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[Shield General] AdmiralBobbery:
I'm not experiencing any input lag with the DS4 and regarding the Home button, I'll experiment some more with that but its great to know that it can be used properly.

Regarding image quality on the Fire TV, I'm sorry. I have no experiance with the Fire TV so can't really answer that one.

How is the image quality on your Note and what settings are you using?

Using 100 on the bitrate slider is quite a bit excessive and not at all necessary so something else must be wrong. I'm getting near perfect (non-pixelated and great shadow detail) image quality with a 1080p 60fps setting at 30Mbps on the slider.

Maybe someone else in here have specific experience with the Fire TV?
[Shield General] wilflare:
thanks for the reply! I appreciate it!

I'm on 1080p60 on my Note3 at a lower bitrate and the image quality looks great! it's only. on the Amazon FireTV that I'm seeing noticeable "crush"?

hmm are you using USB or Bluetooth with your DS4? the input lag only happens when I try to connect the DS4 directly via Bluetooth to the Note (there's no lag via SixAxis but I rather not use that app if possible since it messes with the mapping and turning on Native makes the Home Button the Android Home Button too!)
[Shield General] AdmiralBobbery:
I'm using usb because the Bluetooth messes up my 2.4ghz wifi connection causing severe stuttering and I can't use 5ghz because of packet loss.

The crushing / compression artefacts you are seeing must be a problem with the video decoding in the Fire TV and has nothing to do with your setup since it works fine on your Note.
[Shield General] nk33:
There shouldn't be any packet loss on 5ghz. Try changing the channel, you may be overlapping with one of your neighbours' 5ghz networks
[Shield General] AdmiralBobbery:
No there shouldn't be any, but that is what Limelight tells me. And there are no other 5ghz networks near my house. Have tried every channel my router can be set to, same result.

The second I switched to 2.4ghz everything was smooth and no sudden pause. When using 5ghz everything runs smooth for a couple of minutes and then everything grinds to a halt for 5-10 seconds and then resumes smoothly for a couple of minutes before halting again, rinse and repeat.

I'm fine with using 2.4ghz.

By the way, I recommend getting the Sony GCM10 controller mount if you are using a DS4 with a phone or smaller tablet up to 8-8.4", just make sure the phone or tablet has a smooth back where the suction cup can get a firm grip. The GCM10 has a small hole for using usb otg cable to the DS4 if necessary.
[Shield General] wilflare:
thanks I bought the Nyko DS4 mount sometime back. finally got a use for it.

I'm thinking of getting a nVidia Shield Tablet (or nVidia Shield Portable) for these purposes. shouldn't have sold my Nexus 7 2013 :/

hope someone can chime in on the crushing and artefacts on the FireTV :/

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by the way, Limelight doesn't work with keyboard and mouse right?

I'm using this to stream my PC to the big screen in the Living Room
[Shield General] nk33:
It will but if you are using the usb host as an hdmi out then you wont be able to use a wired one or a usb dongle one, only a bluetooth one, but this may interfere with your data
[Shield General] ElectricPulze:
Am I the only one who have problems to launch non-steam games through the steam app? It worked flawless before (months ago) but now when I launch the game it simply goes back into steam after loading 5sec. I'm trying to start the game on my OnePlus One (no controller connected tho) with latest Limelight from Google Play. My PC (3770k + GTX770) Running latest GFE and steam beta (tried both standard and beta). I've tried to set resulution to match stream settings too... I've tried to do the same with limelight on my laptop, same result... Am I the only one with this problem? :crying:
[Shield General] nk33:
Try changing the in game resolution to lower and changing the resolution to a lower level on the limelight java app. Worked for me
[Shield General] wilflare:
so as long as it's a USB keyboard and mouse (or uses its own Bluetooth/Wireless connection), it should be fine right?

eh. I've been googling. some are saying the mouse isn't recognised as a mouse but an android controller?
[Shield General] ElectricPulze:
InGame resolution 1024x768

Limelight resolution 720p 60fps

---Not working---

InGame resolution 800x600

Limelight resolution 720p 60fps

---Not working---

InGame resolution 1920x1080

Limelight resolution 1080p 60fps

---Not working---
[Shield General] nk33:


What about steam resolution?
[Shield General] ElectricPulze:
All tests done with Steam resolution 1080p

Tried with 720p in Steam, didn't change anything...
[Shield General] nk33:
does the same game using the same shortcut open in steam no problem locally?
[Shield General] ElectricPulze:
Yup, I can even open Steam Bigpicture and launch the games without problems... I simply cant launch them when trying through limelight.

