ashecitism
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Thanks. Put that in my thread. Almost forgot about it :lol
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New Steam Home Streaming is AMAZING !!!
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Wolf Akela
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Looking at that Batman vine... fair amount of lag.
Limelight guys/girls are working on iOS support. Downsideside it will work only if you have nVidia graphic card. But it works nice on Android.
http://limelight-stream.com/
Some have more lag than others. Bioshock Infinite plays perfectly, so did Grid 2.
Well it's not really a fact they're not developing them, they very well could be! They only just got home streaming out of beta for PC, releasing an app that could do it might take a while longer yet.
DarkLiberator
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Streamed it to my neighbor's laptop and played Sleeping Dogs with very little if any input lag. Was great considering his laptop is a single core 1.2 Ghz intel and we're playing that game maxed out lmao.
I'm wondering if this is going to be part of a huge app update for Android. They're long overdue one
hooijdonk17
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Were you on the same LAN?
Rasberry Pi, Limelight, and save yourself $65. Though I believe it only has keyboard and mouse support right now. Not sure how far they've come with controller support.
Pad support works on Rpi, not sure about rumble.
Sodding_Gamer
Member
So happy about this feature. Not having the TV to myself now that my gf has moved in with me I can now whack my headphones into my laptop and blast some torchlight on my crappy laptop rather than watching fucking vampire diaries whilst trying to stab by eyeballs out.
People hoping for a wide rollout of Android devices might not want to get too excited. Home streaming basically relies on hardware level h.264 encoding/decoding, its the reason why it works so well on modern PC's that have this built into the CPU.
Newer Snapdragon SoC's have this, but I don't think the Tegra 3 that powers the Ouya and older Android devices will do it particularly efficiently.
The only time I tried to use home streaming was between my work laptop and my desktop PC and they refused to see each other, despite the fact that explicitly opened the ports on both ends.
Newer Snapdragon SoC's have this, but I don't think the Tegra 3 that powers the Ouya and older Android devices will do it particularly efficiently.
The only time I tried to use home streaming was between my work laptop and my desktop PC and they refused to see each other, despite the fact that explicitly opened the ports on both ends.
What about in Limelight? Guy who made it did it in Java and said he could only offer keyboard and mouse support, nothing else.
Angel Abaddon
Member
I don't think my Homeplugs are up to the task. Tried early in the beta and while it worked, there was some pretty big lag and stuttering, which still seems to be there in the full release :\
It would be awesome if they gave the android app (when available) the ability to cast itself again from say a tablet/phone to a device like the Roku 3 or Chromecast. All the controls handled by the native Android version of Steam beamed to those devices. It probably would introduce another level of latency though..
I am playing games on my Nexus 7 and Xbox 360 gamepad over Limelight and it works without any issues.
Schwarzbier
Member
To say this is awesome is like the greatest understatement in the history of gaming. My Elitebook 2730p which I use for work is now a gaming PC...and I didn't have to sacrifice my first born either.
This is amazing.
This is amazing.
FaintDeftone
Junior Member
Times like this make me wish I had a Windows tablet and not an Android one... this being the ONLY time like this.
That being said, when I get home tonight I'm going to test this between my gaming rig and my MacBook Air (which is 3 years old) and see how it performs.
That being said, when I get home tonight I'm going to test this between my gaming rig and my MacBook Air (which is 3 years old) and see how it performs.
As i said before you can stream games on Android devices if you have nVidia graphic card.
Codec issue maybe?
ashecitism
Member
I think this is the most convenient way atm: www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=721763
http://scottrice.github.io/Ice/getting-started/
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/IceRM
but there are other ways like:
http://pastebin.com/0fq1RRaQ
https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-dolphin-with-steam?pid=274348#pid274348
or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yO4eiFV5Ro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mraKRqpuRcU
Garou
Member
So what's everyones average frame latency?
I have 2 PCs, both with Gigabit-Ethernet to the router and have an average of 30ms frame latency in CS:GO on the "Beautiful"-Client setting. So basically I'm lagging 2 frames behind, right?
Here a random excerpt from the StreamVideoTrace.log:
The Host-PC is an i5 2500K@4.4GHz with a GTX670, I have the game set to 768p (because that's the TVs native res) and everything else on max.
I have 2 PCs, both with Gigabit-Ethernet to the router and have an average of 30ms frame latency in CS:GO on the "Beautiful"-Client setting. So basically I'm lagging 2 frames behind, right?
