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Moonlight PC v4.3.1

03 Nov 05:17
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The Windows installer package may require an Internet connection to download the latest Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime if your PC does not already have it installed. If you do not have Internet access during installation, you can pre-install the runtime from Microsoft's website or use the portable version.

To update an existing installation, simply run the latest installer (for Windows) or replace the old app in your Applications folder (for Mac). For the portable Windows version, extract the latest version on top of your old folder.

To install on Steam Link hardware, extract the ZIP file to the root of a FAT32 flash drive, insert it into your Steam Link, then restart the Steam Link. Moonlight can run alongside official Steam Link streaming and other Steam Link apps.

This is a bugfix release primarily to address a crash which could happen during periods of network instability on the prior v4.3.0 release.

New Features and Improvements:

  • Windowed mode streaming now starts maximized if the GUI window was maximized
  • Improved performance when streaming on a local network using IPv6
  • Logs on Windows and macOS are now limited by size instead of line count

Bugfixes:

  • Fixed crash during specific patterns of audio packet loss
  • Windows logs now use CRLF line endings for improved compatibility with text editors
  • Updated community-contributed translations

Known Issues:

  • Location Services on macOS may cause periodic lag and stuttering on Wi-Fi due to background network scans. To avoid the issue, disable Location Services on your Mac by going to "System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Location Services"
  • In windowed mode on the Raspberry Pi, video does not move in sync with the window when dragged. This is a limitation of MMAL video overlays.
  • In windowed mode on the Raspberry Pi, video will not display while the app does not have focus. This is required to prevent Moonlight's video overlay from rendering on top of other apps.
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Moonlight PC v4.3.0

28 Oct 02:04
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v4.3.0
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The Windows installer package may require an Internet connection to download the latest Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime if your PC does not already have it installed. If you do not have Internet access during installation, you can pre-install the runtime from Microsoft's website or use the portable version.

To update an existing installation, simply run the latest installer (for Windows) or replace the old app in your Applications folder (for Mac). For the portable Windows version, extract the latest version on top of your old folder.

To install on Steam Link hardware, extract the ZIP file to the root of a FAT32 flash drive, insert it into your Steam Link, then restart the Steam Link. Moonlight can run alongside official Steam Link streaming and other Steam Link apps.

New Features and Improvements:

  • Improved support for GeForce Experience 3.26
  • Improved image quality and performance when recovering from video packet loss using HEVC
  • Improved glitch concealment after audio packet loss
  • Improved UI performance when paired with many hosts or hosts with large numbers of apps
  • Pairing with Sunshine hosts is now possible even if the host is currently in a streaming session
  • Title bar color now follows system-wide dark mode on Windows

Bugfixes:

  • Fixed streaming at resolutions below 720x480 with GeForce Experience 3.26
  • Fixed green line at the screen edge when streaming at certain resolutions on some Windows systems
  • Fixed window position and size being lost when toggling between full-screen and windowed mode
  • Fixed initial window size not always respecting the stream aspect ratio
  • Fixed unexpected error when streaming at resolutions above 4096x4096 using Sunshine
  • Updated included gamepad mappings
  • Updated community-contributed translations

Known Issues:

  • Location Services on macOS may cause periodic lag and stuttering on Wi-Fi due to background network scans. To avoid the issue, disable Location Services on your Mac by going to "System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Location Services"
  • In windowed mode on the Raspberry Pi, video does not move in sync with the window when dragged. This is a limitation of MMAL video overlays.
  • In windowed mode on the Raspberry Pi, video will not display while the app does not have focus. This is required to prevent Moonlight's video overlay from rendering on top of other apps.
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Moonlight PC v4.2.1

12 Sep 06:33
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v4.2.1
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The Windows installer package may require an Internet connection to download the latest Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime if your PC does not already have it installed. If you do not have Internet access during installation, you can pre-install the runtime from Microsoft's website or use the portable version.

