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Title: Stream PC screen to TV
immortel 16 Sep 2015
Hello,

With the upcoming Steam Link from Valve, I'm looking for an alternative way to stream my PC Screen on my TV. The Steam Link will be limited to steam games, I'm looking for a solution that could send any games.

I've seen that I may be possible to do it with a Chromecast (that I don't have) but I have some doubts on the wireless capacity to stream 1080p for a game without any lag.

I also found the Doko PC Streaming Device that is doing exactly what I'm looking for but supports only Windows for now. I sent them an email regarding their plan for possible future linux support.

Would any of you have another solution?
Samsai 16 Sep 2015
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You can add non-Steam games to Steam library and stream them. So you could buy something from GOG, create a launcher for it and add it to Steam and you'd be good to go.
immortel 16 Sep 2015
Interesting. I will try this tonight with Nestopia. With a bit of luck, that could be the easy solution.
immortel 18 Sep 2015
I tried and it is working great. I just hope that this kind of setting will be supported by the Steam Link.

I would have prefer a more opened product but for 80$, it worth trying.
Xpander 18 Sep 2015
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if you have long enough HDMI cable you can just clone your main monitor output to tv also :)
i know its not technically streaming but it has no latency issues or lost quality also.. i'm using that for gaming from TV :)
immortel 18 Sep 2015
Hi,

I tried that and it is working but I'm really lazy. I'm having that long cable that goes from my PC to my TV, I need to plug/unplug it if I want to play with it and then playing with the monitor settings in Linux to activate one and deactivate the other.

It does not answer the KISS principle. Keep It Simple and Stupid. :)
Xpander 18 Sep 2015
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Quoting: immortelHi,

I tried that and it is working but I'm really lazy. I'm having that long cable that goes from my PC to my TV, I need to plug/unplug it if I want to play with it and then playing with the monitor settings in Linux to activate one and deactivate the other.

It does not answer the KISS principle. Keep It Simple and Stupid. :)
you dont have to plug/unplug it .. you just need to set up few scripts and bind them under some key combinations so it will switch as you want :D linux is flexible for those types of things :P
immortel 18 Sep 2015
Hi,

I have to plug/unplug it, it is a physical constraint for now. Scripting, I guess it is possible, I would have to investigate with the nvidia drivers.

I will think of that. Do you have any reference documentation or howto?
Xpander 18 Sep 2015
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heres the script i use for switching tv on or off

http://pastebin.com/YYAQUCBN

you need to check your outputs via nvidia-settings -q dpys though
and use accordingly

to make a clone screen you just set the +0+0 to the tv, if you want to clone your main screen, not use it as a extension
immortel 19 Sep 2015
Thanks I will definitely make some test in a near future. :)
Julius 20 Sep 2015
There is also:
http://moonlight-stream.com/
(open source nvidia streaming client, can be installed on an Odroid or RasberryPI for example)

But I think it only works with the windows drivers from Nvidia.

But I hope they will implement Steam streaming at some point, as it would be nice to use the streaming on Android tablets etc.
immortel 20 Sep 2015
That is exactly the kind of project that I would like to try.

I will definitely watch the project and hoping that NVidia brings that technology on Linux one day.
Julius 20 Sep 2015
Well there is hope that Nvidia wants their Shield devices to be SteamOS streaming compatible at some point, but I think it is more likely that a Moonlight-fork becomes compatible to in-Steam streaming.
LinuxGamesTV 20 Sep 2015
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Quoting: immortelThat is exactly the kind of project that I would like to try.

I will definitely watch the project and hoping that NVidia brings that technology on Linux one day.
It is build for Linux.

I have download the source code and have take a look in the readme file:

#Moonlight

[Moonlight](https://github.com/moonlight-stream) is an open source implementation of NVIDIA's GameStream, as used by the NVIDIA Shield, but built for Linux/OS X/Windows.

Moonlight-pc allows you to stream your full collection of Steam games from your powerful desktop to another PC or laptop running Linux/OS X/Windows.

Moonlight also has an [Android implementation](https://github.com/moonlight-stream/moonlight-android). Versions for [iOS](https://github.com/moonlight-stream/moonlight-ios) and [Windows and Windows Phone](https://github.com/moonlight-stream/moonlight-windows) are currently in development.
https://github.com/moonlight-stream/moonlight-pc/releases

I will try this peace of software, too.

Ok i read more. Grrr you need GFE, too. Grrrr
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