Here a random excerpt from the StreamVideoTrace.log:
The Host-PC is an i5 2500K@4.4GHz with a GTX670, I have the game set to 768p (because that's the TVs native res) and everything else on max.
It doesn't play nice with homeplugs. Playing Ducktales on my laptop (which, admittedly, would run without streaming), and it'd be MOSTLY fine - but I'd occasionally get lag spikes, where everything just locks up for a second or two.
Not the best when you're on your last life, and in a minecart.
It could always be the wireless, but I was about 20ft from my above average router, so I'm thinking it's the dodgy wiring in the house. Most times I get speeds of ~54mbps on my PC (vs ~76mbps max internet speed, direct to router), but sometimes it'll just randomly drop out.
Not the best when you're on your last life, and in a minecart.
It could always be the wireless, but I was about 20ft from my above average router, so I'm thinking it's the dodgy wiring in the house. Most times I get speeds of ~54mbps on my PC (vs ~76mbps max internet speed, direct to router), but sometimes it'll just randomly drop out.
Guild Wars 2 isn't available on Steam at all, and even if it was it wouldn't be Steamworks.
It's due to the wireless connection. Go with a wired setup.
Wow. Awesome. I just tried batman arkham origins and fallout new vegas streaming from my desktop to my 5-6 year old laptop in the bedroom. Worked great. Few slowdowns here and there, as both are wireless, but thoroughly impressed.
Now I may need to hook up my laptop to my hdtv and just leave it in there in the living room. Think a wireless keyboard and mouse hooked up to the laptop would work for gaming purposes?! Wow im so pumped right now its not even funny. Been waiting for steam to do something like this for a looooong time!
Now I may need to hook up my laptop to my hdtv and just leave it in there in the living room. Think a wireless keyboard and mouse hooked up to the laptop would work for gaming purposes?! Wow im so pumped right now its not even funny. Been waiting for steam to do something like this for a looooong time!
Oops! hmm the older GW game is right?
XShadows69
Member
I was amazed how well this worked even with my bad internet. I got a smooth almost native like experience playing Dark Souls 2 at 60fps in bed with my Macbook.
It doesn't require a fast internet connection to work. It runs on your home network.
MicroByter
Member
If Steam releases an app on X1 or PS4 I will do this...
Why the Xbox One doesn't do something like this and Windows 8 I will never know. I would run out and pick one up right now if I could stream Xbox One games today. Debating getting a PS4 just to do this with my Vita.
Still, I found this over on Gaming on Reddit. Someone hooked up their PS4 to their PC through a capture card and is streaming to their laptop:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMEu9RcwxQQ
I would consider doing this depending on the latency between the console -> PC -> Tablet.
I tested this out with Rogue Legacy over WiFi last night. I used a wireless 360 controller that was paired with the main computer (it was close enough), while my tablet - connected to the TV - received the stream. It worked pretty well with some noticeable video lag at some points. I can only assume it would be much better over a fully wired LAN.
The only bummer is that it doesn't pass through 5.1 Audio yet.
The only bummer is that it doesn't pass through 5.1 Audio yet.
that's a super awesome idea! but... what would the DS4 sync to?
MicroByter
Member
It would have to be in range of the PS4 since you are just capturing the video stream off the PS4.
Now that I think about it, it seems that this could work better by just plugging the PS4/capture card directly up to your laptop/tablet.
Crap, I might have to somehow use all my Target trade credit and get a capture card now!
Tested this out with Divekick yesterday, and it seemed near perfect on input lag. I tried putting my tablet near my gaming PC monitor to see if I could see lag and didn't. This is on N-speed wireless. This is amazing.
What are people using for gaming inputs? The Dell Venue 8 I have only has 1 usb port, so I dont think I could keep it powered and hook up a wireless receiver for my xbox controller.
Finally, what do you guys think the bottleneck is on this chain? Is it LAN speed? Server CPU or GPU? Client CPU?
What are people using for gaming inputs? The Dell Venue 8 I have only has 1 usb port, so I dont think I could keep it powered and hook up a wireless receiver for my xbox controller.
Finally, what do you guys think the bottleneck is on this chain? Is it LAN speed? Server CPU or GPU? Client CPU?
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no, and yes
zephervack
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I have had amazing experience with streaming, clocked around 3 hours of dark souls 2 the other day.
The only problem I have with it is that I cant map controls to Dolphin emulator, Im wondering if they fixed that with the full release.
The only problem I have with it is that I cant map controls to Dolphin emulator, Im wondering if they fixed that with the full release.
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