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WebCord now has seamless audio share for Discord. (github.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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WebCord is an "alternative client" for Discord, although it's just running the Discord webpage in electron. Recently it updated its electron version so it supports sharing audio as well as video.

I tried it out today on mint (x11, pulseaudio) and it works flawlessly.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

I still have major problems with presence detection and notifications (in Webcord. Love it on Deck tho.) Could be me. Vencord is a project I just stumbled on and it seems really solid in just about every area. Check out those plugins.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

And Vencord has a desktop client "Vesktop" which works like Webcord, with audio in stream too. No presence detection but notifications have worked for me

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ive been using armcord with the vencord base, it's super solid and not as resource intensive.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Had to remove Armcord due to wild CPU usage.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

What did you switch to, what memory usage consumption caused pause and what settings were you using?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I switched to not using Discord. I didn't have a memory issue, I had a CPU issue. It was using like 25% of my CPU and causing my fans to go crazy. Not sure what "settings" you're referring to.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Sorry, misread that part. I was referring to plugins, which can increase CPU usage, and backend, which you can choose between vencord and webcord.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I would caution anyone using a client mod like that, since it is technically against Discord's terms of service. To be fair I've never heard of them banning anyone for that, but it's worth noting. Webcord is generally a much safer option.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You're technically right but discord really doesn't care as long as you're not doing anything harmful with the client mods. Big YouTubers like No Text To Speech publicly promote and use Vencord and never get banned, I think his server is even a discord partner.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Yeah it's fine right now, but these companies are prone to changing their minds. I think it's a good option but also wouldn't put it past discord to suddenly decide to crack down one day.