# Purpose/Usage This "hacky" workaround is used for screen sharing between xwayland and wayland windows & screens. For example: screen sharing entire screen in discord. # The gist There are 2 options to obtaining this. I have had terrible luck with `xwaylandvideobridge-bin` from the AUR. Going with the flatpak version from kde seems to be more stable. Also need xdg-desktop-portal & pipewire. ## Installation 1) `sudo pacman -Syu` 2) `sudo pacman -S flatpak` 3) **REBOOT** 4) `flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists kdeapps https://distribute.kde.org/kdeapps.flatpakrepo` 5) `flatpak install kdeapps org.kde.xwaylandvideobridge` ## Usage - If using flatpak version make sure to set it autostart. On hyprland adding the following to your config will suffice. - `exec-once = flatpak run org.kde.xwaylandvideobridge` - Can check if it is running with: `flatpak ps` - Start screenshare and a portal should pop up. Select the screen you want. - Select the newly created **APPLICATION** -- should be named something like: Wayland to X Recording ## Troubleshooting - If no portal is popping up, check they are installed/updated. - If the bridge window is just blinding white, try to restart the video bridge.