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[Shield General] kill_dano:
Can anyone please tell how to play games through Steam big picture?
[Shield General] Yegwen:
Did any of you guys manage to work out how to use a right click when streaming? I am on NVIDIA Shield Tablet.

Also - for those of you who have the shield controller - is there a way to map its buttons to right mouse click?
[Shield General] TehCrucible:
Not sure about the Shield tablet and touchscreen, but I use Pinacle Game Profiler to map the controller through limelight/gamesharing to the windows desktop and games that don't support controller input. Its a bit fiddly to get setup but works well in the end.
[Shield General] ngengerous:
Nexus 4 not discovering PC

I can't find my PC manually or automatically on my Nexus 4. I've tried almost everything.

Specs:

i7-3770k

GTX 680

32GB RAM

Windows 7 64-bit

Router:

Huawei HG532d

Any ideas?
[Shield General] ofb:
What all have you tried on the PC side of things? Are they both on the same network? Same ip address range where they can see each other? Can you ping the Nexus 4 from the PC? Is the firewall on or off on the PC? If it's on, check to see if GFE added itself to the list of programs and that it's set to allow and enabled. If that doesn't work, try turning the firewall off.
[Shield General] GoldenGnome:
When I try to pair my device with my pc, it takes around 2 minutes for GFE to request the PIN. When I type it in, my android device displays this error message:

I've tried restarting my pc, reinstalling GFE, disabling my firewall. I also tried googling for a solution, but found nothing useful.

I have no clue as to what the error means or how to solve it. Does anyone know?

EDIT: Solved the issue. If anyone encounters the same error, try disabling AdBlock Plus. Connects flawlessly now.
[Shield General] ngengerous:
Tried turning it off and on again, both on the same network, they can ping each other, and the firewall is turned off.
[Shield General] cgutman:
There's currently not a way to right click with only the touchscreen.

Try GFE 2.1.1.1 from here.
[Shield General] ngengerous:
No go.
[Shield General] Yegwen:
I think I managed to get around the lack of right click with some hotkeys bound to keys for civilization V.

But what bothers me now is the cursor speed. Is there a way to increase it?
[Shield General] nk33:
Can anyone shed some light on above please? I am a newbie..
[Shield General] linkandzelda:
Did a test using the Shield Hub on a shield for any issues with dropped packets (my issue reported few posts back), and using the settings on auto there was no frame drops on the official client. Tried it using limelight on the Shield and it dropped packets just like my Note 3. I noticed that the stream quality can be changed and a game can be resumed, so perhaps adding an auto setting as well would allow for it to stream more gracefully? Just an idea I thought I would mention.
[Shield General] DrexelDragon:
So I have a Shield Tablet and after being disappointed in the native Shield Hub streaming performance I tried out limelight.

The perforamce was amazing, 1080p and in 60 FPS no glitching or stuttering at all. Also tried it on my Nexus 5 and it worked great as well. I'm on a 5 GHz network with a 110/12 mpbs connection.

However, a few days ago Limelight has become unusable on the Shield Tablet and any other Android device I try. Even taking the quality down to 720p/30fps I get constant stutters and the "drop packets" notification.

Nothing has changed (that I can see) in my setup that would cause this. Does anyone know what the problem is? Thanks!
[Shield General] pillo787:
Why the usb tethering dont work with limelight? I have wifi conection to the phone, and i disconect the wifi in my computer, put usb tethering in the phone and limelight dont detected my pc, with the both wifi yes, but i am try this to do vr with limelight and low lag but not found. Any idea?
[Shield General] kill_dano:
I wanna drop a quick request:

Please support Moga controllers in A mode (currently only B HID mode) because it seems to me that would fix the Moga's Joystick's large deadzone problem, because all native moga games that support mode A don't have this issue.
[Shield General] Roaxed:
Manual Connect

Alright, so back story, I have GFE. It says that it is ready for game streaming. I hop into Limelight, double checked if the PC and the android phone are on the same network, it is. The Phone doesn't list my computer for some reason. Put in IPV4 Adress, This happens. (It says, Unable to connect to the specified computer. Make sure the required ports are allowed through the firewall.)

