Sharing of Multimedia Content

A method for sharing multimedia content, the method being performed by a sharing device and comprising the steps of:

• acquiring at least one of a current multimedia content segment and a current state of a screen sharing application executed by the sharing device;
• determining, before a future multimedia content segment is rendered at the sharing device, a candidate multimedia content segment for said future multimedia content segment of the screen sharing application, wherein the candidate multimedia content segment is based on at least one of the current multimedia content segment and the current state of the screen sharing application and is determined from a limited set of possible candidate multimedia content segments;
• generating and encoding the candidate multimedia content segment;
• and
• sending the generated and encoded candidate multimedia content segment to a receiving device before the future multimedia content segment is rendered at the sharing device.

A sharing device for sharing multimedia content, the sharing device comprising a processing circuit, the processing circuit being configured to:

• acquire a current multimedia content segment of a screen sharing application executed by the sharing device;
• determine, before a future multimedia content segment is rendered at the sharing device, a candidate multimedia content segment for said future multimedia content segment of the screen sharing application, wherein the candidate multimedia content segment is based on at least one of the current multimedia content segment and the current state of the screen sharing application and is determined from a limited set of possible candidate multimedia content segments;
• generate and encode the candidate multimedia content segment;
• and
• send the generated and encoded candidate multimedia content segment to a receiving device before the future multimedia content segment is rendered at the sharing device.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising, stored thereupon, a computer program for sharing multimedia content, the computer program comprising computer program code which, when run on a processing circuit of a sharing device causes the processing circuit to:

• acquire at least one of a current multimedia content segment and a current state of a screen sharing application executed by the sharing device;
• determine, before a future multimedia content segment is rendered at the sharing device, a candidate multimedia content segment for said future multimedia content segment of the screen sharing application, wherein the candidate multimedia content segment is based on at least one of the current multimedia content segment and the current state of the screen sharing application and is determined from a limited set of possible candidate multimedia content segments;
• generate and encode the candidate multimedia content segment;
• and
• send the generated and encoded candidate multimedia content segment to a receiving device before the future multimedia content segment is rendered at the sharing device.