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You don't need their custom hardware any more. Steam Link software is now available for Raspberry Pi 3 model B and B+.
Looks like raspbian is the officially supported OS. I have read reports of people getting it to work on Open ELEC as well, so there's a good chance that the community will get it working on a bunch of different distributions.
Hey! I’m a gamer. I do play some games installed on my iPad - namely, Civ 6 (which is AWESOME tbh). However, I can firmly say that you’ll be disappointed by the games available on the App Store. I think the best case would be to keep the laptop and stream it to your iPad with Steam Link or something similar.
I don’t have any experience with cloud gaming services, so I can’t offer any experience with that.
https://store.steampowered.com/steamlink/about/
Despite what it says there, you don't have to have a steam controller. It can be any other controller or even the touchscreen.
Sounds like you should just attach a Steam Link to your TVs.
I've heard of success getting non-Steam games working as well, best to check if you have specific games in mind.
Alright hold on. This is a mobile game first of all, anyone who has played any "serious" mobile game knows this practice isnt unusual or even unexpected. Especially from big developers. Maybe if you want to talk about things like Hearthstone, I can see a point, because thats definitely priced towards a mobile market.
And articles like these really need to be taken with a grain of salt. Both Steam and Google are looking to change up what a mobile device can do and play. And the mobile market is currently only like this because people are paying the prices.
And even more honestly, the past couple of years AAA titles (outside a few companies) have been moving more towards microtransaction then not. And surprised its because people are paying for them. I get hating on a company for being like "why you do this? are you gay?", but a companies purpose is soley to make money, especially when they get big enough to get the AAA tag. Indie developers have been leading a good charge for price = quality for a very long time now.
The game is available on Steam, and Valve just released an app for iPhone (and Android a while ago) that allows Steam users to stream games from their computer into their phone/tablet:
https://store.steampowered.com/steamlink/about
The game will run on your computer but your can control everything from your phone. Once the app is connected through your home network, you can play any games pretty much anywhere. You can load save files from your computer and play to your heart's content using pretty good touch controls. If you didn't purchase from Steam, you MAY be able to import your copy to it, but I'm not sure if that'll work.
> I was thinking to get a monitor that supports connecting my KB and Mouse via USB, so that the only cable that needs to go from my lounge room to my spare room would be a 5m high speed HDMI
You'd need a USB cable too, and USB generally doesn't like runs that long.
Your best bet would be looking into Steam Link/Steam In-Home Streaming, which uses your home network to stream games from your PC to other devices in the house. You'd need hardware on the receiving side, but lot of TVs and some set-top boxes support the Steam Link app as well, or you can use a Raspberry Pi as a receiver as well. Then your peripherals connect to the receiving device.
https://store.steampowered.com/steamlink/about/
Valve used to make a dedicated receiver box cheap too, they don't anymore but you may be able to find one second hand cheap.
The quote here is pretty clear: > The supply of physical Steam Link hardware devices is almost sold out. Moving forward, Valve intends to continue supporting the existing Steam Link hardware as well as distribution of the software versions of Steam Link, available for many leading smart phones, tablets and televisions. Click here to find out more about the Steam Link App.
As far as Steam Link goes, they only plan to support the existing hardware (which they aren't making any more of) and the app.
>Can I adjust my settings for better performance quality? > >Yes. There is an advanced settings menu option that allows you to tune streaming resolution and bitrate for the best experience on your setup. Over a 5 GHz network, our target is 1080p at 60 FPS with good quality for most scenes. If you have a powerful gaming rig, wired network, and a very good client device, it's possible to stream at 4K 60 FPS.
https://store.steampowered.com/steamlink/about
I'm guessing this means the limit is 60FPS. It's not 100% clear tho.
Official Steam Link requirements , you do. I can understand why you might not have a good pc to run these, so you might have to wait till it can be server side (if that ever becomes a thing)
good observation, it appears you're right. I thought since I could limit to 'display resolution' and both my TV and monitor are 4k that it was doing that, but capture resolution also says 1080p, no matter what settings I played with (hardware encoding on/off, hevc, setting bandwidth to unlimited, no dynamic capture resolution, preference to 'beautiful', etc) both on the desktop, in big picture, or in a few games I tried. I wonder what needs to be done to enable 4k, as they state it's possible on the steamlink webpage, and I'm streaming over gigabit lan both directly connected to the router. steam link website
edit: we spoke a bit too soon. In driving myself mad trying to troubleshoot the issue I restarted my Shield a few times and there was an update for SteamLink. Once I updated it gave me the option to display in 4k and it appears to be doing so:
I'm just going off of what I glanced at yesterday, but it would appear that Steam will be (as of May 21) releasing a Steam Link app for Android and iOS. This would allow streaming games to a handheld device.
