Find the optimal method to broadcast games over a local area network.
Find the optimal method to broadcast games over a local area network.
Hey everyone, here’s what I’ve got so far. My PC is in the second floor office, and the living room is way too far away for a fiber HDMI cable or Bluetooth controller. Connecting via Bluetooth at that distance feels impractical. I’m using a 4090 switch—everything’s locked down. Networks are set up correctly with three switches, static IPs, QoS enabled, and so on.
From my office, I ran a Cat6 shielded cable straight to the living room. Now anything from my office can reach the living room without issues—it’s basically a direct link.
In the living room, I have a GPU sending video out to a DP, then to a 1m HDMI cable, followed by a KVM TX over another Cat6 cable, then back to the 8Gbps HDMI output. The receiver is a Denon AVR-S960H, which supports Dolby and passes through TV via EARC. I’m using a Sony X85K 65” monitor at 120Hz, though it’s advertised as 100Hz on white screens but claims 120Hz.
The KVM balun only handles 2160x1440 at 30/60Hz or up to 3680Hz at 30Hz. If I push it beyond that, colors distort and the image looks weird. I’d love to see if I can run at 4K with VRR. I’m curious about a frame capture for testing.
In the office, I have a G9 monitor, but 240fps isn’t common there. Anyone know a solid setup? I’ve checked NVIDIA Shield—it’s in the same category, but I’m unsure if it’s meant for streaming or just LAN use. WiFi mirroring didn’t work because of lag and slow speeds.
I also considered a Raspberry Pi, but it seems like a stretch to use my GPU upstairs for local gaming downstairs. Remote PlayStation works fine when I’m out. No need for a DMZ setup here.
It's quite interesting I discovered sunshine and moonlight today. It performs well beyond just compression or decompression problems. I believe this limitation comes from the TV itself, which only supports a 10/100 Ethernet connection. Adding a Raspberry Pi 4 with GeForce Experience should resolve everything perfectly. It was unexpected how smoothly it worked across three switches and using the TV app for decoding.
pi offers h.264 encoding at 1080/60 and 265 at 4K@60p. includes an ARMy with 1.8GHz quad-core processor.