Pass the popcorn to your Discord friends online by tuning in to your favorite Netflix Original
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Netflix is cracking down on account sharing. It doesn’t help matters with the recent price hike causing users to cancel Netflix subscriptions, leaving us with so few options to share our binge-watching experiences with remote family and close friends. One of the best options is hosting a Netflix watch session over another social app like Discord.
Discord enables streaming your Netflix experience using the screen share feature. Now you can host your favorite shows on PC and mobile without purchasing the best streaming box on the market. Our guide will walk you through how to screen share Netflix through the Discord mobile app and desktop version while outlining precisely how to tinker with your settings to enhance the experience.
How to screen share Netflix over Discord on desktop
You can load up the desktop app or the web browser version to screen share Netflix. However, viewers can join on any device they own (provided they have the Discord app installed), so jumping into a hosted stream on mobile is a breeze.
- Launch the desktop Discord app or access Discord in the web browser, and log in to your account.
- Enter a voice channel on a server. Note: You can also screen share during 1-on-1 voice calls and in your Discord groups.
- Open a new tab and visit the Netflix home page to sign into your account.
- Click on the Screen button to begin sharing your screen.
- Navigate to your tabs (if on Google Chrome, select Chrome Tab); ensure the Share tab audio is checked.
- Select Netflix from your list of tabs, then click on Share.
- Successfully sharing your screen is shown by Live next to your username, and you can preview a thumbnail of what’s displayed on your screen share.
- Once you’re done with hosting a Netflix watch party, click on the screen icon embedded with an X to stop streaming.
How to screen share Netflix on Discord on mobile
You can now screen share the Netflix app on mobile, so we’ve updated the steps on how this process works. You will need to install the Netflix mobile app and the Discord mobile app before proceeding, which is why we’ve included the installation widgets below this section.
- Launch the Netflix app.
- If you haven’t installed the app, grab the download from the widget below this section.
- Browse and open the Netflix show/movie you plan to stream within the app.
- Leave the app open and return to your home page to launch the Discord app.
- Select a Discord server and tap on the voice channel.
- Inside the voice channel, tap on the camera icon. Note: You can turn your camera off by tapping the icon again.
- Tap on the mobile arrow icon next to the camera icon; you may need to accept the recording/casting with Discord permissions first to proceed.
- Your camera is shown as a default if turned on. But to stream Netflix, swap over to the Netflix app screen (located in your device’s background) and tap the play button on your stream. Note that playing the stream within the Netflix app will automatically start the stream on your hosted screen share.
- Once finished broadcasting your Netflix stream, close your Netflix app and tap Stop sharing on the Discord app.
How to enhance the experience
You may wish to improve the streaming quality for your Netflix watch-party sessions, and a few limited options are available. The first option is using a Discord server and setting up the voice channels; after setting up these channels, you can navigate to the voice channel settings and select the region override. Discord defaults to automatic, but sometimes you may need to consider manually selecting a server depending on where everyone is located to find a middle ground; there are four options for the US alone.
The second option works if you are subscribed to Discord Nitro (a premium subscription-based service). Discord Nitro allows you to stream videos greater than 720p video resolution and increases frame rate; if you have the option, we recommend streaming above the lowest settings, provided your Internet connection can also handle it.
Host a Netflix watch party instead of sharing your account
Even though it may not always be the most convenient option to host a watch party on Discord, it certainly is the safest one, at least when it comes to sharing. Soon Netflix may force you to pay for any account sharing on your favorite streaming box, but not everyone has the money to splurge on entertainment these days. So why not just sit down and organize a watch party with your family and friends over Discord as an alternative? Even Amazon is trying to jump on the bandwagon by adding native support with their own watch parties on Amazon Prime Video.
