Steam in home streaming not working on intel nuc

[triarii]

I'm trying to stream on a local wired network from my main computer to a NUC5i7RYH. My main machine is a good modern system (AMD5800x3d/NVidia3090/32GB RAM) that runs all games fine even VR. I know my main computer can stream because a laptop I have can support in home streaming just fine over wired. the NUC runs windows 10, has all the latest drivers, and updated steam. From steam I can start to stream a game, it will launch on my main machine, but the view port on the nuc crashes, even when I hit reconnect through steam the view port does not open. is there anyway to debug this? does steam keep logs somewhere about this?

specs of NUC5i&RYH:
Win10
i7-5557U
Intel Iris Graphics 6100
16GB RAM

*EDIT: i miss type "NUC5i3RYH" it is actually a "NUC5i7RYH". the post now reflects this

[kiwikev]

All the specs i can find on the NUC5i3RYH show it as a i3,

Here is a link to the technical specs that i found.

https://www.intel.com/content/dam/support/us/en/documents/mini-pcs/nuc-kits/NUC5i5RYB_NUC5i3RYB_TechProdSpec.pdf

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Yea Intel says it's i3-5010U Processor (3M Cache, 2.10 GHz)

That CPU and GPU are much too weak.

My lower end Galaxy phone can handle streaming games from Steam better then that NUC can.

Any Intel iGPU prior to UHD 6xx series is pretty much junk.

[_I_]

streaming to the nuc should work fine
its stronger than the link hardware

make sure windows network is set to private
any vpn is disabled
if using wifi, check router settings, disable wifi isolation

are you using steam desktop app? or steam link for windows?
https://steamcommunity.com/app/353380/discussions/8/3105764348181505385/

[PopinFRESH]

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

Yea Intel says it's i3-5010U Processor (3M Cache, 2.10 GHz)

That CPU and GPU are much too weak.

My lower end Galaxy phone can handle streaming games from Steam better then that NUC can.

Any Intel iGPU prior to UHD 6xx series is pretty much junk.

Straight nonsense. The CPU nor GPU have to do much of anything for Remote Play (In-home streaming). All they need to do is decode the video stream which the Iris 6100 iGPUs are capable of doing, and even support HEVC video decode.

@OP, make sure on your gaming desktop you go to Steam Menu > Settings > Remote Play and toggle the "Enable Advanced Host Options" under the "Advanced Streaming Options header".

Make sure Enable Hardware encoding is enabled and the Enable Hardware encoding on NVIDIA GPU is enabled. You can also try enabling NVFBC capture to allow Steam to capture the front buffer directly.

On your NUC, go to the same settings section and Enable Advanced Client Options. Make sure you set the resolution limit to a supported resolution on the connected display (assuming a TV?), likely start with setting this to 1080p. Make sure Hardware Decoding is enabled; and try enabling HEVC video. To start out with I'd suggest just clicking the "Enhanced 1080p" preset which should automatically set all of these options.

If that doesn't work then try to download the latest Intel GPU drivers for your iGPU using the Intel Driver & Support Assistant[www.intel.com]

Then try to perform a clean install for the drivers as noted in their support page

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000057389/graphics.html

Alternatively; if this NUC is only intended to be used as a console-like appliance for Steam Remote Play (in-home streaming) then you could also try to switch to a decent linux distribution and then set Steam to automatically launch in Big Picture Mode on boot. If you want to try that avenue I'd recommend starting with Pop! OS

[triarii]

sorry i miss type "NUC5i3RYH" it is actually a "NUC5i7RYH".

@_I_ this is on windows and I am using the regular steam desktop client.

@PopinFRESH funny story I tried an ubuntu install fist and had the same results. I never tried streaming from windows to linux, so I installed windows on the nuc to see if that fixed the issue. thanks for the debugging tips. ill give those a try.

[triarii]

I found the issue, steam does not install the common steam redistributables by default and wont tell you that they are needed for in home streaming. I just started installing games local to the nuc until one did and then streaming worked fine.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

For future reference it's in your Steam > Library > Tools
For example some games or game servers will require Steam SDK to be installed; which is listed on your Steam account within Client Library > Tools.