Homebrew Question Best PC Remote Play 2021?

[foreverimages]

Looking to remote play PC Steam games on my Switch. I have a beefy PC with a RTX 3090 so good there. I have seen several releases out there but most look incomplete or haven't been updated in a while.

1. Is it even possible to stream 60 FPS 720p from PC to Switch currently?
2. If so, which app is best to use?
3. If there is a better way to remote play handheld, even outside of Switch, I am open to that.

 

[Draxzelex]

Looking to remote play PC Steam games on my Switch. I have a beefy PC with a RTX 3090 so good there. I have seen several releases out there but most look incomplete or haven't been updated in a while.

1. Is it even possible to stream 60 FPS 720p from PC to Switch currently?
2. If so, which app is best to use?
3. If there is a better way to remote play handheld, even outside of Switch, I am open to that.

1. It should be possible
2. SkyNX
3. I am not aware of any other methods

 

[Bu2d85]

Moonlight works great with a slight overclock.

https://github.com/rock88/moonlight-nx

 

[Josimarzelda]

Moonlight-NX

 

[Rahkeesh]

As long as it doesn't crash Moonlight is by far the best experience for Nvidia owners. Nvidia takes care of the encoding and even hardware accelerates it so that puts it far ahead of other homebrew efforts.

Reminder that android 10 on Switch is rather good and that gives you a bunch of streaming options. Although for streaming from your own PC I still think Moonlight is the best app there too, it just seems to work better over wi-fi than Steam's app.

 

[f41lbl0g]

Im guessing moonlight doesnt work with AMD cards on the PC side?

 

[hippy dave]

Im guessing moonlight doesnt work with AMD cards on the PC side?

No.

 

[phillyrider807]

Is it better to use the native moonlight homebrew app or use moonlight through android 10? I have a pretty good rig with a 3080.

 

[landysmods]

Is it better to use the native moonlight homebrew app or use moonlight through android 10? I have a pretty good rig with a 3080.

I've had a better experience with the android moonlight. Not sure if still the case but moonlightNX required you to change the games resolution on the pc to 720 or 1080 (docked), or syncing issues occurred, where the Android version seems to just work as is.

 

[intellettuanale]

I try skynx but it doesn't work on my pc (ryzen7 and rx580): the screen mirroring on my switch, but joycon's button doesn't work. (touch screen as mouse does).
I also downloaded switch remote play, but windows detect it as a Trojan, so I delete it.
The only I miss is moonlight. I'll try it soon.

 

[landysmods]

I try skynx but it doesn't work on my pc (ryzen7 and rx580): the screen mirroring on my switch, but joycon's button doesn't work. (touch screen as mouse does).
I also downloaded switch remote play, but windows detect it as a Trojan, so I delete it.
The only I miss is moonlight. I'll try it soon.

Moonlight won't work with AMD cards

 

[habla2k]

Okay, now it is almost 2023, did anything happen by now?

What is the best way to play Steam Games on Switch? moonlight? Which release? Another homebrew? Android and apps?

I tried xitrix moonlight, and it did seem ok, but some crashes, and also, when i turn off my PC display, the switch turns black, any way i can play on switch without having to keep the display on?

Or another aproach, how about using GeforceNow on switch? Possible? With Android maybe? Can i use my Steam saves on that?

 

[Duo8]

Okay, now it is almost 2023, did anything happen by now?

What is the best way to play Steam Games on Switch? moonlight? Which release? Another homebrew? Android and apps?

I tried xitrix moonlight, and it did seem ok, but some crashes, and also, when i turn off my PC display, the switch turns black, any way i can play on switch without having to keep the display on?

Or another aproach, how about using GeforceNow on switch? Possible? With Android maybe? Can i use my Steam saves on that?

Use moonlight android.

 

[habla2k]

Use moonlight android.

Can i play with main display turned off then?

 

[Duo8]

Can i play with main display turned off then?

I seems to recall having no issues playing with the monitor off, however it's been years since I've had an nvidia card.
If you have an android phone you can quickly test this.

 

[Drifter7]

We need to find an alternative to moonlight, since nvidia is killing it in February...

 

[habla2k]

We need to find an alternative to moonlight, since nvidia is killing it in February...

Geforce Now is an alternative. At least in its free version. And isn't there steam remote play working on android?