From 6ecdd6d45d7222509a0040fda86fbe26fc41e35c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mattias <810218+avesst@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2026 21:01:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] privacy: stop counting screen captures as camera use (#3428)

Apps capturing the screen through PipeWire, such as OBS, create a live
video input stream, which the camera check counted as camera use. Skip
streams tagged with the Screen media role.
---
 quickshell/Services/PrivacyService.qml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/quickshell/Services/PrivacyService.qml b/quickshell/Services/PrivacyService.qml
index 1c0c12f36..daefd8a93 100644
--- a/quickshell/Services/PrivacyService.qml
+++ b/quickshell/Services/PrivacyService.qml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Singleton {
 
         for (let i = 0; i < Pipewire.nodes.values.length; i++) {
             const node = Pipewire.nodes.values[i]
-            if (!node || !node.ready) {
+            if (!node || !node.ready || node.properties?.["media.role"] === "Screen") {
                 continue
             }