Moonlight Embedded v2.7.0

To install Moonlight Embedded on your Raspberry Pi, follow the installation steps.

Breaking Changes:

• Adjusted bitrate calculation logic to be consistent across SDR/HDR, codecs, and local/remote. In some cases, you may need to adjust your bitrate to get the same effective bitrate as before.

New features:

• Added support for full end-to-end stream encryption ¹
• Added support for connection correlation to resolve immediate "connection terminated" errors when streaming over the Internet in certain scenarios ¹
• Added support for hosts that don't use RSA-2048 certificates ¹
• Added support for rotate option on Rockchip devices with kernel support for plane rotation

Bugfixes:

• Fixed gamepad detection logic to handle arcade pads with a hat instead of an analog stick
• Fixed inability to stream on Rockchip devices that set cursor-win-id in their DeviceTree files
• Improved error logging for Rockchip video decoder and renderer
• Rewrote SDL keyboard mapping code to fix a number of incorrect key mappings
• Incorporated FreeBSD patches for OSS support and other fixes
• Updated included gamepad mappings

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1. Requires upcoming Sunshine v0.22.0 release or a recent Sunshine nightly build ↩ ↩² ↩³

Moonlight Embedded v2.6.2

To install Moonlight Embedded on your Raspberry Pi, follow the installation steps.

Changes:

• Added packages for Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm
• Fixed connection issue streaming from some hosts running GeForce Experience or Sunshine v0.20 and earlier

Moonlight Embedded v2.6.1

NOTE: The Raspbian package repository has changed since v2.4.11 was released. To update to v2.5.0 and later, you must add the new repository on your Pi.

Security fixes:

• Fixed CVE-2023-42799, CVE-2023-42800, and CVE-2023-42801

Moonlight Embedded v2.6.0

NOTE: The Raspbian package repository has changed since v2.4.11 was released. To update to v2.5.0 and later, you must add the new repository on your Pi.

New features:

• AV1 support for Rockchip, Amlogic, and FFmpeg decoders (requires Sunshine and client device support)
• HDR support for Amlogic decoders
• Experimental support for Vero 4K (HEVC is recommended)
• Many improvements and bugfixes for the Amlogic video decoder
• High quality audio is now supported for IPv6 and remote connections
• Horizontal scrolling support with Sunshine hosts
• Up to 16 gamepads are now supported when streaming from Sunshine hosts
• Extended gamepad and input support features with Sunshine

Bugfixes:

• Improved handling of packet loss while streaming
• Improved handling of ALSA underruns
• Improved default bitrate to match other Moonlight clients
• Fixed "video decode buffer too small" errors
• Fixed full-screen toggle also toggling mouse grab when using SDL
• Fixed streaming on Rockchip devices that don't have NV12 overlay planes (RK3588)
• Fixed high CPU usage if an input device is disconnected while streaming
• Fixed IPv6 streaming from Sunshine with privacy addresses enabled
• Corrected rotation option in the example moonlight.conf file
• Updated SDL_GameControllerDB for additional controller support

Moonlight Embedded v2.5.3

NOTE: The Raspbian package repository has changed since v2.4.11 was released. To update to v2.5.0 and later, you must add the new repository on your Pi.

New features:

• Custom ports are now supported when hosting with Sunshine. Use -port to specify the custom port.
• A pre-defined PIN can be provided for pairing using the -pin option.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed streaming issues with GeForce Experience 3.26 on certain devices
• Numerous bugfixes and improvements for the SDL backend
• Added warning for invalid rotation values in the config
• Replaced deprecated OpenSSL 3.0 APIs with their replacements
• Updated included gamepad mappings

Moonlight Embedded v2.5.2

This is a minor release to add support for Raspbian Bullseye.

NOTE: The Raspbian package repository has changed since v2.4.11 was released. To update to v2.5.0 and later, you must add the new repository on your Pi.

Changes:

• Support for Raspberry Pi OS Bullseye
• Updated included gamepad mappings

Moonlight Embedded v2.5.1

This release has a number of significant bugfixes to gamepad support.

NOTE: The Raspbian package repository has changed since v2.4.11 was released. To update to v2.5.0 and later, you must add the new repository on your Pi.

New features:

• Gamepads can now emulate mouse input by long pressing Start. This feature can be disabled by running with -nomouseemulation

Bugfixes:

• Fixed an issue where one physical gamepad input could randomly cause multiple incorrect inputs on the host (#823)
• Fixed handling of gamepads with buttons outside the normal button range, such as the NVIDIA SHIELD Controller, Xbox One S gamepads via Bluetooth, and many gamepads designed for Android. (#788, #675, #696, #642)
• Updated included gamepad mappings

Moonlight Embedded v2.5.0

This release includes a number of new features and bugfixes, including compatibility with the latest GeForce Experience releases.

NOTE: The Raspbian package repository has changed since v2.4.11 was released. To update to v2.5.0 and later, you must add the new repository on your Pi.

New features:

• GeForce Experience (GFE) versions up to and including 3.23 are now supported
• Audio encryption is now enabled with GFE 3.22+ (except on Pi 0/1 due to CPU limitations)
• 7.1 surround sound is now supported
• Left and right modifiers can now be properly distinguished by the host
• Windows/super/meta keys are now supported
• Performance improvements (particularly when streaming from GFE 3.22+)
• Streaming over IPv6 is now supported

Behavior changes:

• -surround and -remote now require an argument
• -unsupported is now default to match other Moonlight clients. Use -nounsupported to get the old behavior
• -packetsize now defaults to 1392 on LAN connections to match other Moonlight clients
• 60 FPS streaming is now the default at all resolutions

Bugfixes:

• Updated included gamepad mappings
• Fixed PulseAudio surround sound channel mapping
• "Insert" key has been fixed
• Fixed bug that would cause too many gamepads to appear on the host during stream startup
• Fixed PS4 controllers appearing as multiple gamepads on the host PC
• Fixed stuck keys on the host when disconnecting via Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Q shortcut
• Fixed manually specifying an audio device with PulseAudio
• Fixed surround sound not working after reconnecting to an existing session

Moonlight Embedded 2.4.11

This is a bugfix release to fix some issues with the previous release.

Changelog:

• Fix pairing issue with recent OpenSSL version (like on Buster)
• Fix double mouse when running in desktop session
• Add -viewonly option

NOTE: Packages for Raspbian Buster are now also available

Moonlight Embedded 2.4.10

Bugfix release to support GFE 3.19

Changelog:

• Support for GFE 3.19