NAME

Moonlight Embedded - Open source implementation of NVIDIA's GameStream

SYNOPSIS

Usage: moonlight <action> [options] [host] moonlight <configfile>

ACTIONS

pair

Pair this computer with the host.

unpair

Unpair this computer with the host.

stream

Stream game from host to this computer.

list

List all available games and application on host.

quit

Quit the current running game or application on host.

map

Create a mapping for the specified INPUT device.

help

Show help for all available commands.

OPTIONS

-config [CONFIG]

Load configuration file CONFIG. All options specified before -config will be overwritten by the options in CONFIG. This options can be used multiple times.

-save [CONFIG]

Save the configuration provided by the options on the command line and all loaded configuration files to the file CONFIG.

-720

Use the resolution 1280x720 for streaming. This is the default option.

-1080

Use the resolution 1920x1080 for streaming.

-4k

Use the resolution 3840x2160 for streaming.

-width [WIDTH]

Change the horizontal resolution to WIDTH

-height [HEIGHT]

Change the vertical resolution to HEIGHT

-fps [FPS]

Change the number of frame per second to FPS. Defaults to 60 FPS.

-bitrate [BITRATE]

Change bitrate to BITRATE Kbps. By default the bitrate depends on the selected resolution and FPS. For resolution 1080p and 60 FPS and higher, 20 Mbps is used. For resolution 1080p or 60 FPS and higher, 10 Mbps is used For other configurations, 5 Mbps is used by default.

-packetsize [PACKETSIZE]

Change the network packetsize to PACKETSIZE bytes. The packetsize should the smaller than the MTU of the network. This value must be a multiple of 16. By default, 1392 is used on LAN and 1024 on WAN.

-codec [CODEC]

Select codec to use. Can be 'auto', 'h264', 'h265', 'hevc', or 'av1'. Not all video decoders support H.265/HEVC or AV1. Will still use H.264 if server doesn't support HEVC or AV1.

-remote [yes/no/auto]

Enable optimizations for LAN or WAN streaming.

-app [APP]

Change the requested app to execute to APP. By default Steam is started.

-sops

Stop GFE from changing the graphical settings of the requested game or application.

-localaudio

Play the audio on the host computer instead of this device.

-surround [5.1/7.1]

Enable surround sound instead of stereo.

-keydir [DIRECTORY]

Change the directory to save encryption keys to DIRECTORY. By default the encryption keys are stored in $XDG_CACHE_DIR/moonlight or ~/.cache/moonlight

-mapping [MAPPING]

Use MAPPING as the mapping file for all inputs. This mapping file should have the same format as the gamecontrollerdb.txt for SDL2. By default the gamecontrollerdb.txt provided by Moonlight Embedded is used.

-platform [PLATFORM]

Select platform for audio and video output and input. <PLATFORM> can be pi, imx, aml, x11, x11_vdpau, sdl or fake.

-nounsupported

Don't stream if resolution is not officially supported by the server

-quitappafter

Send quit app request to remote after quitting session

-viewonly

Disable all input processing (view-only mode)

-nomouseemulation

Disable gamepad mouse emulation (activated by long pressing Start button)

-verbose

Enable verbose output

-debug

Enable verbose and debug output

-input [INPUT]

Enable the INPUT device. By default all available input devices are enabled. Only evdev devices /dev/input/event* are supported.

-audio [DEVICE]

Use <DEVICE> as audio output device. The default value is 'sysdefault' for ALSA and 'hdmi' for OMX on the Raspberry Pi.

-windowed

Display the stream in a window instead of fullscreen. Only available when X11 or SDL platform is used.

CONFIG FILE

Moonlight Embedded will load a confiuration file from:

$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/moonligt/moonlight.conf (fallback to ~/.config/moonligt/moonlight.conf)

If no user specified configuration file is available the configuration will be loaded from:

/etc/moonlight/moonlight.conf

A documented example configuration file can be found at /etc/moonlight/moonlight.conf.

COMMENTS

Use Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Q or Play+Back+LeftShoulder+RightShoulder to quit the streaming session.

AUTHOR

Iwan Timmer <irtimmer@gmail.com>