Steam Link on TV only works with a delay

[bob tschigerillo]

When i start the Steam Link App on my TV (Sony Bravia) it works without any input latency (only before i start streaming from PC / in the config menu of the app at the beginning).

But as soon as i start streaming from my PC i have a latency (about half a second).

So playing games is not really satisfying with that delay, especially at playing rocket league or smth like that.

PC und TV are having both a wired connection.
I also looked in the performance overlay. The ping to the pc is <1ms and video stream is about 11-15ms normally. But i still have that latency and i cant say why...

Hardwaredecoding is on.

And streaming to my Laptop is working without any latency.

On my TV the "Game" mode is on, but i dont think its something with the picture, because before i start the stream it doesnt have any latency.

Hardware:

AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Six-Core Processor 3.20 GHz

NVIDIA Geforce GTX 1070 Ti

Can someone help me?

[_I_]

can you post the streaming log from host pc

..\seam\logs\streaming_log.txt


if the tv is 4k, limit its res to 1080p, and set bandwidth to unlimited
tv link menu -> settings -> streaming/advanced, somewhere in there

[bob tschigerillo]

Do you mean this?
Because the files is very long
{
"ClientDeviceID" "Sony BRAVIA 4K GB"
"ClientDeviceVersionID" "Android 9"
"GameNameID" "Steam Big Picture"
"appid" "413090"
"TimeSubmitted" "1717532319"
"ResolutionX" "1920"
"ResolutionY" "1080"
"CaptureDescriptionID" "Desktop NVFBC NV12 + NVENC H264"
"DecoderDescriptionID" "Android surface hardware decoding"
"BandwidthLimit" "50000"
"FramerateLimit" "60"
"Transport" "1"
"SlowGamePercent" "0"
"SlowCapturePercent" "0"
"SlowConvertPercent" "0"
"SlowEncodePercent" "0"
"SlowNetworkPercent" "0"
"SlowDecodePercent" "0"
"SlowDisplayPercent" "0"
"AvgClientBitrate" "7.35415458679199219"
"StdDevClientBitrate" "12.355743408203125"
"AvgServerBitrate" "16071.841796875"
"StdDevServerBitrate" "0"
"AvgLinkBandwidth" "100000.0078125"
"AvgPingMS" "0.239445596933364868"
"StdDevPingMS" "0.452149569988250732"
"AvgCaptureMS" "1.26297008991241455"
"StdDevCaptureMS" "0.242122113704681396"
"AvgConvertMS" "0.545894384384155273"
"StdDevConvertMS" "3.35073566436767578"
"AvgEncodeMS" "3.98633408546447754"
"StdDevEncodeMS" "0.518451511859893799"
"AvgNetworkMS" "2.32526874542236328"
"StdDevNetworkMS" "2.29963302612304688"
"AvgDecodeMS" "0.858148097991943359"
"StdDevDecodeMS" "0.403071314096450806"
"AvgDisplayMS" "9.62324428558349609"
"StdDevDisplayMS" "6.24114656448364258"
"AvgFrameMS" "24.7615242004394531"
"StdDevFrameMS" "8.04061603546142578"
"AvgFPS" "60.2257270812988281"
"StdDevFPS" "5.6278538703918457"
"BigPicture" "1"
"KeyboardMouseInput" "0"
"SteamControllerInput" "0"
"TouchControllerInput" "0"
"GameControllerInput" "1"
"XBox360ControllerInput" "0"
"XBoxOneControllerInput" "0"
"PS3ControllerInput" "0"
"PS4ControllerInput" "0"
"PS5ControllerInput" "1"
"OtherControllerInput" "0"
"GameControllerVID" "1356"
"GameControllerPID" "3302"
"WasSpectating" "0"
"RemotePlayTogether" "0"
}

[_I_]

that loos ok to me
total delays looks to be around 40-50ms
will be playable

try turning off hardware decoding on the link app settings

[bob tschigerillo]

I tried, but no difference. Do you also have a Sony Bravia 4K?

[_I_]

i do not
i have a few link hardware, which are 1080p
and smart 4k tv, but the link tv apps cant do 4k, it needs more network bandwidth than the tvs 100mb/s lan port can supply

in the tv app settings, limit res to 1080p, does ok, but hardware decodign adds delay, along with audio compression, make it sound choppy
turn those off, and might as use the link hardware instead of the app

[Churchfield]

I have a similar issue with my TLC C845 4k TV (also Android TV, don't know if there is a connection).

Funny thing is, I have a now outdated Samsung TV on which the Steam Link app worked without delay (also 4K) - same connection setup as my current, only difference is the TV.

I have tried everything as well in regards to streaming settings in the app, but nothing changes. I'm also pretty bummed out. Really looked forward to play my games on the new TV, but the lag is just a major turnoff.

I personally think it has something to do with the software on the TV - again maybe because it is a newer android TV. Dunno..

Hope you figure something out, and if you do, please by all means share your fix ;-)

[_I_]

steam link android forum
https://steamcommunity.com/app/353380/discussions/4/

the link app dev checks there