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IDEA? How to stream Google Earth to the "Map" layer of Roll20?

Trying to run a modern campaign, and I will definitely be using Google Earth, but want all the other stuff from Roll20 as well.  Any idea on how to stream a video feed from one browser tab to Roll20? I have used video maps before with the enhancement suite, but not a how to get a live feed from the same computer. 
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GiGs
Pro
Sheet Author
API Scripter
There;s no way to do that natively in roll20. I dont know how the enhancement suite plays video, but thats an external program. That's the only way you'll get google earth content streamed to roll20, too.
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Mino
Marketplace Creator
The enhancement suite can kinda stream... Using VLC Player, you can set up a link to stream a video from it as a temporary URL that the enhancement suite accepts. If you use any number of free screen recorders, you can just record yourself doing whatever you need with google earth and save them as video files, then run that directly into the enhancement suite. But, 1:1 realtime streaming isn't possible as far as I know. You may just have to settle for taking screenshots of certain set points of the globe and then using them as maps.
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I looked at this a while back using google maps rather than earth, the short story is that it NOT possible without some hefty back end coding. The end result was resource heavy, not 1:1 and had lots of graphical issues and cause so many problems within the VTT. I scrapped the project and started over using screen shots and sharing screen via discord for any live feeds that were needed (this is now easier with Discords Going Live).  My recommendation is exactly as I said above, use discord for any live feed required and use screenshots for everything else.