Google Hangouts / Google Meet: Screenshare feature is non-functional

Description

Initially experienced this at a talk I was giving last week that used Google Hangouts.

• On Windows 10 x64, I’m unable to use the screenshare feature in Google Hangouts.
• I’m also experiencing the same issue from Google Meet (which is the new default for meetings when I attempt to repro from Hangouts).

When I attempt to share my screen, the screenshare button does not function as expected. The button is inactive.

• I’ve tested with and w/o Shields enabled, and I observe the same result.
• I’ve tested with and w/o camera and microphone access enabled. Same result.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Go to http://hangouts.google.com
2. Start a meeting.
3. Click on the Share Screen (Google Hangouts) or Present Now (Google Meet)

Actual result:

• On Google Hangouts: Nothing happens. Button for Share Screen is inactive when engaged.
• On Google Meet: When the Present Now button is clicked, and the screen share option is selected, there is a delay, and the user is eventually presented with an error message. See below.

Expected result:

Screen Share should just work.

Reproduces how often:

100%

Brave version (brave://version info)

Brave	0.55.22 Chromium: 70.0.3538.77 (Official Build) (32-bit)
Revision	0f6ce0b0cd63a12cb4eccea3637b1bc9a29148d9-refs/branch-heads/3538@{#1039}
OS	Windows
JavaScript	V8 7.0.276.32

Reproducible on current release:

• Does it reproduce on brave-browser dev/beta builds? Yes.

Website problems only:

• Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Shields? No
• Is the issue reproducible on the latest version of Chrome? Functions in Chrome as expected.

Additional Information

@bbondy @bsclifton as a heads up - this is a bug that bites in meetings and/or public, and probably would result in a user leaving Brave when they discover it works in Chrome.

[boggle]

Must have been that; maybe switched 2 month ago or so.

[bsclifton]

@Gary-Armstrong yup- that one switch should do the trick. It’s possible I think to have a different speaker and mic configured (you can check the system settings to confirm) and you may need to restart the browser after enabling