Deskreen - An Open Source, Self Hosted way to use a mobile device as a second monitor.
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Deskreen Homepage
deskreen.com/lang-en
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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 TH-cam
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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This is such a great help. Also, low latency! Thank you!
You're welcome!
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.
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.
Thanks for the demo and info, have a great day
Thank you too
Thanks for this...app images are awesome.
My pleaure!
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.
Sir did you try to connect from laptop to tv, as long as it is smart tv,, right?
Glad you like it, and the content.
I would think you could connect something like a raspberry PI to the tv if needed as well.
Hi Brian. Thanks for a great video. This is such a useful tool.
Glad it was helpful!
Brilliant! Love this solution.
Glad you like it.
Thanks for the awesome Open Source.
You're welcome!
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 😀
have you tried snipeit?
Check out my latest video on Baserow, it might just be exactly what you want.
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Excuses for my late reaction, something with vacation and so
I'm going to have a look into both of them thanks 😊
virtually all databases have web interfaces available for them
Wow great peace of software. I will donate for it. Im sure. Thanks for sharing
Glad you like it, and donations in open source are excellent!
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...
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.
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!
I hope this will be a step up for you.
A useful piece of software. Also what distro of Linux are you running please? I like the look of it
It's Kubuntu 22.04, I just modified the taskbar a bit. it runs really well, and very smooth.
@@AwesomeOpenSource nice, I'm thinking of switching to Linux and I'll keep this distro in mind. Thank you.
What OS are you running there? BTW I love your content!
Kubuntu 22.04, with a few littls tweaks to the taskbar. And, thank you.
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.
That's an awesome use case!
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!
Not that I'm aware of, but you could make that request on the github page for an enhancement.
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.
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.
@@AwesomeOpenSource Thanks! yeah absolutely I think that would be cool. I didn't notice there was a hardware piece.
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.
@@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.
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.
Great app! I have a question, can i use projector as secondary screen?
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)
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.
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?
I think you can indeed share monitors windows on the other PC yes, It's all about how you lay them out.
wow this is great
Really great stuff.
Awesome
Indeed it is.
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.
I hope so too!
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.
I was able to share to two "devices", but just used 2 urls for different applications, so break those into different tabs, and voila!
@@AwesomeOpenSource sounds like good solution. Thanks
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?
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.
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.
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.
Really Cool intuitive n fast programm, the only bad for me is it runns on 80% cpu usage
:( super video!
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.
@@AwesomeOpenSource ty
Does this also work fine with usb2.0 / galaxy tab a8?
Not sure about USB2.0, but it should be able to mirror the Galaxy.
I'm guessing one needs to be on the same network connection(wifi) for this to work....???
I think so, yes. It may could be modified to work over the internet, but probably best with VPN if you want that.
Hi!, any recommendation to replace ngrok ?
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.
@@AwesomeOpenSource Thanks for the suggestion, you do a great job letting us know about these open source tools!
Does apple pencil work if I use an ipad as second monitor?
I don't think the "second monitor" really has input access, it's a view only.
Problem with appimages the mostly not package all libs like glibc so flatpak is more versitile imo
Appimages can miss libs, but if you tell the auther, they can then include it so others will benefit as well.
does touchscreen word on this app?
This is really a viewer app only. Not for interaction from the secondary screen. You can use the normal input on the main device.
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.
It could be a version limitation. I found theat Home Assistant wouldn't display correctly on an older iOS version (app or web).
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.
I'll keep that in mind for the future.
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.
Absolutely correct.
My Like number 460
Great number, and thanks for liking.
Audio??
Don't know about that.
des it work like extended monitors
no, but if you select only 1 program you can leave it in background
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.
@@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 ??
mmm is the same network??? :(
Yes. it is. Meant to be running on the device next to your main pc.
How to use it on Android
To view the Android screen, or view a screen from Android?
@@AwesomeOpenSource how to view computer screen on Android phone
I'm not sure you can do that. the idea is to use the mobile device as a secondary monitor of sorts.
PLEASE the intro/outro music is way too loud.
Sorry, I've usually had no issues with the even levels on my end. I'll check on my next edit.
@@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
i want you to drop the word kinda
I'll work on it.