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[Shield General] khb008:
Hey Cgutman, thank you for getting back to me. Well in any case, I guess i won't have to choose between Limelight and Jailbreak (i would have chosen Limelight anyway) because iOS 8.1 jailbreak was released today. So hopefully your work for Limelight iOS progresses smoothly and we receive its initial release sometime in the near future. Best of luck, looking forward to seeing your work in action.
[Shield General] AlconchelSG:
I have the same problem, Nexus 5 and Gefoce 970, The same error. Please Help!!!!
[Shield General] dillonj98:
Tried re-installing GFE for the 2nd time and now it works!
[Shield General] sawier:
same issue here, no window where i can enter the code pops up. What should i do?
[Shield General] Phoenixfox:
Restart the PC and the Geforce Experience Tab. Try to close the Nvidia services from the task manager and open Geforce Experience again.

I have lost the Gamestream a few times but usually restarting the app and restarting the services fixes it.
[Shield General] mrgoochio:
Hi guys, I've been trying to decide on a gamepad for use with limelight on the upcoming Nexus 6.

As far as I can tell, the main contenders are as follows:

Wireless pairing:

Moga Pro Power/Hero Power

ipega 9025

Wired pairing:

Xbox controller

Playstation controller

What are your thoughts as to the best controller compatibility with limelight in its current/future stage? I'd like to note that I have some experience using programs like Tincore Keymapper for binding keys etc.

One of the downsides I've read about the Moga Pro controller is that the trigger buttons can't be utilized if paired to a PC (instead of an android device). It would be nice to be able to use these controllers on my PC instead of android when I'm sitting at home in front of my computer. I don't think ipega has this issue and the xbox/ps controllers definitely don't when used with a computer.

Also, does anyone have experience with bluetooth and wifi interference? I read it could be pretty bad using a wireless controller with wifi enabled, which obviously would be the case if using limelight. Should I just go for an xbox or PS controller in that case?
[Shield General] LadyBrecky:
Did you do anything special in those reinstalls? Did your reboot every time or something?
[Shield General] dingochutney:
I use a dual shock 3, wirelessly paired and it's the best all rounder IMHO. I get some interference but I put that down to my tablet (Nexus 10) being useless in 5GHz mode so using 2.4. You need root to pair wirelessly, but that's why you're getting a Nexus right? ;)
[Shield General] mrgoochio:
I was looking into the DS4 because I don't own a PS3 and the price is only slightly higher. Ergonomics and using the same mini-USB cable for phone/control would be nice. How bad is the interference affecting your gameplay?
[Shield General] dingochutney:
I think there are some difficulties pairing the DS4 but I've got no personal experience. I tend to avoid the interference by wiring either the tablet (and then HDMI out to TV) or controller, but it was only ever mildly annoying (a couple of glitchy button presses every few minutes). As I say, this is more likely my tablet's bad WiFi, nexus 6 will be much better I expect!
[Shield General] dingochutney:
Another speculative question - do you think that Nvidia will ever support the ability to run the main application (master PC doing the hard work) minimized to allow someone to use the host for web browsing, etc? I know my missus sometimes gets annoyed that for me to play my games downstairs I also have to take over the computer upstairs!
[Shield General] the_mentor:
I don't think the big problem is running the game minimized the issue would be with keyboard and mouse how would you determine who have control over them the person sitting at the computer on the person streaming?
[Shield General] EGBTMagus:
Just a quick update, I got it working by resetting my router firmware (flashed ddwrt over tomato build) and windows firewall (had it disabled before guess it didn't like that). Works well enough but if I go to far from router (down stairs in my home) performance is just poor but not blaming the so on that.

