Deskreen - An Open Source, Self Hosted way to use a mobile device as a second monitor.

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=== Links ===
Deskreen Homepage
deskreen.com/lang-en
Deskreen Github
github.com/pavlobu/deskreen
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=== Timestamps ===
00:00 Beginning
00:09 Introduction to Deskreen
02:55 Thank you to my Patrons over at Patreon, and my subscribers on KZfaq
03:30 Downloading Deskreen
04:25 Running the Deskreen Appimage (Linux)
05:05 The first run of Deskreen
05:55 Seeing the 2nd Mobile Monitor in Action
10:00 Connecting more than one device (2nd and 3rd monitor)
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=== Attributions ===
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@Haze-eh3vy Жыл бұрын

Hey, big fan of your videos! Love discovering new open-source stuff, and to have them presented in a concise video format keeps me coming back. One tip I'd have is to maybe go into a bit more detail on the drawbacks/pros and cons of the software you show. For instance, I don't think most people would be able to make much use of Deskreen for terminal purposes due to the input lag, unless their mobile device were to be plugged into ethernet. That being said, it still seems to be a great program to use in a pinch. I could see it being useful for remote work. Have a good day.

@AwesomeOpenSource Жыл бұрын

Great info, and thanks for sharing. I'll try to be better about pointing out potential issues. I didn't have a ton of lag on my devices, so didn't experience that much. Most lag was when I was trying to record while using the app at the same time.

@mithubopensourcelab482 2 жыл бұрын

Great Video. Thanks for sharing. Tested on Linux / Windows / Mac. Works as described in your video. I think it will be great for class room connectivity where teacher works on laptop and and smart tv can be watched by students. Keep it up. You are doing a great job.

@sakmaestro3852 2 жыл бұрын

Sir did you try to connect from laptop to tv, as long as it is smart tv,, right?

@AwesomeOpenSource 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it, and the content.

@AwesomeOpenSource 2 жыл бұрын

I would think you could connect something like a raspberry PI to the tv if needed as well.

@chrisumali9841 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the demo and info, have a great day

@AwesomeOpenSource 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you too

@DJDashzn 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Brian. Thanks for a great video. This is such a useful tool.

@AwesomeOpenSource 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@quvquvv Ай бұрын

This is such a great help. Also, low latency! Thank you!

@AwesomeOpenSource Ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@talldarkstrangerpr 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! Love this solution.

@AwesomeOpenSource 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it.

@OliverWoodphotography 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for this...app images are awesome.

@AwesomeOpenSource 2 ай бұрын

My pleaure!

@apescornelius9282 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the awesome Open Source.

@AwesomeOpenSource 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@christopherklein3829 2 жыл бұрын

Wow great peace of software. I will donate for it. Im sure. Thanks for sharing

@AwesomeOpenSource 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it, and donations in open source are excellent!

@re.liable 2 жыл бұрын

That's nice. I've been making do with `scrcpy` and a VNC connection for a while now. I'll have to try this one out. Cheers!

@AwesomeOpenSource 2 жыл бұрын

I hope this will be a step up for you.

@markverstappen1365 2 жыл бұрын

I,love the vids you make. Great to get new ideas, software etc. Something i 'm looking forward to is some sort of opensource database with a webinterface for 2 usecases namely: - to register software licenses, activationcodes etc. - to register purchases of all sources with the opertunity to add a copy of the bill with the warranty time, categories etc. Maybe you know some good options 😀

@techsupport4761 2 жыл бұрын

have you tried snipeit?

@AwesomeOpenSource 2 жыл бұрын

Check out my latest video on Baserow, it might just be exactly what you want.

@markverstappen1365 Жыл бұрын

He Excuses for my late reaction, something with vacation and so I'm going to have a look into both of them thanks 😊

@gg-gn3re Жыл бұрын

virtually all databases have web interfaces available for them

@SteveMacSticky Жыл бұрын

wow this is great

@AwesomeOpenSource Жыл бұрын

Really great stuff.

@mengyentohabigirl5805 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome

@AwesomeOpenSource 2 жыл бұрын

Indeed it is.

@OliverWoodphotography 2 ай бұрын

I find things like this to be quite useful for photography QC as none of my main monitors have quite as good colour gamut or contrast ratio as my phone screen.

@AwesomeOpenSource 2 ай бұрын

That's an awesome use case!

@silverfoenix 2 жыл бұрын

How much bandwidth does it consume? uploading & downloading compared to other streams? One possible way is screen mirroring a free or limited zoom-like conference call screen via one laptop & multiple phones... Or printing the QR code to mirror a video presentation for classes of students? although I don't know if can pass through adhoc (WAN) rather than internet provider...

@AwesomeOpenSource 2 жыл бұрын

You could do something similar to with a software like Jitsi Meet, but overkill to just have an extra monitor to keep something in view.

@pettepiero 10 ай бұрын

Hey great video, do you think it is possible to share the screen using some physical connection? I'm usually out using public networks and I would rather use my ipad as second screen without using the network. Thanks!

@AwesomeOpenSource 10 ай бұрын

Not that I'm aware of, but you could make that request on the github page for an enhancement.

