help steam link - VM setup

[noxx]

hi there, 

i have quite a capable computer  

ryzen 1800x 4.0ghz
gtx 1080ti FE
and 32gb of 2400mhz ram 

my steam library i also quite sizeable 800+ games. 

what i want to do is stream my steam games to my "samsung hd 50inch 1080p smart tv" for my children  how ever the steam link just seams to be a remote desktop mirroring  

is there ANY way i can get my steam games to stream to my tv whilst i use said pc i was thinking running a VM on my pc for it would this work, if so how would i go about doing it as this is new levels of tech for myself 

 

[KuJoe]

2 minutes ago, noxx said:

hi there, 

i have quite a capable computer  

ryzen 1800x 4.0ghz
gtx 1080ti FE
and 32gb of 2400mhz ram 

my steam library i also quite sizeable 800+ games. 

what i want to do is stream my steam games to my "samsung hd 50inch 1080p smart tv" for my children  how ever the steam link just seams to be a remote desktop mirroring  

is there ANY way i can get my steam games to stream to my tv whilst i use said pc i was thinking running a VM on my pc for it would this work, if so how would i go about doing it as this is new levels of tech for myself 

Nope, that's not how Steam's In-Home streaming works, it literally is just passing the audio and video to the steam box just like you're streaming to Twitch.

[Metallus97]

4 minutes ago, noxx said:

hi there, 

i have quite a capable computer  

ryzen 1800x 4.0ghz
gtx 1080ti FE
and 32gb of 2400mhz ram 

my steam library i also quite sizeable 800+ games. 

what i want to do is stream my steam games to my "samsung hd 50inch 1080p smart tv" for my children  how ever the steam link just seams to be a remote desktop mirroring  

is there ANY way i can get my steam games to stream to my tv whilst i use said pc i was thinking running a VM on my pc for it would this work, if so how would i go about doing it as this is new levels of tech for myself 

 

Saadly there is not. Steam link does like a remote desktop connectio0. So the streamd game HAS to be on screen on the PC.

VM will allso not work, because steam link is also giving input signals to the PC youre streaming to.

So even Virtual machines will not work.

-Game has to be on top

- You cant do inputs from your PC for the other stuff

 

Only solution i see is getting unraid and running 2x Windows with real VMs.

But this is not really well implemented at the moment in the ryzen plaform

[noxx]

Just now, KuJoe said:

Nope, that's not how Steam's In-Home streaming works, it literally is just passing the audio and video to the steam box just like you're streaming to Twitch.

i know this hence why i was wondering if it would work inside a virtual machine 

[KuJoe]

2 minutes ago, noxx said:

i know this hence why i was wondering if it would work inside a virtual machine 

You would need to have 3 video cards, one for the hypervisor (i.e. UnRAID), one for your gaming VM, and one for your VM that you'd like to do work on. If your motherboard has an IGP then you can get away with just 2 video cards then (one can be something like a $35 GT 710 if all you need is to run desktop software).

[WkdPaul]

10 minutes ago, noxx said:

i didnt know which i would be relevant in 

Threads merged.

 

Making multiple threads about the same topic isn't allowed.

[noxx]

9 minutes ago, KuJoe said:

You would need to have 3 video cards, one for the hypervisor (i.e. UnRAID), one for your gaming VM, and one for your VM that you'd like to do work on. If your motherboard has an IGP then you can get away with just 2 video cards then (one can be something like a $35 GT 710 if all you need is to run desktop software).

i guess its just a case of connecting my back up gaming laptop to the steam link then hey atleast iv found a use for it

[KuJoe]

Just now, noxx said:

i guess its just a case of connecting my back up gaming laptop to the steam link then hey atleast iv found a use for it

That's what I plan on doing when mine arrives. I have an old HP laptop that is great for the LEGO games my kid plays so I get to keep my computers all to myself.

[noxx]

i just think its a waste of my steam library when im not using it considering there is so many game in the library and all im doing now is working on my pc and playing WOW, so i was trying to find a way of letting them have access to my library without getting their grubby mitts on my tech, i love them but not that much 

[KuJoe]

17 minutes ago, noxx said:

i just think its a waste of my steam library when im not using it considering there is so many game in the library and all im doing now is working on my pc and playing WOW, so i was trying to find a way of letting them have access to my library without getting their grubby mitts on my tech, i love them but not that much 

You can setup family sharing, that's what I'm using on the HP laptop. They have their own login to Steam and can access most of my games as long as I'm not playing them.

 

EDIT: I would explain how to set it up but it was super confusing for me and it took me a lot of trial and error to actually get it working.

[noxx]

1 hour ago, KuJoe said:

You can setup family sharing, that's what I'm using on the HP laptop. They have their own login to Steam and can access most of my games as long as I'm not playing them.

 

EDIT: I would explain how to set it up but it was super confusing for me and it took me a lot of trial and error to actually get it working.

no family sharing isnt the problem its just that all pc's and laptops are £1200 plus in the house and dont really want a 7 year old on it so it was a case of trying to get the performance out of them without them actually touching the tech hence the streaming