[YOUTUBE]Ecl8Tn9A2a0[/YOUTUBE]
[Shield General] Stygian Hawk:
Controller Input Is Not Detected

I use a Nexus 7 2013 running Lollipop and it won't detect the controller input while streaming but detects it while in the android interface. I use a OTG cable and a wired ps3 controller.
[Shield General] cgutman:
Yep, still active development. I've been helping support other devs with their ports of Limelight to iOS and Raspberry Pi.

Looks like TCP port 48010 isn't properly forwarded or is blocked somehow.

I'm not sure about the Fire TV issue. Does the image improve if you leave it streaming for ~10 minutes?

Limelight does work with keyboard and mouse. Mouse support is best with the root version.

This looks like a compatibility issue with GFE and Steam. You can always add games within GFE. In GFE, go to the preferences tab, GameStream on the sidebar, then click the + button.

What games/apps did you test in?
[Shield General] Stygian Hawk:
I tested the Steam app, Titanfall, and Batman Arkham Asylum which all work normally on my computer with the controllers directly connected.
[Shield General] ElectricPulze:
The problem is that it wont add my older game titles...
[Shield General] MusikMonk:
That can't be right, you can manually add any application you want.

All you need to do is to open GeForce Experience -> Preferences -> GameStream and click the button to add whatever .exe you want.
[Shield General] ElectricPulze:
I'm sorry... I've never tried that cause I didn't know it was possible, I thought you only could add folders. :) I'll try your way tomorrow ;)
[Shield General] wilflare:
thanks for the reply!

really appreciate the active development! :D

just a few more questions

(1) DS4 Input Lag via Bluetooth - I paired the DS4 directly to my Note3 via Bluetooth and there's noticeable input lag. any ideas?

(2) Keyboard and Mouse support - just connect them to my device and they should work right? (no weird workarounds, etc?)

(3) DS4 PS Home Button not working on the Amazon FireTV (not sure if this is a problem with Limelight, the DS4 or the Amazon FireTV) but I can't bring up the Steam menu in-game due to this

(4) On the FireTV, I'm running 1080p30! the general image looks great actually. just that the Big Picture Mode doesn't look "smooth"

I didn't manage to take any shots myself but I managed to google and find something similar.

http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/steam_chat2.jpg - take a look at the right part of the image. you can see the radial effect but instead of a smooth transition, you can actually see few distinct blocks/patches.

it's not as obvious on my PC Monitor and Note3 I think (perhaps it's there just obvious) but it's almost "in your face" on my TV.
[Shield General] DarkSupremo:
Installed it on my Moto G and Fire TV, can't get it to work at all...

It does not find my computer, and if i try to put the ip manually, it say that was unable to find the specified computer...

I'm using the same network (wireless on my Moto G and Fire TV and wired on my Computer)

Already tried opening the port on my router:

And it's also enabled in NVIDIA GeForce Experience:

My GPU are:

2x Geforce GTX 660 TI

My router:

MediaAccess TG589vn v3 (given by ISP)

Any idea?
[Shield General] piotrze:
Is there any way to check the current resolution and bitrate during a game (as in the nvidia gamestream with two finger double tap - green text overlay) ?

Maybe adding this information at least in logcat would be a good idea.
[Shield General] stryfe34:
I have an Asus RT- AC87R and can't connect to the 5Ghz band but can connect on the 2.4Ghz. Anyone suggestions?
[Shield General] nk33:
the device probably doesn't have a dual band wifi card in it
[Shield General] MalaBouM:
hi, nvidia have broken gamestream capability for sli... disable your sli and you can use gamestream.

sources:

https://forums.geforce.com/default/...-system-with-sli-344-60-please-help/?offset=2

we wait for a new driver or go back to 140.52 if you want use your sli.

Envoyé de mon K00C en utilisant Tapatalk
[Shield General] DarkSupremo:
That's strange o.O

I'll try it again at night, thanks for the reply!
[Shield General] NapalmDawn:
Here's a note that might help some people out. It's not specifically about LImelight but it seems to affect the GFE on the PC itself.

