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djdarren@piefed.social 4 hours ago If it’s Steam Link you want, get dedicated hardware for that. Even a Pi4/5 will do. Use it for Steam Link only, and keep the Apple TV for media.
This is probably the route I’ll ultimately take. Gonna toss KDE Neon on my 2014 Mac mini and see how it rolls.
zyk@lemmy.ca 3 hours ago
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.