG Desktop Portals work on both X11 and Wayland, so it will work on both display servers. Wayland support depends on the browser, in the case of the (current) desktop app, you need a flag to enable wayland support, as it runs under XWayland by default.

[amycatgirl]

Can't say anything about Tauri, though, because I don't know anything other than it using the system's webview (which defaults to WebkitGTK on linux).

[ricowalker]

This is the only feature missing, making it a hard sell marketing-wise towards the community on why to move away.
I can't blame them either, why 'step-down' feature wise?

I feel this feature's essential for the existence and growth of Revolt

[coldshouldermedia]

This is all I'm waiting for to migrate (and start donating) to Revolt.

[mikeyuhrengott]

Honestly, I dont care if I have to host the server myself in order to get a proper screensharing feature. In fact, I would prefer it. Screw all boomers, things like screensharing and noise suppression are essentials for a modern community. Go back to TS2 if you want a voice only solution.

I am kind of astonished. This feature request is three years old by now. Let me talk straight: The only reason why we have to use Discord is the fact that NO alternative available has a god damn screensharing feature. I am willing to pay - even on a monthly basis for an out of the box solution that supports screensharing and mimics Discord.

Not to be rude, but: Prioritize this sh't as this is the future. There are tons of ppl. like me, willing to pay good money. As of yet, this project is another failed Discord clone, like the 329473476 other projects available on GitHub. Be the first to prove us wrong! Show us your muscles!

[gardc]

Just as outsider opinion/feedback: I'm currently browsing all self hosted Discord alternatives and looking for one with Screensharing and video options. Would try out Revolt if it had this.