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O365247
Copper Contributor
Jul 08, 2021

MTR Content Share Input HDMI always sharing

Have a client with an always connected always on in room PC that we need to stop it from showing the content locally on MTR screen.
The auto share toggle in settings is only for far end content share start stopping not for local.
So PC output is always outputting regardless of start/stop content share.
Anyone got a solution, looking at Monitor Detection blockers or removing pin19 on HDMI cable for Hotplug detect.
Why can’t the MTR content start stop doing local and remote content share?

  • WhyZab's avatar
    WhyZab
    Copper Contributor
    It's been two years Microsoft! Please add a toggle to stop auto screen sharing when not in a meeting 🙂
      • rodeschini's avatar
        rodeschini
        Copper Contributor
        One more vote from me!
        Killing the HDMI output from a Barco Clickshare is ok, but when someone wants to share, it takes some time to handshake properly. It would be nice to keep the HDMI connection going (to prevent new handshakes) and only share when needed, so that everything is faster.
  • justinbliss's avatar
    justinbliss
    Brass Contributor
    As long as the HDMI ingest device sees a signal it will attempt to display it. You will need to break the chain somehow. Removing pin 19 is probably a bit extreme and it may cause some other issues when trying to present. I would look at a small HDMI auto-switch device that kills the output of itself when there is no valid input detected.

    I don't think a house PC was really factored in when MS were coming up with the ingest mechanism, I think they assumed it would be used for laptops on the desk that are physically unplugged when not being used which makes sense.
      • SonnT1250's avatar
        SonnT1250
        Copper Contributor
        Hi RayGentry,

        Please can you update whether you have found a solution regarding to your wireless sharing devices, we have the same issue.

        Thanks
  • RayGentry's avatar
    RayGentry
    Brass Contributor
    justinbliss is correct that this was how the MTRs were designed. We've run into the same issue as we have wireless sharing devices connected to the UC Engines. If I recall correctly, there may be an option in the roadmap or we just talked about it at Ignite. But I think an option to turn this off on a per-machine basis is at least in their heads.
    • SonnT1250's avatar
      SonnT1250
      Copper Contributor
      Hi RayGentry,

      Please can you update whether you have found a solution regarding to your wireless sharing devices, we have the same issue.

      Thanks

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