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Alternative to Steam Link/Sunshine? (feddit.org)
submitted 3 days ago by Ulrich@feddit.org to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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I have an exclusive gaming PC. Ideally what I'd like to do is shove it in a closet or other vacant room to contain the heat and then stream games over LAN.

The problem with existing solutions is:

  1. They need a monitor connected
  2. The monitor to be powered on
  3. They don't support varying refresh rates/resolutions. Only whatever is displayed on the connected monitor. I want to play on my 4k/60Hz TV in the living room for AAA visual spectacle games that work best with controller, and the 1440p/120Hz display in my office for FPS or otherwise fast-moving games that demand KBM, and the 5k monitor for photo/video editing.
  4. I haven't had much success getting these working at all. Red screens, 1/4 screens, image noise, etc.

They're literally just mirroring the screen of the connected display.

I really don't want to have to buy a dedicated PC for each use-case. Does a solution like this exist? What are their pros and cons? Preferably something that doesn't require a degree in software engineering.

Currently I am using Bazzite OS with 5700x + 6800xt, if that matters.

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[-] abeltramo@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago

Shameless plug: I'm the main developer of Games on Whales.

I've built Wolf exactly because of those shortcomings of other solutions: it runs fully headless, spins up virtual Wayland desktops that matches the resolution/FPS that's requested from the clients and everything runs in Docker so it doesn't pollute your host OS (just your HDD).

I'm currently working on a massive performance improvement in this PR if you'd like to try it, I'd suggest to pick that tag.

[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

That's very cool. Thank you for creating this and for sharing it here. No shame necessary as it seems to fulfill exactly what I asked for.

Unfortunately Docker containers and terminal coding is a bit over my head.

Also YT doesn't like to let me watch their videos so if you uploaded them somewhere else for sharing, that would be cool.

[-] abeltramo@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Unfortunately Docker containers and terminal coding is a bit over my head.

That's absolutely understandable, getting comfortable with the terminal is definitely the first step to be able to shove that PC in a closet. ๐Ÿ˜‰

Ideally, in the meantime I'll have made all this stack even easier to run!

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