Screen Sharing#

Any participant in a Novaza Live room can share their screen with the other participants. Screen sharing works entirely in the browser — no extension or desktop client is required on modern Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari.

Starting a Share#

1. Open the room
2. Click the Share button in the room toolbar
3. Choose what to share:
   • Entire screen — everything visible on one display
   • Application window — a single application’s window
   • Browser tab — one tab (with the option to share its audio)
4. Click Share

The browser will ask for permission the first time you share in a given session. On macOS, the operating system may additionally prompt for screen-recording permission.

Sharing Tab Audio#

When sharing a browser tab, you can also share the audio playing in that tab — useful for presenting videos or interactive prototypes. Tick the Share tab audio checkbox in the browser’s picker dialog before confirming.

System audio from application windows or the entire screen is supported on Chromium-based browsers on Windows and Linux. Firefox and Safari do not currently support system-audio capture.

Multiple Presenters#

More than one participant can share at the same time. The room interface shows the active share streams side by side and lets each viewer pin a specific share to make it fill the main view.

Stopping a Share#

Click Stop share in the Novaza Live toolbar, or use the browser’s built-in “Stop sharing” banner. Closing the browser tab or leaving the room also stops any active share from that participant automatically.

Bandwidth#

Screen share streams are encoded dynamically at up to 1080p / 30 fps. On slow connections the resolution and frame rate are reduced automatically to keep latency low. Recipients on constrained connections can request a lower-quality stream from the room settings menu.

Permissions#

By default every participant can share. Room hosts on Professional and Enterprise plans can disable screen sharing for specific roles — for example, allowing only the host to present in a webinar-style room.

Known Limitations#

• Safari on iOS does not allow screen sharing (an Apple platform restriction)
• Sharing a DRM-protected video stream will show a black frame
• Virtual camera applications that impersonate screen-share devices are not supported