I noticed I would sometimes have issues pulling up a game that is launched via Steam's Big Picture more. BP mode would launch but then any game picked tended to fail and I'd still be at BP mode and I would hear the bubbly "weekornk" sound. I went to the PC itself to see what was up and it was like it tried to launch the app but a dos/command window appeared behind everything and may have stolen some partial focus. Here's what I did to fix it-simply don't have steam on at the time you bring up the app (for me, it was the shield app, not limelight) and it works fine. I've had a much easier time doing streaming from steam by NOT having steam up at the time I attempt to stream on my android device.
[Shield General] wilflare:
Is there any way to get 1080p60 on the Amazon FireTV while using Limelight or is that the limit of the hardware? -can someone explain this please?-

It's working pretty good with 1080p30 now.. but it's just missing that final bit... (and well that PS Home Button not being recognized too when plugged via USB)
[Shield General] hunter99507:
Hi cgutman, love the app but I've noticed an issue with it.

Currently running up to date versions of everything. My set up is shield portable with ethernet.

My issue is it seems like every time I stream about every 2 minutes a huge slowdown occurs for about 5 seconds. It's like the shield portable is having a hard time processing the data and finally catches up after about 5 seconds.

I know it has to be software related because I had no problems about 2 months ago and the only thing that changed was limelight and gfe.

Any suggestions? Thanks
[Shield General] NapalmDawn:
I think this may be the one where people recommended reinstalling GFE on the host PC. Try that.
[Shield General] DarkSupremo:
Even with SLI disabled i can't see my computer.... :(
[Shield General] hunter99507:
I tried that. I went from 2.1.3 to 2.1.5 to back to 2.1.3 and finally back to 2.1.5.

Any other suggestions? Thanks
[Shield General] stryfe34:
It's a Note 3. Also forgot to mention that I used a cheap Dlink Dual band router and it worked fine.
[Shield General] jpeich:
Sound garbled in tegra 4 zte funbox.

Hi, I have been using limelight with my mipad and everything looks gorgeous.

I bought recently a zte funbox tegra 4 microconsole and everything works fine but sound that tends to glitch and sound like compressed and garbled.

Video is ok (latency is 17ms). I have tested lower bandwith and doesnt improve.

Appart from this I recommend this device as an step further from ouya. I can stream 60 fps 1080p without hiccups.

Thanks for your help.

Kind regards
[Shield General] zipeee2:
Emulators (MAME, etc).

Hello,

Wondering if anyone has gotten controls to work streaming emulators like MAME, etc. Over on the Gameex front-end forum, one tester wrote only a few emulators work. Is this a problem with Nvidia's xinput implementation?, or am I doing something incorrectly.

http://www.gameex.info/forums/topic/15637-streaming-gameex-to-nvidia-shield-in-action/?hl=limelight#entry136348

unfortunately controls don't work in a lot of the emulators :(

PCSP = Perfect

Dolphin = Good/perfect

PCSX2 = Sort of works, some analog problems

nulldc = crash

stella = crash

Not working

project64

snes9x

SSF

Fusion

jnes

winuae

espxe

ootake

and

MAME :o
[Shield General] jpeich:
Hi,

I have tested some emulators. What I recommend you is to use glovepie scripts to map the xinputs from gamestream virtual pad to keyboard strokes. It is the safest and most effective way to gamestream and play your emulators.

Kind regards
[Shield General] DarkSupremo:
Someone can help with that?

I tried disabling the SLI and restarted the computer, but still can't find the computer...

Windows firewall is turned off and kaspersky also..

I have windows 8.1
[Shield General] Xenosis:
You try rebooting the android device?
[Shield General] asfoor.hasan.m@gmail.com:
On-screen Gamepad added to Limelight

Hi all,

I have added an on-screen gamepad to limelight. An unofficial apk is attached. I haven't pushed the code to github yet. The controller is always transparently on and there is no way to hide it in this version.

Give it a try and let me know your feedback.

Thanks
[Shield General] DarkSupremo:
Yes, with Moto G (Android 5.0) and Fire TV (latest update, unrooted) :\

## EDIT ##

After many tests i got it to work, the problem was with GeForce Experience...

This both url should work when the GameStream is working fine:

http://127.0.0.1:47989/serverinfo?uniqueid=1234

https://127.0.0.1:47984/serverinfo?uniqueid=1234

And it was not working here, i tried downgrading version by version and i found that it only work in GFE v2.1.2 or lower, in GFE v2.1.4 and v2.1.5 it does not work.... and v2.1.3 it does detect the pc but give error 404 when try to pair...

