Screen-sharing Resolution?

Greg DAlessandro

For screen-sharing, is there a way to output at a different (smaller) resolution than your viewing resolution?  (Also, is it possible to do this with Google Hangouts?

My monitor is 52" and as a resolution of 3840 x 2160. When I screen-share with google-hangouts: with my current resolution, my screen will not be readable for those with a smaller monitor/ lower resolution. So unless I zoom in with my browser (Chrome) to an extreme level (200%-300% - where it's like trying to read text after putting your face right up against your monitor), my screen will look very zoomed out and illegible to others.

Is there a way around this without having to adjust my screen resolution or having to zoom in like 200%-300% in Google Chrome (ie. the browser)?

Thank you.

JayXiong

What happens if you resize the window you're trying to share and share only that window?

Greg DAlessandro

What do you mean by if I resize the window and only share that window? I'll have to see if I can share only the window as apposed to the full-screen on google hangouts.

throttlekitty

Do you or can you get a second monitor with a streaming friendly resolution? I nabbed a flat panel from salvation army last year for $15 that turned out to be pretty nice. The only solution I know otherwise would be to change your resolution and scaling. Or look through a mounted magnifier and capture a smaller screen region.

Greg DAlessandro

I do have a 32" monitor.