How to stream ALL of your PC games in ONE place (including Xbox PC Game Pass) | Moonlight + Playnite

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How to Stream ALL your PC Games and Emulators the EASY WAY! | BigBox + Moonlight/Sunshine Tutorial

****EDIT 4/25****
Update from LizardByte (author of Sunshine):
Sunshine should be installed as a service if you want it to start with your PC. Running as a service gives us additional control over the priorities of the GPU and we can deliver lower latency streams versus running sunshine in foreground mode (manually). This should also allow you to control the UAC prompts.

Original Description:
In this video I break down how to stream ALL of your games in ONE place by utilizing Moonlight game streaming (via Sunshine) together with the Playnite game organizer.

With this method, you can stream any game on your computer from an easy to navigate game manager. That means you can play all of your Steam games, Xbox PC Game Pass games, Epic games, GOG games, and more as well as your Retro ROMs and emulators all in ONE place- and its accessible on any device that has the Moonlight app available, of which there are many: including iPhone, Android, iPad, Apple TV, Android TV, Google TV, and more- even PS Vita!

Moonlight and Sunshine Link + Tutorial:

Playnite Link + Tutorial:

ReWASD Link + Tutorial:

Thanks for watching! Let me know if you have any questions in the comments below.

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[LizardByteDev]

Sunshine should be installed as a service if you want it to start with your PC. Running as a service gives us additional control over the priorities of the GPU and we can deliver lower latency streams versus running sunshine in foreground mode (manually). This should also allow you to control the UAC prompts.

[lashram]

thanks for the vid.
You can always close the stream by using L1+R1+Start+Select and set moonlight to automatically close the host program, when playing a game that you can't back out of. No need for another app.
Would love to see more vids on Sunshine. It's not as simple or sable as gamestream at all but I hope that changes as time goes on and more people use it.

[hatman]

Thank you for getting in the comments and answering troubleshooting questions. I've been considering moonlight as an alternative to steam link. I've used steamlink for years to stream to my tablet (I dont have have a steamlink box or anything). And it worked ok for years, but occasionally has issues. Lately, over the last year or two, the mouse input lag has gotten worse and worse, and causes regular control bugs in game. I always thought it was my wireless mouse interferring with the wifi streaming due to bluetooth overlapping 2.4 ghz freqencies with wifi. But after much troubleshooting (forcing both host and tablet onto 5 ghz wifi, and using a USB-C extension to run both a wired mouse and keyboard at the same time), it didnt fix it, and I've since come to the conclusion that Steamlink is sort of becoming abandonware (at least, outside of the steamlink box and controller support). Im not the only one with mouse issues on steamlink, and Steam has refused to address it. Theres something wrong with how steamlink communicates mouse input from device to host. At this point, I figure it's probably worth trying out a more independent game streaming setup like moonlight.

I'll give it a shot, see if it works any better for me.

[travismarshall]

I love Moonlight!

It's the predominant reason why I don't buy a SteamDeck. Every time I think about it I realize that I don't need it. I'm not going to play a SteamDeck anywhere other than in my home and with Moonlight, I can play all my PC games and Emus and even create custom shortcuts to all my games and even create ROM shortcuts with thumbnails to reflect as such.

I boot Moonlight and all my games show up and with my strong internet connection, my phone and a GameSir Pro or anything from Anbernic or Retroid, that's is all I need.

[sonofdirt]

After trying many setups, Steam ROM Manager is working great. It can add all other PC and Emulator games to Steam. So now I have categories for EA, Amazon, GOG, Ubisoft, etc. as well as Nintendo, Super Nintendo, and other emultaors. All of these stream from my PC to TV. I still use Playnite to see eveything I own across the game stores, but then I use SRM to add my installed games to Steam.

[MysticNessly]

really well thought out setup! thanks for sharing!

[DankGank]

Thank you! This is the exact setup I was looking for!

[chrisleischow]

installed as stated (streaming from pc to tablet) ... it all comes up but controller paired with tablet controls do not work? ... double checked controller not working through playnight

[Plan]

Thank you! I didn't know Playnite, it's exactly what I needed! :)

[AtariFX]

Darn - was hoping for a new however Dylan is the man and these videos are fantastic

[mookgotit]

Thank you. ReWASD is exactly what I was looking for in my setup.

[BlondBeltO]

I wanna do this for my Xbox and I downloaded the moonlight app but it doesn’t say add manually

[jacobakers]

I ran into an issue where when i connect my xbox series controller to the Apple TV and am in Playnite, the start and select buttons do not work in game. For example i am unable to start Dark Souls because in the start screen i have to press start, but the start button on the controller doesnt work.

[jijaxdtroll]

GOOD VIDEO FRIEN I NEED THIS FOR PLAY TIRED IN THE ROOM THANKSS

[winistan]

Anyone know how I can stream my pc games (non steam included) to a Chromecast that's connected to a tv ?? I have tried everything from Steamlink to Moonlight and nothing works for me.
Please help

[thedevdad]

Thanks for the tips in these videos !!

[DotACrusader]

These videos have been great in helping me decide how to get my own setup going. One question I do have is how did you end up finding the latency using moonlight? I know you mentioned previously it wasn't perfect using steam link, was it any better with moonlight?

[jaipee]

Hi so i have a couple of issues with this set up. Firstly, everytime i try to play playnite (or even if i play a game directly with sunshine by adding the exc, it only streams into my pc desktop. Secondly, my bluetooth xbox one controller works with the moonlight app, but when i stream into the pc, only the apple remote works and not the controller. Thirdly, I have a ultrra wide pc monitor, and i cant get moonlight to display my games in 4k, only my ultrawide reesolution. any help?

[B-RadzYT]

Have you found a way to hook the UWP apps to steam? Looking forward to that video since Steam updated to Steamdeck UI. I subbed & turned on notifications

[JackB_Music]

Thanks for this, what's the input lag, and resolution like on your TV streaming these games please?