But it was unplayable on Fire TV under WIFI even with 720p 30fps, i'll try connect an cable to it soon to see if helps
[Shield General] Roland_:
Gamma value not optimal with hardware decoding

Hi all,

while using hardware decoding on a Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 Pro i experience an incorrect gamma (black is more grey than black), switching to software decoding fixes the problem but performance is not good enough for 1080p@60. Is it possible to correct the gamma somehow? The Tablet is powered by an Intel Atom BayTrail processor.

Many thanks
[Shield General] cswoape:
Hey guys,

I know it's a really weird/outlandish device, but has anyone tried using limelight with the SlateBook 14? It has a Tegra 4 w/ 2GB RAM and Android 4.3 so I can't see any reason why it wouldn't work. Just wondering because I was attempting to create a "shield laptop" via a Lapdock 500 w/Raspberry Pi (FYI it doesn't work with the 100/500, just the Atrix version) and since that fell through I am looking towards possibly a SlateBook. Just considering future options. Really want that keyboard/mouse + USB appeal. Currently using a Tab Pro 12.2 which works okay but the latency is much higher (ie 20-30ms) than a Tegra device (1-2 typically).
[Shield General] Hobbes2099:
I've been testing the Limelight app and I connected a few phones.

Last night, the nVidia tray icon disappeared from my PC (win7, 64, ultimate). I only noticed after trying to pair new devices to GFE / Game Stream.

devices already paired work perfectly.

I can't add new devices, client will generate 4 digit PIN, but the pop up won't appear on PC.

I un installed GFE and reinstalled. Tray icon and PIN interface came back and I added everything again.

Rebooted PC and tray icon is gone again, PIN interface won't appear (again).

Any recommendations on how can I force PIN interface to show on the PC?
[Shield General] DarkSupremo:
Try downgrading your GFE, i had problems with the latest versions as you can see in my reply above... try downloading GFE v2.1.2 and see if it works..

I tried it on my android on outside network and local network and worked fine, but linux over outside network still does not pair, give me timeout..

Here is the link to download v2.1.2: http://international.download.nvidia.com/GFE/GFEClient/2.1.2.0/GeForce_Experience_v2.1.2.0.exe
[Shield General] MalaBouM:
Hi, is a solution to use limelight with vr headset ? I try trinus gyre but in limelight mod is there no duplicate screen

Envoyé de mon SM-G900F en utilisant Tapatalk
[Shield General] sofakng:
Has anybody compared the performance of the Android version of Limelight to the iOS version? I'm just wondering if there is any difference. (I know the iOS version isn't at public release yet...)
[Shield General] cgutman:
Yep, I will probably do something similar to what Limelight-embedded is doing and dump some info to the log every second or so.

If you push your code and submit a pull request, we can work to clean it up together.

That's very odd. Do you see a gamma issue with other H.264 videos on that device? I don't think that there's a way to modify gamma in the MediaCodec API.

No objective comparisons yet. The latency is close to good Android devices as far as I can tell.
[Shield General] jds2726:
Samsung Smart TV Compatablility

Could you guys extend this project to make a version for Samsung Smart TV? I feel itd be an amazing prospect considering the possibility to stream pc games directyly to your tv without anything else. The apps for the tv are javascript based and the hardware allows for anything to be pluged in via usb (Keyboards, gamepads, ect).
[Shield General] nk33:
You will need to install custom firmware on your tv first as smarthub apps have to go through samsung
[Shield General] jds2726:
It's not possible to create the app on pc using the emulator to test it and then just submit it through smart hub afterwards? Why would i need different firmware? Sorry - new to samsung products
[Shield General] nk33:
How will you install the app on ur tv without custom firmware???
[Shield General] keem_87:
Hi,

Is there an update on the full release of limelight for PC
[Shield General] whiteravenoak:
Input lag with the Fire TV

I'm using a wired 360 controller, both ends are wired ethernet, and the Fire TV has no issue keeping the video and audio in sync with no stutter nor artifacts at 1080p30 w/ hardware decoding. I played around with various config combinations, including all the way down to 720p30 with 10Mbps set for the bitrate and continued to encounter an input delay. The Fire TV is new out of the box and the PC can do 1080 with all settings turned all the way up and still be bored. What else should I be looking at to resolve the delay, as some games aren't really playable due to it. Thanks!
[Shield General] cfernz24:
Please HELPPP

Thank you to everyone involved in this awesome project. Still blown away by how smooth this is in my home wifi.

