How to Stream Netflix on Discord Without Black Screen in Chrome with Sound

How to Stream Netflix on Discord Without Black Screen in Chrome with Sound

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Learn how to seamlessly stream Netflix video and audio in Discord voice channels. Fix black screens and playback issues with step-by-step instructions using a Chrome extension and Discord audio settings to watch movies together.

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If you want to stream Netflix video and audio in a Discord voice channel for movie nights or hangouts with friends, you may run into issues getting it to work properly. By default, Discord doesn’t fully support streaming DRM-protected content like Netflix.

However, with a few tweaks you can bypass the restrictions to share your Netflix stream in a voice channel with both video and sound.

This guide will walk through fixing potential problems like black screens, no audio, and Chrome tab crashes to seamlessly stream Netflix on Discord.

We will also cover audio troubleshooting steps in case anyone in your voice channel can’t hear the stream. Follow along below and you’ll be watching Netflix together in no time!

Prerequisites For Stream Netflix on Discord

Before we get started some of the important things that you must make sure you have to stream Netflix on discord:

  • An active Discord account
    • Free or paid Discord account worksUseful for messaging friends, voice/video calls
  • Google Chrome web browser installed and updated
    • Recommended for best streaming compatibility
  • A Netflix subscription
    • Provides access to Netflix shows & moviesPaid monthly subscription required

Without these basics, you won’t be able to access Netflix or share your screen through Discord.

Why Doesn’t Netflix Work on Discord by Default?

Discord doesn’t natively support streaming DRM-protected video content like Netflix. DRM (Digital Rights Management) is a way for platforms like Netflix to control access and prevent piracy of movies, shows, and other media.

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Chrome also blocks the streaming of DRM content as a security measure. This prevents streaming Netflix directly in Discord voice and video calls, resulting in issues like:

  • Black screen instead of Netflix video
  • No sound from the Netflix stream
  • Chrome tab crashes

DRM can cause issues across various browsers when trying to capture protected video streams. Safari has similar restrictions to Chrome, while Firefox requires additional media router extensions to stream DRM content.

Luckily there are workarounds to get flawless Netflix streaming with Discord by bypassing these restrictions as we’ll explore below.

Step 1: Fix Black Screen with Browser Extension

When you first try to stream Netflix on a Discord Go Live stream, you’ll likely encounter a black screen where you should see video. This happens because Chrome blocks capturing or streaming video on sites with DRM like Netflix.

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How to fix Black Screen When Screen Sharing on Discord (Netflix Youtube & HULU) (Credit Alamy)

To fix this, we need to bypass Chrome’s restrictions on capturing DRM content. Here’s how:

  1. Install the Native HLS Playback Google Chrome extension. This allows streaming DRM-protected video.
  2. Refresh your Netflix tab after installing the extension.

That browser extension is all you need to be able to capture Netflix video when streaming your Chrome tab in Discord. It works by hooking into the protected media pipeline and letting you record or stream video and audio feeds you normally wouldn’t have access to.

Some alternative extensions that achieve the same goal:

These Netflix-focused capturing extensions are simpler to set up than broader screen recording apps like OBS Studio that would require more complex audio routing.

Why a Browser Extension is Needed

Modern browsers have limitations in place preventing the capturing or streaming of videos from services like Netflix and Disney+ that use DRM licensing restrictions. This protects copyrighted content from being illegally re-shared.

The browser extensions work around these restrictions and disable certain protections in order to let you record and stream DRM video sources. Some do this by hooking into lower-level operating system media frameworks.

Now with unblocked access to streaming Netflix video, we can move on to getting audio working properly.

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Step 2: Set Up Audio in Discord

Now that video is working, we need to tackle getting the audio from Netflix playing both on your local system audio and in the Discord livestream.

