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SoAdCrAzY

SoAdCrAzY

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Hi,

I have a desktop PC that I use for gaming but want to play my Steam games (such as Fall Guys, car racing games etc.) on my TV in the other room.

I have got the latest Steam Link app on my Amazon Fire Stick 4k and everything has gone well. It has found my computer and says that it has a good connection (even though it is wireless). However, the screen is black (the audio plays) and the connection is a few seconds behind and it completely disconnects every few seconds.

I ran a speed test on my PC and got 110MB/s. I ran a test on my Fire Stick and also got 110MB/s.

My PC is connected via home plug in the other room which isn't ideal but the router has to be in the living room.

My PC has an AMD graphics card so I cannot get the Nvidia Shield.

Are there are alternative ways that people can suggest which do not involve moving my PC into the living room every time I want to play?

Thanks.
 
Gimpymoo said:
I built a Ryzen APU PC for this reason, works a treat and none of the hassles of "streaming" and I get ad free Youtube in the lounge :)
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I have a 4k stick. I have sideloaded an ad-free YouTube app on it which is good. I do have the YouTube ad-free app on my computer too though (well, got the www.youtube.com/tv website working as navigating via the actual website is very frustrating). I also run my computer as a Plex media server so I can watch my films and TV shows.

I have ordered a Steam Link device so will see how that is at streaming my games. I will plug the Steam Link directly into my router but my PC is connected to a home plug which we'll see if that is sufficient.
 
To update this ticket: I have got a second hand Steam Link and everything works perfectly now. Well, apart from the occasional black screen for a few seconds sometimes. I'll do the above fix though. Thank you.
 
The reason I went with a Steam Link was because it has USB slots for connecting my peripherals. It has been a pain though. If I was to get an app for my fire stick, I'd have to get an ethernet adapter and then I wouldn't be able to plug in any USB devices.

Firstly, my XBox 360 controller has a problem where the right joy stick doesn't work. It only lets you click it and I can't move it in any game. I have tried all of the troubleshooting techniques to fix this but nothing has worked.

The frequent black screen for a couple of seconds can't be fixed either even after turning off hardware encoding.

Lastly, RDR2 runs super slow at a very low resolution.
 
A friend came round today and his official controller worked fine so I'm buying the bike and getting an official one.

Rdr2 runs okay on low settings which I can get used to.

I would still appreciate if anyone has any suggestions for the frequent black screen? Turning hardware encoding off doesn't work not does running steam.exe as an administrator.
 
Haggisman said:
By "official controller" do you mean the Steam controller? If so, that's going to be a steep learning curve!

Strange that you get poor performance on Rdr2, it should be identical to running directly on the PC (albeit with the potential for a bit of latency and some compression artifacts depending on your network)

Regarding the black screens, how long is the HDMI cable and have you tested with a different one?
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I haven't tried another HDMI cable actually so I will do that.

I have noticed that the little blackouts seem to coincide with our newly purchased freezer making a noise! I have tried plugging it into other nearby power outlets but this doesn't solve it.

I'll also try leaving the computer monitor on.
 
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