Clarify Steam Link hardware limitations in README (fixes #1558) #1612
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cgutman
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Jul 4, 2025
| @@ -71,6 +71,13 @@ Hosting for Moonlight's Debian and L4T package repositories is graciously provid | |||
| ### Steam Link Build Requirements | |||
| * [Steam Link SDK](https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steamlink-sdk) cloned on your build system | |||
| * STEAMLINK_SDK_PATH environment variable set to the Steam Link SDK path | |||
| **Steam Link Hardware Limitations** | |||
| Moonlight builds for Steam Link are subject to hardware limitations of the Steam Link device. These limitations cannot be bypassed or changed by Moonlight: | |||
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For GitHub to properly display this, I think you need to remove the empty space on line 76 and move it to line 74.
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This pull request adds a new section under the "Steam Link Build Requirements" heading in the README to document the hardware limitations of the original Steam Link device.
It addresses user confusion in Issue #1558 about what performance to expect from Moonlight when used on Steam Link.
The update notes that the Steam Link hardware:
These notes help guide users toward more capable clients for high-end streaming needs.
Let me know if you'd like this added to another doc file instead of the README.