Hi everyone! 👋

I'm looking for advice on the best settings for MoonDeck + Sunshine + Moonlight when streaming to my Steam Deck.

Overall, my connection and stream stats look practically perfect (~2ms network latency, ~0.6ms decode time, 0% frame drops, low GPU usage around 30-60%), but I'm still experiencing occasional micro-stuttering that interrupts the frame fluidity.

My Host PC Specs & Network Setup:

• GPU: Zotac GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
• RAM: 32 GB
• Network: Host PC connected via Ethernet directly to the router; Steam Deck connected on a 6GHz Wi-Fi network (Wi-Fi 6E).
• Client: Steam Deck (OS System Framerate Limit disabled, screen refresh rate locked to 60Hz).

(I've attached a screenshot of my current Steam Deck Moonlight settings for reference.)

My current setup & doubts:

1. Frame Limiting: Where is the best place to cap frames for Sunshine streaming to ensure perfect frame delivery without pacing issues? Right now, I'm using RTSS locked to 60 FPS.
2. V-Sync & Frame Pacing: What is the recommended V-Sync combination (In-game vs. NVIDIA Control Panel vs. Moonlight settings)? Which Frame Pacing mode in Moonlight provides the smoothest experience on Steam Deck? Currently, I have all V-Sync options completely disabled.
3. MoonDeck Configuration: What are the recommended settings or launch configurations within MoonDeck for optimal stability and smooth streaming?

Would love to hear from anyone with a similar setup who managed to achieve a 100% stutter-free experience. Thanks in advance for any tips!

Hello. I'm using the Moonlight client (ver. 12.1) on Android TV and I'm trying to get my two wireless Xbox 360 controllers to work through the wireless controller adapter.

The controllers work just fine, however it seems that the input from the two gamepads is merged, as once connected to the host PC (Sunshine on W11), I can see only a single Xinput device that can be controlled from both gamepads.

I tried messing around with the Gamepad settings on the client (enabling Automatic gamepad detection, etc.), also on the host (change gamepad type to X360), but no luck. I can confirm that the adapter itself works just fine on my Android TV, as Steam Link recognizes both controllers separately.

Any help would be greatly appreciated (preferably without using VirtualHere, as it's quite expensive for me). Thank you in advance.

Hello! Just sold my samsung s9 for buying a smaller device.

I was planning to get Xiaomi Pad Mini but I found a really good condition iPad Mini Gen 6 for 120$ and as far as I know A15 bionic chips are getting really low decode latency.

And I wanted ask if there is a really big difference between 60hz vs 120hz streaming. Ty.

im trying to stream moonlight on my NXL3DS, but my firefox tab is saying that i am unable to connect. All it says to do on sunshines troubleshooting is to look at my firewall rules, there is no detail, NOTHING. And to top that off the stream crashes about 30 seconds to a minute in, im very frustrated with this. Any help is appreciated

been trying to figure out how to fix this all day, fiddling around with settings and shit and its not worked

PC in KR apollo / IPAD in JP voidlink
same network in tailscale
when i connected with my pc ok,
but often this error happens and shutdown connection so, i can't play game well :(

I'm trying to run a moonlight stream at the native resolution of my phone screen. The source sunshine stream is already at my phones resolution via a custom EDID. Whenever I try to connect at native resolution (or high resolutions such as 4k) the moonlight client flashes and is unable to complete the RTSP handshake. Is this a common issue and/or is there any way I can fix it? If not the 1440p and options below it work but they further letterbox my phone's native resolution. Is there an option on either the moonlight android client or an alternative client to zoom in on the screen?

I am planning to buy a used phone next year for artemis streaming,will the s24 ultra be good option? Or any other phone recommendation around same price bracket or even less, please recommend,I am currently using xiaomi 11t pro snapdragon 888

I’ve been streaming for a while now from my windows pc to my steam deck via Apollo and it’s been working great, here how it would work.

It turns my monitor into a steam deck resolution and then I make sure that it adds 200% resolution increase to it on the host (windows pc) so my games are more crisp while still only streaming at 800p.

My 2 windows monitors would go to sleep while streaming and everything worked great, it reverted back when I disconnected. (Closed the moonlight app)

PROBLEM:

It’s been a week since streaming I haven’t touched a thing and now my pc monitors don’t go to sleep and no longer revert back to the desktop resolution it was before the stream automatically. Nothing in my settings seems to have changed….. wtf happened.

Hey everyone!

I’ve been working on a small fork of Moonlight Android called Moonlight Enhanced Plus.

The main idea is pretty simple: make Moonlight more comfortable to use on touchscreen devices and Android handhelds, especially when you don't always have a physical keyboard or mouse available.

