Steam Link on iOS, connects, good connection, screen never updates, but i have sound. Even see a static Big Screen!

[Machismo01]

Has anyone had issues with streaming with the iOS ap on their own home wifi network? I have something like 50 mbps when i did a network test, but I can't get any updates to the screen. I can click on the buttons in big screen, hear the sound effects, but the screen never updates.

I am not sure if there might be a setting on the PC causing this or a network issue not detected by the network test. Any advice?

[blumeh]

Same problem here, can't find a solution :(

[Machismo01]

Well, i feel a tad better knowing it isn't just me.

[kurigvit]

Same problem dude!

[UUxin]

Same. The iPad screen refreshes a frame for tens of seconds. But the touch screen control operation can be immediately reflected on the computer.

[JoshK]

Same problem

[k_pittillo]

I had this problem but when i unchecked enable hardware encoding it started working perfect. iphone ipad and apple tv. go to advanced host options and uncheck hardware encoding.

[JlnPrssnr]

For me it was fixed by unchecking Intel Hardware encoding to force Nvidia hardware encoding

[Machismo01]

Originally posted by k_pittillo:

I had this problem but when i unchecked enable hardware encoding it started working perfect. iphone ipad and apple tv. go to advanced host options and uncheck hardware encoding.

Alright! Thanks to you and JlnPrnssnr i got it!

I needed to change the host options on my computer. In-home Steaming. Works like a champ. Time to try out Stellaris and some games.

[EscVelocity]

Thank you so much! This was driving me crazy! Steam Mac had no problem, but Steam Windows (on the same computer) did not work!

I will also go ahead and add here that I only had to turn off Nvidia and Intel hardware encoding, leaving the AMD option on. I'm on a MacBook Pro 13" 2016 with an AMD RX 580 in an eGPU enclosure, so I'm assuming here that hardware encoding is a benefit I'd rather preserve, and I'm guessing disabling the Intel hardware encoding was what made the difference.

[JoshK]

As of today this problem is resolved in the latest version of the Steam Link app for iOS. You can re-enable hardware encoding if you had previously enabled it.

[Olivo]

I just downloaded the app and have the same isue on iphone 7, can someone help? Didn't find this option here

[JlnPrssnr]

The option is in Steam on your PC

[ImanewbUMD]

One of many Solutions!
MacBook Pro TO Steamlink on iPhone 2020 SE (also tested with iPhone 12) both worked.

I tried all the above answers and more on Redit and Google and nothing worked.... UNTILL I toggled one setting on my MacBook Pro laptop. Go to Launchpad -> System Preferences (looks like the "Settings" app on your phone) -> Click the "Privacy" tab to get to your privacy settings. And look for the "Screen Recording" setting (at the time of writing this, it looks like a "target" over a red background. From there you need to Allow Steam to record your screen.

In retro spec this makes complete sense, obviously steam needs to record your screen to send/"stream" the image to your iPhone or other device.

[Pious Pius Pie]

Originally posted by ImanewbUMD:

One of many Solutions!
MacBook Pro TO Steamlink on iPhone 2020 SE (also tested with iPhone 12) both worked.

I tried all the above answers and more on Redit and Google and nothing worked.... UNTILL I toggled one setting on my MacBook Pro laptop. Go to Launchpad -> System Preferences (looks like the "Settings" app on your phone) -> Click the "Privacy" tab to get to your privacy settings. And look for the "Screen Recording" setting (at the time of writing this, it looks like a "target" over a red background. From there you need to Allow Steam to record your screen.

In retro spec this makes complete sense, obviously steam needs to record your screen to send/"stream" the image to your iPhone or other device.

I have been searching for days to find a solution and this was it! Thank you so much!