Update: messed with my router more to get better performance and now this works great from anywhere in my house as long as I don't use a controller. For some reason if I use the ps3 with it I get random crashes or poor performance.
[Shield General] iCloudServ:
I ve just tested Battlefield 4 on my HTC One with Limelight, I also added shortcuts for Google Chrome Browser and Internet Explorer ) and it works opens in Windowed Mode and you can Maximize it on phone (exept mouse works not accurate and only left click works, keyboard doesnt work at all) And it works same way as on PC with all Flash Play support.... I will try later Proffesional app like 3DS Max or AutoCAD but i think it will work well. I believe its possible to Stream full DESKTOP to your Phone and sit on Windows , but unlike standart RDP (Remote Desktop) or TeamViewer (VNC) it has all Graphic Features such as AGP Acceleration, and DX11 support FREE unlike Citrix that costs money and for which you have to buy professional NVIDIA Tesla or GRID cards .

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cgatman, is it possible to change the way how steam opens on Smartphone or Table (change of design, or maybe use different Software analog to Valve's Steam?) with yout App? And is it possible to make Keyboard poping up? Thanks
[Shield General] Aaronneyer:
Can you clarify what exactly you mean with regards to changing the way steam opens. Do you just mean launching a different application? If so, GFE limits the launched applications to only GFE supported games (Things that show up when you scan). Soon Limelight will be able to launch any of those games, but since we're relying on GFE, it won't be able to launch arbitrary applications.

As for keyboard support, we're currently working on that.
[Shield General] danielb7390:
Try to add explorer.exe to the shortcut see what it does :)
[Shield General] Aaronneyer:
Hmm... We tried that in the past and it worked, but I just tried again today and I keep losing connection when launching external applications. Not sure if I'm doing something dumb or if NVIDIA changed something with GFE 1.8.

EDIT: I think it's just a problem with my computer. We tried with both Limelight and the native shield app on a different computer with 1.8 and launching other applications worked fine.
[Shield General] Ganfalb:
Finally made some progress.

I got my pc to stream Grid 2 to my Nexus 4.

What I did was setting the virtual sound unit to the default sound unit, that made the stream start up properly.

I'll give it a try on my nexus 7 2013 and see what happens :)
[Shield General] jarjarfinks:
Is there any way you could develop for TI devices? I just got a Galaxy Nexus, and to see such a capable device (still, despite being quite dated comparatively speaking) not be able to do this is upsetting. If you get the time, I would love to see how that would play into things. I will logcat the crap out of it if you need to. I really would like this to work with my phone. If there's anything you need on my end, I can provide any logs or other info you need. I would even go as far as to say I would accept a version specifically for the devices blacklisted, even if there is performance loss. Please let me know what you think
[Shield General] Aaronneyer:
Hey jarjar, it should still work with the Galaxy nexus. That blacklist is just phones that don't have hardware decoding. Try downloading the APK and running it. It should work but just might be a little laggy.

There isn't much we can do about the lag though. The hardware decoder on those blacklisted devices has a delay that makes it even more laggy, so we're left doing CPU decoding, which is obviously limited by the power of your phones CPU.
[Shield General] jarjarfinks:
I thought so originally. Although, for some reason, I get the control connection with Sixaxis, and everything runs fine, excluding the video stream on the device itself. I can control it from the device blindly, so it registers, and seems to connect in every way other than that of the video stream. Please let me know what you think might be wrong. I have the current Slimbean installed on my Galaxy Nexus

Update:

I added nvstreamer.exe and nvstreamsvc.exe to my firewall exceptions and it seems to have fixed the problem
[Shield General] cgutman:
New update with configurable streaming resolution and frame rate

The latest version of Limelight has added support for choosing the native streaming resolution and frame rate.

Many Shield owners have complained about 60 FPS reducing image quality significantly, so Limelight gives you the choice between better image quality and better performance. Note: The target frame rates are only guidelines. The actual frame rate will depend on your Android device's performance.

Limelight now supports streaming in 1080p like Shield's console mode. This is useful if you have a device with a high-resolution screen (like 2013 Nexus 7, HTC One, GS4, etc) or if you're plugged into a TV. 1080p streaming does put more stress on the network and decoder so you may want to use 720p if performance becomes a problem.
[Shield General] sofakng:
Wow... this is becoming better than the actual Shield software. Absolutely incredible!

