Can someone explain how game stream services work?
Can someone explain how game stream services work?
This might need someone with deeper knowledge of servers and hardware. However, I've always found it hard to understand how a game is rendered on a server and then sent to a simple device that needs almost no real specs. Can you simplify this for me? My mind keeps thinking the remote device should still handle drawing polygons, which usually requires a dedicated GPU in modern games.
It doesn't create the polygons; the fake PC simply gets a video feed that it shows.
It's similar to viewing a live stream on a dummy device, like a Twitch or YouTube broadcast.
the service works like usual streaming, letting you view others' recordings
you send commands to the device
it then captures the screen and delivers it
Game streaming involves sending video over the internet, where the server renders the game and encodes it into a video that is delivered to you. Your device transmits your actions back to control the game. It's similar to how a YouTube server streams video to your computer, which then sends your input back for playback, pausing, or rewinding.