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Sunshine
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Show HN: A Vulkan-Video-based game streaming tool for Linux
> Would the Swift UI also work on an iPad?
Yes, but probably not for the first version.
> Do you have any comparisons with other tools (eg steam streaming, moonlight)
Steam streaming just doesn't really work on linux. Moonlight is somewhat similar in terms of direction, and has an established client base. I know of at least two projects to build servers for the Moonlight protocol[1][2].
The Moonlight protocol is a bit weird, because it's an open-source reverse engineering of a dead NVIDIA project, GeForce now. There are fundamental limitations to the protocol, for example that the cursor must be rendered in-stream or simulated. Using my tool, the cursor is rendered locally, and custom cursor images can actually be pushed to the client, for a seamless experience. This sounds like a minor detail but it matters a lot for subjective latency. I'm also working on employing tricks like hierarchical coding using FEC in the protocol, because I hate VBR encoding for games (it makes text blurry and breaks immersion). Those tricks aren't really possible in Moonlight.
All of the Linux solutions I know about have significantly higher latency compared to Magic Mirror, although I don't have numbers for exactly how much higher. (I have a benchmark to test the latency of my tool, but the others don't.) I'd encourage you to try them out and get a feel for the difference.
Finally, I think Magic Mirror is the easiest to install and get going on the server. It has almost zero runtime library or service dependencies (there's a pesky dynamic link against libxkbcommon which I haven't managed to remove), so you don't need to mess with pipewire or docker or anything - it's completely self-contained.
All that said, the existing tools have the advantage of a larger user and contributor base, whereas Magic Mirror is just me on a mission so far :) So they're likely to be much more stable and usable.
[1]: https://github.com/LizardByte/Sunshine
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Why is remote desktop slow when host monitor is off unless HDMI cable is used?
RDP as a regular or quick solution is actually really decent in this respect.
(1) https://app.lizardbyte.dev/Sunshine
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Microsoft launches Windows App for accessing PCs in the cloud from any device
Moonlight + Sunshine for a self hosted solution, works with every OS
server: https://github.com/LizardByte/Sunshine/
client: https://github.com/moonlight-stream
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KDE Plasma 6.0 Is Enabling Wayland by Default
You could use sunshine (https://github.com/LizardByte/Sunshine) + moonlight (https://github.com/moonlight-stream/moonlight-qt). To be honest, at least for me, it works better than most of the RDP/VNC stuff.
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Give Moonlight a chance if you haven't tried it lately
EDIT: Just checked again, original was released early 2020, current maintained project started 2022.
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RG353VS Moonlight
On your pc, install Sunshine. It's an open source moonlight server. There's a good walk through on the sunshine github page. Connect your handheld to the wifi running the server & open moonlight. Should work.
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Introduction
I discovered the moonlight client and sunshine server a few months ago. These are open source solutions to provide remote gaming/desktop capabilities with built in input and audio passthrough. I tried NoMachine, but I wasn't able to get audio to work. This looks like a known issue on arch. On sunshine, I didn't have to do any extra tweaking! This allowed me to game on my desktop pc without having to sit at my desk. This was especially helpful while watching my 2nd son. I was really impressed by the performance, I could stream my host's display at high resolutions and frame rates with low latency despite my desktop being in the basement using WiFi. I was getting some instability with WiFi, so I wanted to try connecting my desktop to the router via Ethernet. I decided to go with a headless solution because that gives me more flexibility on the placement of the desktop; I ended up moving my desktop upstairs closer to my router. I figured out a way to stream my hosts display headless by using Nvidia TwinView to create the virtual display. This means I don't need to buy any HDMI/DP dummy plugs. I wrote a Linux Guide for sunshine on how to set this up. If you have any feedback on this guide, let me know! I haven't tried this, but wolf is an interesting docker alternative to sunshine.
- Sunshine vO.21.0 released!
chiaki4deck
- Offline remote play works on my OLED Steam deck and 4.03 PS5!
- chiaki4deck 1.5.0: HDR support, improved picture quality, less visual glitches
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Chiaki - A Chained Beast
Use the windows version of Chiaki4deck here https://github.com/streetpea/chiaki4deck/releases/tag/v1.5.0 and you can use the touchscreen as touchpad
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Just got my steam deck! Need a little help though on how to stream ps5 though!
PS5 - Chiaki or Chiaki4Deck from the Discover store in Desktop Mode
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I did it boys... my LCD is complete.
chiaki4deck https://streetpea.github.io/chiaki4deck/
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Fuck chiaki is amazing
Edit: anyone who wants to check it out it’s here https://streetpea.github.io/chiaki4deck/
- Chiaki Issues?
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Chiaki app lets me play my PS5 from anywhere in the house. I have minimal to no latency. Settings in third screen shot. PS5 is hard wired to network.
I also recommend upgrading to chiaki4deck to have control vibration and zoom(get rid of the black bars)
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Starfield announced on steam, anyone gonna play it on steam deck?
Have you adjusted the bitrate and audio buffer size? This guide directed me to set those to 30000 and 19200 respectively as well as set the hardware decode method to vaapi and it resolved the audio crackling and stream quality problems I was getting. I do get random white flashes in certain games though apparently due to vsync in some games. You're right about greenlight though I have my xss plugged right into my router exclusively for streaming to my deck and occasionally PC for a few games without cross play that some of my non PC friends play.
- Chiaki question
What are some alternatives?
rustdesk - An open-source remote desktop, and alternative to TeamViewer.
tailscale - The easiest, most secure way to use WireGuard and 2FA.
openstream-server
greenlight - Greenlight is an open-source client for xCloud and Xbox home streaming made in Typescript.
vita-moonlight - NVIDIA Gamestream client for PlayStation Vita, based on moonlight-embedded
gamestream_launchpad - Optimized GameStream environment for launching all of your games.
parsec - A monadic parser combinator library
tailscale-control - A Decky plugin to control Tailscale, while staying in Gaming mode.
switch-remote-play - Let the switch remotely play PC games (similar to steam link or remote play)
parsec-sdk - Low latency, peer-to-peer, interactive streaming.
nvidia-patch - This patch removes restriction on maximum number of simultaneous NVENC video encoding sessions imposed by Nvidia to consumer-grade GPUs.
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