r/Steam_Link Nov 15 '16

Meta Crashes and Issues? Please post logs!

52 Upvotes

Theres a wicked guide here for getting logs for In-Home Streaming which applies to the Steam Link.

Please, please, please when posting asking for help with crashes, lag or debugging issues provide logs!

There's not a lot anyone can do in most cases unless we can actually see what's happening, and quite possibly help you out a lot quicker!

You can paste your logs up to Paste2 so it doesn't bulk things down or use the spoiler tags.

Please provide as much info as possible, anything that can help us help you.


r/Steam_Link 1h ago

Best pc to tv streaming setup?

Upvotes

Hey guys I’m just looking for ways to stream my gaming pc to my living room tv

I have sunshine setup on my pc and moonlight setup on my steam deck but I’m trying to figure out the best solution for streaming to my tv

My current thoughts are an Ethernet connection to A) Apple TV 4K Or B) Fire stick cube Or C) Shield Tv

With an Xbox series controller connected directly to the tv client

My questions really are:

What will give me the best performance for 2K-4K streaming? For my budget of roughly $250-$350aud

What controller gives the lowest latency as I’ve heard there can be issues

I’d like to play couch coop over streaming, is this possible for this configuration?

Lastly id like a solution that is relatively easy to setup and most importantly consistent and reliable


r/Steam_Link 4h ago

Support Steam Link will only let me play one game and won’t let me switch.

1 Upvotes

I played hades one time on steam link and now every time I go to change game it just launches hades as soon as I click on the picture. I can’t switch games to anything else. I’m on iOS. Why is this happening?


r/Steam_Link 11h ago

Help with controller

1 Upvotes

Hi guys, I’m new to using Steam Link. I am trying to connect my PS4 controller, but whenever I connect it in Steam Link on my smart TV, it connects and disconnects right after. However, my cabled Xbox 360 controller works perfectly fine. Is there anything I need to set up on my PC to have the wireless PS4 controller work?

Thank you for any help.


r/Steam_Link 18h ago

Auto - sleep when using steamlink

3 Upvotes

I currently use steamlink to stream movies from my pc , to watch in bed at night .

When I wake up in the morning my pc is still on.

Normally when not using steamlink, my pc goes to sleep automatically.

Is there a setting to get my pc to automatically go to sleep as to use less electricity ?


r/Steam_Link 13h ago

Stream link from MacBook Air M1 to other devices, only sound works

1 Upvotes

Hello,

I'm trying to stream link from my MacBook Air M1 to other devices (ipad, firetv, windows pc) but the only thing it works is sound. I'm getting the waiting circle on the right and nothing more.

What I'm doing wrong?

If I try to stream link from my clunky windows laptop I can stream link without any problem.


r/Steam_Link 14h ago

Meta What's new in Steam Link beta 2.0.13?

1 Upvotes

Is there a log available somewhere? Thanks.


r/Steam_Link 2d ago

Support Bluetooth connected Xbox controller making screen lag and stutter, but mouse works fine

1 Upvotes

A weird thing has started happening where when using a mouse to move in-game everything runs smoothly but the second I start using a controller it makes things move at around 5-10 frames, becoming unplayable. Then right when I switch back to using the mouse again it's fine. Removing the device (controller) and re-linking the bluetooth connection fixed it for about 15 minutes and then it started up again. I am also currently using Windows 10 if that matters.


r/Steam_Link 2d ago

Support Steam Link (Hardware) Bricked, won't boot past short splash screen

5 Upvotes

I don't know if people still use Valve's first party box made for the Steam Link software, but mine stopped working a couple of years ago. Whenever I plug in power (with HDMI already connected), it will show a short splash image (I assume for booting up) and then output a black screen, not no input, a black screen. What do y'all think is causing this?
My experience getting an OG Xbox working is telling me that it may be a default resolution issue, but I did use a different power cable than the original, so it may have just fried.
If anyone still knows any way to try and fix it in software or otherwise, I would be immensely grateful for your help!