To update an existing installation, simply run the latest installer (for Windows) or replace the old app in your Applications folder (for Mac). For the portable Windows version, extract the latest version on top of your old folder.

To install on Steam Link hardware, extract the ZIP file to the root of a FAT32 flash drive, insert it into your Steam Link, then restart the Steam Link. Moonlight can run alongside official Steam Link streaming and other Steam Link apps.

v4.2.1 is a hotfix release to address a bug in v4.2.0 that prevented streaming from hosts running Sunshine. The original release notes for v4.2.0 are below.

New Features:

  • Added support for pairing via the command-line
  • Added support for listing installed apps on a host via the command-line
  • Improved support for NVIDIA SHIELD and Nintendo game controllers
  • Improved handling of V-Sync on Wayland systems to reduce latency
  • Improved performance using the legacy non-EGL VAAPI rendering code

Behavior Changes:

  • Moonlight now uses D3D11VA decoding by default when streaming in windowed or borderless windowed mode on Windows 10 or later with WDDM 2.0+ drivers
    • D3D11VA allows V-Sync to be fully disabled in borderless windowed mode (and even regular windowed mode on GPUs that support Multi-Plane Overlays)
    • On GPUs with Multi-Plane Overlay support, D3D11VA can provide display latency in windowed mode that is as low as in traditional full-screen mode

Bugfixes:

  • Fixed excessive flickering when transitioning from full-screen to windowed mode on Windows
  • Fixed streaming window positioning on multi-display macOS systems
  • Fixed sporadic crash on macOS while streaming or closing the stream
  • Fixed native resolution detection on high DPI Wayland systems
  • Fixed audio crackling with SDL 2.24.0 on systems using PulseAudio
  • Updated included gamepad mappings
  • Updated community-contributed translations

Known Issues:

  • Location Services on macOS may cause periodic lag and stuttering on Wi-Fi due to background network scans. To avoid the issue, disable Location Services on your Mac by going to "System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Location Services"
  • In windowed mode on the Raspberry Pi, video does not move in sync with the window when dragged. This is a limitation of MMAL video overlays.
  • In windowed mode on the Raspberry Pi, video will not display while the app does not have focus. This is required to prevent Moonlight's video overlay from rendering on top of other apps.
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Moonlight PC v4.2.0

10 Sep 21:54
@cgutman cgutman
v4.2.0
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The Windows installer package may require an Internet connection to download the latest Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime if your PC does not already have it installed. If you do not have Internet access during installation, you can pre-install the runtime from Microsoft's website or use the portable version.

To update an existing installation, simply run the latest installer (for Windows) or replace the old app in your Applications folder (for Mac). For the portable Windows version, extract the latest version on top of your old folder.

To install on Steam Link hardware, extract the ZIP file to the root of a FAT32 flash drive, insert it into your Steam Link, then restart the Steam Link. Moonlight can run alongside official Steam Link streaming and other Steam Link apps.

New Features:

  • Added support for pairing via the command-line
  • Added support for listing installed apps on a host via the command-line
  • Improved support for NVIDIA SHIELD and Nintendo game controllers
  • Improved handling of V-Sync on Wayland systems to reduce latency
  • Improved performance using the legacy non-EGL VAAPI rendering code

Behavior Changes:

  • Moonlight now uses D3D11VA decoding by default when streaming in windowed or borderless windowed mode on Windows 10 or later with WDDM 2.0+ drivers
    • D3D11VA allows V-Sync to be fully disabled in borderless windowed mode (and even regular windowed mode on GPUs that support Multi-Plane Overlays)
    • On GPUs with Multi-Plane Overlay support, D3D11VA can provide display latency in windowed mode that is as low as in traditional full-screen mode

Bugfixes:

