Anyone have recommendations for hardware to run Moonlight on a 4K TV? I want to play games on my PC, but I don’t want to isolate myself in the office. I imagine a mini-PC would be more appropriate than something like a RPi, but does anyone have specific recs? I have never really bought a device like this. My laptop is not suited for the task so “use an old laptop” isn’t a good rec for me really. And yes this relevant to linux since the server and client will be running linux. ;)
I have bazzite running on an HP EliteDesk 705 G5 mini PC with a 3400G in it that I got used from eBay for pretty cheap, a little over $100. It handles 1440p 120Hz, it’s max output resolution at 120Hz, and 4k 60Hz just fine with steam remote play from my desktop on LAN. It also does up to GameCube emulation really well if you’re into that kind of thing. I’d really only consider upgrading from this if I wanted 4K 120Hz in the future, or if HDR becomes worth it, but the 1440p 120Hz experience is great.
Moonlight works great on Android. I’d recommend a cheap AndroidTV streaming box that has an ethernet port, like the onn brand Walmart streaming box or the latest Google streaming box. Anything like that will work great. You just need an ethernet connection for low latency and a box that has Bluetooth (effectively all of them) and/or USB for controller, mouse and keyboard connections.
does it specifically have to be moonlight? rather than for example steam streaming, or parsec?
No, I just was under the impression that Moonlight was the best solution
In my opinion it definitely is, parsec is missing features on Linux.
A modern RPi can run it pretty well with hardware decoding. Also something like an nvidia shield.
I don’t think I’m interested in an NVIDIA Shield since if I like the idea of running any Linux app in case I want to use it for another purpose in the future.
An RPi could be a choice. I forgot that the 5s have hardware decoding. Assuming the 4GB model is suitable, then $60 + cost of a case isn’t too bad. I assume the hardware decoding could keep up with 4k60?
I run an RPi4 at 4k30 and it does well.
