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    • Anon
      Anon last edited by Substring

      Hey,

      I have the said problem... Just found the project and put it on my Pi 2, updated to latest 4.0.2. I've setup moonlight accordingly to the Wiki and also can launch "Dolphin 5.0" which then opens on my PC. Geforce Experience is connected and Dolphin is added in settings. Latest graphics driver 382.33 and Experience 3.6.0.74, even allowed experimental features. I already tried all Dolphin settings I can think of: Automatic/Automatic, FHD/FHD, HDR/HDR, Windowed and Fullscreen, I always end up with a black screen. I also have read about troubles with some versions of GFE but that was version 3.2 and downgrade to 3.1. Anything known for the said versions or did I miss something?

      Cheers

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      • Anon
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        It seems to be GFE because other PC Games have the same problem. Launching on PC, sound on TV but no picture.

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        • Anon
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          After downgrading to GFE 2.11.4 which was the last version I could find supported it always launches Nvidia Gamestream window and then inside it dolphin, I have no picture and also no sound on TV now.

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          • Substring
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            @Anon aye ! What is your GFE version ? 4.0.2 can run Moonlight only until GFE 3.2 or 3.1

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            • Anon
              Anon @Substring last edited by

              @Substring Thx! As said I downgraded to 2.11 and got even worse. So I should try 3.2? Will get on it tmrw.

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              • Anon
                Anon @Substring last edited by

                @Substring Already had time now and installed 3.2, just like before sound but blackscreen.

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                • Substring
                  Substring @Anon last edited by

                  @Anon haven't used moonlight for a while on a 4.0. Might as well be GFE 3.1, i guess searching in the forum should do it

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                  • Anon
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                    Right 3.1 works, for maybe the first 5-10 seconds even before the "Start" button for Zelda Wind Waker appears.

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                    • Anon
                      Anon last edited by Anon

                      So yeah, I had 3.1.2 and even downgraded to 3.1.0 now, screen freezes completly within a few seconds on TV but still works fine on PC. Any idea?
                      @Substring

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                      • Anon
                        Anon last edited by

                        Can the title be renamed to "Moonlight freeze after a few seconds" or do I need make a new topic to maybe seek some more attention? Thx.

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                        • Substring
                          Substring @Anon last edited by Substring

                          @Anon edited.
                          Still, i'm surprised by this behaviour. Mind forgetting devices on GFE, then run the Moonlights.sh with options clean then pair then init ? So that you start from a "blank" client

                          By the way, does it freeze for steam games ?

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                          • Anon
                            Anon @Substring last edited by Anon

                            @Substring Hey and sry I was a bit inactive lately. After the clean it ends for me currently at this point..

                            Succesfully paired
                            ./Moonlight.sh init
                            Fetching games from ...
                            Scraping games ...
                            cat: can't open '/recalbox/share/system/configs/moonlight/gamelist.txt': No such file or directory
                            ./Moonlight.sh init
                            Fetching games from ...
                            Scraping games ...
                            cat: can't open '/recalbox/share/system/configs/moonlight/gamelist.txt': No such file or directory
                            touch /recalbox/share/system/configs/moonlight/gamelist.txt
                            ./Moonlight.sh init
                            Fetching games from ...
                            Scraping games ...
                            cat: can't open '/recalbox/share/system/configs/moonlight/gamelist.txt': No such file or directory
                            ls -al /recalbox/share/system/configs/moonlight/gamelist.txt
                            ls: /recalbox/share/system/configs/moonlight/gamelist.txt: No such file or directory
                            ls -al /recalbox/share/system/configs/moonlight/
                            total 28
                            drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jun 9 08:32 .
                            drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Jan 1 1970 ..
                            drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jun 9 08:31 keydir
                            -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 627 May 28 18:31 mappingP1.conf
                            -rw------- 1 root root 541 May 28 18:31 mappingP2.conf
                            -rw------- 1 root root 541 May 28 18:31 mappingP3.conf
                            -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1803 May 26 14:55 moonlight.conf
                            vi /recalbox/share/system/configs/moonlight/gamelist.txt
                            ./Moonlight.sh init
                            Fetching games from ...
                            Scraping games ...
                            cat: can't open '/recalbox/share/system/configs/moonlight/gamelist.txt': No such file or directory
                            ls -al /recalbox/share/system/configs/moonlight/
                            total 28
                            drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jun 9 08:32 .
                            drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Jan 1 1970 ..
                            drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jun 9 08:31 keydir
                            -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 627 May 28 18:31 mappingP1.conf
                            -rw------- 1 root root 541 May 28 18:31 mappingP2.conf
                            -rw------- 1 root root 541 May 28 18:31 mappingP3.conf
                            -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1803 May 26 14:55 moonlight.conf

                            Cut that, that happens without proper reading.. forgot cleaning GFE. Have to try again then soon.