@chrisbowie1438 2 жыл бұрын

This is cool but to me its not doing what the title of the video says. This is screen or app sharing to mirror/cast to another device, not the ability to have an additional display you can use such as when you have multiple monitors hooked up to a PC and can move stuff between monitors. You still have to go back to that app's window to interact with it. Not sure if this was what other people expected clicking into this video but that's what I thought when I saw the title in my feed. I expected a way to extend my desktop to another screen without buying another monitor or those USB portable monitors.

@AwesomeOpenSource 2 жыл бұрын

Didn't mean to confuse, or mislead you, just wanted to show you some cool open source software. I still think it's useful, just not doing quite what you expect. I think that's where the dongle comes in...where you setup a "2nd monitor" that isn't there, and then share that to the device. I may do a follow up to show how that can work.

@chrisbowie1438 2 жыл бұрын

@@AwesomeOpenSource Thanks! yeah absolutely I think that would be cool. I didn't notice there was a hardware piece.

@danieldantur2719 2 жыл бұрын

If you have a monitor with two inputs, let's say HDMI and DVI and you are using de HDMI connection, you can plug your PC to the DVI cable too, your OS will detect that connection even if you can't see both at the same time in your monitor, then you can share that 'extra' monitor with Deskcreen. Another way to achieve the same is creating an extra virtual monitor using xrandr, for example, and sharing that one. This one is useful if you don't have an extra video output. It works great either way. One thing to notice: the extra monitor will exist even if you are not sharing it and you can't see it so you might lose some applications in that invisible monitor. Have that in mind.

@RickMyBalls 2 жыл бұрын

@@danieldantur2719 i have this exact problem with my 4k home cinema & av receiver that can only pass through 1080 - one hdmi to the tv and one to the av. Might try this tip.

@mrfrenzy. 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I think this is a great application for some uses, but I had hoped there was a driver to simulate a second monitor, so you can move the mouse to the edge of your screen and interact with software on the second screen.

@nateredz 2 жыл бұрын

A useful piece of software. Also what distro of Linux are you running please? I like the look of it

@AwesomeOpenSource 2 жыл бұрын

It's Kubuntu 22.04, I just modified the taskbar a bit. it runs really well, and very smooth.

@nateredz 2 жыл бұрын

@@AwesomeOpenSource nice, I'm thinking of switching to Linux and I'll keep this distro in mind. Thank you.

@seitbekir 2 жыл бұрын

Time ago I've bought app for this. Hope, this is either great. I love how macOS now doing it. And, as I'm using Linux on my MacBook, I want same quality screen as second.

@AwesomeOpenSource 2 жыл бұрын

I hope so too!

@darrenschmitz7981 2 жыл бұрын

What OS are you running there? BTW I love your content!

@AwesomeOpenSource 2 жыл бұрын

Kubuntu 22.04, with a few littls tweaks to the taskbar. And, thank you.

@Steve-Richards 11 ай бұрын

Really Cool intuitive n fast programm, the only bad for me is it runns on 80% cpu usage :( super video!

@AwesomeOpenSource 11 ай бұрын

Sorry to hear you're seeing such high cpu usage. Maybe put in a ticket with the dev to see if he can make some tuned adjustments.

@Steve-Richards 11 ай бұрын

@@AwesomeOpenSource ty

@sakmaestro3852 2 жыл бұрын

Great app! I have a question, can i use projector as secondary screen?

@avantgardethemighty6724 2 жыл бұрын

If your hardware supports it (i.e. your computer has a free display slot) you should be able to hook it up directly; if it has a browser you could giving the tool a shot (tho note that you still need a dummy adapter then to get a true second screen instead of a capture of what you can already see)

@AwesomeOpenSource 2 жыл бұрын

Like previously mentioned connecting directly may be easier, but if that's not possible, something like a raspberry pi could be attached to the projector, and then use a browser to access the URL that is created.

@scheimong 2 жыл бұрын

Looks very cool indeed, but the one downside is that it is Electron-based. I'll give it a try and hopefully it doesn't turn out to be a resource hog. But let's just say that my hopes aren't particularly high.

@AwesomeOpenSource 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't notice any slowness during my video shoot, but I'm running an i7 with 16 GB ram...so maybe that's why.

@scheimong 2 жыл бұрын

Truth be told, I'm more concerned about the efficiency rather than "system too slow to keep up". I will most likely want such a functionality when on-the-go, so keeping CPU utilisation low is important. All developers like to claim their application is "blazing fast" to the point where it's become a meme at this point, but the harsh reality is, TS & JS based applications simply cannot compete with compiled languages when it comes to being fast and efficient.

@seitbekir 2 жыл бұрын

Application mode is great. I hope there is tiling available, to share more than one application. But, it is not like second monitor, it is just a screen share. Goog for interactive information. I think I'll use it after I'll back from war.

@AwesomeOpenSource 2 жыл бұрын

I was able to share to two "devices", but just used 2 urls for different applications, so break those into different tabs, and voila!

