Best way to stream steam anywhere?

[_galaxy]

So, I am getting close to getting a new rig.

However I don't think steam link is enough, yeah you can stream to your TV etc.... but only on your home. I want to be able to bring a super small box to a friend's house and being able to play my games....

Is there any way to do this? Thanks in advance!

[kreiselhoschi]

Not with steam. If you have a Nvidia GPU, Shield TV might be an option for you. If not, there are plenty of other streaming apps / programs available. Google will help you here.

Be aware that your upload needs to be good. IMHO nothing below 10MBit/s is worth trying.

[_galaxy]

Originally posted by kreiselhoschi:

Not with steam. If you have a Nvidia GPU, Shield TV might be an option for you. If not, there are plenty of other streaming apps / programs available. Google will help you here.

Be aware that your upload needs to be good. IMHO nothing below 10MBit/s is worth trying.

(No way I'm streaming through google)

So I just need a GTX and a Shield TV and that's it?

[kreiselhoschi]

Google won´t offer any streaming services for you, but it will help you in finding an alternative. ;)

Besides the GTX somewhat and the Shield TV you´ll need a descent internet connection with good uplink. I tried with my GTX 770, Shield TV and 7.5 Mbit/s upload. I can stream w/o problems from Austria (home with host) to Germany (at my parent´s home with Shield TV) in 720p and medium quality settings. If I would have more upload speed, the results would be better of course. ;)

[_galaxy]

Originally posted by kreiselhoschi:

Google won´t offer any streaming services for you, but it will help you in finding an alternative. ;)

Besides the GTX somewhat and the Shield TV you´ll need a descent internet connection with good uplink. I tried with my GTX 770, Shield TV and 7.5 Mbit/s upload. I can stream w/o problems from Austria (home with host) to Germany (at my parent´s home with Shield TV) in 720p and medium quality settings. If I would have more upload speed, the results would be better of course. ;)

Hey can the Shield TV automatically turn on my computer? That would be very useful!

Also I just tested and..... mehhhhh, I don't think here on my house I can really stream, upload connection can't even reach 1mbps :/

[niikto]

You can enable Wake-on-lan in your BIOS (and maybe also needed to enable in OS). You'll need to port forward the WOL port through your router to that computer. Then you can use a desktop or smartphone app to wake up your PC by pointing at your external IP. I used to remotely connect to my desktop through VNC, by first sending a WOL signal a few moments before trying to connect the viewer.

[_galaxy]

Originally posted by niikto:

You can enable Wake-on-lan in your BIOS (and maybe also needed to enable in OS). You'll need to port forward the WOL port through your router to that computer. Then you can use a desktop or smartphone app to wake up your PC by pointing at your external IP. I used to remotely connect to my desktop through VNC, by first sending a WOL signal a few moments before trying to connect the viewer.

I don't really understand what you're saying, it would be best if you send me a video about it or something, thanks!

[niikto]

I don't know of a video about Wake on Lan. There's a free windows application called WakeOnLanX that has a guide to setting it up:

https://wakeonlanx.com/wake-on-lan-with-wakeonlanx/

Basically, Wake-On-Lan allows you to wake up a computer by sending it a "magic packet" using a Wake On Lan application from a remote computer. It must be supported by the hardware (the BIOS and the network device, i.e. wifi card or ethernet device). The WOL application sends the magic packet with the MAC address of the network device via the broadcast address of the local network. Assuming you are behind a router at home, you would need to port forward the WOL port (usually 7 or 9 I think) to either the desktop IP or the broadcast IP of the local network (usually 192.168.1.255 for home networks).

[_galaxy]

Originally posted by niikto:

I don't know of a video about Wake on Lan. There's a free windows application called WakeOnLanX that has a guide to setting it up:

https://wakeonlanx.com/wake-on-lan-with-wakeonlanx/

Basically, Wake-On-Lan allows you to wake up a computer by sending it a "magic packet" using a Wake On Lan application from a remote computer. It must be supported by the hardware (the BIOS and the network device, i.e. wifi card or ethernet device). The WOL application sends the magic packet with the MAC address of the network device via the broadcast address of the local network. Assuming you are behind a router at home, you would need to port forward the WOL port (usually 7 or 9 I think) to either the desktop IP or the broadcast IP of the local network (usually 192.168.1.255 for home networks).

Is it safe?