New Steam Client Update Improves In-Home Streaming, Fixes Xbox Controller Bug | Linux Today

New Steam Client Update Improves In-Home Streaming, Fixes Xbox Controller Bug

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Marius Nestor
Mar 24, 2017

The star of this new Steam Client update is the In-Home Streaming feature, with received support for hotplugging headphones on the streaming client computer, along with support for the third-party VB-CABLE virtual audio driver to provide users with better 5.1 surround streaming. The Valve developers also managed to reduce the delay and stutter that sometimes occurred when streaming games from a computer equipped with a Gigabit network interface to a PC with a 100Mbit interface. They also fixed a possible frame stutter that took place when attempting to capture video from the host computer.

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Marius Nestor

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