Hi all, I’ve been thinking about setting things up so I can play Steam games on my TV but I’m a little confused on the setup. So here’s what I was planning:
- main laptop in office will stream the game
- TV in living room connected to Nvida shield
- Nvidia shield runs Steam Link to connect to laptop
- Controllers connect to Nvidia shield??
I think the main thing that confuses me is if I can connect my controllers to the Nvidia shield or do they need to connect to the laptop?
Anyone have a similar setup that works?
I would recommend using moonlight and sunshine. The steam streaming is pretty good but moonlight is better
Yeah, I’ll second this.
I had loads of issues trying to get my controllers working with the Steam Link app, but with Moonlight and Sunshine they worked straight away.
Just be aware that whichever way you do it, your laptop will need to be unlocked, and the game plays on it as if you were sat in front of it, including the sound coming through the speakers. There may be a way to mute the laptop speakers, but I’m not near my computer to check.
I just have to ask what sunshine is? Tried reading the docs but I don’t get it - is it used instead of the nvidia driver thing that you usually connect to moonlight? And if it is is there a benefit except the obvious privacy part?
Yes exactly, its a open source server for the moonlight client. It’s less polished then the nvidia drivers, but nvidia announced the end of their support for the protocol, so its only a matter of time until the nvidia driver server is removed from the drivers. Then you either can’t upgrade your drivers, or use moonlight.
So the open source sunshine is the future for the host side. Plus it works on multiple platforms and supports AMD
I have a steam link box in the bedroom and another in the lounge - controllers just to connect to the link, and the link handles sending the button presses to the computer running the game.
The steam link app on the Shield would work in a similar way. I would suggest to use ethernet if you can, or even a powerline ethernet plug, for a smooth streaming experience
This is pretty similar to my setup except for using a Valve Steam Link over the nVidia Shield. PS5 controllers connected to Steam Link. Steam Link connects to my desktop (over lan, previously PoE worked well). It works quite well overall. A small number of games seem to have issues with being streamed, but they’re pretty few and far between.
You must connect your controller to the Shield, indeed. Works very well!
Not sure what tv you have- smart tvs today sometimes can run steam link natively.
