Steam link Lag

[Just]

Hello !

I use a Shield TV 2019. Using Nvidia GameStream (RIP :'( ) or Moonlight (soon RIP too ?), I've got a smooth game streaming. But using Steam Link it's completely jerk. How to explain the difference ? How to fix it, please ?

My setup : PC with 3060Ti linked through Ethernet 1Gbps to Nvidia Shield TV.

[emen(moni)]

Steam Link is weirdly affected by missmatching framerates, my solution to this particular issue is to limit the game I intend to play via Steam Link to 60fps (59.7, you just have to try which works best OR 30 fps depending on preference and Steam Link FPS settings) and then ingame set the resolution to XXXX*XXXX@60hz.

This improves both input latency and smoothness of the stream.

[NetVip3r]

why you think Moonlight will RIP?.. Sunshine doesn't work?

[d2freak]

The Shield currently has problems decoding the stream. You can see it in the detailed information by looking at the red graph. That's the Shield struggling. Can you confirm it also? It has to be a bug and I've reported it in the Android section. Let's hope for a fix.

[mjhcsta]

Originally posted by NetVip3r:

why you think Moonlight will RIP?.. Sunshine doesn't work?

Sunshine is Early WIP Alpha project, it doesn't even have a GUI and is worse performance even for those like myself who have tried all methods, Steam Link needs improving hopefully Valve pickup the slack and come to the rescue that or we give Nvidia enough of a scare and hope they either change their minds or they continue to let the Nvidia GameStream service working within GeForce Experience moving forward,

Obviously this is a scam by Nvidia to get us all to pay to their subscription service GeForce Now which is bad for the reason we dont have control over what games appear on the service that and developers change their minds all the same time and remove stuff overnight...

I own 2 Nvidia Shield Pro TVs the original OG Shield Portable and the Shield Tablet and i only own all this plus a Nvidia GPU because of Nvidia GameStream, I feel robbed by them removing this feature from such old hardware...I hope a class action lawsuit comes around as i feel this is shady business practices and Nvidia may lose if this goes to court.

Remember Sony got sued and had to pay out for removing Linux support on PS3 and recently Google had to refund everyone for software and hardware!

Nvidia Refund users who want refunded for the Nvidia Shield hardware or face a lawsuit it's that simple!

[morty]

Hi everybody,

I've just set this all up yesterday (local game streaming with nvidia shield and steam link) and I get the same exact behavior, game stream is perfect, steam link UI is laggy and un-responsive ...

Is there a solution for this prob?

Thanks!

[_I_]

disable bpm and overlay on host
and use desktop mode to stream

[mooq]

Originally posted by morty:

Hi everybody,

I've just set this all up yesterday (local game streaming with nvidia shield and steam link) and I get the same exact behavior, game stream is perfect, steam link UI is laggy and un-responsive ...

Is there a solution for this prob?

Thanks!

Same thing here, Gamestream runs smoothly, but Steam Link stutters and shows connection problem via icon. Connected via LAN.

[_I_]

check log to see where delays are coming from

..\steam\logs\streaming_log.txt