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I actually just ordered a GPU for my unRaid NAS server just to be able to do Steam Headless via a nice docker image(1) and then use Moonlight (for example) as a

I actually just ordered a GPU for my unRaid NAS server just to be able to do Steam Headless via a nice docker image(1) and then use Moonlight (for example) as a client on my Windows laptop. If it works, it's much better than buying yet another piece of desktop hardware just to play games when my NAS is just sitting there idle most of the time. Just need to make sure I keep the power level setting on the Nvidia card to idle when not in use (hopefully a nvidia-persistenced call will do it). 1: https://github.com/Steam-Headless/docker-steam-headless https://github.com/Steam-Headless/docker-steam-headless

Kerbonut 3y ago
That is crazy, thanks for sharing!
sevagh 3y ago
This looks great. I currently use Sunshine + Moonlight, I'll test Steam Headless performance soon.
sdl 3y ago
I spent some (too much) time trying to get pretty much the same thing running using GOW [1]. Was quite a bit harder than I thought, requiring a hdmi dummy plug to get the xserver config right etc. 1: https://github.com/games-on-whales/gow https://github.com/games-on-whales/gow
- quaffapint 3y ago
  Good call out - this does require a dummy plug as well.
bormaj 3y ago
This is really interesting! Do you notice any limitations on input lag or video quality when streaming over a local network this way?
moondev 3y ago
Another alternative, launch a kvm with GPU passthrough and use cloudinit to launch sunshine and the game, or just use the monitor directly. https://kubevirt.io/user-guide/virtual_machines/host-devices/ https://kubevirt.io/user-guide/virtual_machines/host-devices... Declarative cloud native game launching! kubectl apply -f crysis.yaml
goda90 3y ago
Oh nice. I've been day dreaming of setting up a server with turn based, hot seat enabled games (like Civilization) and a browser based way to remote into them so that friends and I can play long turn games from anywhere at any time.

Kerbonut 3y ago

That is crazy, thanks for sharing!

sevagh 3y ago

This looks great. I currently use Sunshine + Moonlight, I'll test Steam Headless performance soon.

sdl 3y ago

I spent some (too much) time trying to get pretty much the same thing running using GOW [1]. Was quite a bit harder than I thought, requiring a hdmi dummy plug to get the xserver config right etc. 1: https://github.com/games-on-whales/gow https://github.com/games-on-whales/gow

quaffapint 3y ago
Good call out - this does require a dummy plug as well.

bormaj 3y ago

This is really interesting! Do you notice any limitations on input lag or video quality when streaming over a local network this way?

moondev 3y ago

Another alternative, launch a kvm with GPU passthrough and use cloudinit to launch sunshine and the game, or just use the monitor directly. https://kubevirt.io/user-guide/virtual_machines/host-devices/ https://kubevirt.io/user-guide/virtual_machines/host-devices... Declarative cloud native game launching! kubectl apply -f crysis.yaml

goda90 3y ago

Oh nice. I've been day dreaming of setting up a server with turn based, hot seat enabled games (like Civilization) and a browser based way to remote into them so that friends and I can play long turn games from anywhere at any time.