Streaming From PC - Some Questions

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Submitted ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Brendan@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨steamdeck@sopuli.xyz⁩

Hey Steam Deck community. I’m hoping that I can get some help from the community.

Is it possible to unlock my Windows PC remotely? I currently run Home Assistant, and have WOL setup so I can easily wake it, but without logging in, I can’t stream to my Steam Deck. Is there any way around that? I am not willing to remove the login password from my PC. This is the main thing I want to solve.
Should stream via Steam or is there a better option? Moonlight?
When you stop streaming from the deck, what happens to the game on the PC? Does it stop running?

Thanks in advance!

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socphoenix@midwest.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I use moonlight occasionally and it will let me login including for the first time when using nvidias drivers for the server if that is what you’re looking for

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- Brendan@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  This seems to work ok. Thanks!
  
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Blxter@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
you could use another rdp client to do so. 2)I use steam stream purley because it is easy to do so and I have had little to no issues using it.

when you hit exit game on deck etc for me it does close on main PC as well.
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mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Personally I’ve been streaming with moonlight/sunshine onto my steam deck instead of Steam’s remote play. It’s higher quality, lower latency, and it handles non-steam games. There’s even a DeckyLoader plugin to make game tiles to make the streaming option look more integrated.

A couple of things to note if you go down that route:

Youtube guides on setting up sunshine on windows are a few months out of date, you’ll need to do some remajiggering to get it working

Sunshine needs you to add a script to launch from a desktop shortcut if you want to boot in directly from the Steam Deck. Steam makes it easy to create desktop shortcuts, and you can toss them into a desktop folder specifically for said shortcuts to make it easier and clean.

For your other questions, I’m not familiar with any way to remotely u lock your PC. Uou can set it up to not require a logic on waking up from sleep though. Also, when you stream the game doesn’t automatically shut down, regardless if you’re using Steam’s Remote Play or Moonlight/Sunshine. Make sure to shut down your game before disconnecting.
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- Brendan@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Thanks for the info about the DeckyLoader plugin and the suggestion to not require login from sleep. I think that’s a good compromise, meaning my computer will lock if powered off or rebooted, but not from just sleeping.
  
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