Streaming is too slow

[Olskid]

After setting my laptop up to my TV I began streaming. The games were running at a much lower framerate compared to my desktop. The FPS in Borderlands 2 and Darksiders 2 often hovered at about 20. I'm using a desktop featuring a GTX 670 and an i5-3570k and a wifi connection of 50 mbit/s both up and down.

I was lying in my bed which isn't far from my desktop, I saw it ran smoothly on my desktop and horribly on the TV.

I wouldn't recommend anyone to use this software YET as it isn't working properly.

[TrueBelieber]

I agree with Surtsey...5Ghz wifi is a must if you're serious about doing anything on wifi that needs low latency. The good thing about 5Ghz is no one knows about it...there are ~35 wifi access points near me...but I'm the only 5Ghz. 5Ghz also has more and wider channels so there's less interference even on the odd chance there are other 5Ghz access points near you. The limiting factor is that too many Windows computers come with 2.4Ghz only because OEMs are cheap.

I've tried this on Windows and OSX. OSX didn't look as good for some reason, Windows looked great (though the HDMI audio on my Macbook is buggy in windows mode). I plan to try Linux next, but would expect more of the same. Batman Arckham city didn't look as good as it did native, but better than if my PS3 or Xbox were playing it.

This brought a real feature I've wanted for some time. I would sometimes bring my tower to my big TV, which wasn't optimal. Now, I have a ~90% solution that enables me to play my PC games on my TV. All I have to do is hook up my macbook to the TV...a very easy solution.

I just leave the Xbox controller adapter plugged into my main PC...it makes it easier and lowers the input latency.

[Olskid]

I would like to thank you for your contribution towards helping me. Ethernet is no way a possibility, as it would run through the whole house. But I do believe a reliable source (Ethernet) of connection would help upon interference.

About the router; I live in a small city with only 2000 residents. Other people running on the same frequency shouldn't be an issue, as we live relatively far apart. Half of the residents are also seniors and surely has no clue of what Wi-Fi is.
Streaming on other services are no issue. Streaming in 4k, 1440p, 1080p - It's no problem, it's silky smooth. ;)

[DerkThunder]

The difference between this and say streaming netflix, or even a video from your local network in 1080p or even 4k is you wouldn't notice latency on a video.

If there is a 3 second delay between host and client when streaming video no one cares as it doesn't affect it's watchability. But in a game streaming setup even half a second of delay will completely ruin the experience, because of input delay.

Remember it's not just about throughput, latency and interference are much more important in this context. So it's not just about how many Mbps your wifi can handle.

Have you considered a "powerline network". I've heard it may be what you are looking for, as it requires no extra wires and still gives you the stability of a wired network. It just uses your homes electrical wiring to carry the network signal. Or the other option would be to bite the bullet, and just get really long ethernet cables. It's not as chaotic as you make it sound to run cables from one room to another, and if done properly (with these: http://i.stack.imgur.com/oNro2.jpg) shouldn't get in the way of your living space.

I don't think 2.4 ghz wireless will be a good option. It certainly didn't work for me at 2.4 or even 5 ghz on my dual band router, and I had to go to using long ethernet cables to get any kind of playability. But I live in an area with tons of wifi signals coming from all over, there are about 8 networks in range that I can pick up from inside my house.

If you really insist on using your same 2.4ghz network then please come back and let us know how it's working out, and what if anything you did to improve performance.

[WereCatf]

Le Petit Tourette の投稿を引用：

I would like to thank you for your contribution towards helping me. Ethernet is no way a possibility, as it would run through the whole house. But I do believe a reliable source (Ethernet) of connection would help upon interference.

About the router; I live in a small city with only 2000 residents. Other people running on the same frequency shouldn't be an issue, as we live relatively far apart. Half of the residents are also seniors and surely has no clue of what Wi-Fi is.
Streaming on other services are no issue. Streaming in 4k, 1440p, 1080p - It's no problem, it's silky smooth. ;)

Are you getting dropped network packets while streaming?

[WereCatf]

DerkThunder の投稿を引用：

I don't think 2.4 ghz wireless will be a good option.

In an area that is not heavily congested there is no good reason for why it wouldn't work. I have a 2.4GHz wireless 802.11n router myself and I can stream games over it without any sort of jitter or stutter whatsoever at full 1080p resolution and 60 FPS.