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#168489 16-Mar-2015 10:30

anyone have any recommendations for a cheap Steam streaming client?

I have a powerful machine I want to stream games from.

I've tried using a raspberry pi 2 and limelight, and this works great on some games, but some games just wont even open.

I have a e350m laying around, but that seems to struggle at times and crashes with some games.

I'll likely get some steam streaming boxes when they come out at the end of the year, but want something in the mean time to use, but don't want to spend too much as they will be a temporary solution.

thanks

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#1260092 16-Mar-2015 10:58

This looked interesting when I was looking, NZXT AC-DOKOM-M1 DOKO PC Streaming Device

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bz48HU0qbB4

I’m just building my own steam box by replacing my E350 with an AMD a8-7600 on a mini ITX board.

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#1260093 16-Mar-2015 10:59

yeah i saw the doko, got pretty meh reviews so i discounted it.

so its pretty cheap, should look at it again.

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#1260095 16-Mar-2015 11:00

It needs to be able to hardware decode the video coming in, otherwise the CPU does get bogged down and you will have a really mediocre time playing

If you have a recent Nvidia card I would actually just get an android box with a ethernet support and run limelight/nvidia gamestream

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#1260098 16-Mar-2015 11:02

I shoved a GTX 750 into my e350 to help decoding. decoding then went fine, but still its a very slow machine, and crashes were annoying.

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#1260099 16-Mar-2015 11:03

reven: yeah i saw the doko, got pretty meh reviews so i discounted it.

so its pretty cheap, should look at it again.

I also thought meh, that's why I went with the A8-7600.

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#1260100 16-Mar-2015 11:03

reven: I shoved a GTX 750 into my e350 to help decoding. decoding then went fine, but still its a very slow machine, and crashes were annoying.

Oh limelight on PC doesn't support hardware decode - only on android version :)

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#1260102 16-Mar-2015 11:05

macuser:
reven: I shoved a GTX 750 into my e350 to help decoding. decoding then went fine, but still its a very slow machine, and crashes were annoying.

Oh limelight on PC doesn't support hardware decode - only on android version :)

i was using limelight on the raspberry pi, that worked well, but some games wouldnt play.

on an android device, limelight only showed a few games and not the complete set. it didnt include some games that did work on the pi (some indie games for example).

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#1269406 28-Mar-2015 08:30

reven:
macuser:
reven: I shoved a GTX 750 into my e350 to help decoding. decoding then went fine, but still its a very slow machine, and crashes were annoying.

Oh limelight on PC doesn't support hardware decode - only on android version :)

i was using limelight on the raspberry pi, that worked well, but some games wouldnt play.

on an android device, limelight only showed a few games and not the complete set. it didnt include some games that did work on the pi (some indie games for example).

this, from what i have read it runs very well Get the PI2.I have steam in home steaming to my rMBP and now looking at monitors.

Balm its gone!

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#1269462 28-Mar-2015 11:24

only some games worked on limelight. those that didnt, worked wonderfully, but too many didnt work. AC:Rogue worked one day, then refused the next. just ended up spending a few hundred on a i3 mini system. using kodi, netflixbmc on it as well so not just a steam machine.

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#1272601 28-Mar-2015 22:01

Might change things, as Steam also have their own Steam streaming client out November 2015 (Steam Link).

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#1272634 28-Mar-2015 23:37

Blanch: Might change things, as Steam also have their own Steam streaming client out November 2015 (Steam Link).

didn't want to wait until november then be disappointed with long wait queue for device, and receive it maybe april 2016. so entire year no gaming in spare room, too long a wait.