minus-squarezyk@lemmy.catoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•Can anyone suggest any self-built Apple TV alternativeslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agoSteam Link on old hardware won’t probably go well. Game streaming benefits greatly from hardware video decoding — to the point where it’s practically required for smooth streaming. Mac Mini’s CPU and iGPU might support that to some extent, but you’d be most likely limited to H.264 and 1080p — no newer codecs and no 4K. linkfedilink
Steam Link on old hardware won’t probably go well.
Game streaming benefits greatly from hardware video decoding — to the point where it’s practically required for smooth streaming.
Mac Mini’s CPU and iGPU might support that to some extent, but you’d be most likely limited to H.264 and 1080p — no newer codecs and no 4K.