For the life of me I cannot figure out how to get this to work outside of my home wifi. I opened every port detailed in this list, I disabled every firewall I have, I have even tried putting my PC on DMZ mode but still nothing. I still see my computer as offline whenever I attempt to connect leaving me with one of two options: send wake on LAN and Delete PC. Obviously my computer is on and ready to receive info from LimeLight. Please please pleaseeeee help. It will be much appreciated.

My Phone:

Note 4

GPU:

GTX 760

Router:

Arris DG1670A
[Shield General] illuminerdi:
While I can't speak for the dev on this one, I can tell you that you're pretty much asking for the impossible. AFAIK the Smart TV doesn't really have an "App Store" so getting this onto these devices would involve some form of hackery, and there are so few people who would actually use the Smart TV version of this that it probably wouldn't be worth the time or effort to hack it in. Additionally, if the STV doesn't already have controller support then that would have to be hacked in as well, since the controller needs to talk to the STV before Limelight could pass its inputs on to the streaming PC.

So feel free to ask, and I don't mean to be a wet blanket, but I seriously doubt you would ever see this on the Smart TV. There are a lot of very cheap devices that can run Limelight easily though - you can get Android "sticks" for as little as $20-$30 which would be powerful enough to run this, though your overall experience would vary depending on the power of the hardware you got inside it.
[Shield General] nk33:
This what I was trying to explain… however it does have a kind of app store and I think it has actually been hacked and you can install custom firmware on it to add apps like xbmc etc

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Check out this SamyGo project

http://smart-home-blog.com/2010/05/21/alternative-firmware-for-samsung-and-lg-lcd-tvs/
[Shield General] asfoor.hasan.m@gmail.com:
Pushed the code.. Waiting for your feedback

I have pushed the code. Luckily, it worked for most of the games that I tried. But there are some games with which it did not work such as Final Fantasy 13 and Jnes emulator. Perhaps someone in the development team can help with that.

I have added an onscreen gamepad with all of the Xbox like buttons including the left and right joysticks. There is also a hidden button that lies on the top of the left joystick. This button changes the opacity of all other buttons (suitable for watching cut scenes). You guys might want to reorganize the locations of the buttons to better places based on your review. For instance, the start and select buttons are too far and I should have placed them close to hands.

I have tested this on Galaxy Tab S 8.4 and the locations were fine for me. But I never have tested it on a phone.

Regards
[Shield General] piotrze:
I would be very grateful! :)
[Shield General] nk33:
I have a PS Vita and I am hoping one day Limelight can be used on this…. I know its probably a long way away but once someone can create a permenant Mod for it we may see some light shed on this
[Shield General] Macemaster11:
Is there a way to disable mouse/keyboard input to the computer? I'm trying to get elite dangerous to stream without any touch inputs or the accelerometer trying to port any of the movement so I can get ED to stream.
[Shield General] Stickman89:
Hey I modified the layout values of your test APK with onscreen controller for 1080dp XXHDPI devices. Hope you don't mind. Seem's to fit a lot better now; Not sure which device you created your original layout for, anyhow fits onto my 1920x1080 441 ppi screen perfectly now, where as before it was a little oversized and had overlapping controls.

Screenshot

Attached below...
[Shield General] asfoor.hasan.m@gmail.com:
Thanks. I highly appreciate your change.

Thanks. I highly appreciate your change. In fact, this is my first android development ever so I am not very much familiar with how their UI API works. It would also be good if you (and the rest) can test it on multiple devices too. I tried it on my Galaxy Tab S 8.4 and my Xperia Z3. It works well on the first but the layout sucks in the second.

I think we need to have the right joystick back and also have the D-pad buttons be invisible.

When do we expect to see a new version on Googleplay?

Thanks
[Shield General] Stickman89:
Well I tested the layout changes on a 720dp device, but for some reason the left joystick is ignoring layout width/height & scale values. Despite adjusting them, the joystick continues to remain over-sized, however all other buttons seem to scale fine. I haven't checked your smali yet for a culprit, are you able to fix that? I have a couple of other devices I can more than likely prepare layouts for also

Not to mention, some games; like borderlands pre-sequel for instance, the joystick just isn't providing enough range to move the character at the correct pace (i.e. walking extremely slow), movement often responds erratically as well.

Otherwise great stuff thus far!! Keep it coming, its very promising.