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Steam in-house remote play (link) (feddit.ch)
submitted 1 year ago by kambusha@feddit.ch to c/gaming@beehaw.org
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Hi all, I've been thinking about setting things up so I can play Steam games on my TV but I'm a little confused on the setup. So here's what I was planning:

  • main laptop in office will stream the game
  • TV in living room connected to Nvida shield
  • Nvidia shield runs Steam Link to connect to laptop
  • Controllers connect to Nvidia shield??

I think the main thing that confuses me is if I can connect my controllers to the Nvidia shield or do they need to connect to the laptop?

Anyone have a similar setup that works?

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[–] jet@hackertalks.com 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I would recommend using moonlight and sunshine. The steam streaming is pretty good but moonlight is better

[–] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I'll second this.

I had loads of issues trying to get my controllers working with the Steam Link app, but with Moonlight and Sunshine they worked straight away.

Just be aware that whichever way you do it, your laptop will need to be unlocked, and the game plays on it as if you were sat in front of it, including the sound coming through the speakers. There may be a way to mute the laptop speakers, but I'm not near my computer to check.

[–] ahto@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

I think there's an option to enable/disable sound on the host computer somewhere in the streaming settings.

[–] kambusha@feddit.ch 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Moonlight works on the nvidia shield?

[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

Yes. Nvidia shield runs Android. Moonlight runs on all desktop OSes, plus iOS and Android and a few smart TVs

[–] MayonnaiseArch@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just have to ask what sunshine is? Tried reading the docs but I don't get it - is it used instead of the nvidia driver thing that you usually connect to moonlight? And if it is is there a benefit except the obvious privacy part?

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes exactly, its a open source server for the moonlight client. It's less polished then the nvidia drivers, but nvidia announced the end of their support for the protocol, so its only a matter of time until the nvidia driver server is removed from the drivers. Then you either can't upgrade your drivers, or use moonlight.

So the open source sunshine is the future for the host side. Plus it works on multiple platforms and supports AMD

[–] MayonnaiseArch@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I'm gonna get it and try it out on my setup. Thanks!