[Bug]: BetterScreenshare: HEVC (H265) stream doesn't work

[JellyBrick]

Discord Account

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What happens when the bug or crash occurs?

Broadcasts cannot be watched by anyone other than the broadcaster.

I'm not sure if this is a server-side limitation of Discord or a bug in the Discord client.

What is the expected behavior?

Must be able to broadcast using the H265 codec.

How do you recreate this bug or crash?

1. Select the H265 codec and start broadcasting.
2. Watch the broadcast. (Anyone other than the broadcaster)
3. The video stream is stuck in an infinite load.

Errors

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Request Agreement

• [X] I am using Discord Stable or tried on Stable and this bug happens there as well
• [X] I have read the requirements for opening an issue above

[philhk]

You need to enable the h265_for_{your_os} experiment inside Discord. Just search for H265 and you should see multiple experiments. Everybody who watches the stream also needs to enable this experiment. For now this is the only solution.

[Loukious]

Is this only for HEVC? Mine stopped working completely without even selecting an encoder.

[philhk]

You probably need to update Vencord. Discord's Halloween update broke Vencord completely.

[Loukious]

You probably need to update Vencord. Discord's Halloween update broke Vencord completely.

I did. Everything else is working just screens share module. It's stuck on "5 fps" for people who try to watch and keeps loading forever.

[philhk]

Does H264 work? It could be that your GPU doesn't support H265 and is instead using your CPU and that's why it may have such a low framerate. The people who are watching your stream also need to enable the experiment if it's loading for them forever only on H265.

[Loukious]

Okay it's working if we both enable H265 experiment. There a little bug tho, if I switch encoding it returns to 30 fps and I have to manually reapply the settings.