Display Freezing

[Clak Beepbox]

I've only noticed this in Metal Gear Rising:Revengeance. I play the game via in-home streaming and an XBox 360 controller. The game streams fine, but every 10 minutes the video stream freezes. While the display is frozen the game continues on in the background. I can hear the audio and pause the game. The only way I've found to resolve the issue is to either wiggle the mouse or press the XBox button in the middle of the controller.

Both host and client run Windows 8.1 and the screensavers are disabled on both PCs. Power settings are set to high-performance. Any ideas what might be going on? I don't have this problem with Nidhogg, Broforce, or Awesomenauts.

[Jiia]

I have this exact same problem witch Witcher 3, its just happening way more often. About every two minutes I have to press a button on the keyboard to un-freeze the video stream. Using Windows 8.1 also.

[pSynrg]

I've got this exact same problem. I'm streaming to a Windows 10 laptop from a Windows 8.1 PC. I thought it may be a Windows 10 issue but you guys are using 8.1 client/hosts.

Frustrating. Can't stream anything for more than ca. 10mins without this occuring.

[Jiia]

Originally posted by psynrg:

I've got this exact same problem. I'm streaming to a Windows 10 laptop from a Windows 8.1 PC. I thought it may be a Windows 10 issue but you guys are using 8.1 client/hosts.

Frustrating. Can't stream anything for more than ca. 10mins without this occuring.

I managed to find a work around for this problem. It works for Witcher but I dont know if it works for your game.

So I installed AutoHotkey and created a script that presses a button every X seconds. The buttons needs to be something that is not used in the game so it won't affect your gameplay. This fixed the issue for me in Witcher 3.

Just install AutoHotkey, create a new script like this and run it

Loop {
Send {,} ; key to send
Sleep, 30000 ; delay time in milliseconds
}

You might want to tune the button and delay to your needs.

[Clak Beepbox]

Great idea to use AutoHotkey, thanks!

[Shadow]

I have the same problem as you guys

Every game that i launch via streaming is working fine with the mouse input until i press any key from the keyboard, then, the screen on the host computer freezes and the client is able to move de mouse but it won't affect the host, so the game freezes.

Host: Windows 7 64bits Desktop
Client: Windows 7 64bits Notebook (Sony Vaio VPC-SB25FB)

[pSynrg]

Originally posted by Jiia:

Just install AutoHotkey

Hey Jiia, thanks for the tip! Would this script be running on the host or the client?

My problem began also with Witcher 3, but also with every other game I tried after thinking it was a Witcher issue.

[Jiia]

Originally posted by psynrg:

Originally posted by Jiia:

Just install AutoHotkey

Hey Jiia, thanks for the tip! Would this script be running on the host or the client?

My problem began also with Witcher 3, but also with every other game I tried after thinking it was a Witcher issue.

Hey! The script should be running on the client machine. So far it's been working perfectly with very minor drawbacks (such as inventory tooltips closing every time the script triggers).

[pSynrg]

Unfortunately the problem persists for me, even when running the script on the client....

[Jiia]

Originally posted by psynrg:

Unfortunately the problem persists for me, even when running the script on the client....

I just came across this problem in a different thread. Somebody suggested that the issue can be fixed by disabling screensaver and screen off timers on the HOST machine. I'll be testing this out in a moment and will let you know if it works.

EDIT: Yea that seemed to do the trick so it doesn't freeze anymore. Though I've been having a new issue with the stream crashing every five minutes or so... Time for some more research.