# Wayland support - example

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/wayland-support-example/62751>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Tags:** use-case\
**Created:** [January 17, 2022, 10:16am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/wayland-support-example/62751 "2022-01-17T10:16:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![adam.langowicz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/adam.langowicz/32/34172_2.png) [@adam.langowicz](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/adam.langowicz)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 10:16am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/wayland-support-example/62751/1 "2022-01-17T10:16:41Z")

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OBS has good support of Wayland for linux - [CMakeLists.txt:222: option(ENABLE\_WAYLAND "Build support for Wayland" ON)UI/ob - Pastebin.com](https://pastebin.com/8Sa0Dvda)

OBS has too good suport for PipeWire - [cmake/Modules/FindPipeWire.cmake:2:# FindPipeWirecmake/Modules/FindPipeWire.cm - Pastebin.com](https://pastebin.com/Ys42KFXD)

[0]. A -  
github com obsproject obs-studio blob master cmake Modules FindWayland cmake  
[1]. B -  
github com obsproject obs-studio blob master cmake Modules FindPipeWire cmake

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**Author:** ![adam.langowicz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/adam.langowicz/32/34172_2.png) [@adam.langowicz](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/adam.langowicz)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 8:51am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/wayland-support-example/62751/2 "2022-01-28T08:51:46Z")

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Some more info - how to support, booth Wayland and X11

> **[Unable to share screen using Zoom on Fedora 35 beta](https://ask.fedoraproject.org/t/unable-to-share-screen-using-zoom-on-fedora-35-beta/16884/16?u=chiddekel)**
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> Hopefully Zoom will soon be updated to use the XDG ScreenCast Portal for Wayland. Details are in this other thread: Unable to share screen using Zoom on Fedora 35 beta In that thread, two workarounds are offered: switch from Wayland to X11 ...

quote: “Hopefully Zoom will soon be updated to use the XDG ScreenCast Portal for Wayland.”

XDG ScreenCast Portal API doc:  
[https://flatpak.github.io/xdg-desktop-portal/](https://flatpak.github.io/xdg-desktop-portal/)

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**Author:** ![dab](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/dab/32/34903_2.png) [@dab](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/dab)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 3:29pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/wayland-support-example/62751/3 "2022-02-07T15:29:28Z")

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Thanks for sharing this - I came here to bump it up. Hopefully the zoom devs will find this useful and add it to their roadmap. I can see from trying to solve this problem myself that many others need this feature as well.