Share your screen with friends. Your picture and sound go straight to them — the relay only introduces you.
Asked once. You will only see this again if the terms change.
Direct, encrypted screen sharing. No middleman watching.
You'll get a code to share. Nobody sees anything until someone starts sharing.
Type the code exactly as it was given to you.
Nobody is sharing yet.
Press Share my screen, or wait for someone else to start.
The server that introduces you to the other people. It carries connection setup only — never your video.
On by default, and best left that way: rooms work at any hour because the relay does not live on anyone's PC. Turn it off to go back to Rafael's computer, which only answers while that machine is awake and switched on. Either way your screen and sound go straight to the other people — the relay never sees them.
This copy of Beacon was built before the always-on relay existed. Update to a newer version to use it.
Paste exactly what the host gave you. An address like ws://10.0.0.5:8080 is a relay on a private or VPN network; wss://name.example.com is one with its own domain.
How much the panels behave like glass — the edges bend and split the light behind them. Changes as you drag. Further right asks more of the graphics card, so bring it down if the picture ever stutters; all the way left turns it off.
Windows draws a yellow outline around a window while it is being captured. That comes from Windows, not from Beacon, and the only way to remove it is to use an older way of reading the screen. The trade: that older method cannot read some games and hardware-accelerated windows, and hands back a black picture instead. If a window you share goes black, turn this back off. Sharing a whole screen is unaffected either way. Needs a restart.
Joins, leaves and screen-share changes. The sounds themselves are set by whoever built this copy of Beacon.
Turn this on if Beacon keeps dropping you, then use it normally and send the file over once it has happened again. It records everything that could end a call — second by second — so the cause can be read off afterwards instead of guessed at. It starts straight away; no restart needed. What goes in it: the names of people in your rooms, the network addresses your connections used, your network adapters, and timings. What does not: room PINs, anything you type, and no video or sound. Only send it to someone you trust. Leave it off when you are not chasing a problem — it writes continuously.
Beacon checks on its own shortly after starting, and every few hours.
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