Computer Specs:

GPU: GTX 660 TI

CPU: i7-2600 CPU @ 3.4GHz

Memory: 16.00 GB RAM

Driver Version: 331.82

Phone:

HTC First,

I also tried it on a samsung tablet,

The Samsung-SGH-I467
[Shield General] kill_dano:
Played for about an hour tonight: so it runs wonderfully, except every minute or 2 it will skip a few frames and complain about packet loss. That's at like 20mbps if I lower it to 10mbps it will still skip every 1-2min but not enough to trigger the packet loss toast. This happens on both tomb raider (new Game with epic graphics) and just cause 2 (older game with low graphics) so I don't think it's a problem with my video card. I'm playing with a moga controller on 5ghz wifi. Android reports a link speed of 526 mbps on the wifi and a strong signal. My router is a netgear nighthawk.

I'm looking for ideas to find out what is causing my skips every couple minutes. The games runs flawlessly otherwise. I paid $200 for this router so I really would like to get this working smoothly.
[Shield General] Eren069:
At all Galaxy S5 users:

What is ur latency while streaming with limelight.

In my opinion i would say the streaming with limelight via WiFi is not so much decoder relevant.

It is about how much connection u have.. All Shield products have a 2x2 MiMo antenna.

So Galaxy S5 users have this one also..

Can someone confirm this?
[Shield General] CodeAltus:
Can someone port this to playstation mobile for the psvita?
[Shield General] NapalmDawn:
I'd say that is a tremendously tall order and likely wouldn't be possible unless your vita was JBed into being able to use homebrew. Android and PC are capable of sharing some tech because they've been talking to each other for years. Not sure if the vita would have the capabilities of an android device to stream and have low enough latency to do it right.
[Shield General] AX17:
First I've heard of this app and it is amazing!

Tried it on my S4 and it was great, was shocked how smooth it was. I've only got touch though so sadly no games will actually be playable. Is it possible to get this running on older devices... actually much older ones such as the Xperia Play?
[Shield General] CodeAltus:
well the vita uses similar streaming for ps3 and ps4 and also someone did this watch?v=gshg2HIEiXw. i bet using nvidia's tech for the streaming would be a major improvement.
[Shield General] ofb:
I would love this, but I think it would probably be a big headache.
[Shield General] kill_dano:
My S5 usually says something like:

45ms latency

(41ms hardware decoder latency)
[Shield General] Eren069:
Do u have a MiMo router?
[Shield General] ElectricPulze:
Controller problem

Hey!

I have Limelight Game Streaming installed on my Samsung Galaxy S3 i9305 (Android 4.4.4) and latest Nvidia Experience on my pc. I can use the app to start games, see the in-game screen and use the touch on the phone as mouse. However, When I connect my xbox 360 controller, nothing happends. I've tried to connect it before I start the app, when inside the app and while in game. It only starts blinking and nothing else happends. When I open up "USB/BT Joystick Center GOLD" it recognises the Xbox 360 controller without any hesitation. I can connect a keyboard/mouse to my OTG cable and it works like a charm. Do you know what could be the problem and how I could fix it? I really want this too work...

Phone:

Samsung Galaxy S3 i9305 (LTE)

Android 4.4.4

Rooted

PC:

I7 4770k

MSI GeForce GTX 770

MSI Z87 MPOWER MAX
[Shield General] linkandzelda:
I got the same issue here, perfect streaming yet it skips on all 4 modes, 5ghz wifi. Still experimenting but so far have not found s solution.
[Shield General] kill_dano:
I have a netgear nighthawk.

