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The original was posted on /r/steamdeck by /u/ZoteTheMitey on 2025-01-10 02:21:39+00:00.

So earlier today I made a post asking if there was an easy way to stream via sunlight/moonlight to steam deck and not have any problems with resolution scaling etc. It’s really a pile of shit when you have ultra wide monitors.

A lot of people recommended things like resolution switcher apps, HDMI/DP dummy plugs, etc.

I found a truly elegant solution thanks to some users and wanted to share.

Enter Apollo

The way it works is, it replaces sunshine on your host PC. When you connect to it from whatever device, it automatically creates a new virtual display on your computer. So it doesn’t mess with your monitors at all. Your resolution doesn’t change, you don’t have to turn them off, etc. And it creates this virtual display based on whatever resolution the client device is. 1280x800 for the steam deck for example. When you quit, the virtual display closes and nothing on your PC is changed. It really works flawlessly.

Some tips. Enable “headless mode” in config > audio/video

Also, under “PIN”…click edit next to your client device you added, and add permissions like "launch apps, controller input, touch input, mouse input, keyboard input…etc. I was getting an error trying to launch big picture mode in moonlight, and the “launch apps” permission fixed it.

Enjoy!