How to enable screen sharing in Discord to show the contents of your monitor to another user? We know and we will teach you! We will reveal all the subtleties and tricks, run through the necessary instructions – in a few minutes you will know everything you need. We will also consider possible problems in order to protect you from difficulties in working in the messenger in advance.
How to Enable Screen Sharing in Discord
Anyone can share their screen in Discord – this is important! If you do not find the options described in the article, you need to update the messenger, the version is hopelessly outdated. Why might a user need this function? Show the contents of the monitor to other participants – demonstrate a guide, show a problem and ask a question, and much more.
Before you try to enable screen sharing in Discord, you need to go through the relevant settings. It’s easy, just follow these steps:
- Open the Discord app and click on the gear icon on the bottom bar;
- Go to the “Streamer Mode” settings section , you will find this icon on the left panel;
- Click the “Enable” icon opposite. Done!
Fun fact – you can’t run screen sharing in Discord on a server, only on a channel. The good news is that you can use the feature with a hotkey (or several).
You don’t have to open the settings every time, just set the parameters once:
- Open the settings by clicking on the gear;
- In the “Application” section , select the “Hot keys” section ;
- Click on the “Add” icon ;
- Select one key or a combination of several;
- Specify the desired action and save the changes.
Done, the initial setup is complete! Now you can start screen sharing in Discord, you were able to enable it.
Of course, you can use a keyboard shortcut to enable Discord broadcasting to a channel. If this option does not work for you, follow the instructions:
- Open the application and go to the desired channel;
- Click on the camera icon on the top bar;
- Move the cursor to the active chat window (on the bottom panel), this is where the speaker’s image is located;
- Click the mouse and select the desired item;
- You can enable full screen screen sharing with sound in Discord;
- Or click on the “Window View” option, which will only broadcast a specific application.
Important! We have answered the question of how to broadcast a game in Discord to a separate window. For the option to work successfully, you must first turn on the game (or other application), and only then activate the window view.
Screen sharing is also available on Discord on your phone – the instructions are the same, try it yourself.
If you want to end the broadcast, please do the following:
- Move the cursor to the bottom of the monitor again and click on the image;
- The “Close” menu will appear , just click on the corresponding button;
- The broadcast will be minimized automatically, the desktop or application will be hidden from the interlocutor.
Together we were able to figure out how to start a screen share in Discord and share the necessary information with your interlocutors! Let’s talk about possible problems that everyone may face.
Difficulties in the process of work
Sometimes users complain about the poor quality of screen sharing in Discord. What can you do to fix the situation if you encounter a terrible image display?
- Check your internet connection – it should be high-quality and high-speed. If you don’t have enough traffic, you don’t need to wait for good display;
- Switch to another mobile or wireless network or reboot your router/mobile phone.
If the broadcast does not start at all, check if you have done everything correctly. Go through the settings again and set the required parameters.
And finally, a useful tip on how to improve the quality of screen sharing in Discord:
- Once you click on the “Enable broadcast” button , an additional settings window will open;
- You need to set the value to 1080 in the “Transmission Quality” block and the number 60 in the “Frame Rate” section .
Unfortunately, these features are only available to users who have purchased a Nitro subscription! You can’t just turn them on.
But you can use the existing functionality – it in no way limits you in demonstrating the monitor while working or playing, you can always turn on the broadcast and show it to others.