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Looks like the "share content from camera" option has been removed in the New Microsoft Teams app?
ninbura There are some specific features from the previous client that are still not in the new client yet, but it's more they haven't got round to them yet rather than they are being dropped. I fully expect this to return in the near future.
Old Teams is still available, and will be for some time.
StevenC365I don't know. Seems like they may view the virtual whiteboard as a suitable replacement. I don't think they're accounting for people who were using it to share their screen via capture card, or OBS's virtual capture card.
At this point I'm getting daily pushes to switch to new teams, with no option to decline. I'm able to move back, but only after being shoved into the new application. I've begrudgingly re-quipped my computer with an EDID emulator. This allows me full screen my OBS preview on a fake Display, which I can then share as application or screen capture. Much less intuitive to just piping my OBS output to Teams as a "capture card" for sharing. Not even an option for everyone if they're out of display heads.
I'll fondly remember the week that every video conferencing app finally supported share from capture card. Until Microsoft removed themselves from the equation 🥲
- Thank you for your reply.
I haven't check it out recently, but it seems like they haven't added it back yet. Crossing fingers, they do, because that would be a *massive loss in flexibility*.
In my case, my monitor is ultrawide and I can't share my desktop because it looks all distorted on the other end. I ended up using the OBS Virtual Camera to define a section on my desktop. I wish they add a way to share only a part of my desktop. That would perfectly well in my case.
I'm curious about that EDID emulator you also use. Care to share more details? That could be an option for other users and even myself in the near future when my organization decides to forcefully push this latest Teams version.
Thanks again!Miguel_Guzman something https://www.amazon.com/BUYMINERS-CA-HDMI-Dummy-Plug-3840x2160/dp/B07FB4VJL9/ref=mp_s_a_1_16_maf_2?crid=21W7W70JWRVXQ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.iEPQjnLld3zzyhKM0s9iosXieUARYjQ7oMmZ1eZ3Ze2e4y5f0qq3Tg5WGTPLeFgS1ciKnwxOeuRnX2I93a7FS6G3a_Nz9Fam-velT3VDYnBvV0KevXXHGbIi0C29qD28r7PuR2Rc1cxdZ5_sWH2WVfK0qCzSUVlWfENsZhGRbs_I6lvYJS7Rz6FtDoqPMyfuxGHgdrlr9wcuRkSryi2dxA.C5IpE-bHg0zZXIItRzB1nzeeuGCl7CI0fLREo2XEBWo&dib_tag=se&keywords=4k+edid+emulator&qid=1708450433&sprefix=4k+edid+emulator%2Caps%2C137&sr=8-16 should work.
Pretty cheap, but takes up a display head and a physical display connection. Note that Nvidia & Intel GPUs limit you to 4 display heads. AMD typically allows for 6, and macs are all over the place. 1-8 heads depending on the product segment.
You also have to deal with positioning the fake display within your operating system's display settings. As far as I know, none of them support HDCP. Which will nerf quality on Amazon Prime video or Netflix when the emulator is connected.
Once you have all that figured out it's usable, but it's far less preferable to OBS Virtual Camera.
- I'm using an Nvidia graphics card and only one monitor. So, maybe your solution would work fine. I'll keep it in mind if Microsoft eventually decides not to restore the "Content From Camera" feature back into the software. Thanks.
Thanks.
