rspier / chrome-stream-deck

Elgato Stream Deck Chrome Extension for Google Meet using WebHID

This extension uses WebHid to drive an Elgato Stram Deck Mini such that it can control Google Meet.

IMPORTANT - Enable WebHID

You must enable this Chrome flag to enable WebHID: chrome://flags/#enable-experimental-web-platform-features

Hopefully WebHID will be on by default soon.

Build

yarn
yarn build

Usage

The first time you use the extension, you must click on the (ugly) button and choose your StreamDeck device. Subsequent times, it will automatically reconnect to the previously selected device.

Development

# Make a production build
$ yarn build 

# Development
$ yarn watch

Linux: udev

If you're running this on Linux, you'll need to make sure the device has the right permissions.

Make sure /etc/udev/rules.d/99-streamdeck.rules exists with the following contents:

SUBSYSTEM=="hidraw", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0fd9", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0060", MODE:="664", GROUP="plugdev"
SUBSYSTEM=="hidraw", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0fd9", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0063", MODE:="664", GROUP="plugdev"
SUBSYSTEM=="hidraw", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0fd9", ATTRS{idProduct}=="006c", MODE:="664", GROUP="plugdev"
SUBSYSTEM=="hidraw", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0fd9", ATTRS{idProduct}=="006d", MODE:="664", GROUP="plugdev"

And then run sudo udevadm control --reload.

TODO

• Support Stream Decks that aren't the Stream Deck Mini.
• Popup reminding people to enable WebHID
• Better looking/positioned button

Disclaimer

This is not an official Google product/project.

chrome-stream-deck's Issues

screensaver?

When there is no meeting running, the stream deck now still shows some buttons and the clock.

Is there a risk of burnin? (The internet suggests that is at least a risk for older versions of the large stream deck, don't know about the mini.)

Could the Chrome extension just black out the buttons after some time without meeting?

FR: button to bring meet tab back to focus

Use Case: Typing in other windows during meeting, then want to quickly return to the meet window itself vs. trying to find the right tab. Not sure how possible this is.