Movie night on Discord, minus the black screen.
A tiny Windows browser that keeps video visible when you share it.
Download for WindowsYou hit share. They get a black rectangle.
Streaming sites use protected playback, and Discord captures that as nothing at all.
Ember burns it right off.
It runs with the GPU off, so there's no protected overlay left to go black.
Try it: hold your mouse on the black.
The movie gets the whole window.
Tabs wait at the left edge, the address bar at the top. Your friends only see the movie.
Try it: touch the edges of the screen with your mouse.
One file. 1.2 MB. Updates itself.
No installer. Logins and settings stay on your PC.
Round up the crew.
Download for Windows- Open Ember.exe. Windows may warn you, since it isn't code signed: More info, then Run anyway.
- Play your movie in Ember.
- In Discord: Share Your Screen > Applications > the window ending in - Ember.
Good to know
- It uses more CPU while playing, and sites usually cap this kind of playback at 720p to 1080p.
- Needs the Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime, which comes with Windows 11.
- Logins and settings live in
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Ember. - Updates come only from GitHub over HTTPS, and each one is checked against its SHA-256.
- This build's SHA-256:
- Keys:
Ctrl+Laddress bar,Ctrl+Tnew tab,Ctrl+Wclose tab,Ctrl+Tabnext tab,Ctrl+Skeep the sidebar open,F5reload,F11full screen.