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By default, Discord doesn’t capture system audio—it only picks up your mic input. We’ll change some settings to capture that audio and hear Netflix sound both locally and shared in your Discord voice channel:

  1. Open Discord’s settings menu and go to Voice & Video**
  2. Make sure to Enable “Advanced Voice Activity” and toggle to the top
  3. Scroll down to bottom and make “Echo Cancellation” Turn off
  4. Now you have to Click “Let me select my audio devices” which is there under the Input Mode
  5. Set your desired audio input and output devices

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Those steps allow Discord to capture system audio—including all sounds playing on your computer like Netflix. The “Echo Cancellation” setting prevents audio feedback/echoes from your speakers looping back into the stream.

Why Adjust Discord’s Audio Settings?

By default, Discord is optimized for clear voice chat communication. The app tries to suppress background system sounds to only transmit your microphone input.

We need to reconfigure Discord to share all your system audio, not just your mic. Those setting changes explicitly tell Discord to listen to the full computer sound mix so streaming audio like Netflix works properly.

Now when you Go Live, both your mic AND playing audio like Netflix will reach people in your voice channel!

Step 3: Share Chrome Tab in Discord Go Live

Now we’re ready to actually share video & audio from the Netflix tab in Chrome:

  1. Join the appropriate Discord voice channel where you want to share Netflix
  2. Click on the Go Live button (it looks like a little satellite dish)
  3. Select “Chrome Tab” from the source picker menu
  4. Choose your open Netflix tab from the list
  5. Click Go Live in the bottom right!

As long as you have the Native HLS Playback extension installed from before, you should now see Netflix video instead of a black screen.

We also need to enable hardware acceleration in Chrome for improved performance when streaming the tab.

Enable Chrome Hardware Acceleration

Sharing your browser tab can take quite a bit of computing resources, especially for streaming HD video. We can reduce the strain on your computer and prevent crashes by enabling hardware acceleration in Chrome to offload work to your GPU:

  1. Click the three dot settings menu in the Chrome browser
  2. Choose Settings, then open the System settings tab
  3. Turn on “Use hardware acceleration when available” and relaunch Chrome
  4. Refresh your Netflix tab

Hardware acceleration prevents choppy video or crashes when streaming Netflix for long periods by leveraging your graphics card for encoding/decoding streams instead of solely relying on your CPU.

Nvidia and AMD graphics cards created in the last 5+ years generally have full hardware acceleration support in Chrome. Some key benefits this provides:

  • Smoother video playback at higher resolutions
  • Greatly reduced CPU usage for streaming video
  • Prevent system crashes/freezes from maxing out your CPU
  • Fix issues with screen sharing black screens

With hardware acceleration flipped on, Netflix should stream smoothly in your Discord call! 🍿

Alternative Streaming Options

If you encounter issues streaming Chrome tabs with Netflix, some alternative sharing options to try are:

Test different sharing methods if Chrome tab streaming gives you trouble even after the above fixes.

Audio Troubleshooting

If anyone in your voice channel can’t hear the Netflix audio for some reason:

  • Double check that your system’s default audio output device includes the Discord app or web browser page. Otherwise system sounds won’t make it into the stream.
  • If you hear echo/feedback, try toggling “Echo Cancellation” back on in Discord’s settings.
  • Refer to Discord’s troubleshooting audio guide for additional steps.

Some other tips:

  • Completely leaving and rejoining the voice channel can fix one-off audio issues
  • Check your Windows sound control panel to change default output devices
  • Restarting both Discord and Chrome resolves many streaming problems

Conclusion Stream Netflix on Discord

Getting Netflix to seamlessly stream in Discord voice channels takes a few tweaks, but is completely possible with the Native HLS Playback Chrome extension and changing some default Discord audio settings.

Here is a quick Follow thought of the steps we learn:

  1. Install the Native HLS Playback extension to capture DRM video
  2. Enable the “Advanced Voice Activity” and disable “Echo Cancellation” in Discord to capture system audio
  3. Share your Chrome tab in a Discord Go Live stream
  4. Turn on hardware acceleration in Chrome settings to reduce strain

Following this guide, you and your friends should be able watch Netflix together in Discord without issues like black screens or no sound from now on! 🎉

Enjoy your movie nights or Netflix binges in Discord together! Let us know if you have any other issues getting the streaming to work properly.

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