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Steam In-home Streaming Officially Released
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You just need to mouse click on few things on the main computer. Once that is done then you are good to go to stream.
Good luck.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
Thanks for the advice, could anyone reccomend a reliable but cheap one? I'd buy the Apple Airport, but $189 sounds insane.
if you want AC it is going to cost you....
I have said this before, but Nvidia were right, all along they have said if you want 1080p 60FPS, you need a wired connection on all ends connected to a gigabit router...
I have seen nothing to change my mind that steam will end up saying that, you can not in any imagination make a streaming service that accounts for a wireless connection, as it is to variable
I have a Asus AC68, the latest router on the market, with a Asus Wifi AC card on my PC, and still I see issues...
when I wire it, it runs perfectly
TC McQueen
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Is it just me, or did the latest update break whatever put windowed games in the middle of the screen and properly scaled them?
anyone else getting scratchy audio?
I have a gigabit network setup, everything runs smooth except the audio that comes in is distorted slightly
this is usually on more graphically intensive games, for instance super hexagon sounds great but arkham asylum doesn't
could this be a bandwidth issue?
I have a gigabit network setup, everything runs smooth except the audio that comes in is distorted slightly
this is usually on more graphically intensive games, for instance super hexagon sounds great but arkham asylum doesn't
could this be a bandwidth issue?
zephervack
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They broke something with the last couple of updates for me, If I set the Bandwidth limit to Unlimited I get crazy input lag, more than 500, unplayable.
Set it to 20mps or Automatic and it works just fine.
Set it to 20mps or Automatic and it works just fine.
I thought it always did this? Unlilmited always killed it for me.
This is working brilliantly now since recent updates. I can play at 60fps using an Atom/ION2 based Net top PC and 200Mbit powerline networking. Very impressive.
If anyone here, like me, is looking for a small, silent PC to use for Steam streaming in the future, the following is going on sale soon:
http://www.asus.com/EeeBox_PCs/EB1037/
If anyone here, like me, is looking for a small, silent PC to use for Steam streaming in the future, the following is going on sale soon:
http://www.asus.com/EeeBox_PCs/EB1037/
zephervack
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Before a couple updates ago it worked just fine at unlimited, im guessing its bugged because in my opinion, unlimited should just use all available bandwidth.
I believe so. As long as the game is available and installed on the host, it should work.
ashecitism
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new update
Mavromatis
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I assume you guys discovered this already but I found out that if you stream a game with a launcher like Civilization 5, and minimizes the launcher on the streaming computer you get your desktop and all your windows as streaming like a VNC.
lemonlyman
Member
I discovered that yesterday and was able to stream PCSX2 to my macbook. So awesome.
Mavromatis
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I'm getting 960x600 15fps at still. I don't think I can manage PSCX2.
Do you have any tips to accelerate this?
Apparently this is a function:
Steam said:
lemonlyman
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I didn't do anything special and was getting 30fps.
zephervack
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Has anyone figure out how to pass Controller inputs to emulators like Dolphin???
I can open dolphin but when I go to the controller settings, I cant map any of the buttons.
I can open dolphin but when I go to the controller settings, I cant map any of the buttons.
No, it just doesn't. You'll need to connect the controller to the host.
zephervack
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I have tried that but the inputs dont make it to my server in the basement.
Oh well, hopefully they will somehow add this in the future.
Everyone in the group gets access now, so they probably just run a check every so often for new group joiners.
CrashPrime
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I highly recommend using mini displayport. Miracast is awful for these types of things.
I'm finally ready to start trying this out with my Bay Trail Intel NUC.
First game I tried was Borderlands 2, but it was just a super-quick test. Tried it at full 1080p, which worked around 20fps and under 100ms latency - not really playable, but pretty good given the circumstances (mainly that it's DX9 and not hardware-accelerated)
Is there any list/database somewhere from people who've tried a number of games, along with their results, on the latest available version?
[edit] Quick search and I found this: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...R2lRbjhiQmtYS1UzQ0lRS1ZZR1E&usp=sharing#gid=0
First game I tried was Borderlands 2, but it was just a super-quick test. Tried it at full 1080p, which worked around 20fps and under 100ms latency - not really playable, but pretty good given the circumstances (mainly that it's DX9 and not hardware-accelerated)
Is there any list/database somewhere from people who've tried a number of games, along with their results, on the latest available version?
