LIMELIGHT | Stream PC games to your TV for less than $40/£25* -also stream to Android

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Limelight

Limelight is an open source implementation of NVIDIA's GameStream protocol. We reverse-engineered the protocol used by the NVIDIA Shield and implemented a set of 3rd party clients.

What does this mean for you? Limelight allows you to stream your full collection of Steam games from your GFE compatible PC to any of your supported devices.

Limelight Android

* You will need a compatible Nvidia 600 or 700 series card.

Examples of how well it runs:
GRID 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRW6O0bSHNw
limelight on Nexus 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCJFdlrfCaE
xperia Z Skyrim: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlsGNQ3Zx0o



What you need for a cheap TV streaming solution:

The files: https://github.com/irtimmer/limelight-pi <------ scroll down for instructions.

A raspberry pi, these can be found in electronic stores or amazon, right now they cost less than $40/£25

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What problems can I face?

- still in early stages with raspberry pi
- sound issues could arise on the pi for some games.
 
Nice. I've been meaning to replace OpenELEC on my Pi for some time and now I've finally got an excuse to do so. Will give it a whirl, thanks.
 
MRORANGE said:
What does this mean for you? Limelight allows you to stream your full collection of Steam games from your GFE compatible PC to any of your supported devices.
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What are the benefits of Limelight on Raspberry Pi over streaming the Steam games using Steam's in-house streaming?
 
benny_a said:
What are the benefits of Limelight on Raspberry Pi over streaming the Steam games using Steam's in-house streaming?
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A raspberry pi is a lot cheaper than the cheapest X86 pc that you still need for SteamOS for the TV - that's it really.

Also uses a lot less watts and smaller footprint.
 
MRORANGE said:
A raspberry pi is a lot cheaper than the cheapest X86 pc that you still need for SteamOS for the TV - that's it really.

Also uses a lot less watts and smaller footprint.
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Oh, I didn't realize that Steam needs x86. I was assuming that when something comes to Linux that it supports the majority of the Linux hardware targets, but that was a dumb assumption.
 
MRORANGE said:
A raspberry pi is a lot cheaper than the cheapest X86 pc that you still need for SteamOS for the TV - that's it really.

Also uses a lot less watts and smaller footprint.
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Yep. My entire Pi setup ran me about 40 bucks -- 35 for the Pi, 5 for a super cheap enclosure, and then I recycled an old cellphone charger and an old memory card from a laptop. The Pi lives on the back of my TV, is dead silent and streams HD media (and in a few hours, hopefully, some games) like a champ.
 
benny_a said:
Oh, I didn't realize that Steam needs x86. I was assuming that when something comes to Linux that it supports the majority of the Linux hardware targets, but that was a dumb assumption.
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Valve is keen on making a Streaming box, but it's not going to happen anytime soon. There are no ARM based versions of SteamOS that I know of :(
 
Seems like the cheapest way to get the same functionality using AMD cards is 90/115 EUR (Single-/Dual-core) for a Minnowboard. (Not yet in stock anywhere I can see.)
 
MRORANGE said:
A raspberry pi is a lot cheaper than the cheapest X86 pc that you still need for SteamOS for the TV - that's it really.
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I've wondered for awhile on this - wireless HDMI solutions dramatically outperform software streamers, and they're cheaper than buying an extra PC as well.
The one attraction with Steam is that it can effectively convert portable devices into extra screens - something that hw-solutions don't do without yet more extra hw.
Now this thing on RaspberryPi - yes it's cheapest out of all of them - but it has the disadvantages of both approaches...
 
How do controllers work? I'm assuming it has to be connected to the PC, which makes multi-room situations a bit of a pain.
 
Oisin said:
How do controllers work? I'm assuming it has to be connected to the PC, which makes multi-room situations a bit of a pain.
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Plug it into your Pi. I plugged my DS4 into my FireTV and everything worked as expected. Unfortunately, I can't really test performance until I upgrade my network. I was able to play some Skullgirls with no problem.

edit: I can't say for sure since I don't have a Pi. Hopefully someone else can confirm.
 
Oisin said:
How do controllers work? I'm assuming it has to be connected to the PC, which makes multi-room situations a bit of a pain.
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You should be able to use the USB ports on the raspberry pi for keyboard/ mouse / controller. Not sure how good the support for controllers are.
 
MRORANGE said:
You should be able to use the USB ports on the raspberry pi for keyboard/ mouse / controller. Not sure how good the support for controllers are.
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Did a bit of research, and the Xbox 360 controller is supposedly compatible, but since the USB ports don't supply enough power, you have to connect via an external USB dock. Still pretty cool that it works.
 
This seems pretty cool. Personally I think wireless HDMI is a better fit for me, however I thought it was still expensive and kinda shitty until I saw the post earlier in this thread.
 
Wow. If this never becomes possible on AMD cards, this might make me switch to Nvidia next card.
 
