How to Stream Disney Plus on Discord? (and How Legal Is It?)

If you're looking for how to stream Disney Plus on Discord without issues, you need to follow the steps below:

  1. Download the Discord app on your computer.
  2. Open Discord.
  3. Disable hardware acceleration in your browser.
  4. Start streaming Disney Plus in the same browser. Choose the TV show or movie you want to watch, start playing it, and then pause.
  5. Then, from the Discord settings, you'll add your browser as a 'game'. You can do this by going to the "Activity Status" option in the Settings menu, and choosing "Add It!".
  6. Then you'll be able to "Share Screen" from the appropriate Discord channel to stream Disney Plus.

If you enjoy streaming, there could be many things you want to share with your audience. For instance, you might want to watch content from streaming services like Disney Plus. Unfortunately, it's difficult to set up, and that's by design. My nephew who likes to stream on Twitch came to ask me for help on how to get this done on Discord, so I showed him how.

If you're trying to figure out how to stream Disney Plus on Discord, you don't need to stress yourself figuring it out. This is the guide you need to begin streaming Disney Plus without any issues. Let's get right into it.

What are the Steps to Follow to Stream Disney Plus on the Discord App?

If you want to stream Disney Plus on Discord without needing to contend with black screen issues and more, you'll need to follow the right steps.

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Follow the process below to get your browser, Disney Plus, and Discord ready for streaming.

1. Download the Discord App on Your Computer

The first thing you need to do to get started if you want to stream Disney Plus is to download the app on your computer.

Discord has a version that you can easily use in a browser window. But that doesn't work if your objective is to stream Disney Plus. You will have to get the proper app.

Fortunately, whether you use a Mac, PC, or even Linux, you can get the Discord app for your system. Check here to download the appropriate version for your computer.

Once you have downloaded and installed Discord, launch the application and sign in.

2. Disable Hardware Acceleration

Now that Discord is installed, you'll need to make sure that the browser that you'll be watching Disney Plus 0n is also ready.

The major step you need to take is to disable hardware acceleration. This is perhaps the major cause of the black screen issues that most people face when trying to do this.

Pretty much every major browser has a way to disable hardware acceleration. However, to keep things brief, I will only show you how to do this with Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge. Safari doesn't give users the ability to toggle the hardware acceleration option.

Google Chrome

To turn off hardware acceleration in Chrome, follow the steps below:

  1. Launch "Google Chrome".
  2. Tap the three dots in the upper-right corner to open the options menu.
  3. Click "Settings".
  4. From the left sidebar in the Settings menu, click "System".
  5. Disable the "Use hardware acceleration when available" option.
  6. Restart Chrome, and that's it!

Microsoft Edge

If you're using the Microsoft Edge browser that comes with your Windows PC, disabling hardware acceleration is straightforward.

Follow the steps below to turn off hardware acceleration in Edge:

  1. Open "Edge" on your PC.
  2. Click the three dots in the upper-right corner.
  3. Select "Settings".
  4. From the panel on the left-hand side, click "System".
  5. Disable the "Use hardware acceleration when available" option.
  6. Restart Edge to finish up the process.
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3. Play Disney Plus Content

Now that hardware acceleration is disabled, you'll need to get your Disney Plus streaming started. To do this, you'll have to access the platform and choose the movie or show that you want to stream on Discord.

The first thing you need to do is open the browser that you disabled hardware acceleration on. This is where you'll stream Disney Plus from. You can't use the Disney Plus official app to do this as you'll only get a black screen.

After that, open the Disney Plus website in the browser.

Now, go through the content available on the platform and start playing it. However, once you do, pause it right away. It's time to go and finish setting up Discord.

4. Set Up Discord to Stream Disney Plus

You've turned off hardware acceleration and you've got content queued up. It's time to mess around with the Discord settings to get it ready for you to stream Disney Plus.

Follow the steps below:

  1. Open "Discord" on your computer. It needs to be the app and not the web version.
  2. Click the gear icon to open the app's settings.
  3. In the left sidebar, click the "Activity Status" option to open that tab.
  4. You'll see a line that says "Not seeing your game?". Beside it is the text "Add It!", which is what you need to click on.
  5. Now, from the dropdown menu, pick the browser that you chose for this process.

5. Start Streaming from Discord

Now that you've gotten Discord set up, it's finally time to start watching Disney Plus on Discord with all your friends.

  1. From the app, open the Discord server that you want to watch movies with. Then click the "Stream" or "Screen Share" (if you're in a voice channel).
  2. You'll see a list of the apps running on your computer. Pick the browser that the Disney Plus video is in.
  3. Set the video resolution and frame rate of your stream as you please. Note that having a Discord Nitro membership gives you the option for screen sharing in Full HD at 60 frames per second.
  4. Click "Go Live".
  5. Now, you can go back to your browser and start playing the movie or TV show that you paused.

This option is a great way to have a quick and convenient watch party with your favorite Disney movies.

Whenever you're ready to stop the stream that you've started, you only need to press the "End Call" button and the watch party will end for all the people on the voice channel or server.

Stream Other Services

If you enjoy other services besides Disney Plus, you'll be pleased to know that you can watch your favorite movies on other streaming platforms.

For instance, if you want to stream Netflix, Prime Video, or other popular services, you may find that this exact process will work, as long as you open the service in your preferred browser.

However, keep in mind that since the DRM protection that each company uses might be different, it is not guaranteed to work for every service.

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Is Streaming Disney Plus on Discord Possible?

Streaming services make their money from subscriptions, so it's no surprise that they try their best to make sure that each person that is watching their content has a subscription.

When you stream Disney Plus on Discord, you're giving people who are probably not subscribed to the platform the ability to watch Disney Plus without paying the company. This is why the company has done its best to put protections in place to prevent screen sharing from working with their service.

However, despite this, it is still possible to stream Disney Plus on Discord. However, if you don't configure Discord and your browser the right way, you're likely to run into issues like a black screen.

Don't worry, this guide will show you exactly how to set up Discord so that you can stream Disney Plus without a black screen or other problems.

Is Streaming Disney Plus on Discord Legal?

You might be able to tell that there's a big question mark over the legality of choosing to stream movies from Disney Plus on Discord and other platforms.

It's a bit of a grey area, but the legality depends mostly on how many people you're sharing the content with, and how much of it.

It's pretty easy to say that streaming an entire movie to hundreds of Discord viewers is definitely problematic.

With the questionable legality now clear, the next section will describe how to stream Disney Plus on Discord, but purely for educational purposes. Do so at your own risk.

Final Words

If you're in need of a way to watch Disney Plus and share it with all your friends, streaming over Discord is one of the best ways to get it done. However, to avoid dealing with the famous black screen problem, it's important that you disable hardware acceleration on whichever browser you're using. Note that there's no way to disable hardware acceleration in Safari.

Another thing to keep in mind is that you need to use the actual Discord application for your operating system, and not the web version. If you use the web app, you won't be able to stream Disney Plus properly.

We hope this article showed you how to use the screen share feature in Discord to watch Disney Plus. Take a look at our related articles, for similar tips.

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