[edit] Quick search and I found this: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...R2lRbjhiQmtYS1UzQ0lRS1ZZR1E&usp=sharing#gid=0
ashecitism
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So anyone tried out the update?
Just a quick update.
New beta client has smoothed out a few little hiccups I was having. So far has been a great steady progress my end.
One thing I did try out of curiosity is that when you have a preload on one machine and go to view it on another it doesn't show in the library, even in a preload state. So if you were going to try and play a VPN unlocked title from an offline host as long as your client is online it won't show. Then again I was hardly thinking Valve were going to throw people a bone with that.
New beta client has smoothed out a few little hiccups I was having. So far has been a great steady progress my end.
One thing I did try out of curiosity is that when you have a preload on one machine and go to view it on another it doesn't show in the library, even in a preload state. So if you were going to try and play a VPN unlocked title from an offline host as long as your client is online it won't show. Then again I was hardly thinking Valve were going to throw people a bone with that.
ashecitism
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beta update:
does the mac require mavericks? My mini is still running mountain lion and although my gaming PC shows up in the home streaming list, it shows as 'different client version' and I can't stream anything. Build date on the PC is March 7th, Mac is Feb 25th, both report up to date.
firehawk12
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I was able to do it with Mountain Lion last month, so unless something has changed, it should work.
Bomber Bob
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I'm running it on 10.8 (Mountain Lion) so no Mavericks required.
Check in your steam settings if you have opt-in for beta updates
ashecitism
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You need Steam on both PCs, that's it. They might make system and network recommendations eventually, but it's still in testing phase.
There really isn't any because it's changing all the time right now. General rule is that for the client, you need a machine that can decode 60fps 1080p or 720p video, for the host, you need slightly more CPU than the game normally requires so it can encode the video, although that is mitigated somewhat by multi-core processors.
Wired connection is recommended though. WiFi works in perfect circumstances, but not always. And turn off VSync.
fixed my mac mini issue - hadn't opted into the beta releases.
Handily my xbox 360 wireless controller reaches back to the host PC so no fiddling around getting another controller hooked up to the mac. Only running at 720p at the moment but it was streaming Doom 3 in side-by-side 3D at 60fps. Thats the mac mini via ethernet and the host computer is wifi until I can run a long cable to it.
I need to use the mac mini as a plex front end too, so can't have steam BPM running all the time. Is there a way to get a keyboard shortcut to launch it? I think remote buddy might help here..
Handily my xbox 360 wireless controller reaches back to the host PC so no fiddling around getting another controller hooked up to the mac. Only running at 720p at the moment but it was streaming Doom 3 in side-by-side 3D at 60fps. Thats the mac mini via ethernet and the host computer is wifi until I can run a long cable to it.
I need to use the mac mini as a plex front end too, so can't have steam BPM running all the time. Is there a way to get a keyboard shortcut to launch it? I think remote buddy might help here..
ashecitism
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update:
Think the current implementation is damn close to perfect in most scenarios now. Was playing Titanfall at a perfect 60fps with no noticeable input lag.
To do it, all you have to do is disable the Origin overlay in the Origin settings and add a shortcut to the Titanfall .exe within Steam. Startup doesn't always work, but I find if Origin isn't already running, it works a lot better. Hopefully they sort controllers in non-steam games soon, but for an FPS where you want mouse+KB, it's awesome.
To do it, all you have to do is disable the Origin overlay in the Origin settings and add a shortcut to the Titanfall .exe within Steam. Startup doesn't always work, but I find if Origin isn't already running, it works a lot better. Hopefully they sort controllers in non-steam games soon, but for an FPS where you want mouse+KB, it's awesome.
ashecitism
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Should work, yes. Here's a thread for BF4, but I assume both games operate the same way: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/homestream/discussions/0/540731690642673587/#c540731690645109410
I'm new be nice
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Is there a simple solution for remotely shutting down the PC when you are done with it?
I was using my host computer wireless 360 pad (PC is in the next room) so that should still work on origin games? Just not passing through if you have a controller on your client machine?
I was playing controller last night connected to the client and it worked fine. Think they worked out those kinks!
ashecitism
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So the latest update introduced an FPS cap of 59: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/homestream/discussions/0/540735426838943146/
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brotkasten
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Are there any impressions for in-home streaming over powerline adapters? My WiFi is too weak and I really don't want to put new cables through my walls, so powerline seems to be my only option. Now I'm just not sure if it's a viable solution.
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