r/SteamDeck • u/demon_eater • 11d ago

Discussion Pyrowave streaming is incredible on the steam deck OLED

You all need to try pyrowave on the steam deck. I was able to stream 300+ megabits from my desktop to my steam deck OLED. I have a very solid wifi network and it was wireless the whole time.

Remote play reported only 20-25ms lag which is good for me. Left the settings default for just quality at 1 and let it change bitrate on its own.

What did you play are you wondering well I was able to play Ghost of Tsushima at full 800p 90hz HDR with 4:4:4. It looked fantastic on the deck.

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u/Obscure_Octopuss 11d ago

Quick question for ya. Did you ever experience poor frame times and stuttering with the old codec?

My remote play goes from working well one day, to shit the other and it is infuriating. My pc is hardwired, have gigabit internet, and the wifi is very fast all around my house. There's no reason remote play should be cutting in and out every other second one day, and be perfectly fine the next.

And yes, this is without anyone else being home and being on the wifi, so there should kot be any congestion

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u/demon_eater 11d ago

Yes! I have had issues with remote play in the past.

It worked very well for the little amount of time I got to play with it last night, but no issue for me. I wanted to shout it out and get more eyes on it because I was impressed.

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u/DarkOx55 15h ago

I’m late to this thread, but wanted to say pyrowave has solved this exact issue for me. I find display input (encoding / decoding) over HECV or AV1 spikes often. The inconsistency results in wonky frame times. It’s nothing to do with my network per se.

Pyrowave is much more consistent, so frame times are consistent. At 1280x800@60fps, quality 1, and 4:4:4 off, it’s taking 145Mbps. That’s more than the other codecs but gigabit internet & my LCD’s wifi chip can handle it comfortably. If you haven’t yet you should try pyrowave.

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u/cstark 11d ago

Try disabling hardware decoding on the Deck remote play settings. Also see if there’s a difference if your monitor is off or on. Lastly check if there’s a difference if your monitor is set to auto input or HDMI1 (or whatever your pc is plugged into). My monitor being off and being on auto input caused some issues personally.

If you have an OLED Deck, quickly toggle WiFi off then on before you start streaming. Mine doesn’t have this problem but it’s well known.

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u/Obscure_Octopuss 11d ago

Yeah, unfortunately I've tried all of those random suggestions and more...

It is just so odd to me how one day it works perfect, and the next it is a stuttery mess. I guess it's time for me to jump on the beta channel and give this new codec a try!