Jitsi-meet: How to Enable Remote Control ?

[gulteking]

Hi,

Remote control has been implemented as i see from commits and source.
But i couldn't find any documentation or guide about how can we use this feature.
i also tried to do remote control from meet.jit.si, but couldn't find anything.

i have an ubuntu 16.04 server, installed jitsi-meet from jitsi repositories (apt install jitsi-meet).
After i enable desktopSharing from config.js file, what are next steps?

Thans, regards.

[damencho]

Hi, when having questions or problems, please use the mailinglist before opening an issue.

For the controlled part you need to use desktop client, which is based on electron https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron. The controlling client can be web. Keep in mind that this is still work in progress.

[MurzNN]

@gulteking Did you find the way to enable Screen Remote Control feature on jitsi-meet-electron?

[arts111188]

Hi,

Please could you share some information regarding Screen Remote Control feature like how to enable it in Jitsi Meet and use it.

[codejamninja]

Hey, I can't figure out how to enable it

[damencho]

There is nothing to enable. Just the participant that will be controlled needs to be running jitsi-meet inside the jitsi-meet-electron app https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron. The controlling part can still be on regular chrome.

[codejamninja]

How do you run jitsi-meet inside the electron app? Like what button do I push to activate it? I can't find anything about controlling a screen in jitsi-meet-electron.

[codejamninja]

Oh, I finally figured it out. I don't know why it took me so long to find the place to take control.

[MurzNN]

Confirm that the place is hard to find, will be good to place this feature in more visible place in interface.

[codejamninja]

I don't think the location is the problem. The real problem is the docs.

[tuxayo]

@damencho

There is nothing to enable. Just the participant that will be controlled needs to be running jitsi-meet inside the jitsi-meet-electron app https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron. The controlling part can still be on regular chrome.

Thanks, I would never have found without your help!
This feature is huge, I wasn't seeing an easy alternative to TeamViewer until then.

[tuxayo]

@codejamninja

I don't think the location is the problem. The real problem is the docs.

Thanks you for your screenshot!
Maybe the location isn't intuitive? Or should there be a visual hint/message about remote control when screensharing is started from Jitsi Meet desktop?

[hpcbjdic]

Hi,

unfortunately I can't see the "Remote control" button as depicted in the screenshot above. "Kick out", "Mute" and "Mute all" is there but not "Remote control".
I'm using https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron/releases v.1.1.0, the other side is using Chromium @ Linux.

Is someone out there who has ideas and can help me?

Best,
Björn

[sushantdanekar]

Is it possible to enable remote control menu in web version ?

[gulteking]

@sushantdanekar as i know, it s not possible to allow control your pc from web browser. Because you can't allow to control your desktop from your browser.

You can only control another pc from browser app.

[MurzNN]

But Chrome Remote Desktop solve this limitation via WebExtension, can Jitsi implement same way?

[saghul]

I don’t think it’s just a web extension, that may enable some functionality in the browser itself.

[charuchinmay]

Hi all,

Apart from the jitsi electron based desktop app, is there any other way to enable remote desktop control through jitsi ? We have installed standalone jitsi-meet as well as containerised jitsi-meet application in our servers and we have embedded jitsi into our custom application through external jitsi APIs. So, I wanted to ask if it’s possible to enable remote desktop control feature through external jitsi APIs ?

@damencho your kind help here will be highly appreciated.

[damencho]

There is nothing to enable through external API, if you add the electron-utils to your electron app as in the example when running the client in electron, will see and advertise the new feature ...

[jeisoncp]

Hi,

unfortunately I can't see the "Remote control" button as depicted in the screenshot above. "Kick out", "Mute" and "Mute all" is there but not "Remote control".
I'm using https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron/releases v.1.1.0, the other side is using Chromium @ Linux.

Is someone out there who has ideas and can help me?

Best,
Björn

It was disabled because of a security issue: https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron/issues/431