I heard Macs are great from photo and video editing, so in order to get my toe wet, I thought about getting a Mac Mini. I have also heard that some streamers use a Mac to stream and capture gameplay footage. So I have two questions. First, has anyone ever streamed with a Mac? Second, Has anyone ever used a Mac Mini as a streaming PC? Dec 27, 2019 While it’s available on modern consoles, the game looks and runs the best on a high-end PC, especially if you have an Nvidia RTX video card to enable ray tracing. Related Control guide - Polygon.
Gamers have a reason to rejoice now that Apple is getting on board with the VR and AR bandwagon via their eGPU development kit. No longer are desktop GPUs the realm of PC enthusiasts and old cheese grater style Mac Pros. With full fledged GPU power on Mac, you can now also develop and game on those same Macs too.
With Apple's new push towards VR and AR development, the GPU hardware is better up to the task of not only gaming on Macs, but streaming those games to other Macs and PCs in your own home. For example, let's say you have a brand new 5K iMac with a Thunderbolt 3 connection to an eGPU with an AMD RX 580 sitting in your home office. That iMac might be a pretty decent machine to game on but perhaps it doesn't have the best seating or perhaps the view from your home office leaves something to be desired. Wouldn't it be great if you could use the power of that iMac to play games but have the mobility of a laptop so that you can sit and play anywhere in your home? You can do just that using Valve's In-Home Streaming on Steam. Here's how you get started!
Install Steam
The beauty of Steam is that it runs on Windows, macOS and Linux. Although not all games will run natively on all platforms, you CAN stream a game to ANY platform regardless of the OS (so long and the computer streaming the game can run it natively). We need to first install Steam on all of the computers you want to stream from and to play on.
- Go to https://store.steampowered.com/.
- Click on Install Steam.
Click on Install Steam Now. This will start to download the installer file that will be placed in downloads on your Mac.
- Navigate to your downloads and double-click steam.dmg.
- Agree to the terms of service.
Drag Steam to the Applications folder.
- Start Steam and allow it to update.
- Log in to your account or create a new Steam account. (If you are new to Steam, check out the store and get some awesome games. Many are even free!)
- Repeat the installation on all other participating computers you want to use.
Set up your streaming server
Ideally, you'll want to have your most powerful computer running as the streaming server. In my case I'm using a 2014 5K iMac with an AMD RADEON m295x 4Gb GPU. Not bad for my needs and much more powerful than my MacBook Air from 2011! Secondly, you'll want to have the fastest network accessibility that you have available so you should also make certain that your streaming server is connected via ethernet cable to your router. Once that's set up, you can configure the In-Home Streaming service.
- Start Steam.
- Select In-Home Streaming from the sidebar.
- Make certain that Enable Streaming is checked.
- Click ADVANCED HOST OPTIONS.
- If you have an NVIDIA GPU, check Use NVFBC on NVIDIA GPU.
- Check Prioritize network traffic if you have a modern router that supports traffic shaping.
We're not quite done but we need to initiate a game via streaming from a client computer.
- On the client computer, select a downloaded and installed game from the sidebar.
- Click STREAM next to the game you plan to play.
You'll be prompted that you're about to stream a game. Click OK.
- You'll be prompted that you need to complete some additional driver installation on your server. Click OK.
There's still more to do on the streaming server again.
- Now go back to your streaming server. You'll be prompted install a Gamepad Driver Update. Click Install.
- Click Continue.
Click Install.
- Enter your password.
- You'll then be prompted to install Ambrosia Audio Support. Click Continue.
- Click Install.
- Enter your password.
- Click Restart.
If your installation fails, it will be likely due to macOS Security and Privacy settings. If this happens do the following.
- Go into System Preferences.
- Select Security & Privacy.
- Select the General tab.
- Towards the bottom, you'll see System software from developer 'Valve Corporation' was blocked from loading. Click **Allow.
Get ready to play on your client!
Finally, all of our setup is ready to be enjoyed!
- Make certain your streaming server computer is on and Steam is running on it.
- On the computer you want to play on, start Steam as well.
- Select the game you want to play from the sidebar.
- Click Stream.
- Start playing!
I've found that if my stream server computer is connected to my router with an ethernet cable, then I can get a high fidelity gameplay even with a laptop that is only WiFi connected. If you run into slow streams, you can change some parameters on the client side or simple connect your client streaming computer to your router also with an ethernet cable.
Final thoughts.
Depending on the type of games you play, streaming may be a deal breaker for you. Although the response time (latency) and visual quality is very good, some fast twitch first person shooter games may affect your gameplay. Other than that, I love that I need only one beefy machine to play my games from and still be able to enjoy my lounger while I do so. What about you? Is streaming something that interests you? Let us know in the comments!
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To watch iPhone videos on a bigger screen, you can use AirPlay to stream iPhone/iPad to TV. But what about a PC or Mac? Can we stream iPhone to PC or Mac and stream video from iPhone to computer? Of course! In this article, we will tell you how to stream iPhone screen to computer wirelessly via AirPlay. If you are using Mac, you can also use the built-in QuickTime Player to mirror your iPhone to Mac, too.
1. Stream iPhone to PC
As Windows PC doesn't have a built-in AirPlay receiver, you need to install a AirPlay receiver to stream iPhone to PC. FonePaw ScreenMo is one of the best Airplay receiver that can stream video, music and more from iPhone to computer. What ScreenMo does is that it display your iPhone screen on computer so that you can play live videos, TV shows (from Netflix, etc.), games, photos from iPhone to Windows PC.
Apart from streaming iPhone screen to PC, FonePaw ScreenMo can also record videos of iPhone screen activities directly to computer.
Step 1. Download and install FonePaw, then launch the program.
Step 2. Open Control Center on your iPhone and enable AirPlay mirroring or screen mirroring (for iOS 11). When your iPhone and computer is connected to the same Wi-Fi, FonePaw ScreenMo will appear as an AirPlay receiver in the Control Panel. Tap FonePaw to stream iPhone to PC.
Step 3. Your iPhone screen is streamed on the computer. You can stream anything on your iPhone to PC, for example, you can stream live video to computer, watch movies from iPhone to computer, play iOS games on computer and more.
Step 4. Now all your iPhone screen activities are projected to computer. You can also record videos of iPhone on computer if you like, for example, to record iPhone gameplay. Click the red Record button to starting recording. When you finish recording, you can customize the settings, such as video frame size, output path, video format, etc. Click 'Start Export' to export the video to PC and watch it.
2. Stream Video from iPhone to Mac
You can also stream video, music from iPhone to MacBook or iMac using USB cable without a AirPlay receiver. QuickTime Player is more than a video player on Mac, which can also stream iPhone to Mac to play iPhone audio and video files on your Mac. Besides mirroring iPhone to Mac, QuickTime Player can also be used to record the screen of any iOS device (iPhone, iPad, iPod touch). Follow our guide to see how to stream your iPhone screen to Mac with QuickTime Player：
Step 1. Connect iPhone to your Mac using the Lightning cable.
Step 2. Go to QuickTime Player > File > Movie Recording.
Step 3. Click the arrow next to the Record button, then select your iPhone as camera. Your iPhone screen will be projected to Mac. You can then play videos, music, movies on iPhone and watch them on Mac.
From the easy guide above, you're able to stream iPhone to PC/Mac with no hassle. Choose one of the methods that is suitable to you and start streaming iPhone to PC!
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