Limelight got better :D

v2.5 - July 5, 2014
- Autodiscovery of GameStream PCs on your network (no need for IP addresses anymore)
- Support for launching other apps besides Steam (and streaming without Steam installed at all)
- Apps on the PC can be quit from within Limelight
- Wake-On-LAN for local and remote PCs
- Remote streaming without having to reconfigure Limelight for streaming over the Internet
 
dex3108 said:
Limelight got better :D

v2.5 - July 5, 2014
- Autodiscovery of GameStream PCs on your network (no need for IP addresses anymore)
- Support for launching other apps besides Steam (and streaming without Steam installed at all)
- Apps on the PC can be quit from within Limelight
- Wake-On-LAN for local and remote PCs
- Remote streaming without having to reconfigure Limelight for streaming over the Internet
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Niceeee.
 
This is cool, so if I have an android phone or tablet all I need is an hdmi cable for them and that can be my streaming console?

How is android with ds3 in wireless ?
 
Limelight on my Android is not discovering my PC (I have Geforce Experience open) and when I manually add my IP it says "Unable to connect to the specified computer.Make sure the required ports are allowed through the firewall". And yes, I do meet all the system requirements for Nvidia GameStream.
EDIT:
Wait, do they have to be hooked into the internet in the same way and on the same connection? My computer and phone are currently both connected to the same network, but my computer is connected through ethernet and my phone is through Wi-Fi.
 
Do I need to order anythjng else with the raspberry pi? I have a wired 360 controlled can I use that?

Do I need a power adapter as well or hdmi?
 
Main observation from those videos... I'm not the only one using my old university textbooks for a very expensive monitor stand.
 
More people need to know about this.
Firstly all games seem to have the same latency about ~50ms. Its actually good enough for me to set similar laptimes in Assetto Corsa as i do when not streaming.
Secondly all games work, absolutely everything.
This is like Steam In Home streaming beta before public release, because it lets you stream the desktop applications as long as Steam Big Picture has the foreground. Meaning if the PC has an explorer window open you can launch any emulator too.

Using Ice emulator scraper in Steam, it doesnt work as the Pi Linux system is not parsing the filenames correctly when there are spaces, but the method i mentioned before works. You can use something like Hippo Remote to have control of the original PC over Wifi to do these actions, or setup a clever profile in xpadder which activates when the stick is clicked to allow keyboard commands to be passed. I have my 360 pads connected to the host PC, therefore i dont need a dongle on the Pi.

Im using gigabit ethernet throughout, and the Pi has a 900Mhz overclock.

If you want to use the 360 pad direct to the Pi you need a powered USB Hub connected to the Pi, as the Pi cannot supply enough current to the 360 dongle to work properly. Then you will need to install the xbox driver.

I wrote a guide a long time ago, it should still work
http://forum.stmlabs.com/showthread.php?tid=886
 
Mr.Miyamoto said:
Still too much latency for my tastes. Wii U-level of latency or bust.
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Have you tried it? I think its too much for twitch fps shooters but fine for everything else. Although people are saying its even ok for counterstrike.

For emulated games such as Metroid, Mario Kart on Gamecube and Wii there is absolutely no noticeable delay.
 
Does this work on any Samsung Galaxy phone and Note tablets, and the Amazon Kindle Fire HD/HDX? I'm looking to buy a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition, and I am curious on trying the app.

Off-topic: Do any of the android HID game controllers work on Samsung tablets aside of Samsung's gamepad?

EDIT: Limelight is also on Ouya as well as iOS.
 
JMTHEFOX said:
Does this work on any Samsung Galaxy phone and Note tablets, and the Amazon Kindle Fire HD/HDX? I'm looking to buy a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition, and I am curious on trying the app.
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It's working on the Note 3 so Note 10 should be fine, it runs on most Android devices pretty well.
 
how's the latency on this? Wouldn't mind trying it for some dark souls in bed. noticeable? How does it compare to something like remote play?
 
I've been trying to get this working on my android with no success, the app won't find my PC automatically and it fails to connect when I punch in my PC's IP address.

I've tried the following:
-uninstalled all NVidia drivers
-did a clean install of all NVidia drivers
-disabled my firewall
-forwarded all ports
-reset gateway, wifi module, router etc etc

Quite unfortunate as the app seems to work great when it works from what I've seen on youtube.
 
hope this is the right thread to ask :/

I'm trying to play Shadow of Mordor on my Note3
game plays fine when I'm not GameStream

but when I'm GameStreaming - it gets stuttery at parts
do I have to turn down my settings or just lower the stream quality?
 
Any possibility of a limelight app for xbone? Or is this yet another reason for me to regret getting this damn thing over a fire tv?
 
how well is this running with the Amazon FireTV?
what are the settings you guys are using?

(and how do I connect my DS4 to the Amazon FireTV :/)
 
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