Steam In home streaming

[alphabeta]

So I want to stream my games from my PC to my TV and I want to know if ..

 

The streaming speed depend on the Internet speed or the connection speed 

 

By internet speed I meant The speed which I download with 250 KB/Sec or whatever 

 

or Connection speed (whether I'm connecting my PC and the streaming device via WIFI or LAN Cable  )

[FloRolf]

you can't stream to your TV* if your pc doesnt have a computer attatched or is connected with an hdmi cable to the normal pc.

But it would depend on the "connection speed"

[alphabeta]

you can't stream to your PC if your pc doesnt have a computer attatched or is connected with an hdmi cable to the normal pc.

But it would depend on the "connection speed"

 

actually the streaming device is a laptop so it should be okay and Thank  

[Si3Rra_7]

actually the streaming device is a laptop so it should be okay and Thank

It's about the LAN speed , like 10/100/1000

 

100 would be fine , 1000 would be ideal

[FloRolf]

actually the streaming device is a laptop so it should be okay and Thank

"PC if your pc doesnt have a computer attatched"

wow i just wrote the dumbest sentence ever. that first PC is actually TV*

[KingDaddyDaniel]

The host and client computer should both be connected via wire to a router/switch for minimal latency. This will depend on the device and ethernet cables you are connecting to/with (1Gbps/100Mbps/10Mbps)

If you aren't talking about using a client computer and instead just talking about using you tv as a direct peripheral of your main PC, then connection speed will not matter.

[alphabeta]

It's about the LAN speed , like 10/100/1000

 

100 would be fine , 1000 would be ideal

 

and that depend on the cable itself or the router !? 

[Si3Rra_7]

and that depend on the cable itself or the router !? 

Both

 

Cat5 cable is limited to 100 ( you can see the category written on the cable ) , cat 5e and 6 or more supports it

If on the router box or router itself it's written 10/100/1000 or "gigabit" , it supports 1000

[FloRolf]

and that depend on the cable itself or the router !?

cable is usually not the bottlneck. it depends on router, streaming pc and laptop.

BUT i have some personal experience, i streamed Portal 2 over wifi to my moms *uber crappy* notebook and it worked as long as no one else used the connection. Should work fine if you have a newer setup.

[alphabeta]

cable is usually not the bottlneck. it depends on router, streaming pc and laptop.

BUT i have some personal experience, i streamed Portal 2 over wifi to my moms *uber crappy* notebook and it worked as long as no one else used the connection. Should work fine if you have a newer setup.

 

Okay thnx alot :D

[flibberdipper]

Well, obviously you would need to have a comptuer hooked up to the TV, but it would depend on the speed between computers in your network. For example, my grandma's internet is about 1/.3 (yes, it sucks), but the speeds I get downloading a file from her computer using HFS (even though I'm on a different router) comes out to roughly 72/72.