  • Fixed excessive flickering when transitioning from full-screen to windowed mode on Windows
  • Fixed streaming window positioning on multi-display macOS systems
  • Fixed sporadic crash on macOS while streaming or closing the stream
  • Fixed native resolution detection on high DPI Wayland systems
  • Fixed audio crackling with SDL 2.24.0 on systems using PulseAudio
  • Updated included gamepad mappings
  • Updated community-contributed translations

Known Issues:

  • Location Services on macOS may cause periodic lag and stuttering on Wi-Fi due to background network scans. To avoid the issue, disable Location Services on your Mac by going to "System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Location Services"
  • In windowed mode on the Raspberry Pi, video does not move in sync with the window when dragged. This is a limitation of MMAL video overlays.
  • In windowed mode on the Raspberry Pi, video will not display while the app does not have focus. This is required to prevent Moonlight's video overlay from rendering on top of other apps.
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Moonlight PC v4.1.0

25 May 01:29
@cgutman cgutman
v4.1.0
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The Windows installer package may require an Internet connection to download the latest Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime if your PC does not already have it installed. If you do not have Internet access during installation, you can pre-install the runtime from Microsoft's website or use the portable version.

To update an existing installation, simply run the latest installer (for Windows) or replace the old app in your Applications folder (for Mac). For the portable Windows version, extract the latest version on top of your old folder.

To install on Steam Link hardware, extract the ZIP file to the root of a FAT32 flash drive, insert it into your Steam Link, then restart the Steam Link. Moonlight can run alongside official Steam Link streaming and other Steam Link apps.

New Features:

  • Cursor lock can now be disabled when in full-screen mode
  • Overlays are now supported on the non-EGL X11 VAAPI renderer (requires RGBA subpicture support in the VAAPI driver)
  • Connection status warnings are now supported on Steam Link

Behavior Changes:

  • Moonlight can now reduce the client display resolution in full-screen mode if the current display mode doesn't have a high enough refresh rate for the selected stream frame rate
  • When choosing a new client display resolution in full-screen mode, Moonlight will pick a display mode with the closest aspect ratio to the selected stream resolution
  • Moonlight will now try using non-default GPUs on Windows if the default GPU doesn't support the specified video codec
  • Moonlight now defaults to borderless windowed mode on Wayland systems
  • Moonlight uses D3D11VA decoding by default on Windows ARM64 for improved performance at higher resolutions

Bugfixes:

  • Improved 4K HDR streaming performance on Windows
  • Improved streaming performance in borderless windowed mode on Windows
  • Fixed Moonlight's full-screen window being stuck on top after Alt+Tab on Windows
  • Fixed excessive scrolling acceleration on macOS
  • Fixed missing toolbar buttons in certain languages
  • Fixed some text on the settings page not updating when the language is changed
  • Fixed a frame pacing bug that could cause excessive frame drops
  • Fixed the "keep display awake" setting not being saved when Moonlight restarts
  • Fixed black screen after unmaximizing the Moonlight window on some Linux systems
  • Fixed broken video stream scaling on the Raspberry Pi when streaming H.264 in full-screen
  • Fixed broken display mode switching on the Raspberry Pi when streaming H.264 in full-screen
  • Fixed renderer selection logic on the Raspberry Pi that could lead to poor performance when rpivid-v4l2 is enabled
  • Updated included gamepad mappings
  • Updated community-contributed translations

Known Issues:

  • Location Services on macOS may cause periodic lag and stuttering on Wi-Fi due to background network scans. To avoid the issue, disable Location Services on your Mac by going to "System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Location Services"
  • In windowed mode on the Raspberry Pi, video does not move in sync with the window when dragged. This is a limitation of MMAL video overlays.
  • In windowed mode on the Raspberry Pi, video will not display while the app does not have focus. This is required to prevent Moonlight's video overlay from rendering on top of other apps.
Assets 10

Moonlight PC v4.0.0

02 Apr 22:04
@cgutman cgutman
v4.0.0
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The Windows installer package may require an Internet connection to download the latest Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime if your PC does not already have it installed. If you do not have Internet access during installation, you can pre-install the runtime from Microsoft's website or use the portable version.

