moonlight-docs VS Sunshine

I actually have a setup a cool gamepad layout using steam so controller is not an issue, I already play with a controller on my PC. The issue is streaming quality. I've tried with Moonlight and Steam Link (using NVIDIA SHIELD GameStream like this)

You need to install nvidia game experience on your PC, and moonlight on your shield, then follow instructions from the setup guide

There is a guide on how to do it: https://github.com/moonlight-stream/moonlight-docs/wiki/Setup-Guide

Moonlight can also stream your local games over Internet so you dont need to be on the same Wifi network, but that requires an additional software on your PC. Check the guide here (scroll down to Streaming Over The Internet): https://github.com/moonlight-stream/moonlight-docs/wiki/Setup-Guide/2e7b42f5c37fcaef103ef64e893d0964069d7ffe

Is it an nvidia graphics card? If so ive had better success with moonlight. https://github.com/moonlight-stream/moonlight-docs/wiki/Setup-Guide Ive gotten 120fps 1080p streaming with 0 frame loss

Not particularly, especially since you likely already have NVIDIA GeForce Experience installed. You can follow the setup guide here. It may look daunting, but it's really just a variety of alternatives if the automatic configuration doesn't work or you want a specific configuration.

you can also read moonlight’s page about it

You can also use Sunshine as a game streaming server: https://github.com/SunshineStream/Sunshine And Moonlight as a client: https://github.com/moonlight-stream/moonlight-qt

GitHub: https://github.com/SunshineStream/Sunshine/releases

Try x11vnc, or maybe Sunshine/Moonlight

You can use AMD/Intel also without problems. Just use https://github.com/SunshineStream/Sunshine for the server / host PC. Been using this for quite a while, Linux desktop with AMD as host, nVidia shield with moonlight as client.

this might be worth a shot (if you’re looking for a way to do “full” OSS Moonlight) https://github.com/SunshineStream/Sunshine

Currently, whats working best for me is using Sunshine as the stream server hosting games or media, and the Moonlight clients wherever. The moonlight protocol is an open implementation of a Geforce streaming protocol, but it works fine with Radeon cards (I use one). There are clients for Android, Linux and Windows. I use the embedded client on my RaspberryPi 3B+ for 1080p/60 gaming in my living room. The latency is very low, but I wouldn't use it for fast reaction gaming.

Try Sunshine - https://github.com/SunshineStream/Sunshine It is an open source implementation of GameStream host. It will work with Moonlight client.

I am thinking about installing a GUI, steam, and maybe a streaming app like Sunshine so I can play games on my laptop, phone, and TV that has a raspberry pi connected. I know it's unconventional to have a GUI and games on a otherwise standard NAS and docker server. I do plan to keep the scope limited to games and streaming - I won't use it as a web browser or any other day to day activities.