mirrors/looking-glass
2
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://github.com/gnif/LookingGlass.git synced 2024-11-12 20:27:53 +00:00
Code Issues Projects Releases Packages Wiki Activity Actions

[doc] faq: Grammar and page flow improvements

Browse source
This commit is contained in:
Jonathan Rubenstein 2021-05-04 16:29:30 -04:00 committed by Geoffrey McRae
parent 3972482922
commit c66a5c526a
2 changed files with 20 additions and 18 deletions
Show stats Download patch file Download diff file Expand all files Collapse all files

30
doc/faq.rst
View file

@ -21,23 +21,21 @@ Can I feed the VM directly into OBS?
Looking Glass now features a functional :doc:`OBS plugin <obs>`, which acts as
another Looking Glass client, but instead gives the captured frames to OBS.
.. _why_is_my_ups_updates_per_second_so_low:
.. _why_is_my_ups_so_low:
Why is my UPS (Updates Per Second) so low?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There are several reasons why this can happen, the most common is your
capture resolution, or refresh rate. At the time of this writing, the windows
capture methods struggle to capture high resolutions under certain
circumstances.
There are several reasons why this can happen, the most common are your
capture resolution, or refresh rate. The windows capture methods currently
struggle to capture high resolutions under certain circumstances.
Another cause can be how the game or application you are running is
configured. Because of the way windows integrate with the WDM (Windows
Desktop Manager) running applications in "Full Screen" mode may in some
cases cause a large performance penalty. Try switching to windowed
Desktop Manager), running applications in "Full Screen" mode may—in some
cases—cause a large performance penalty. Try switching to windowed
full-screen mode, the difference in performance can be like night and
day. Titles known to be affected by this are Fallout76, The BattleField
Series and SCUM.
day.
Some titles do some strange things at early initialization that cause
capture performance issues. One such title is the Unigine Valley
@ -56,8 +54,8 @@ that you have support for WDDM 1.2 or greater.
The server-side (guest) probing error "Capture is not possible,
unsupported device or driver" indicates NVidia duplication has failed,
not that DXGI has failed. You can make the error go away by specifying
"-c DXGI"
not that DXGI has failed. You can fix the error by specifying
``-c DXGI``
.. _why_do_i_need_spice_if_i_dont_want_a_spice_display_device:
@ -69,7 +67,7 @@ built in to provide some conveniences, but you can disable it with the
"-s" argument.
Note that without Spice, you will not be sending mouse/keyboard events
to the guest nor will you get clipboard Synchronization support.
to the guest, nor will you get clipboard synchronization support.
.. _where_is_the_host_application_for_linux:
@ -152,7 +150,7 @@ does not support them.
Audio
-----
Looking Glass does not handle audio at all, nor will it ever. The preferred
Looking Glass does not support audio routing. The preferred
solution is to pass through QEMU's audio to your host's audio system.
Another popular solution is to use
@ -171,10 +169,8 @@ Windows
NvFBC (NVIDIA Capture API) doesn't work
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, NVIDIA deemed fit to only allow owners of "Professional
Cards", and their own software (ShadowPlay) the right to use the NVIDIA
Capture API. There is little we can do about this other than to complain
to NVIDIA.
NvFBC is only supported on professional-grade GPUs, and will not function on
consumer-grade cards like those from the GeForce series.
.. _the_screen_stops_updating_when_left_idle_for_a_time:

8
doc/troubleshooting.rst
View file

@ -45,12 +45,18 @@ The Clipboard is not Working
**NOTE: Do make sure that you do NOT install the QEMU Guest
Tools driver. These are not the same.**
- **Did you install them twice?**
- The Spice VDAgent is available in both Spice Guest Tools, and
standalone as a separate installer. Check your installed programs
and uninstall the VDAgent if it's installed separately.
.. _followed_installation_instructions_but_looking_glass_still_doesnt_launch:
Followed Installation Instructions but Looking Glass Still Doesn't Launch
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
At times depending on your distribution circumstances can cause Looking
Depending on your distribution, various circumstances can cause Looking
Glass to still not run. Below is a list of known issues that can prevent
Looking Glass from running properly.