To update an existing installation, simply run the latest installer (for Windows) or replace the old app in your Applications folder (for Mac). For the portable Windows version, extract the latest version on top of your old folder.

To install on Steam Link hardware, extract the ZIP file to the root of a FAT32 flash drive, insert it into your Steam Link, then restart the Steam Link. Moonlight can run alongside official Steam Link streaming and other Steam Link apps.

New features:

  • Added experimental support for HDR streaming on Windows 10 & 11, Linux, and Raspberry Pi 4 (macOS was already supported)
    • See this link for details on system requirements for HDR
  • Added a new key combo for locking the mouse cursor to the window (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+L)
  • Added an option to avoid keeping the client display awake while streaming
  • Switched to a new decoder implementation on Linux4Tegra (L4T) platforms to improve streaming performance and compatibility with newer JetPack versions

Behavior Changes:

  • HDR streaming is now a separate option rather than being part of the Video Codec override dropdown
  • HDR streaming is no longer restricted to apps that are certified by NVIDIA as compatible with GameStream HDR
    • Some newer games may require an HDR display or HDR10-compatible EDID emulator dongle connected to your host PC for HDR options to be available

Bugfixes:

  • Added workaround for incorrect colorspace on AMD GPUs running recent display drivers
  • Fixed higher than expected CPU usage on some older Intel Macs
  • Fixed loss of all audio if the active audio device is unplugged while streaming
  • Fixed duplicated controllers on some third-party Xbox 360 wireless adapters
  • Fixed the GUI being unresponsive after manually quitting when connection to the host is lost
  • Fixed the minimize key combo on Windows when streaming in fullscreen mode
  • Fixed a rare crash if a controller disconnects right as rumble is starting
  • Fixed text rendering on the overlay UI when using SDL_ttf 2.0.18 on Linux
  • Fixed incorrect colorspace when using HEVC on Raspberry Pi
  • Updated AppImage with libva 2.14
  • Updated included gamepad mappings
  • Updated community-contributed translations

Known Issues:

  • New in v4.0.0 #766: Alt+Tab may not work properly on Windows when streaming in fullscreen or borderless windowed modes. You can use the Ctrl+Alt+Shift+D shortcut as a workaround until a fix is released.
  • Location Services on macOS may cause periodic lag and stuttering on Wi-Fi due to background network scans. To avoid the issue, disable Location Services on your Mac by going to "System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Location Services"
  • Surface Pro X devices (and possibly other ARM devices) must be upgraded to Windows 10 2004 or later to avoid a video glitch.
  • In windowed mode on the Raspberry Pi, video does not move in sync with the window when dragged. This is a limitation of MMAL video overlays.
  • In windowed mode on the Raspberry Pi, video will not display while the app does not have focus. This is required to prevent Moonlight's video overlay from rendering on top of other apps.
Assets 10

Moonlight PC v3.2.0

19 Jan 02:28
@cgutman cgutman
v3.2.0
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The Windows installer package may require an Internet connection to download the latest Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime if your PC does not already have it installed. If you do not have Internet access during installation, you can pre-install the runtime from Microsoft's website or use the portable version.

To update an existing installation, simply run the latest installer (for Windows) or replace the old app in your Applications folder (for Mac). For the portable Windows version, extract the latest version on top of your old folder.

To install on Steam Link hardware, extract the ZIP file to the root of a FAT32 flash drive, insert it into your Steam Link, then restart the Steam Link. Moonlight can run alongside official Steam Link streaming and other Steam Link apps.