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                            • Anon
                              Anon @Anon last edited by

                              Only blackscreen now.

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                              • Substring
                                Substring @Anon last edited by

                                @Anon said in Moonlight freezes after a few seconds:

                                cat: can't open '/recalbox/share/system/configs/moonlight/gamelist.txt': No such file or directory

                                this error message is tricky ...

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                                • Anon
                                  Anon @Substring last edited by Anon

                                  @Substring Well as you see in the message I tried to create the file which didn't work and it was fixed after I cleaned GFE and re-paired again with cleaning, now it's blackscreen again.

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                                  • Substring
                                    Substring @Anon last edited by

                                    @Anon This rather looks like pair / init is not working. So, forget paired devices on GFE, and on recalbox, run the script once with each of these parameters : clean then pair then init

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                                    • Anon
                                      Anon @Substring last edited by Anon

                                      @Substring That's exactly what I did and what I said after I had the error with the file. I fully forgot all devices in GFE, cleaned Moonlight and paired them again. You want me to do it again?

                                      So did it again with reboot and now it's only showing version 4.0.2 and "recalbox" with logo at the bottom.
                                      /etc/init.d/S31emulationstation stop
                                      cd /recalbox/scripts/moonlight
                                      ./Moonlight.sh clean
                                      You can now pair again your recalbox with a PC
                                      ./Moonlight.sh clean
                                      You can now pair again your recalbox with a PC
                                      ./Moonlight.sh pair
                                      Moonlight Embedded 2.2.2 (EMBEDDED;CEC;PI)
                                      Too many options: No such file or directory
                                      Moonlight Embedded 2.2.2 (EMBEDDED;CEC;PI)
                                      Searching for server...
                                      Connect to 192.168.178.21...
                                      Generating certificate...done
                                      NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770, GFE 3.1.0.44 (protocol version 7)
                                      Please enter the following PIN on the target PC: 2150
                                      1017 / 1017
                                      Succesfully paired
                                      ./Moonlight.sh init
                                      Fetching games from ...
                                      Scraping games ...
                                      shutdown -r now

                                      Broadcast message from root@RECALBOX (pts/1) (Mon Jun 12 13:43:10 2017):

                                      The system is going down for reboot NOW!

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                                      • Substring
                                        Substring @Anon last edited by

                                        @Anon still the same problem ? Have you edited the moonlight.conf file ?

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                                        • Anon
                                          Anon @Substring last edited by Anon

                                          @Substring Isn't a full blackscreen anymore, it has the recalbox footer and stays black. But yes, config should be standard:

                                          ##Hostname or IP-address of host to connect to
                                          ##By default host is autodiscovered using mDNS
                                          #address =

                                          ##Video streaming configuration
                                          width = 1920
                                          height = 1080
                                          fps = 60

                                          ##Bitrate depends by default on resolution and fps
                                          ##Set to -1 to enable default
                                          ##20Mbps (20000) for 1080p (60 fps)
                                          ##10Mbps (10000) for 1080p or 60 fps
                                          ##5Mbps (5000) for lower resolution or fps
                                          bitrate = -1

                                          ##Size of network packets should be lower than MTU
                                          #packetsize = 1024

                                          ##Default started application on host
                                          #app = Steam

                                          ##Default used mapping for streaming
                                          ##Searched for in $XDG_DATA_DIRS/moonlight or /usr/share/moonlight and /usr/local/share/moonlight
                                          ##Mapping can also be user overrided in $XDG_CONFIG_DIR/moonlight or ~/.config/moonlight or current directory
                                          #mapping = mappings/default.conf

                                          ##Enable selected input devices
                                          ##By default all available input devices should be used
                                          ##Only evdev devices /dev/input/event* are allowed
                                          ##To use a different mapping then default another mapping should be declared above the input
                                          #input = /dev/input/event1

                                          ##Let GFE change graphical game settings for optimal performance and quality
                                          sops = true

                                          ##Play audio on host instead of streaming to client
                                          #localaudio = false

                                          ##Select audio device to play sound on
                                          #audio = sysdefault

                                          ##Select the audio and video decoder to use
                                          ##default - autodetect
                                          ##omx - hardware video decoder for Raspberry Pi
                                          ##imx - hardware video decoder for i.MX6 devices
                                          ##sdl - software decoder
                                          ##fake - save to file (only available in debug builds)
                                          platform = default

                                          ##Directory to store encryption keys
                                          ##By default keys are stored in $XDG_CACHE_DIR/moonlight or ~/.cache/moonlight
                                          keydir = /recalbox/share/system/configs/moonlight/keydir

                                          ##Load additional configuration files
                                          #config = /path/to/config

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                                          • Substring
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                                            I'm clueless ... Woumd need to manually launch moonlight

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