About:
Wired HDMI screen sharing is a one-plug method to share content from a laptop or mobile device to a Zoom Room. This uses an HDMI capture card to communicate between a Zoom client and a Zoom Room
There are other methods to share content from your laptop or mobile device to a Zoom Room:
- Wireless direct sharing via proximity or sharing code
- Wireless sharing via share.zoom.us
- Wireless Airplay mirroring on MacOS or IOS
Pre-requisites:
- Purchase Magewell USB-HDMI (for Mac or PC); or Inogeni 4k2USB3 (for PC only)
- Other capture cards (Inogeni Share2U, Osprey Capture) are camera source only
- Upgrade the Magewell GEN1 firmware for 16:9 capture (default is 16:10)
- Zoom Rooms for Mac, PC/PC Touch version 4.0x and higher
| Mac | PC | |
| Magewell | Content or Camera | Content or Camera |
| Inogeni | Camera | Content or Camera |
Instructions:
Automatic HDMI sharing
Wired HDMI sharing is automatic upon plugging in your laptop to the video capture device connected to Zoom Rooms.
- Plug your the Magewell HDMI cable to your PC and Mac's HDMI port
- It will automatically screen share your desktop to a Zoom TV display
- Unplug the HDMI cable to stop HDMI screen sharing.
Enable Manual HDMI sharing
You can disable the automatic detection by selecting the manual HDMI sharing option for Zoom Rooms.
- As account owner/admin go to your Zoom Rooms tab
- Find and click on the Zoom Room name
- Click on the Edit button
- Select the Meeting Settings tab
- Turn on the "Start HDMI content share manually on controller" option
Manual HDMI sharing
- First Start a Zoom Room meeting or click on Presentation
- Plug your the Magewell HDMI cable to your PC and Mac's HDMI port
- It will screen share your desktop to a Zoom TV display
- Unplug the HDMI cable to stop HDMI screen sharing.
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Setup for BlackMagic Intensity Extreme (no longer available)
- Download and install the Desktop Video Software from BlackMagic on the Mac Mini
- Connect the Thunderbolt output from the Intensity Extreme to the Mac Mini (single screen)
- Connect the Thunderbolt output from the Thunderbolt Station to the Mac Mini. Connect the Thunderbolt output from the Intensity Extreme to the Thunderbolt Station (dual screen)
- Connect a Macbook or PC HDMI output to the HDMI input of the Intensity Extreme
- Launch the Blackmagic Media Express software
- Go to Preferences and set the Project Video Format to HD1080p 30
- On your PC or Mac, ensure that the display settings for BMD HDMI is 1080p 30.
- Click on Log and Capture and you should see the screen capture of your PC or Mac.
- Quit Media Express. Unplug the Intensity Extreme HDMI cable from your PC or Mac.
