Ubuntu to zoom interface

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From a Ubuntu screen … I desired to share screen on a zoom call … another person initiated the zoom call … but when I went to share screen as I had done on Win10 the tab or window on Brave that was open w/ info did not show up on the Zoom interface … what step did I miss ??

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Just a wild guess, but did the host (person who initiated the zoom call) grant you to be the presenter? I believe all guests need permission to be able to share their screens

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Korkee,

There are several tabs on the Share Screen interface for Zoom now. Did you check the other tabs for the Brave screen you wanted?

I use Zoom on Ubuntu, too. If you can recreate the problem then post a screen shot of the Zoom interface, that will help me see what you are seeing and not seeing.

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Yes she & I have used zoom a lot b4 this …

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Thanks 4 your input … here are some more details … I downloaded an app called “VLC media player” on my computer w/unbuntu to play the DVD that I wanted to share on zoom … opened that & had the video ready to play … opened zoom & as a host … I went to share screen … the zoom white screen came up but did not include the video window … I have done this process on zoom & W10 many times … w/ no problems … so I’m assuming there is a connecting step I have missed … does that description make sense … can You help from here ??

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Thanks for responding to my question … I have answered you with a more precise description … hope you can help me understand how to get the 2 programs / apps to communicate with each other … thanks

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I don’t have a DVD player in my computer that works, but I have Zoom and VLC. I was able to open a video on my hard drive in VLC and see it as a shared option in Zoom. Is the DVD you want to share one that is professionally made, meaning like a movie you bought on DVD? I wonder if there is copyright protection built into the DVD stream that is triggering Zoom to ignore it as a shareable option. I’d look up how digital copyright protection works with VLC and Zoom. I don’t know why it would work in Windows and not in Ubuntu, though. Another thing I can think of is that somehow Ubuntu is not routing the video stream from the DVD to Zoom correctly, or Zoom on Linux is not set up to recognize a video stream from a DVD device.

I don’t know why it isn’t working, but you might try looking up the issues I listed above on the forums and support pages for Zoom, Ubuntu, and VLC, if you haven’t already.