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I believe it's in the OP or something, cause I've read it many times: limelight takes controller #1 with a virtual Xbox 360 controller, regardless of what the PC or Android have connected to them. Your PC's controller gets bumped to player 2, and many games ignore that input. So you need to play with a controller attached to your Android so that it's seen as an Xbox controller in #1. Idk if there is a work around. I think so. Check the op or fax or search this thread.
[Shield General] ElectricPulze:
I think you misunderstood me, my Xbox 360 controller doesn't communicate with the phone. I cannot even use the controller with games such as Dead Trigger or GTA SA. I WANT to use the controller connected to my phone to play the games. Right now I can only use Limelight to turn my phone into a mobile screen (and use touch as mouse pointer). I want to use my connected controller to play games as this app is intended to do.
[Shield General] kill_dano:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=connect+xbox+360+controller+to+android
[Shield General] ElectricPulze:
That took me to a site full of visited links (purple links), I've tried most things with no result. Plug&Play does not work for my phone. I'm trying to follow these instructions:

In Terminal Emulator

su
cd /system/usr/keylayout/
mount -o remount, rw /system
cp Vendor_045e_Product_0291.kl Vendor_045e_Product_0719.kl
chmod 644 Vendor_045e_Product_0291.kl
chmod 644 Vendor_045e_Product_0719.kl
exit
exit

But I'm stuck at "mount -o remount, rw /system".

I get "mount: Permission denied" but I do not know why. When I enter the su command I accept Superuser and the command line ending changes from $ to #. What else might be wrong? I've tried to restart the phone and tried reset the Superuser permission, no change.

---EDIT---

I noticed they had a typo in the cmd; should be "mount -o remount,rw /system"

---Edit 2---

I just noticed I'm missing both Vendor_045e_Product_0291.kl and Vendor_045e_Product_0719.kl
[Shield General] Rayman96:
Google seems to be tired?

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=29232978&postcount=1
[Shield General] ElectricPulze:
Yea, that site was linked on the same site I found the instructions. I couldn't transfer them at the time but now I'm home and have done everything I could find. Nothing changed, the last paragraph said "Your controller should start working with all games now" but I dont see any differance in either Limelight or Dead Trigger.

I have now downloaded "Vendor_045e_Product_0291.kl" and "Vendor_045e_Product_0719.kcm" moved them to my phone and followed the instructions (making a copy of 0291.kl as "Vendor_045e_Product_0719.kl") and "chmod 644" both .kl files (no idea what that command still does).

So basicly nothing has changed.

Please note; I use a WIRED Xbox 360 Controller
[Shield General] ofb:
It's the linux/unix way of locking down files to give access to users and groups. The chmod command changes permissions on the file so that the operating system can use it correctly... yes that's a bit generalized and some things are left out, but it is true. Basically each of the three numbers corresponds to one of three things: owner, group, and other. As for 644, basically it's saying owner of the file has read/write permissions (6), group has read permissions (4), and other has read permissions (4). Most files that are in a text format or just need to have read access by anyone other than the system/super user/user that created the files usually get a 644 chmod permission.
[Shield General] Rayman96:
I will look for my kl + kcm pair, maybe i will help you.
[Shield General] ElectricPulze:
I will provide all info I can, just say what you need...

I've googled around and found some threads talking about "xpad.ko" files (here on XDA-Developers Thread: [krn.modules] xpad.ko for XBOX 360 gamepad) and missing drivers on some phones. Have not tried the xpad.ko yet.

Since "USB BT Joycenter" finds the controller, is it possible to set it up for that app to send Xbox 360 controller signals to the Limelight app?

PS.

Can I get some startup log or something like you can see in this post: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=44730919&postcount=154

