Has anyone tried limelight?

[Zhnu]

https://github.com/limelight-stream/limelight-pc Seems like a preview of what In-Home Streaming will be like.

[Zhnu]

After some test:
(Over gigabit connection)
720p 30hz -> working well.
720p 60hz -> working well.
1080p 30hz -> working well.
1080p 60hz -> Too much artifacts/lag spikes/video desync.
Maximum bandwidth used on test 48 Mbits/s (Can be more thats just the max that he gave me).
Works as a replica of Nvidia shield and Steam already as the option to stop streaming in big picture mode.
Very low input latency (keyboard/mouse).
Video latency felt low but a lil noticable can't say for sure but it felt like I was playing in a 80ms server.
From what im experiencing it can be used to play over the internet at 720p if you have enough upload.
Over wireless latency increases a bit (ofc) but worked well on my tp-link 1043nd (openwrt firmware).
If this is similiar to the way that steam will implement in home streaming is very impressive really very impressive.

Have a Day

[Zhnu]

Btw forgot to metion picture quality:
For nerds x264 ultrafast preset.
For normal persons about 75% of degradation over the original picture.

[Sir_Coleslaw]

will try this out, sounds really interesting

[Sir_Coleslaw]

Question, how is the sound being transferred? is it stereo? is it pcm? im asking because i want to use my 5.1 system for the sound...

[Zhnu]

I think I only stereo for now.Not sure but audio quality sounded like mp3 or aac codec in use.

[Zhnu]

I've been reading on nvidia site and from my understanding kepler hardware encoder only does 1080p@30fps probably thats why the 1080p@60hz doesn't function properly.

[SupraTHICC]

I can't seem to figure out how to actually use it, so maybe you can help. I have GeForce experience, I downloaded the .jar file from your link...now what? lol. I extracted the files, I'm just unsure where to go from here.

Edit - Alright, I figured out how to open the .jar file(derp), I'll try getting it up and running then report back.

[Zhnu]

I putted that link because it says what you need but the actual jar is in https://github.com/limelight-stream/limelight-pc/releases
You just need java to run it and depending on the java version (32/64 probably you're running 32bit java).

[SupraTHICC]

Yeah, I figured that out. I'm on 64bit, I got the jar running I'm just trying to get it to stream to my laptop.

[Herpiderpy]

Dont forget to uncheck the ask toolbar when you reinstall that pos java. This project seems really promising besides the java part.

[SupraTHICC]

Got it running. It's pretty good, I was able to run 1280x720 just fine but at 1920x1080 I could tell there was some input lag. I also had some artifacting which I'm assuming was due to the fact my laptop is wireless.

[Zhnu]

You can run 1080p@30Hz depends on the wireless connection (150mbits should be fine in perfect conditions).The artifact issue could be many things (The encoding as to be as fast as possible so it doesn't generate a great quality) but for a beta looks very promising.

[XÆЯO_Vince]

Will this work with my AMD Radeon HD 5850? My Windows system has this.

[Zhnu]

No only works for Nvidia kepler cards that support shadowplay.

[XÆЯO_Vince]

Hmm that sucks.Well hopefully Steam's "In-Home Streaming" will support Radeon cards. If not, its dead on arrival for me and alot of other gamers too--and I think I've read that Steam's is based on Nviidia SHIELD streaming technology too so not a good sign. That being said, TeamViewer 9 with Synergy works pretty well for game streaming under SteamOS but I kind of wanted to try this. :/