Edit: Yes, PC to portable devices via the Steam Link app. https://store.steampowered.com/steamlink/about
I use Steam Link a whole lot when I travel for work. The app, not the box. Don't know how well it works with an Xbox/PS controller. I would assume fine. There does seem to be touch controls, but I've never used them. I'm one of the weirdo's that has been using the Steam controller since it launched and it works great with it.
After you install steam on your pc download the steam link app to your phone. Follow the link process and then you can play your entire steam library on your phone any where in you house.
Here is a link. https://store.steampowered.com/steamlink/about/
Sorry dude but i dont think its going to happen anytime soon without a direct connection, the Bluetooth bandwidth is 2 mbits /sec. Depending on how you want to see the item on the screen. Then there's the overhead of maintaining the data. which can knock a percentage point or 2 off your max speed.
Wifi streaming is possible assuming you have a device that can take data off your laptop and play it off there ie: https://store.steampowered.com/steamlink/about/
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Per Frontier Communications regarding bandwidth and streaming:
You need a minimum download speed of 3 Megabits per second to watch a single video stream in clear, standard definition. The best Internet speed for HD streaming is 5Mbps, and if you go all the way up to 4K streaming, or ultra HD, your bandwidth should start at 25Mbps.
No meu caso a TV da sala fica em pé num rack, então botar o RPi ali no pé da TV com um cabinho HDMI já serve. Se fosse grudada na parede aí não sei como faria.
Quanto ao acesso aos jogos eu pensei em testar o Steam Link pra ver o quão bom fica. Eu já testei o streaming local da Steam em condições bem medíocres (laptop meia boca de 2009, via wifi 2.4GHz sendo que recomendam 5GHz) e fiquei surpreso com o resultado, não senti quase nenhum engasgo, então suponho que seja bem parecido no caso do Steam Link.
Se pá eu também faria um dual-boot com o Retropie pra emulação até o PS1 e faria algum setup ali que me permitisse escolher entre os dois na hora do boot com um controle. Acho que deve ser possível, só não tenho o RPi mesmo pra botar a ideia em prática e ficar experimentando.
Your comment makes me a little unsure so just to clarify, Steam Link is an app that allows you to stream Steam games to iOS/Android. So you won't be able to use Steam Link if it doesn't work on your PC lol. But it probably will work. Make sure to use the patch I linked too (even if it does work without).
> If you have a powerful gaming rig, wired network, and a very good client device, it's possible to stream at 4K 60 FPS.
https://store.steampowered.com/steamlink/about/
Likely also depends on the device being streamed to.
Apple TV makes Steam Link your best choice, at least in theory. Download the app and get it set up. I don't have an Apple TV, so you'll probably have to find details on Youtube somewhere. There's almost certainly a video tutorial out there. :)
I did some testing and yeah its actually really odd. You can do everything in the game BUT drag cards. During gameplay all the buttons and stuff are clickable with a mouse and keyboard also works fine. This is on an android tablet mind you, and I have no idea what iOS is like. I might as well submit a ticket too and see what they say.
After more testing I do have a workaround for you, but it requires hardware that you may or may not have in the form of a decent PC and a router. Steam Link has full mouse and keyboard support and lets you stream all your Steam games to your tablet while sending your mouse and keyboard inputs back to your PC, which means you would be playing the PC version of Shadowverse on your tablet.
I would recommend checking out Steam Link even if you decide not to play SV as it may open up an expansive new avenue of gaming options for you. As a small footnote you will need to uncheck the "Remote Play Optimized" filter box when viewing your Steam library via Steam Link, as that check will hide the vast majority of your games including Shadowverse.
Edit: Just checked and you may even be able to play non steam games by adding them to your steam library. (Under the games tab on PC.) At the very least Starsector, an early alpha indie game not on any major platforms, worked fine for me.
Give the Steam Link app a look and see if that fits your needs.
Other than that, Slay the Spire is perfect to play on the side.
Switch has the benefits of all the portability the platform offers with a tad bit of lag between PC and Switch patches. PC has minimal portability (you can use Steam Link over your phone line, I suppose) but tends to get patches a little sooner and has access to some basic official and player-made mods.
On the rare chance that something totally butchers your save file or you run into a similarly damaging bug, you can access the backup save files on PC (the game keeps a rolling backup in the form of your current save and your previous two saves at all times). I'm not sure whether or not you can use the backups on the Switch version.