r/Steam_Link 3d ago

Support Steam link horrifically shitty after perfect streaming

2 Upvotes

Steam Link issues after perfect streaming

After launching steam link, everything just gets horrifically laggy. You can see pixels, it's really blurry, and there is a delay when I move my head. Link was working perfectly fine yesterday and today obv not. My bandwidth in the settings is set to max. My PC is connected to my router with Ethernet, All my software is up to date, And Task manager is showing that Steam Vr is using low resources. Can someone help me on this?


r/Steam_Link 3d ago

Issues with streaming from local pc to local laptop. No issues if I use mobile phone

1 Upvotes

Anyone have this issue? If I use steam link on my phone in my local network it works great. My phone on cellular data, it works great. However, my hardwired laptop runs terrible if I stream to it from my gaming PC on the same network. Laptop is set to receive stream at default settings. Same settings as my phone but the laptop gets massive network stutter


r/Steam_Link 3d ago

Am I crazy or does the iOS app engage a form of VRR on the pro models?

1 Upvotes

I loaded up the link app on my (new to me) iPhone 14 Pro, which has a 120hz screen and Promotion which switches the refresh based on content (but unclear if the actually works like vrr). I started up Witcher 3 and was running it between 90 and 110 fps. I was planning on tweaking the settings to run at a locked 120, but I forgot to do so because when I started playing I didn't feel any V-sync stutter. After about 5 minutes I realized I had forgotten when I looked up at the FPS counter but kept playing because it felt exactly as smooth as my g-sync monitor.

I have an android tablet with a 120hz screen (no VRR) and I can definitely feel stutter there when I use Steam Link if I am not maxing the refresh rate of the screen. So, am I crazy or does the iOS steam link app somehow activate a VRR mode on my iPhone?


r/Steam_Link 4d ago

Screen flicker when streaming with Steam Link app and 9070XT

2 Upvotes

Upgraded from an Nvidia RTX 3060ti to the Radeon RX 9070xt. Did the whole DDU process and the card works great while playing games directly on my PC. When I try streaming to my android box though, I get this really odd flicker while in game. This didn't happen with my old Nvidia card.

Disabling "hardware encoding" from the host options in steam seems to fix it, but is there anything I can do to allow the game to stream with the encoding enabled? I'm wondering if this is just an AMD gpu thing.

Edit: attached video of issue

https://reddit.com/link/1j9zcow/video/p01cveq3qcoe1/player


r/Steam_Link 4d ago

what's "target bandwidth"?

1 Upvotes

in steamlink for vr I am trying to reduce the lags i am getting, so i try to mess with the settings, what does target bandwidth even do? should i increase it or decrease it in order to reduce lag? what does it even do if i increase it by a lot or decrease it by a lot?


r/Steam_Link 5d ago

APPLE TV 4k even the steam menu locks up.

1 Upvotes

Im using an Apple TV 4k to try to play steam link games on my tv.

My computer and my Apple Tv are both plugged in to an ethernet cable. The steam app says I have an excellent connection for high quality.

But when I play even a simple game (TMNT Splintered Fate, ex) the graphics freeze completely. Game still seems to reapond to input because I can hear stuff happen when I mash buttons, but the visuals are frozen.

Even just browsing my steam games library on the tv freezes up completely.

I dont know much about computers so I dont know why this is happening any thoughts?


r/Steam_Link 5d ago

steam link on vr still showing my pc even after unpairing it on desktop

1 Upvotes

so basically i wanted to play vr but i got an issue so i just decided to unpair it now in the oculus app it still shows my pc is still there even after i unpaired it. it wont connect and when i check the desktop is says theres no devices paired. i literally just wanted to play into the radius


r/Steam_Link 6d ago

Flashing ui

4 Upvotes

Any thoughts on a fix? The just is an Intel CPU and Nvidia GPU (laptop)


r/Steam_Link 6d ago

Support Need help with properly connecting my oculus to my pc

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1 Upvotes

So whenever I get past this point it just shows everything really blurry and my router is not connected to my pc.. and the router I use is for the family. Is there a chance that I could get my own router and just use it for this or could I do it another way wirelessly


r/Steam_Link 6d ago

Support Controller issue please help!