I've purchased a Gameklip for my Nexus 7 (2013) so I'm hoping this can replace my Shield... (and have the bigger 7" screen)

I'm also still hopefully for an x86 release! (i.e. OSX) =)

EDIT: Is there any debugging information available to troubleshoot problems such as looking at decoder latency or network bandwidth/latency, etc?
[Shield General] cgutman:
You won't need to hope much longer. There is a reason that Limelight Android hadn't seen an update in several weeks ;)
[Shield General] danielb7390:
YES! Me wants to be the first to test!!!

EDIT:Just found the repo for the pc version... going to see what you guys have done so far!!!!!
[Shield General] sofakng:
Geez... I really can't thank you enough for all of your hard work on this project!! I've asked you earlier in this thread where I can send a donation so if you are accepting them please PM your PayPal address.

Quick question though... will the OSX version work with Retina MacBook Pros? (I'm still not completely sure how the scaling affects different applications, etc)
[Shield General] danielb7390:
Is limelight-pc supposed to be working? I get stuck @ loading video stream

Keep it up!!!

EDIT:
[Shield General] cgutman:
Make sure your native library path is set correctly in the project settings (for example: libs/osx).
[Shield General] danielb7390:
Its working, video very slow but its working :) tried with wired connection (1gb) and same.

Just placed the jar in the win64 folder didn't managed to find the path setting :laugh:
[Shield General] cgutman:
Interesting. I've found that the PC port is comparable, if not faster than most Android devices. What are the specs of your machine running Limelight?
[Shield General] danielb7390:
A 2 month old laptop ...

Intel® Core™ i5 3337U Processor

6GB RAM

NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 720M + Intel HD

Video is quite bad, its like the first versions of the android one, lots of macro-blocks, don't think its cpu (20% usage) nor its network since i plugged in the Ethernet cable (1gbps)..

I can get a video or log but to get the log i need to find where to add the path on eclipse first :confused:

EDIT: Found the setting :) Working on getting you some logs.

Also i see there's already a option to choose the resolution, did you guys tried with a lower resolution? <720p?

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Log 1: http://pastebin.com/3RrS9was

Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOCpsZhs7Zc

Video Log:http://pastebin.com/0eAJjTyf

As you can see pretty bad! Also it crashed don't know why :) its quite random the crashes
[Shield General] cgutman:
See if the latest code in limelight-pc fixes this. There's a new jar with a fix for limelight-common in there.

The crashes are caused by the streaming software unexpectedly closing our control connection. This seems to happen somtimes if we're requesting tons of IDR frames (as is the case in your log).
[Shield General] dingochutney:
Good point. Would the minimized session not have a self-contained instance of keyboard and mouse clicks provided by the client app? So the only pitfall would be the user of the host machine accidentally interfering with the CFE stream by maximising, right-clicking, etc? I have no idea, just making this up!
[Shield General] the_mentor:
As far as I know no application today has this capability I think it's more of an os limitation.
[Shield General] death_entry:
Would be possible to release a Fire TV version of limelight, I have side loaded it but none of the controllers work with it or any of the games :(
[Shield General] dingochutney:
I'm using a wired XBox 360 controller and it's perfect with the games I've tried so far (Arkham City, Braid, the LEGO games). Having said that, an Amazon Fire TV app that was in the AppStore and therefore not tucked away in the bowels of the System options would be ace :)

The app works flawlessly with the above games by the way. It made me instantly glad I bought the Fire TV.
[Shield General] death_entry:
Was that with the controller plugged into the FireTV USB directly? I have tried it and it just won't work.... soon as it launches the app the controller stops doing anything, it can navigate around FireTV perfectly well though....

Do you run the games directly from the app, or do you launch Steam and then run them? I find things work a bit better / worse depending on how they are launched (no controller in either though) :( even bluetooth is a no go.
[Shield General] dingochutney:
Yep, and also through a 2 port Anker USB3 hub. I don't think I even had to set it up with the Pair Controllers wizard.

Both, I was testing the box so wanted to tease out any potential issues. Direct launching and Big Picture both responded to the stick and buttons in the same way as with my tablet.

I haven't had much luck with the Bluetooth. It won't recognise my keyboard and I have to use the micro receiver with my mouse. Dual Shock 3 is also a writeoff generally, which I think is common knowledge (unless you have root).