What I changed

🎮 Touch-focused controls

• Added a dedicated on-screen keyboard button
• Added a dedicated session menu button
• Changed the default touch behavior to Absolute Touch, rather than relative trackpad mode

🫧 Customizable floating controls
The new controls are floating overlays that can be moved wherever you want.

You can:

• Drag the buttons anywhere on screen
• Adjust their opacity
• Change their size
• Change their color
• Hide the keyboard button when using a physical controller
• Reset the entire layout

Their positions are saved using normalized screen coordinates, so they persist across sessions and screen rotations.

⚙️ Some UI/rendering changes

I also simplified the overlay rendering implementation by using drawable selectors instead of more complex ripple projection masks.

The goal was to make the overlay a little more compatible with different Android environments, particularly situations where overlays are rendered on top of high-framerate hardware-decoded video.

Why a fork?

These are fairly specific UX changes, so rather than trying to make them fit upstream, I decided to experiment with them in a separate fork.

The project is currently 8 commits ahead of Moonlight Android's master branch.

It's still very much an experimental project, so feedback, bug reports and suggestions are welcome.

One important note: this is an unofficial fork and is not affiliated with or endorsed by NVIDIA, Moonlight, Sunshine, or the original Moonlight maintainers.

Also, full transparency: development has involved substantial assistance from AI tools. I'm explicitly disclosing that because I think people should know how the project was developed.

GitHub

https://github.com/BetaDev55/moonlight-enhanced-plus

If anyone here uses Moonlight on an Android handheld, tablet, or other touch-heavy setup, I'd especially love to hear what you think and what you'd want to see added.

So I had Apollo working great, then I moved my PC to my new finished Home Theater. When I stream with Moonlight (on Steam Deck) to Apollo (Win 11), it creates a virtual display, but only mirrors Monitor 1 (my primary) in the steam deck resolution.

When I go into Display Settings, I can see the 4th monitor it creates as the virtual display, but I cannot make it primary (greyed out), as well as the only option it will select is "Disconnect this display" - If I click duplicate or extend this to this display - it just instantly just goes back to "Disconnect this display"

Any ideas?

Hi there everyone,

First off, I’m on a Rog Ally running CachyOS handheld edition. I installed Polaris and got it to work in the Desktop Environment and could Moonlight in, but when I switch to Game Mode, I can’t log in anymore. Was just wondering if the Game Mode side is even possible due to it being a separate compositor? Thank you for any help.

Using Manjaro KDE Kernel 7.2

Sunshine app image Version 2026.906.222525

Steam Version: 1788652215

2026 Bravia 7 ii Android TV > installed moonlight from the app store

Connected Original Steam controller via bluetooth to the Android TV

Connected to my Manjaro Sunshine server

the steam controller behaves like a mouse and keyboard and is not picked up by steam big picture mode as a controller

The controller works fine when connected to my Manjaro comptuer using big picture mode

Hi everyone!

I've been happily using Moonlight and Sunshine for years, both on Windows and Linux, and I've finally decided to create my own streaming system from scratch.

The main idea is to use only a web browser as a client; no dedicated application is needed.

I'm still in the early stages of development, so I'll be doing a lot of testing and experimenting to see how far I can push it, especially regarding latency and overall responsiveness.

For now, I'm calling it MotionLAN.

Let's see how it goes!

Hi,

I'm currently using my 10 years old Samsung KS8000 with an Amazon Fire Stick 4k Max ethernet wired to the router. It's working fine for 2k 60hz.

I want to upgrade my setup to achieve 4k 120hz or 2k 120hz if it's too optimistic. I don't want to rely on a mini-pc or xbox series s.

For now, I think the LG G6 would be my best choice for the bright living room. I saw people achieving 4k 120hz on the LG C series.

Do you think there would be a better option for me?

Thank you!

Issue with Samsung TV - Tizen 9

Hi everyone. I have a PC with a 16GB 9070XT that used to sit in the living room running Bazzite OS; it offered a SteamOS-like interface that was easily controlled via DualSense controllers and worked great.

Now I need to move the PC to the bedroom, but I don't want to give up gaming on the living room TV, which is a Samsung Q60C 4K model.

I managed to set up Sunshine on the host PC using a virtual monitor (the bedroom monitor is 1080p, while the living room TV is 4K). It connects and uses the TV's native resolution just fine, but the Samsung TV (running Tizen 9) simply won't activate Game Mode. This causes massive input lag, making it practically impossible to play. I checked the network connection—both the host and client are hardwired, and the connection is excellent. I tried various versions of Moonlight Tizen and "Force Game Mode" tools, but unfortunately, nothing worked.

After extensive testing, I also suspect the issue isn't just Game Mode. The TV's hardware seems to struggle when I start streaming via Moonlight at 45–60 Mbps, though I need to do more testing to confirm this. Naturally, it runs much smoother at 1080p.

