How to share your screen in 1080p60 with audio and no echo

Why echo happens

When you share system audio, the app captures everything coming out of your speakers or headphones. The problem is that the voices in the call come out there too. If the app doesn't tell them apart, your friends' voices get into the stream, go back to them with a slight delay and turn into echo. That's why many people give up and share their screen without sound.

How Falafy avoids echo

In the Windows app, Falafy captures system audio while excluding Falafy's own sound. In other words, the game, video and music go into the stream in stereo, but the call voices don't. It uses a Windows feature called per-process audio capture, available on Windows 11 (and on Windows versions from build 20348 onward).

On Windows 10 Home, the system doesn't allow isolating the audio of a specific program. In that case Falafy warns you when you start sharing and applies an echo cancellation filter to remove the call voices from the shared audio. It works in most cases, but the sound is mono and some voice may slip through. The simplest fix is to wear headphones.

Step by step

1. 1
   Join a voice channel

   Open the Falafy app for Windows and join the voice channel where your friends are.

2. 2
   Click Share screen ("Transmitir tela")

   In the call controls, click Share screen ("Transmitir tela"). A window opens so you can choose what everyone will see.

3. 3
   Pick a screen or a window

   The Screens tab ("Telas") shares an entire monitor; the Windows tab ("Janelas") shares just one program or game. Sharing only the window keeps you from showing notifications and other things by accident.

4. 4
   Choose 1080p60 quality

   Under Quality ("Qualidade"), select 1080p60 (sharpest). If your internet is weak, 720p30 is lighter. The 120 and 144 fps options appear in beta if you have a hardware video encoder.

5. 5
   Turn on system audio

   Turn on Share system audio ("Compartilhar áudio do sistema") to stream the sound of your game, video or music along with the picture.

6. 6
   Click Share ("Transmitir")

   That's it. People in the call click your stream to watch. To stop, use the same button in the call controls.

What you need to stream in 1080p60

• A stable upload connection. 1080p video at 60 frames per second uses far more bandwidth than 720p30. As a practical rule of thumb, keep a few megabits of upload free and avoid other heavy uploads (cloud backups, torrenting games) while you stream. If the picture stutters, drop to 720p30.
• A computer with headroom. Encoding video in real time uses your CPU or graphics card. Cards with a hardware encoder (NVIDIA NVENC, AMD AMF or Intel Quick Sync) take on the work and unlock the 120 and 144 fps modes in beta.
• The Windows app. The web version can also share your screen through the browser's own picker, but audio depends on the browser and the operating system. For gaming and streaming with sound, use the app.

When the stream is black, choppy or silent

• Black screen in a game: some games in exclusive fullscreen don't show up in window capture. Switch the game to borderless windowed mode or share the whole screen.
• Choppy picture: lower the quality to 720p30, close programs that use the network and, if you can, use a cable instead of Wi-Fi.
• No sound in the stream: check that Share system audio is turned on and that the game sound goes through the Windows default device.
• Friends hearing their own voice: on Windows 10, wear headphones. On Windows 11 this shouldn't happen; if it does, let support know from inside the app.
• Your mic is noisy: see the guide how to reduce microphone noise on calls.

Do you have to pay to stream in high quality?

On Falafy, no. Screen sharing up to 1080p60, webcam and every other feature are available to everyone, with no subscription and no ads. In other apps, higher streaming quality is often part of a paid plan; always check each app's official page. Learn more on voice chat for gaming.