Valve adds Pyrowave codec to Steam Remote Play to cut latency

Valve has added a new Pyrowave codec to Steam Remote Play in beta, aimed at reducing latency when streaming games between two devices on the same local network. The codec was written by a single developer, Hans-Kristian Arntzen, and requires at least 100 Mbps while using 5–10 times more bandwidth than standard codecs.

• Pyrowave encodes video on the GPU, improving quality and error resilience
• It uses 5–10 times more bandwidth than typical Remote Play codecs
• Minimum required bandwidth is 100 Mbps
• Valve recommends it for two PCs linked via Gigabit Ethernet