Can you navigate the limelight menus? Are there any settings for controllers in the app that need changing? When I get home I'll check which version of limelight I'm running.
[Shield General] Mayonnaise:
audio lag

Hey guys, so I stream from my gtx980 to a galaxy note 4 which was working good for the most part until today. The video streaming still seems fine but there's like a second of audio lag now. I might try rolling back to an older nvidia driver to see if it makes a difference later, but I wanted to see if anyone else has this problem all of a sudden.
[Shield General] alconchelsegovia:
Can you help? I have a Gtx970 and Nexus 5, and when I try to connect, I get the GFE error 404. What's the problem, I opened all ports.
[Shield General] Mayonnaise:
I get that some times too. Only a reboot of the computer and the app on the phones fixes it for me.
[Shield General] jarjarfinks:
Questions:

So, I have an M8 on Verizon, and for some reason I still do not get smooth remote GameStream whatsoever, never have. I have tried using Quota's, QoS, different modems/gateways, but the only thing left is to get a different router. I would prefer not to do this. So, I have a few questions as to why it may not work. I have a Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH2 router, with Gargoyle-Router 1.6.2 installed and custom QoS, Dynamic DNS, and DHCP setup for this specific purpose.

I have the computer I am GameStreaming from setup as a fixed IP and all the ports forwarded including a few extras that NVIDIA had mentioned on their "GameStream On the Go Guide" thread over at GeForce Forums. I have a Cisco DPC3010 modem that is connected via Cat5 to my router, and from the router a Cat5 connects to the PC, everything else is wireless in the house. As for dual-band, I see no reason to get dual-band unless I'm missing something, the dual-band is more important for local network streaming....

So, basically, in a nutshell, I want to know if maybe I should get a new router, and if so, what should I look for (I prefer to have an OpenWRT compatible router though). Or is it something else? I can provide screencaps of my QoS, Dynamic DNS, or other info if need be. I just have zero idea why it still isn't fast. Also, I have Cox Communications Premier Internet, which is supposed to be 100Mbps down, 10Mbps up max, but I get about 30Mbps down, and 5Mbps up on a normal day.

If anybody can help, that'd be more than welcomed. I have a Shield, had a few Nexus devices, and now my M8 still won't work with it. The lag is unbearable even on LTE. Anyways, let me know if you spot something you would do otherwise. Thanks
[Shield General] Montisaquadeis:
Doesn't work with the Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9" (2013) I have it side loaded and I have tried running Skyrim which works perfectly fine on my Note 3 with my MOGA Pro Power controller but the same setup does not work on the Kindle Fire HDX. The controller works perfectly fine in HID mode for me with other apps like emulators and games but not with Limelight on the HDX which sucks. Being able to use the larger 8.9" screen would be a massive blessing for me. I have had 0 issues running limelight on the Note 3 on Kitkat but the HDX is still running on Fire OS 3 aka Android 4.2 and I don't know if that has anything to do with it or not. Using version root version 2.5.7 here.

Another issue I have is that my mouse cursor vanishes from my PC screen when using Limelight a second time. First time it's fine then the second time I try to use it my mouse cursor disappears and I have to guess where the mouse is on screen to launch any apps since just trying to launch the game launches steam on my PC instead of launching the game directly. I have ot muck around with steam to get at my games so I can launch them.

So yeah the app seems to still be rough around the edges but on some devices it works perfectly fine while others are just problematic.
[Shield General] Mayonnaise:
Just wanted to update.. rolling back to the older nvidia driver made the audio lag go away. If anyone else is having this issue, just reinstall the older driver.
[Shield General] alconchelsegovia:
I restarted the pc, the mobile, GFE have reinstalled and nothing, not work, sometimes I get the error 522.
[Shield General] dingochutney:
It's not clear what your issue is. Controller not working or the whole app? Symptoms?

My Fire TV runs the same OS, no issues as yet, so you can hopefully rule that out! :)
[Shield General] jeccross:
For the person that asked about controllers am very happy with my moga pro power. Was using a PS3 wired before and it used to destroy the battery, but the Moga power has enough power to keep battery at the same level.