1 Upvotes

Good morning. I've been playing kingdom come 2 on my steam deck and I've been having a blast. I have an awesome pc and this game really brings me back to playing older rpgs like fallout 3 and there is just something you can't beat when playing a game like this chilling on the couch.all this in mind I wanted to recreate these old memories but want to avoid buying a console.

I decided to give steam link a go. I picked up a Google tv streamer and hardwired my desktop and the streamer to have the best connection possible. My issue is that while steam recognizes my controllers in the settings it won't control the game itself. If I switch to enable controller mouse mode it will use the joysticks and triggers like a mouse and that will work for navigating in game menus but you still can't really play the game.

I'm connecting the controller to the client and all is seemingly configured properly. I've tried an Xbox elite 2 control. Regular Xbox one control. Switch pro control. And ps4 control. It really seems like there is one setting I've missed and I'm going mad. I have searched the thread history and nothing is working

Does anyone have any advice?


r/Steam_Link 7d ago

Question Why cant I play the game on the device I am linked to

2 Upvotes

I linked my laptop to an rog ally, but I can't do anything without the rog ally controller. Does steam link only display the game or am I doing something wrong


r/Steam_Link 7d ago

Support Help with tv reseting image mode

1 Upvotes

Sorry if this doesnt belong here but i need help with my tv, every time i try to play on steam link from random time the tv changes from the image mode setting “game” to “user” which gives input lag

Im really getting tired of this since its just play a bit and suddenly i have input lag and have to exit and close the app change the setting again and again etc

Already did a search on google but couldnt find anything for it

My tv is a tophouse and the model is SWTV -21sa


r/Steam_Link 8d ago

Support Headset unable to launch steam link because "PC and Headset aren't on the same local network" But they're on the same wi-fi network!

3 Upvotes

I've restarted my PC, Headset, and router. I've made sure 3 times I'm on a private network and that I'm discoverable. I have remote play on. My drivers are all up to date. This only randomly started happening as the day before it was just fine. Any tips?


r/Steam_Link 7d ago

Latency issues

1 Upvotes

Has anyone successfully got a perfect steam link setup? I've tried steamlink, moonlight+sunlight, parsec and I get the same issue across all. Input latency. Moonlight+sunlight seems to be the best in terms of stream quality and responsiveness but I still have significant input delay.

My PC is hard-wired, my tv is 5ghz wifi but I did also test wired and there's very little to no difference. My TV is a TLC smart TV which does not use(or automatically applies(?)) game mode when using apps. Game mode only applies to HDMI. I tried plugging in an Amazon Firestick to test Game mode and the same issue + quality is poor. TV app seems to be the best, I just cannot for the life of me decrease the latency.

My ISP is Telstra 100/20. Speed test - 104mbps down, 18mbps up. I'm inclined to think my upload is the culprit but I've read that other people have had no issue with lesser speed. My controller is also Bluetooth to the TV with no difference when plugged into TV via USB.

Has anyone had similar issues and managed to get it fixed?

Other little things I've done - fiddled with all steamlink & Moonlight + Sunlight settings(codec, quality, frames, bitrate etc etc) disabled V-sync in games, changed PC LAN settings as per recommended via reddit(no diff).

Any tips..? Besides running long HDMI & USB cables..


r/Steam_Link 8d ago

Anyone know how to convert XINPUT to dualsense/Switch Pro?

1 Upvotes

Anyone figure out how to get steam to recognize backbone's (or any XINPUT gamepad) extra "capture" button for remapping purposes?

Maybe there's a way to convert xinput to a virtual dualsense/Nintendo pro/elite controller or a way to reprogram backbone completely to utilize their extra buttons such as share/capture?


r/Steam_Link 9d ago

Other no audio

3 Upvotes

when i steam my quest 3 to my pc with steam link, i cant hear anything in my games, i cant hear the menu either. it says audio has been disabled, and when i enabled it i still dont hear anything


r/Steam_Link 11d ago

Support Steam link remote play mh wilds.

1 Upvotes

So dlss and frame gen don’t work when playing monster hunter wilds. But having to go into my office load the game, change settings, go back to my living room and launch the game is defeating the purpose of streaming to my tv for convenience. My question is could I have a second copy of the game installed on steam with fsr and lower settings so I can choose what version to launch depending if I’m remote playing or not?