Rahx Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 I recently got big box to stream my collection of games and emulators to my t.v. through steam link. The emulators launch and run great, but after 5-10 minutes of playing the steam link crashes and big box continues to run on my pc. I have tried it with every kind of game and emulator. My computer and steam link are both hardwired to the modem. I was wondering if anyone else has solved this issue as would like to keep using big box. I think its a fantastic front end. My computer specs if it matters: i7 4770k, gtx 980, 16gigs of ram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 We have a few users that use SteamLink without any issues so someone should be able to offer assistance.@Zombeaver is probably the most experienced user on the forums who owns a SL now that I've tagged him here I'm sure he will take a look at this post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingodan Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 (edited) Edit: this applies only to mame I had problems too, turned out I had to force mame to use xinput. If it attempts to use dinput it will crash. This probably isn't your issue since you can run for 5 mins, just mentioning in case you hadn't considered it. To isolate input devices as an issue you can edit your mame.ini to disable all input devices. Then open LB, MAME and a game (maybe via a direct keyboard, or bluetooth / teamviewer) and leave it running via steamlink. Another tip is to enable verbose logging to stdout: make a batch file of just one line: mame64.exe -verbose %1 > debug.log Then point LB at your bat file and review the log after the crash. Might give you a clue. Edited December 7, 2016 by dingodan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rahx Posted December 7, 2016 Author Share Posted December 7, 2016 I have been using xinput with every emulator so it can't be that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingodan Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 And what does the stdout of your emulator say? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Is the SL up to date (If Steam updates it I'm assuming they do). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rahx Posted December 7, 2016 Author Share Posted December 7, 2016 Well I can check the stdout when I get home later tonight, but yeah steam link is up to date. It just crashes randomly and the emulator or game continues to run on my pc. I can plug a controller into my pc and keep on playing, but that kind of defeats the purpose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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