moonlight-qt/README.md

# Moonlight PC

[Moonlight PC](http://moonlight-stream.com) is an open source implementation of NVIDIA's GameStream, as used by the NVIDIA Shield, but built to run on Windows, Mac, and Linux. This client is the successor to [Moonlight Chrome](https://github.com/moonlight-stream/moonlight-chrome) for streaming on PC.

Moonlight also has mobile versions for [Android](https://github.com/moonlight-stream/moonlight-android) and  [iOS](https://github.com/moonlight-stream/moonlight-ios).

See the [releases page](https://github.com/moonlight-stream/moonlight-qt/releases) for download links for Windows and Mac. For Linux, we're on [Flathub](https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.moonlight_stream.Moonlight).

You can follow development on our [Discord server](https://discord.gg/6ERtzFY).

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## Features
 - Hardware accelerated video decoding on Windows, Mac, and Linux
 - Supports streaming at up to 120 FPS (high refresh rate monitor recommended)
 - Supports streaming at 720p, 1080p, 1440p, 4K, and the client PC's native screen resolution
 - 5.1 surround sound audio
 - HEVC support for better image quality at reduced bandwidth
 - Keyboard and mouse support
 - Gamepad support with SDL gamepad mappings

## Building
### General Build Requirements
* Qt 5.9 SDK or later

### Windows-specific Requirements
* Windows 7 or later
* Visual Studio 2015 or later
* Select MSVC Desktop toolchain during Qt installation
* 7-Zip (only if building installers for non-development PCs)
* WiX Toolset v3.11 or later (only if building installers for non-development PCs)

### Mac-specific Requirements
* macOS El Capitan (10.11) or later
* Xcode with High Sierra (10.13) SDK (Mojave SDK not yet supported until Qt 5.12 later this year)
* [create-dmg](https://github.com/sindresorhus/create-dmg) (only if building DMGs for use on non-development Macs)

### Linux-specific Requirements
* GCC or Clang
* Install your distro equivalents of: `openssl-devel qt5-devel SDL2-devel ffmpeg-devel qt5-qtquickcontrols2-devel libva-devel libvdpau-devel opus-devel`
* FFmpeg 4.0 is required to build. If your distro doesn't package FFmpeg 4.0, you can build and install it from source on http://ffmpeg.org/

### Build Setup Steps
1. Install the latest Qt SDK (and optionally, the Qt Creator IDE) from https://www.qt.io/download
    * You may also use Homebrew on macOS or your Linux distro's package manager for the Qt SDK as long as the packages are Qt 5.9 or later.
2. Run `git submodule update --init --recursive` from within `moonlight-qt/`
3. Open the project in Qt Creator or build from qmake on the command line.
    * To build a binary for use on non-development machines, use the scripts in the `scripts` folder.
        * For Windows builds, use `scripts\generate-installers.bat`. Execute this script from the root of the repository within a Qt command prompt. Ensure WiX and 7-Zip binary directories are in your `%PATH%`.
        * For macOS builds, use `scripts/generate-dmg.sh`. Execute this script from the root of the repository and ensure Qt's `bin` folder is in your `$PATH`.

## Contribute
1. Fork us
2. Write code
3. Send Pull Requests

Check out our [website](http://moonlight-stream.com) for project links and information.