New features:

  • Reduced CPU usage while streaming
  • Improved frame pacing behavior on macOS
  • Non-ASCII characters are now supported when pasting clipboard data to the host
  • Added experimental support for HDR streaming on macOS
  • Added support for zero-copy NVDEC rendering for Nvidia Wayland systems
  • Significantly improved performance with asynchronous decoders like V4L2M2M on Linux
  • Added experimental support for the 64-bit version of Raspberry Pi OS
  • Added detection for Full KMS mode on Raspberry Pi to display a warning rather than just displaying a black screen
  • Added support for color compression planes on newer Intel systems when using VAAPI decoding
  • Added support for copy-back rendering in non-default pixel formats (like the Raspberry Pi SAND format)

Changes:

  • Support for macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) has been dropped in this release

Bugfixes:

  • Fixed HEVC decoding version check on Intel drivers using the new versioning scheme
  • Fixed crash when using AirPods on macOS
  • Fixed HEVC streaming at 60 FPS while connected to a 4K30 monitor on Raspberry Pi
  • Fixed incorrect colorspace when using H.264 on Raspberry Pi
  • Fixed unexpected GUI input after using the gamepad quit combo
  • Improved smoothness of slow scrolling on macOS
  • Added a workaround for macOS bug causing artifacts when streaming in borderless windowed on some Macs
  • Updated included gamepad mappings
  • Updated community-contributed translations

Known Issues:

  • Location Services on macOS may cause periodic lag and stuttering on Wi-Fi due to background network scans. To avoid the issue, disable Location Services on your Mac by going to "System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Location Services"
  • Colors may appear dim or washed out on client PCs with AMD GPUs running recent drivers. This is a driver bug that AMD must fix. If you are affected, please report it via the AMD Bug Report Tool
  • Surface Pro X devices (and possibly other ARM devices) must be upgraded to Windows 10 2004 or later to avoid a video glitch.
  • In windowed mode on the Raspberry Pi, video does not move in sync with the window when dragged. This is a limitation of MMAL video overlays.
  • In windowed mode on the Raspberry Pi, video will not display while the app does not have focus. This is required to prevent Moonlight's video overlay from rendering on top of other apps.
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Moonlight PC v3.1.4

26 Jun 03:04
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v3.1.4
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Moonlight PC v3.1.4

Download links:

The Windows installer package may require an Internet connection to download the latest Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime if your PC does not already have it installed. If you do not have Internet access during installation, you can pre-install the runtime from Microsoft's website or use the portable version.

To update an existing installation, simply run the latest installer (for Windows) or replace the old app in your Applications folder (for Mac). For the portable Windows version, extract the latest version on top of your old folder.

To install on Steam Link hardware, extract the ZIP file to the root of a FAT32 flash drive, insert it into your Steam Link, then restart the Steam Link. Moonlight can run alongside official Steam Link streaming and other Steam Link apps.

Changes:

  • Added network latency statistics to the performance overlay
  • Improved audio quality during periods of packet loss (requires GeForce Experience 3.19 or later)
  • Reduced video frame drops during periods of packet loss (requires GeForce Experience 3.22 or later)
  • Fixed input capture issues on Windows if the stream starts in a non-foreground window
  • Removed dependency on qwave.dll for Windows Server OSes
  • AppImage build updated to a new baseline of Ubuntu 18.04 libraries
  • Steam Link icon updated to new standard size of 116x116
  • Updated community-contributed translations from Weblate

Known Issues:

  • Versioning changes in recent Intel graphics drivers may cause Moonlight to disable HEVC streaming. See this bug report for a link to a fixed build.
  • Location Services on macOS may cause periodic lag and stuttering on Wi-Fi due to background network scans. To avoid the issue, disable Location Services on your Mac by going to "System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Location Services"
  • Touchscreen support can be buggy on Linux (X11) when mouse capture is enabled. You may need to enable remote desktop mouse mode for it to work correctly.
  • Surface Pro X devices (and possibly other ARM devices) must be upgraded to Windows 10 2004 or later to avoid a video glitch
  • In windowed mode on the Raspberry Pi, video does not move in sync with the window when dragged. This is a limitation of MMAL video overlays.
  • In windowed mode on the Raspberry Pi, video will not display while the app does not have focus. This is required to prevent Moonlight's video overlay from rendering on top of other apps.
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Moonlight PC v3.1.3

08 May 01:35
@cgutman cgutman
v3.1.3
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Moonlight PC v3.1.3

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The Windows installer package may require an Internet connection to download the latest Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime if your PC does not already have it installed. If you do not have Internet access during installation, you can pre-install the runtime from Microsoft's website or use the portable version.