Fair point on it not working as well with PC, but I have a 360 controller for that.
[Shield General] Montisaquadeis:
The controller works in app for selecting the games but not when I stream them aka the game does not respond to any button presses of the controller. I know the app and controller work as I have no problem using them together on my Samsung Galaxy Note 3 playing the same game in this case Skyrim.
[Shield General] cgutman:
Are you running the rooted version on both devices? Try the non-root version on the Fire tablet and see if that works.

I know Windows 8 will hide the mouse cursor if no mouse is plugged in, so that could be your issue. Otherwise, it has to be GFE related. There's no way I can tell the machine to hide the mouse cursor from limelight.
[Shield General] Montisaquadeis:
Yeah I am running both the rooted version on both. I can give the non rooted version a try on the kindle and see what happens.

OK after trying the none rooted version the controller still doesn't work while streaming.

As for4 the Cursor issue I am running windows 7 64bit.
[Shield General] maxmayhem:
Game Stream through HOTSPOT, direct connection with PC

Made an interesting discovery today. i don't think a lot of people know about this.

It turns out that you can stream your desktop to your android device directly from PC to DEVICE, using wifi Hotspot, eliminating the router out of the equation.

1. Enable Wifi Hotspot on your Android Device.

2. Connect your COMPUTER to the Android Device, using the wifi HOTSPOT.

3. Open the streaming program, like KINONI, or LIMELIGHT, and enter your computer's IP address, and connect.

this would allow better bandwidth to your computer, considering the signal has a lot less to travel between devices. also, in my case, my Wifi router is plagued with neighboring problematic channel inteferences. i cannot get a clear signal between my computer an IP.

as for USB TETHER, i'm running tests, so maybe that'll work too.

more updates later.

NOTE: the IP address might be different than the one your ROUTER assigns you. Use a program like GMOTE(a wireless mouse application for android phone) to find your other IP address. it shows so in the help section of GMOTE.

-MaYHeMax

http://mayhemware.blogspot.com/
[Shield General] zomb1an:
I just came to say thanks so much for tgis excellent app. i was banging my head against the wall trying to decide how to get some game streaming happening around the house (originally i was going to build a few cheap steam machines) but this app pretty much solves this problem for me. I really hope itll have decent results with the new Nexus Player. The one thing id really like to see is either the ability to display the box art for the games in the limelight interface. again thanks for this amazing project
[Shield General] TheTou:
Is it possible to use LimeLIght for Screen Mirroring via network? I want to play locally on my PC and only the video and sound to be streamed to a remote windows PC in the same network, that should act as a mirror / second display of my gameplay. Sorry if this has been asked before.
[Shield General] GnatGoSplat:
It might be possible, but currently when Gamestream is enabled, it turns off internal sound and routes sound through Gamestream so you'd only get sound on the remote PC. All I could find via Google is somebody posted wanting to get sound on both the host PC and remote device.

https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/731295/gamestream-audio-shield-and-other-output-/

Nobody answered him, but he did post links to potential solutions. He didn't update whether either worked.

Video is fine though, and is mirrored on both displays.

You would also have to initiate the client app on the remote PC.
[Shield General] MalaBouM:
tips for galaxy s5

hi, i found a small tips to reduce wifi lags on the galaxy S5 (see this post for more details about this issues: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=56085697&postcount=1514)

it's ridiculus but it works for me.

1) shutdown the wifi and bluetooth on the smartphone

2) wait one minute

3)power on the wifi and if you got bluetooth controller connect this AFTER power on the wifi !

Aparently if bluetooth is connected after wifi it's reduce interference.
[Shield General] retardbatman:
Has anyone managed to get mouse4/5 & other keyboard layouts than the English one working? Playing normally on the computer mouse4/5 works fine and I'm using a Swedish layout as standard.

I've hit a wall and am pretty stuck. :)
[Shield General] tallnerd1985:
Actually, you can use ShadowPlay with Twitch which should accomplish what you are trying to do