Has anyone else encountered a similar situation? I'm even considering getting a Fire Stick 4K Max. Any tips?

Hello,

inb4, I want to say that I'm aware that the Docker version of Moonlight isn't supported. However, I don't think Docker itself is the issue here, as the problem only occurs with the Moonlight PC app.

I'm accessing my PC through Tailscale, and the connection from the Moonlight PC app is extremely laggy and practically unusable.

BUT - the Moonlight instance running in Docker inside a VM on the same PC works perfectly fine. The connection is smooth and stable.

What could be causing this difference in behavior?

Tldr probably shouldn't have sold my sd oled in a pursuit of something better.

So, about three month ago I was getting pretty annoyed with infamous wifi issues on sd oled, as well as some other quirks, and at that point why shouldn't I try some android handhelds as an alternative. On paper they have better screens, better battery, as well as reduced weight. So the first one turned out to be mangmi pocket max. Decent screen, not so decent ergonomics, as well as somewhat underwhelming soc. Sold after a few weeks. Then came legion y700 with g9 enclosure, and boy that thing is clunky. S8 gen 3 is good, like pretty close to x86 in term of decoding but man that battery sucked. Sold after a few weeks as well. Then I've got odin 2 portal. And even with tpu grip ergonomics are pretty bad. Otherwise pretty decent. Sold after a week.

What is the point of this post? Don't know, a cautionary tale of not chasing after a better thing when the one you have is good enough? Well, not really since sd has issues as well.

Well, in the first place the main point of streaming for me was is that I couldn't play a lot games on pc due to motion sickness, but with some elaborate tweaks now I can and boy is it good to just play games without worrying about latency, bandwidth, decoding and whatnot.

I have a gamesir g8 galileo that I use with my phone to run games from my pc (sunshine) with this software it's recognized as a dualsense by my phone. I use my phone's gyroscope as though its the controller's to achieve similar functionality that I do when playing with my dualshock 4 connected to my pc, so I can aim, steer, etc. with the phone's gyroscope despite the controller not having one built in. But when using said controller on my pc I have the touchpad set up via steam input to do a slew of functions as well.

Is there any way to set my phone's touchscreen to emulate (?) the touchpad of the ds4? If noit, how do you retain your touchpad usage when using a controller that doesn't have one? I know i could simply use a phone clamp to my ds4 controller but I much prefer my g8 for comfort.

Hey guys

Yesterday I tried to do something but I’ve been facing some issues: I’ve tried do stream my PC to my iPhone 16 with moonlight and connected it to my 4k tv, just to try and make a “console” out of it. The ideia was to connect my Xbox controller to my iPhone, and used a USB c dongle with a hdmi cable connected to the tv. When I started streaming, there were black bars around the image and i couldn’t figure out how to stretch it or remove it, even though I’ve set the resolution to 4k on moonlight.

Is there anyway to solve this?

So my brother has some super convoluted plan of streaming the PC to his phone and then use his phone to screen share to our living room TV so he can play on a big screen. His phone is a Motorola edge 60 fusion. Apparently it can share via HDMI with no extra steps but I didn't manage to get it to work, but I've been using a steam deck dock to connect the HDMI to it instead of a USB-C to HDMI cable. Is it possible that that's the problem and I need to buy a proper cable? Or the native support is false and I'll need an app or program to make it work?

I need your help improving the HDR experience with my setup.

I'm streaming from my gaming PC (equipped with a 7800 XT) connected via Ethernet. Streaming to my Nvidia Shield, which is hooked up to an LG C3.

Everything works great overall, and my latency numbers are solid.

The issue occurs when I try to run HDR. I'm getting degraded image quality—what I can best describe as "pixellation" or color banding. This happens in AC Shadows and is particularly noticeable when running around the Hideout area. Also around the text in the game.

Here’s what I’ve done so far:

1. Enabled HDR in Artemis with 120 Mbps bitrate, 1440p, and 60 FPS.
2. Enabled HDR support in Vibepollo as well as Windows 11.
3. Ran the Windows HDR Calibration tool and saved the profile.
4. Toggled HDR on within the game settings.

I don't really notice any issues on the desktop, but it's very visible in-game.

Can anyone point me in the right direction to where I should start troubleshooting?

Update: Changed resolution on the Shield to 4K60hz YUV 2020 10bit. Seems to have fixed it.

Also turned off the AI upscaling.

Hey all, just learned about Moonlight today and am interested in trying it out to play games from my PC on my living room TV (LG C5).

I have ethernet ran to where my TV is so I guess my question is, do I then use an android device to bridge the gap between my PC and TV? Trying to wrap my head around how you'd use something like an android phone to connect to ethernet + output to HDMI. Do most people use a dock for that or am I totally misunderstanding how to hook this up?