[Bug]: Desktop capturer thumbnails are generated in a low quality

[MaximKalinin]

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Electron Version

29.1.0

What operating system are you using?

macOS

Operating System Version

macOS Sonoma 14.4 (23E214)

What arch are you using?

arm64 (including Apple Silicon)

Last Known Working Electron version

29.0.1

Expected Behavior

Thumbnails are generated with a good quality. (example from electron 29.0.1)

Actual Behavior

Thumbnails are generated blurry.

Testcase Gist URL

https://gist.github.com/7944bd3381db8d1cf6d7a4eca86b073e

Additional Information

No response

[codebytere]

@MaximKalinin have you given your app permission to screen record?

[MaximKalinin]

@MaximKalinin have you given your app permission to screen record?

Yes, I did.

[ganning127]

Has there been a solution to this? I'm facing the same issue

[Galkon]

Has there been a solution to this? I'm facing the same issue

You can upgrade to electron 30 or downgrade to electron 28.

[codebytere]

@Galkon theres been a solution - it's been backported to 29
and should go out with the next release

[codebytere]

Closed in #42049