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New XBOX controller freezes, audio cuts out since updated today

Updated Shadow today and when playing games on my MAC Book Pro the audio cuts in and out then just cut out permeantly, XBOX controller does not work properly, freezes a lot during game play.

Gaming

Copy and Paste

Anyone wish they could copy and paste from there local machine into Shadow? I use Shadow for gaming, but also testing websites in Windows. Would love to be able to copy and paste from the host machine.

Compatibility

New to Shadow/nvidia shield

Hello everyone, finally found a cool solution to some gaming, working and 4k video, utilizing the shadow pc app and a nvidia shield pro 2019. Anyways i have a few questions , so instead of boring everyone, can anyone just point me in the direction of a great comprehensive guide. one that might cov...

Shadow 101

Microphone options for Shadow Ghost

I currently run an audio-technica AT2020 USB cardioid condenser mic. I have problems with the mic “disconnecting” from Shadow as if it were unplugged. In the past, this used to require a complete restart of my Shadow to fix. Now it just requires me to unplug/replug the mic. I have 1000/100 for bandw...

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Matching shadows res and fps with games.

If I have the in game res to 1080p and 140fps but I’m running shadow stream at 720/60fps will I benefit at all in competitive games from having it higher than the stream quality? Should I just run my games at 60fps and 720p to match the stream?

Gaming

Headset for Shadow Ghost

Hi. Using the Shadow Ghost for a year. Looking for idea witch Bluetooth Headset will works 100%. Tryed few of them, non of them works properly (usualy problems with microphone). So… If somebody will share positive expirience I will appreciate it. Thank you

Compatibility

ChromeOS

Hi all Been using Shadow for around a year now and love the service. I recently bought a pixelbook go but the experience is not a good one. Has anyone had a good experience on chromeos? Thanks

Compatibility

2 monitor setup (different resolutions)

I’ve seen a few posts on how to get a second display working on shadow. My question is, does this work with monitors of different resolutions? I’m hoping to use a 2560x1080 main monitor, and a 1920x1080 secondary. Anyone have any luck with different resolutions?Let me know, thanks!

Compatibility

Article Shadow Update: Week #08 [02/26/2021]

Hey #TeamShadow! This week, our Dev Team has released various improvements and performance improvements to our Beta application. They are currently still working on other updates including multi-screen, ARM support, etc. For a quick recap on recent updates, catch our latest stream here. Here are...

Roadmap & release notes

Stream 1080p on a 4K capable monitor

Hi, this may be a dumb question but I would like to know if it would work seamlessly to stream my shadow Boost at 1080p on a 4k-capable 21:9 curved monitor.My intent is to later upgrade to Shadow ultra using the same monitor.

Compatibility

Mouse stuttering when screen sharing (solution)

This isn’t so much an idea as something I’ve noticed. Sometimes I’ll connect one computer to the internet wired then use wifi to screen share to that computer so I can sit somewhere in the house. Both computers are Mac laptops using native screen sharing. I’ve noticed the mouse skipping makes games,...

Gaming

just saying whats good im new on here

just saying what's good

Gaming

stutter during non steam games

I have cox gigablast. I hit at least 350MBps on WiFi and I hit around 600+ on eathernet. Running on an HP Envy with windows 10. I have no issues playing games like cyberpunk 2077 through steam, but I have issues with other platforms. I recently got ubisoft+ and when trying games like watchdogs legio...

Compatibility

Recycling

My question is, say someone bought a Shadow PC for one month. Their subscription ends in a month and they don't have shadow. Does that hardware get recycled to the next person? If not where does it go to? My second question is if they were hardware banned from a game like say Fortnite. They recently...

Gaming

Will ChromeOS also be supported in the future?

Hi there, As we all know Shadow is supported on Windows, Mac and android systems. But will Shadow also support ChromeOS in the future? I am currently using the Acer Chromebook Spin 13. A fine pretty fast chromebook and with the fast internet connection at work (and home) it would be amazing to have...

Compatibility

Valheim performance

Hey All - This is my first post, but I didn’t see this being discussed yet. Has anyone been playing Valheim on Shadow? I have had Shadow for 6 months or so, and overall its been a fantastic service and games play wonderfully. However Valheim has had mediocre performance. Admittedly I ussually play...

Compatibility

Microphone Disconnecting?

Lately I have been having this problem where my Mic randomly disconnects from Shadow on pc. I then have to go into Shadow settings and disable and re-enable microphone. I was just wondering if anyone was having this problem. Thanks, Carson

Gaming

Shadow on 10 inch tablet (playable; screen wise?)

Hello community … so far I am using shadow on a desktop PC and my notebook - works great. I’m about to get a new tablet - 10 inch and 1920x1080 resolution - and like trying out Shadow on this one as well. I am wondering if anyone is using such a table for gaming? especially wondering about whether t...

Shadow 101

Shadow 101: Treat Her Like a P.C.

Even though Shadow is VM (Virtual Machine), it's still a physical machine doing Work.Secondary is the Local Machine also using its Resources to stream.1. If you wish to Max Game Settings, you might need to build a Gaming Rig. Might.2. If you wish to Max Speed Settings, you might need to secure a T...

Shadow 101

Shadow developers no longer supporting Quick Launcher

After contacting Shadow support about problems loading games using the quick launcher on the Nvidia Shield , I was told the following…“It's possible that the games might not be compatible with our quick launch feature. Also, our Developers decided that we will no longer support this feature”.“The ma...

Gaming

I figured out why my quick menu shortcut wasn't working!

Okay so I thought that the quick menu functionality was broken because it wouldn’t open when I pressed the buttons, but it actually works fine. I’m using a mac, and what was preventing it from working was that my keyboard input method was set to a different language. I was typing something in anothe...

Shadow 101

New to Shadow

Hello all. Just got my email today that my ShadowPC is ready! Excited to go home from work and start setting up. Is there anyone from the southeast region of the US here? I am in an experimental state and wondered if anyone else was close by to give me an idea of how it is doing in this area. The pl...

Shadow 101

controllers not working on games

My ps4 controller won’t work in game but say I’m in the steam page it works just fine. When I try to play the games with a controller on my laptop it works too, it’s just on my shadow.

Gaming

Gaming issue

Since a month or so, I have been experiencing a performance issue with playing Call Of Duty. I’ve been playing this game for months without any problems, mostly on all the highest settings possible. But since a couple of weeks my game is constantly stuttering, skipping frames with a stable high fps-...

Gaming

Does anyone here tried to play Battlefield V on Shadow?

There is input lag in BF 5, my internet connection is perfect.

Gaming

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