I'd like to see if I get some message like "XBOX 360 gamepad support kernel module not loaded" from my phone
[Shield General] kill_dano:
You should go to your phone's thread and ask people there. You are having trouble with your device, not this app.
[Shield General] nk33:
Anyone know how to disable the packet loss message from coming up on Limelight Android? I get it all the time, even whem speed is fine..
[Shield General] kill_dano:
Maybe try this: http://xdaforums.com/xposed/modules/xposed-untoaster-xposed-t2624523
[Shield General] kill_dano:
Yeah I just tried it too and doesn't seem to change the deadzones at all. At least not my my Moga.
[Shield General] nk33:
I don't get any of that...surely there should be like a tick bix "dont notify me again about this" or something...
[Shield General] darksideauto:
I have the shield tablet and controller but this is also something I have been using. Z Ultra and Moga Pro. They don't sell the shield portable in Sweden except by import. Too expensive. I probably get the packet loss message once to three times in an hour and I've only had the connection drop once.
[Shield General] kill_dano:
It's an Xposed module. You need to install Xposed and then install that module. The type of notification that the packet loss warning is, is called a Toast notification. That Xposed module blocks them. Google anything you don't understand.
[Shield General] Charlie.:
Great Work

Signed up to say thanks for all the work that has been put into this project.

It works exceptionally well on my nvidia shield tablet with a client-side frame latency of only 6ms playing at 1080p 60fps (30Mbps). I am however getting occasional lumps of packet loss like others are reporting which occur about once a minute, but games look fantastic in 1080p at 60fps, not like nvidia's crappy 720p at 60fps (although to be fair I get no packet loss problems, but it is running at a lower res!

Anyway keep up the good work. Looking forward to see if you get the packet loss problems sorted :)

Charlie.
[Shield General] nk33:
I have a rooted galaxy S5. Is it ok to install Xposed on this? It says there is a risk of soft brick....is this a small or large risk?.

Thanks for your help
[Shield General] kill_dano:
I have the same phone. Xposed is great and ive never had a problem. If youre scared do a full back up in your recovery
[Shield General] sdooley:
same issue

I am getting the same error but not due to the same cause. I am using my tablet also not not my RPI. I have uninstalled GFE and graphics drivers at least 6 times to no avail. I am using GFE ver. 2.1.1. not matter what I do I get error 522.
[Shield General] modified3885:
No video

I am able to get everything connected and it sends audio and input back and forth, but I can't get any video. Anyone have an idea what would cause that? I'm streaming from a windows 8.1 machine to a Fire TV.

Thanks.
[Shield General] Rayman96:
Copy this inside /system.

You will need root. Some kernels like syiah are not compatible with the module (maybe it will work without it).

kcm and kl files are unversal for all devices and can also provide additional controlling in android.
[Shield General] ElectricPulze:
I'm sorry to tell you nothing changed, I put the keylayout and keychars folders both in the /system root and in the /system/usr root. The lib folder was placed in /system root. To move the files from the External SD Card, I use Root Browser (just in case someone wanted to know). I've tried to connect the controller after I moved the files and after a reboot. I know nothing about the syiah kernel, I use Cyanogenmod (and therefore the cyanogenmod kernel?)

I am on weak ice over all of this, but I read on another forum that you should "insmod" the xpad.ko file, so I just tried and got this message:

insmod: init_module '/system/lib/modules/xpad.ko' failed (Exec format error)

Might this be cause of my kernel?
[Shield General] cedric5555:
External streaming extremely lagging

Did anyone try to stream over the 4G LTE from your phone to your external ip address? Is it playable on yours? Mine is too laggy and unplayable even I pick 720p 30fps. I have Engenius AC1200 router and Samsung GalaxyS4 with Moga Hero Controller. My PC is GTX660, FX6300, 8GB ram ddr3 1333mhz , Asrock 970 extreme 4 mobo, 550W PSU and 256 SSD. I have already did the portforward and firewall is shutted. :crying:

I can stream in-home network so smooth without problem on wired. I only got 2-8ms delay with 720p 60fps.

For in home wireless network, I have little laggy but still playable around 6-14ms delay.

For 4G LTE or inside of my friend's home wifi/home (5 miles away), it's too laggy to play.

I have PS4 and vita and they only require 5Mb down speed. I can successfully streaming from my cell (tethering to vita) and remote play PS4. No issue at all. I wanna know why GFE requires more bandwidth and more complicate setup to stream than Vita. :(
[Shield General] J_Ark:
I'm trying to use 4:3 games like To the Moon (640x480) and no matter what the apps stretches it to fit my Nexus 4 screen. It's normal? Can I force the app to not stretch the image previous sending to the device?

