Steam Link on Win10 - run in windowed mode?

[trasc]

Is it possible to run the Win10 client in a window?

[_I_]

remote streaming?

on what device?
link hardware and most app, no, it will stream the full display

to another pc, it will only stream the active window, as the pc has its own desktop environment

[slouken]

Yes, pass the command line option: --windowed

[trasc]

@slouken - thanks a lot! This works! It launches in a window that matches the resolution on the host. It even scales down the resolution to fit into the window.

[chaozkreator]

Doesn't seem to work for me, Steam Link still launches in fullscreen...

https://imgur.com/fK4FGBa

[slouken]

chaozkreator の投稿を引用：

Doesn't seem to work for me, Steam Link still launches in fullscreen...

https://imgur.com/fK4FGBa

I'm not sure how you created that shortcut, but you added --windowed to the starting location, not the target. Try right clicking on SteamLink.exe, create a shortcut, and then add --windowed in the Target box:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam Link\SteamLink.exe" --windowed

[Gamma1232]

So I did this and it starts steamlink in windowed mode but once a game launches it goes fullscreen. Any way to force it to stay in a windowed state

[slouken]

Gamma1232 の投稿を引用：

So I did this and it starts steamlink in windowed mode but once a game launches it goes fullscreen. Any way to force it to stay in a windowed state

Are you sure you're running a game that's lower resolution than the client window?

[NICUSOR DAN - 入人λ³Vicגスℵ]

slouken の投稿を引用：

Gamma1232 の投稿を引用：

So I did this and it starts steamlink in windowed mode but once a game launches it goes fullscreen. Any way to force it to stay in a windowed state

Are you sure you're running a game that's lower resolution than the client window?

Does this only work for games which are lower res than the client window? I run everything at 1080p on the host, but the client is 768p.

I'm trying to get windowed mode to work on my work laptop so I can keep an eye on my work chat apps and do other stuff in the remote client window.

[trasc]

It works for any resolution - the window will just resize itself and keep the correct aspect ratio. This does end up putting a letterbox around the video being displayed if you don't pay attention to how you're dragging the borders. You also have to deal with text being unreadable as you shrink your remote 1080p desktop - not so much a problem for the majority of video games.

I personally use it to play Genshin Impact at 1080p and as a replacement for RDP.

If you're wondering how to resize the window when it has gone Full Screen:
* hit WIN+TAB
* Right click on the window labelled "Steam [Streaming]" (the title will change based on what you're running at the time)
* Choose one of the 'Snap' menu items
* Steamlink will act like a normal Window - you can grab the title bar, drag borders around, etc.

I'm sure there are other ways to deal with Full Screen but this works for me.

[NICUSOR DAN - 入人λ³Vicגスℵ]

Thanks a lot for this. I'll try it out and report back to you on this thread if I have any issues. Have a great day.

[trasc]

Heads up! Version 1.1.85 is causing my Windowed steamlink sessions to be blacked out. I had to go back to the previous version to get it working, again.

[NICUSOR DAN - 入人λ³Vicגスℵ]

Thanks for the heads-up. Luckily in this case I'm still on 1.1.81, the update to 1.1.82 fails on my laptop.

[slouken]

tciecka の投稿を引用：

Heads up! Version 1.1.85 is causing my Windowed steamlink sessions to be blacked out. I had to go back to the previous version to get it working, again.

I'm seeing this as well, looking into it, thanks!

[slouken]

slouken の投稿を引用：

tciecka の投稿を引用：

Heads up! Version 1.1.85 is causing my Windowed steamlink sessions to be blacked out. I had to go back to the previous version to get it working, again.

I'm seeing this as well, looking into it, thanks!

This is fixed in 1.1.86.