Option for controller only (no stream)

[Jayinem]

Just thought I'd ask if you could make an option for just controller support without streaming. The reason is I have the original PS4 and it only allows 720p but I also have a capture card that let's me stream at 1080p, so I don't actually need to stream with Chiaki as it just looks worse. But it would still need to be able to wake the PS4 etc...

I'm able to stream both at the same time and that's fine if there's no alternative, but I just have streams everywhere because OBS uses a fullscreen projector and a windowed one so Chiaki makes 3.

thank you

[streetpea]

There is no way I know of to just send controller data without keeping a connection open and receiving and acking video and audio packets (whether or not they're actually displayed). That means you would have to continue receiving those packets and just discard them. You could basically achieve this already by creating a profile with stream settings set to their minimums and minimizing the screen and muting audio and then continuing to use the controller which doesn't need to be in focus to send events. To make chiaki-ng completely headless on Windows would take some doing and be a very limited use case so I'm not super keen to add it over other projects like updating the Android port.

[Jayinem]

No problem.

[Jayinem]

I guess I don't know how to close an issue, I keep closing close with comment but it stays open.

[streetpea]

@Jayinem you can leave the issue open anyway as I'll look into it when I have free time. It probably won't be for at least 6 months or so bc I want to focus on other stuff first.

[Jayinem]

I wonder why Chiaki NG doesn't show up in this app I have called tray it! to add it to tray. I would be satisfied with that instead of using controller. I think every other app I have open right now shows up in tray it! but not Chiaki. But maybe you can't answer that. I would even be happy minimizing Chiaki but there's no minimize button I don't think.

[streetpea]

@Jayinem I just looked into it and it looks like it needs permission to run in the background (minimized).. this isn’t needed on macOS or Linux so it works there. I need to look at the code required to get it to say it wants to run in the background and then it should work. Otherwise, once it’s minimized windows closes it automatically.