I tryed to use the search option but I cannot search 4:3, only stretch and I found nothing, sorry.
[Shield General] jpeich:
Mipad android rom versions

Hi there!

I just wanted to notei if it is helpful for someone that I updated to a MIUI rom for my Xiami MIPAD and I got lots of network dropouts and cuts during every minute or so.It showed 4 ms of device latency . I reinstalled the official latest rom and these problems dissapeared although latency increased to 17ms. But the experience is infinitely better.

I only wanted to tell anyone that is experiencing these kind of issues that sometimes maybe the problem comes from the android version, custom roms or exotic kernels.

I hope my comments can help someone.

Kind regards from a extremely happy limelight user!!
[Shield General] ElectricPulze:
Since I can't get my controller to work on Cyanogenmod, does someone know a rom which could make it work?

Those who get it to work atleast, what ROM are you running?
[Shield General] nk33:
Unbelievable, over 4G i get absolutely no drop-outs or packet loss messages - yet over the same wifi its just a contant barrage of messages and dropouts??

I have tried my router's wifi on every channel it has!!

I am awaiting arrival of a dual band Draytek which i know works a treat! hopefully that'll solve the problem
[Shield General] ipois0n1:
why is there no documentation of any kind on how to set all this up?
[Shield General] Aaronneyer:
There are some brief instructions on how to use the application in the Google Play description, but I do agree that some more documentation would be useful, and I'm hoping to spend some time working on that soon.
[Shield General] nk33:
1) install Geforce experience and steam on pc

2) scan for games or add them manually in preferences

3) install limelight on android or pc

4) if using on same wifi, point to local address and it will find games automatically

5) if using on 4g or different wifi point it to your WAN address and make sure UPNP is enabled on router

5 steps thats it, no need for any more instructions - works a treat.

tip: Ipega android gamepad works just like an xbox one so its actually like you are at the pc playing the game man
[Shield General] Aaronneyer:
Haha, very true. That works for about 99% of users, which is why that's been the only instructions we've included for a while. Extra documentation is still useful though for the 1% of people who have problems (Or keep trying to stream to an AMD graphics card).

There's something to be said for making idiot-proof instructions ;)
[Shield General] Rayman96:
I am trying to stream to amd and it really lags. Does it work under Intel HD grapchics from haswell processors?

During streaming to android mini pc, it is great!
[Shield General] kill_dano:
Did you check that option in the streaming settings that says stretch image to fill screen?

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What? Hell no lol. NVIDIA 650 AND ABOVE.
[Shield General] SeeDborg:
I'm using Limelight for a while, without problems.

I'm now back from vacations, updating limelight and GFE, and when I want to stream Steam, I briefly see the 3 buttons of big picture mode, but then, they disappear and I only have the background.

I tried several devices and have the same problem.

On limelight-pi too.

Is there a solution ?
[Shield General] Rayman96:
I mean STREAM TO intel hd (haswell) card. It probably decodes pretty well because of intel quicksync so I am looking for people with these cards here and not screamers...
[Shield General] GrayBoltWolf:
I highly doubt the program actually uses quicksync. It probably just decodes normally so faster CPU = better performance.
[Shield General] Aaronneyer:
I meant from an AMD graphics card. Streaming to AMD should work fine, as should streaming to Intel haswell HD graphics (The laptop I do my testing on has a Haswell CPU).

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We've seen this problem before, and it seems to be a problem with GFE or Steam rather than Limelight (Has happened with Shield before as well). Try closing Steam and trying again, and if that doesn't work, try restarting GFE, or just your whole machine.
[Shield General] cgutman:
My guess would be that it's related to WiFi performance. The Snapdragon 800 has plenty of power to decode in real-time. The Shield has a better wireless implementation than most Android devices. Could you try Limelight on your Shield and see how it goes? What wireless router are you using?