To update an existing installation, simply run the latest installer (for Windows) or replace the old app in your Applications folder (for Mac). For the portable Windows version, extract the latest version on top of your old folder.

To install on Steam Link hardware, extract the ZIP file to the root of a FAT32 flash drive, insert it into your Steam Link, then restart the Steam Link. Moonlight can run alongside official Steam Link streaming and other Steam Link apps.

Changes:

  • Fixed an issue in v3.1.2 that could cause excessive audio latency on some connections
  • Updated community-contributed translations from Weblate

Known Issues:

  • Location Services on macOS may cause periodic lag and stuttering on Wi-Fi due to background network scans. To avoid the issue, disable Location Services on your Mac by going to "System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Location Services"
  • Remote desktop mouse mode and touchscreen input may behave incorrectly when the host PC has more than one monitor. This bug is on Nvidia's end and will require a GeForce Experience update to fix.
  • Touchscreen support can be buggy on Linux (X11) when mouse capture is enabled. You may need to enable remote desktop mouse mode for it to work correctly.
  • Surface Pro X devices (and possibly other ARM devices) must be upgraded to Windows 10 2004 or later to avoid a video glitch
  • In windowed mode on the Raspberry Pi, video does not move in sync with the window when dragged. This is a limitation of MMAL video overlays.
  • In windowed mode on the Raspberry Pi, video will not display while the app does not have focus. This is required to prevent Moonlight's video overlay from rendering on top of other apps.
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Moonlight PC v3.1.2

04 May 01:13
@cgutman cgutman
v3.1.2
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Moonlight PC v3.1.2

Download links:

The Windows installer package may require an Internet connection to download the latest Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime if your PC does not already have it installed. If you do not have Internet access during installation, you can pre-install the runtime from Microsoft's website or use the portable version.

To update an existing installation, simply run the latest installer (for Windows) or replace the old app in your Applications folder (for Mac). For the portable Windows version, extract the latest version on top of your old folder.

To install on Steam Link hardware, extract the ZIP file to the root of a FAT32 flash drive, insert it into your Steam Link, then restart the Steam Link. Moonlight can run alongside official Steam Link streaming and other Steam Link apps.

Changes:

  • Improved connection reliability and performance with GeForce Experience 3.22
  • Added support for audio encryption with GeForce Experience 3.22
  • Added compatibility update checks for future versions of GeForce Experience
  • Added experimental support for HEVC decoding on the Raspberry Pi 4. View the wiki documentation for details.
  • Fixed keyboard capture on X11
  • Updated community-contributed translations from Weblate

Known Issues:

  • Location Services on macOS may cause periodic lag and stuttering on Wi-Fi due to background network scans. To avoid the issue, disable Location Services on your Mac by going to "System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Location Services"
  • Remote desktop mouse mode and touchscreen input may behave incorrectly when the host PC has more than one monitor. This bug is on Nvidia's end and will require a GeForce Experience update to fix.
  • Touchscreen support can be buggy on Linux (X11) when mouse capture is enabled. You may need to enable remote desktop mouse mode for it to work correctly.
  • Surface Pro X devices (and possibly other ARM devices) must be upgraded to Windows 10 2004 or later to avoid a video glitch
  • In windowed mode on the Raspberry Pi, video does not move in sync with the window when dragged. This is a limitation of MMAL video overlays.
  • In windowed mode on the Raspberry Pi, video will not display while the app does not have focus. This is required to prevent Moonlight's video overlay from rendering on top of other apps.
Assets 10