As a final note, if you ever think you might want to save edit for any reason, you can do so on PC. I'm not sure if you can do this on a hacked Switch (you probably can), but I'm certain you can't do it on a normally functioning Switch. Save editing the game requires some basic knowledge in XML or other markup languages, though, so don't let this factor influence which platform you choose unless you have that.
The app is free and works on the TV as well. The hardware though is no longer supported by Valve.
Info on the app: https://store.steampowered.com/steamlink/about/
Edit: There is also https://store.steampowered.com/bigpicture
According to the Steam Link page you can't really connect it to a TV (maybe if you have Android TV/Apple TV). It only gives the option of Android, iOS or Rasberry Pi. Looks like you also need the dedicated Steam controller to use it. Someone with more info on this can correct me if I am wrong. https://store.steampowered.com/steamlink/about/ and https://store.steampowered.com/app/353380/Steam_Link/
The app: (no special hardware necessary if you have a Phone, Tablet, Smart TV, or (I think), a Chromecast)
https://store.steampowered.com/steamlink/about/
With seperate steam link dongle: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9221-RTID-4643
(at getting started page)
There are also alternatives from other companies. The basic way it works with steam link is you plug the steam link into a HDMI input on your TV, and connect both the steam link and pc to your home internet with cables, but wifi works too, just not as great. I don't know how well the app works, but it's the same idea, just you don't need the extra hardware.
Personally, I prefer to game on a monitor, but there are people who prefer to game on TV.
You can use Steam link :) https://store.steampowered.com/steamlink/about
Only a Chromecast won't suffice I guess... (Which kinda sucks if you have a Chromecast Ultra with Ethernet.. so it should be at least have the power to run at 1080p :/ )
...But I love to be corrected on this ;)
Nope steam link is no longer sold, im glad i bough it, very useful. You can however just use any old laptop, install Steam Anywhere, plug it to the TV and use software steam link to stream from gaming PC. It can be done with linux too so no need for windows license.
You can also stream Steam games to a mobile phone or Apple TV. I play Sonic Racer on the phone with steam controller, works well even via 4G ( aka at work)
Remote access is easy and certainly exists, but the biggest problem you're gonna face is that you are gaming. This means you have a requirement to be able to stream 1920x1080 video at 60fps over the network with very low latency. That's certainly doable with today's technology, but is a difficult technical challenge and all of the normal "remote access to a server" stuff like IP KVMs, thin clients, RDP, etc. aren't designed to handle that.
The main thing I know of that does this is SteamLink - which you can put on a raspberry pi
https://store.steampowered.com/steamlink/about/
Perhaps there are also alternatives / competitor products that do the same thing that you can explore.
For this one specifically, have you tried the SteamLink app? It's basically remote play through your phone.
What do you mean "their hardware"?
What do you mean have to pay for?
You can grab the FREE app to access steamlink about page here
If you are referring to their old Steam Link Hardware box, that was discontinued in 2018, and they introduced this app instead.
[Edit: Yes, you can stream it anywhere, without any fee, as long as you have a connection between your steamlink devices.. such as a Computer, TV, Phone or tablet etc]
A lot of these threads end up getting removed since people use them to promote low-effort Slay the Spire ripoffs like this.
If you want to play Slay the Spire on mobile, you can use Steam Link or GeForce Now (Android only) to play. Alternatively, there's a mobile port for the game coming soon (no ETA, but it's been submitted to the publisher for Q&A testing so it shouldn't be too long of a wait).
All the games you own, if the developer allows it, for GeForceNow (streaming from Nvidia servers). List here:https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce-now/supported-games/
For Steam Link, it should be all the games you own. You just downlaod the steam link app to your Shield TV. More info here: https://store.steampowered.com/steamlink/about/
Yes you can play Skyrim on your phone with the Steam link app.
You can't buy a new physical Steam Link from Valve anymore, but they've released the same capabilities as an app to many devices. For example, I use the Steam Link app on my Nvidia Shield TV to stream games to my couch.
I was an early adopter of the Steam Link and it was truly a great little device, but it has been mostly made obsolete if you own a streaming box.
When they released the steam link 5Ghz wifi wasn't common, where as the raspberry pi 4 has 5Ghz wifi so can work significantly better over wifi than the original steam link can, but even without that, such as using a raspberry pi 3b+ over LAN, the steam link function is just an app, so you can also install kodi on it and use it as a full media pc or retroPi so it's basically a game console/media center by itself beyond just streaming your main game pc.
but really the main reason, Valve is no longer manufacturing the original steam link and have completely committed to the steam link app on android, ios, and raspberry pi. If you go to the steam link page on Steam it's only about the app on those platforms, wiht a one line blurb/link to the actual steam link hardware page.
