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[–] dontsayaword@piefed.social 28 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Not one hooked up to their TV

[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

May I introduce you to Sunshine and Moonlight.

No, I’m not asking you to open your curtains. Long as you have a good connection between your PC and TV, and some small TV device, you can play a lot that way.

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah but its a pita sometimes with controls and stuff.

[–] dontsayaword@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is cool, how do controls work? Do you use a Bluetooth kbm/controller connected to the main PC?

[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

This concern exists regardless of what device is running on the TV.

If you have a wireless keyboard that’s comfortable on the couch, use that. Otherwise, just use a controller and launch in Steam Big Picture mode (now basically looks like Steam Deck’s main screen).

Good launchers (not all of them) also take controller input.

EDIT: But I think to reinterpret your question, yes, the device on the TV generally should have the input connected directly. That can be done with Android TV and I think Apple TVs.

[–] dontsayaword@piefed.social 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

What I'm wondering is whether controls have to be still directly connected to the main PC (ie moonlight is casting the display only), or if moonlight also handles controller communication to the PC.

Assuming its the former, I would imagine using a Bluetooth controller connected to the main PC, which would probably limit the physical range that I could leverage this solution.

EDIT: Rereading your comment, perhaps the remote device can handle controls. I will look into this more later when I can research it better. Thanks for sharing!

[–] moonshadow@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 weeks ago

They don't, I set moonlight up on my friends kids switch for streaming from their pc. Super easy, slick as hell

[–] Klear@quokk.au 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Why don't they hook it to their TV then?

[–] dontsayaword@piefed.social 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Why don't they just merge the rooms then?

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 21 points 2 weeks ago

Why doesn’t the larger room just eat the smaller room?

That's a load bearing wall.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Johnmannesca@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Obligatory fuck HDMI, but yeah