
Originally produced as a stand-alone box in 2018, Valve released this tool as a free download to all Raspberry Pi users, making it accessible via a single line of code. Valve’s Steam Link, in case you don’t know, allows users of the gaming distribution platform Steam to stream video games from their PC to a display of their choice via their home network, with no need for cumbersome wires and whatnot. is Steam Link the best way still? If so, whats the best way to handle playing non-steam games through it? Do I have to add every game to steam as a Non-Steam Game (yuck)? And if not, what's the best way to get PC games streamed to a TV (that also passes through 5.1 audio)? I have an Apple TV, and the TV is a X85J which is a "GoogleTV" with limited Google Play Store support (doesn't have Game Pass, but I believe I can side load that on?), so anything that comes through those solutions would be great.Connect your gaming PC to your TV with ease, thanks to Steam Link and Raspberry Pi.īack in 2018, we asked Simon, our Asset Management Assistant Keeper of the Swag, Organiser of the Stuff, Lord Commander of the Things to give Steam Link on Raspberry Pi a try for us, as he likes that sort of thing and was probably going to do it anyway. I could have spent time trying to trouble shoot, but I instead uninstalled. I've tried Rainway in the past, not on this apartment internet and I found it weirdly fiddly, it launched a Yakuza game at 4:3, and the controls locked up. I've been able to listen to a few 5.1 albums I've ripped over the years no problem. What I *do* like about Steam Link is it passes down 5.1 audio, which my Soundbar picks up, and the rear speakers definitely are playing discrete sounds. Even at 900+ Mbps down, it claims it tops out at 100, which is strange, and there's a fair amount of compression/lag.




Everything still gets 900+ Mbps tho).Īnd I set up the Steam Link Apple TV app. I have my PC in my bedroom and the TV in the "main room", and both are wired to the router (the TV/Apple TV/etc are being passed through a Gigabit switch however. Hey all, just moved into my first apartment, got myself a nice TV, an Atmos soundbar (more on that in a sec), and the place is wired for fiber, meaning I'm getting 1000 Mbps up and down.