@seitbekir 2 жыл бұрын

@@AwesomeOpenSource sounds like good solution. Thanks

@spexpl 2 жыл бұрын

Can the target device, instead of a tablet, be another PC with a monitor? E.g. I connect with PC+2 monitors, then another PC+2 monitors and in practice my PC will have 4 monitors?

@AwesomeOpenSource 2 жыл бұрын

I think you can indeed share monitors windows on the other PC yes, It's all about how you lay them out.

@vachmirian 12 күн бұрын

Can I use whole desktop as an extension or I should use individual screen? Now it only duplicates.

@AwesomeOpenSource 9 күн бұрын

You should be able to just set it as an application / extension screen.

@marcello4258 Жыл бұрын

Does this also work fine with usb2.0 / galaxy tab a8?

@AwesomeOpenSource Жыл бұрын

Not sure about USB2.0, but it should be able to mirror the Galaxy.

@mjtheman218 Жыл бұрын

there is a "default video player" toggle on my phone when I use this I don't understand what it does . Can anyone enlighten me?

@2207amol 2 жыл бұрын

I'm guessing one needs to be on the same network connection(wifi) for this to work....???

@AwesomeOpenSource 2 жыл бұрын

I think so, yes. It may could be modified to work over the internet, but probably best with VPN if you want that.

@marcello4258 Жыл бұрын

Problem with appimages the mostly not package all libs like glibc so flatpak is more versitile imo

@AwesomeOpenSource Жыл бұрын

Appimages can miss libs, but if you tell the auther, they can then include it so others will benefit as well.

@gasoft Жыл бұрын

Hi!, any recommendation to replace ngrok ?

@AwesomeOpenSource Жыл бұрын

I did one a looooong time ago, but I think the project is abandoned. I'll see if I can find something better. I'd say today, definitely look into A free CloudFlare account and the cloudflare tunnels.

@gasoft Жыл бұрын

@@AwesomeOpenSource Thanks for the suggestion, you do a great job letting us know about these open source tools!

@Skedooosh Жыл бұрын

Does apple pencil work if I use an ipad as second monitor?

@AwesomeOpenSource Жыл бұрын

I don't think the "second monitor" really has input access, it's a view only.

@lelandclayton5462 2 жыл бұрын

It's pretty neat. doesn't have to be a phone or tablet either. Just type in the URL on another PC and it works as intended.

@AwesomeOpenSource 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely correct.

@jaygreentree4394 Жыл бұрын

I dont know if its just my ipad being dumb or not but it seems to not work on older ios versions. Otherwise its a handy little app.

@AwesomeOpenSource Жыл бұрын

It could be a version limitation. I found theat Home Assistant wouldn't display correctly on an older iOS version (app or web).

@vedprakash-zz6hb 2 жыл бұрын

My Like number 460

@AwesomeOpenSource 2 жыл бұрын

Great number, and thanks for liking.

@TheAMadMan Жыл бұрын

If you are going to recommend a package infrastructure, I'd like to hear more consideration then just ease of use. If people are coming to you for advice, you should at least mention that security, speed, and size are also important facts to consider - especially for choices that can have widespread effects on a person's productivity and safety.

@AwesomeOpenSource Жыл бұрын

I'll keep that in mind for the future.

@antikerantrieb2382 10 ай бұрын

does touchscreen word on this app?

@AwesomeOpenSource 10 ай бұрын

This is really a viewer app only. Not for interaction from the secondary screen. You can use the normal input on the main device.

@anas__libya Жыл бұрын

Audio??

@AwesomeOpenSource Жыл бұрын

Don't know about that.

@ardenswirl7361 Жыл бұрын

des it work like extended monitors

@nikolab5353 Жыл бұрын

no, but if you select only 1 program you can leave it in background

@AwesomeOpenSource Жыл бұрын

You can put a single app on a mobile device, or another computer screen, then if you put that app in the background on the main screen, you can still view it on the device screen.

@ardenswirl7361 Жыл бұрын

@@AwesomeOpenSource Got it thanks You make amazing videos Make a lot more Tho I was looking for extended display you know any alt open source solution for that ??

@gguestdub3518 2 жыл бұрын

mmm is the same network??? :(

@AwesomeOpenSource 2 жыл бұрын

Yes. it is. Meant to be running on the device next to your main pc.

@gameonnextgg7380 Жыл бұрын

How to use it on Android

@AwesomeOpenSource Жыл бұрын

To view the Android screen, or view a screen from Android?

@gameonnextgg7380 Жыл бұрын

@@AwesomeOpenSource how to view computer screen on Android phone

@AwesomeOpenSource Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure you can do that. the idea is to use the mobile device as a secondary monitor of sorts.

@RockFordCademce 2 жыл бұрын

i want you to drop the word kinda

@AwesomeOpenSource 2 жыл бұрын

I'll work on it.

@mrfailure93 2 жыл бұрын

PLEASE the intro/outro music is way too loud.

@AwesomeOpenSource 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry, I've usually had no issues with the even levels on my end. I'll check on my next edit.

@mrfailure93 2 жыл бұрын

@@AwesomeOpenSource love your videos. It's honestly too loud on every video. I just now got around to saying it. Your voice is very calm and quiet. The music is on 1000% though