• bassomitron@lemmy.worldEnglish
    91·
    7 months ago

    Is there a big advantage to using Moonlight/Sunshine vs the built-in Steam remote play feature? I regularly stream from my desktop to my Steam Deck without too many issues, although sometimes I get weird minor problems (e.g. Banishers Ghosts of New Eden will be noticeably darker, Elden Ring will get random “flashes” where the screen kind of blinks for a split second from time to time). These issues are hardly a big deal for me, so I’m more curious than seeking a true alternative.

    • Norah - She/They@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      17·
      7 months ago

      In my experiences, Sunshine/Moonlight are a little bit more performant. But what’s nicer about them is they are far more configurable, at the disadvantage of being less ready to go out of the box.

      Edit: By this I mean you can do things like run bat/bash scripts on connect as well as disconnect. You can also launch straight into games themselves rather than need to connect to big picture mode first.

    • jetAEnglish
      7·
      7 months ago

      My experience the input delay is much much better with moonlight than steam streaming. On a local network. But my reference point is sharing the desktop, so the mouse lag is really noticable.