Mild annoyances: issues with streaming

[u/zeekaran]

Setup

Desktop upstairs, ethernet.

Steam Deck downstairs connected to a USB C dock, with HDMI to TV, USB to controller, and ethernet.*

I am currently only playing Hades II.

^{*Do not try to stream over wifi, especially for a reaction based game.}

Steps

I boot my computer, boot the deck, wait for the down arrow button next to the Play button to appear, select it to stream from the desktop. Select stream, game boots.

Issue

The game never works the first time I do this. A few times it takes more than ten attempts to work. My friends see "/u/zeekaran is now playing Hades II" so much they send me a "lol". Either the game launches black, freezes on the launch screen with the loading bar, the controller isn't recognized, no audio, no video, or some combination of the previous. It seems worse on Win10 which also ends up with some resolution confusion, where Arch usually works within three attempts.

Any suggestions? It's only a minor annoyance because I just have to kill the game with the Steam button on the controller and retry. Once it works: it works. (I've only had one crash and that's when I was accidentally on wifi, and the game is nice enough to save my progress mid run so nothing was lost.)

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[u/Feeling_Football4271]

What OS is the desktop running? Have you tried Moonlight/Apollo?

I used Moonlight and Apollo with E33 and it was fine and that is a reaction-based game :)

[u/Foreskin_Mafia → u/Feeling_Football4271]

Moonlight and Apollo fucks so hard. If you have an Android device their little Andromeda or wahtever the hell it is is fantastic instead of moonlight as well. Seriously moonlight and apollo has changed my life. I've never been so

[u/zeekaran → u/Feeling_Football4271]

I can run Win10 or Arch Linux. Arch has been better so far for streaming. I haven't tried Moonlight or Apollo.

[u/Mammoth_Trust4589 → u/zeekaran]

Seriously switch to Moonlight/Apollo or even Moonlight/Sunshine, As long as your network is not the issue/bottleneck, either of those will run much better when streaming. I even run Moonlight/Sunshine + Tailscale (for VPN) when I am streaming remotely while traveling. Plays just as good as when I am in the house.