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Wife was using the Deck, I wanted to play on the couch, I had to get creative (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I love the steam deck, and recently, so does my wife! Don't get me wrong, I couldn't be happier. And she would find something to play on her switch if I asked for the deck back. But I don't want to stifle this new found love for the deck.

So I decided to get creative. What you're seeing is horizon forbidden West on maximum settings, streaming from my desktop to an over 8 year old Chromebook, with an Xbox controller.

It's honestly pretty good, considering. Every minute or two I get some hitching and stuttering, something to do with the Wi-Fi. Also there's a weird green bar at the bottom I can't seem to remove 🤔 But otherwise it's smooth and clear. Good enough to get me through until we can justify a second Deck 😬

I'm surprised it works at all! But it's steams built in streaming, when the Chromebook steam app 🤷‍♂️

Edit: in case anyone comes by later and wants to know or could find this useful: the Chromebook is an Acer R13 from 2016, mediatek CPU. My wifi is a 1st gen Google WiFi puck. And the stuttering started turning into zero audio at times.

I bought a random $15 gigabit Ethernet USB C adapter with pass through charging, ran cat 6 tm under my couch to where I sit, and now things run 99.9% smooth. Very pleased. This will hold me over until I can justify another steam deck.

Edit 2: I fixed the green bar by realizing I was an idiot. I never looked at my PC when it was streaming, and it was using my crappy secondary display at 1400x900. This Chromebook is 1920x1080, so it was doing weird things. Moved it to my main display at 1080, and now it looks even better, and no more green bar.

Edit 3: Now I'm using a WiiU gamepad.

Cat tax: That's not a small pineapple, he's just a big cat.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Clicked because of funky setup

Upvoted because of big cat

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago

True facts

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I have a Steam Deck and a powerful PC, it's.. a Wii U.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh man, can you hack the Wii u game pad and stream steam to it?

I have one of those laying around, I could totally do this

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I really don't think it'd be worth it if it was possible

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Hey just an update for you, I ended up modding my WiiU. Works great!

We'll see how long I keep using it, the resolution leaves a lot to be desired..

https://sh.itjust.works/post/31371757

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

No? I mean, that's basically what the wiiu did. Stream the screen to the pad.. hmmm.. I'll look into it and let you know if I do it

Edit: https://github.com/GaryOderNichts/moonlight-wiiu

Looks like it can be done! Just a little hacky. I might still try it 🤔

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It would be for DS and Wii U emulators.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

The Steam Deck already has a touchscreen, and if a hack can get PC/Wii U working, I'm sure one can also get PC/PC working.

[–] Dadifer 16 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Sounds like it's already time for another!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Cat?

[–] Dadifer 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Why not?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

You're not wrong!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

You must be mistaken. You are married so that is your wife's steam deck, so is the 2nd one you are planning to buy. Maybe doing a sexy dance will get you some time with it?

[–] woelkchen 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Good enough to get me through until we can justify a second Deck 😬

Do you buy the same game twice, so a second copy for Switch? If yes, subtract the cost of the games off a second Steam Deck with family sharing. That was my justification back then when the Steam Deck was announced and I actually ended up with a number in game prices higher than the cost of the hardware.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Nah, the switch games stay on switch, we don't have much that we play together.

We do share games in a steam family though.

We definitely need another deck. It's on the list to do, when we can. We have zero desire for the new generation of switch. Until there's a new Zelda, at least. I'm not into that but she is.

[–] woelkchen 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

CES is next week. Maybe an interesting 3rd party SteamOS device comes out or you make a console from cheap PC components and Bazzite as operating system.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe, possibly, but more likely I'll just give steam more of my money 😬

[–] woelkchen 1 points 3 weeks ago

Not overstretching your financials is more important, though

[–] Zeta616 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I experienced the weird green bar recently when streaming to an android tablet with AV1 enabled Worth a look

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Turns out it was my resolution settings. I updated the OP to explain, but basically steam was using my crappy low res auxiliary monitor as primary somehow 🤷‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks for the tip

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I’ve been streaming to my Retroid. It works pretty well! Like having a more powerful Deck in a smaller lighter form factor.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Are you using Moonlight? Considering going for the RP5. I have a 3+, but streaming doesn't work great on it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Yep. With Sunshine as the server. I’ve been pretty impressed by the performance.

[–] anakin78z 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I've done a bit of streaming from my PC to my deck, and I get occasional but noticeable stutter, which I don't understand, because I can stream Xbox game pass perfectly. 🤔

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

All my stuttering and audio issues went away when I switched to gigabit LAN, FYI

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

That's weird. Just yesterday my stream audio started cutting out randomly. Very very annoying. I've fiddled with the settings, but so far no solution but to wait and hope it stabilizes. And if it doesn't? Sometimes it cuts out completely for 5 or 10 seconds? Restart the stream and it comes back.

If this keeps up I'll have to consider the experience a failure.