You can stream directly from pc to a smart TV with Remote Play. You need steam link and a controller. If you don't have a very new tv it's probably easier to spend the 20$ on a ps4 version.
LD is a great game to watch someone play :)
Essentially Valve stopped fabricating Steam Link as a piece of hardware. What they did though was transform it into software instead, so now Steam Link is a free app for you to download in your Android or iOS device - also Raspberry Pi 3! So it's kinda like a "Pi Link" now if you've got a fertile imagination :)
I never used the Steam Link hardware (mostly because I couldn't even buy it since Valve never shipped any piece of their hardware to my country - Link, Controller and Machines), so I can't tell if the power cable is custom like with Apple hardware (which is also infuriating). Nonetheless, unless you have the luck of finding someone selling their used power cable on eBay or something, I'm afraid your Steam Link as a hardware became paper weight :(
> The PS4 is in the living room and I'm playing while watching my baby. She is young and sleeps a lot but when she starts to cry or my wife starts talking to me about something I need to be able to just drop the controller and attend to the family. So no strikes or PVP- just easy PVE content I can stop at any time. > >
I guess one option would be to use something like Steam Link to play your PC game in the living room (with your ps4 controller)
Not sure why you are saying this. From theor site: https://store.steampowered.com/steamlink/about/
“If you have a powerful gaming rig, wired network, and a very good client device, it's possible to stream at 4K 60 FPS.”
> I know steam has a streaming program, but what would this look like under the hood?
This page vaguely described the technical side, they streamed H.264 encoded video to other devices, used their custom protocol to reduce latency.
> could I offload the graphical processes of one onto the other?
Like?... render farms / Parallel rendering?
Or capture cards that streamers use to offload video compression to other computer?
Alternativ Grafikkarten-unabhängig mit Steam Link bzw. Remote Play von Steam Client zu Steam Client. Funktioniert nach erstmaligem Pairing auch außerhalb des Heimnetzwerks.
Among similar apps, https://store.steampowered.com/steamlink/about/ as it's also working for non-Steam games as told in https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/bq2cu1/using_the_steam_link_app_to_play_something_else/ and elsewhere. Most of Steam's Technologies works with "anything" not necessarily being on Steam or be supported by it, like Steam Input supports DS4, Switch Controllers without anything needed to let non-Steam games can recognize those Controllers.
Yep. That's why I explained it. It's also available as a custom bit of hardware.
https://store.steampowered.com/steamlink/about/
It will once or twice a year go on sale for literally a dollar. A very good investment, even if you don't play games. I use it to log into my downstairs computer from my old left-over upstairs monitor.
Yeah. I was remote-playing DDLC on my phone through the Remotr app (it's like a Steam Link app before Steam Link), lying in bed, then 2:00 a.m., I encountered this scene, got goosebumps in my bed, and I told myself,* "Okay, I'm finally at the creepy part but oh, my god! That's enough DDLC! for the night, I'm going to sleep (will I sleep?)."* I surprisingly slept normal (no nightmares). Now, imagine actually having a nightmare about it on that night. lol
I don't think Steam link can do 120Hz.
>Can I adjust my settings for better performance quality?
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>Yes. There is an advanced settings menu option that allows you to tune streaming resolution and bitrate for the best experience on your setup. Over a 5 GHz network, our target is 1080p at 60 FPS with good quality for most scenes. If you have a powerful gaming rig, wired network, and a very good client device, it's possible to stream at 4K 60 FPS.
If you mean the Official Steam Link (which they recently stopped production on) it wont do 4k. But they have announced a new streaming app for android smart TVs. Or the Nvidia Shield TV is also a very viable, though expensive, alternative.
The Shield runs Android so you'd get the app, which can go up to 4K but I believe 60 fps is the max. I checked the Steam Link app page on Steam's website and all they talk about is 60 fps:
https://store.steampowered.com/steamlink/about
>Can I adjust my settings for better performance quality?
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>Yes. There is an advanced settings menu option that allows you to tune streaming resolution and bitrate for the best experience on your setup. Over a 5 GHz network, our target is 1080p at 60 FPS with good quality for most scenes. If you have a powerful gaming rig, wired network, and a very good client device, it's possible to stream at 4K 60 FPS.
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They just released a firmware update for the steam controller than enabled it to be connected as a controller for devices. Apparently it works in iOS at the moment, but android needs more testing according to Valve, see here:
>"Which devices can use it?
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>On the Apple side, we support any iOS device running iOS 10 or newer, and any Apple TV running tvOS 10.3 or newer.
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>On the Android side, we plan to initially release in beta so we can do more exhaustive testing. At the start of the beta, we will support Android 5.0 or newer."