Connecting Moonlight client (LG TV) to Sunshine host (Macbook M1) frozen on initial image, no error

[Maximetinu]

Hello,

I want to mirror my Macbook screen on my LG TV, to essentially use the TV as a monitor

I know that MacOS has Screen Mirroring built-in, but it has a lot of input lag

So I installed Sunshine to my Apple Silicon Macbook M1 following this guide: https://downthecrop.xyz/blog/how-to-install-sunshine-on-macos/

I didn't need audio so I skipped the last part of Configure macOS Audio through BlackHole

Then, I started Sunshine, set up the credentials, paired the TV Moonlight client to the Sunshine host with the pin, and connected to it

However, only the 1st frame is shown, and it's frozen there.

The logs don't show any error (except for audio, but that's expected)

[2024:07:24:17:16:22]: Info: // Testing for available encoders, this may generate errors. You can safely ignore those errors. //
[2024:07:24:17:16:22]: Info: Trying encoder [videotoolbox]
[2024:07:24:17:16:22]: Info: SDR color coding [Rec. 601]
[2024:07:24:17:16:22]: Info: Color depth: 8-bit
[2024:07:24:17:16:22]: Info: Color range: [JPEG]
[2024:07:24:17:16:22]: Warning: [h264_videotoolbox @ 0x120e26fc0] PrioritizeEncodingSpeedOverQuality property is not supported on this device. Ignoring.
[2024:07:24:17:16:22]: Info: [h264_videotoolbox @ 0x120e26fc0] This device does not support the AllowOpenGop option. Value ignored.
[2024:07:24:17:16:22]: Info: SDR color coding [Rec. 601]
[2024:07:24:17:16:22]: Info: Color depth: 8-bit
[2024:07:24:17:16:22]: Info: Color range: [JPEG]
[2024:07:24:17:16:22]: Info: SDR color coding [Rec. 601]
[2024:07:24:17:16:22]: Info: Color depth: 8-bit
[2024:07:24:17:16:22]: Info: Color range: [JPEG]
[2024:07:24:17:16:22]: Error: Couldn't open [av1_videotoolbox]
[2024:07:24:17:16:22]: Info: SDR color coding [Rec. 709]
[2024:07:24:17:16:22]: Info: Color depth: 10-bit
[2024:07:24:17:16:22]: Info: Color range: [JPEG]
[2024:07:24:17:16:22]: Info: 
[2024:07:24:17:16:22]: Info: // Ignore any errors mentioned above, they are not relevant. //
[2024:07:24:17:16:22]: Info: 
[2024:07:24:17:16:22]: Info: Found H.264 encoder: h264_videotoolbox [videotoolbox]
[2024:07:24:17:16:22]: Info: Found HEVC encoder: hevc_videotoolbox [videotoolbox]
[2024:07:24:17:16:22]: Info: CLIENT CONNECTED
[2024:07:24:17:16:22]: Info: SDR color coding [Rec. 709]
[2024:07:24:17:16:22]: Info: Color depth: 8-bit
[2024:07:24:17:16:22]: Info: Color range: [MPEG]
[2024:07:24:17:16:22]: Warning: [h264_videotoolbox @ 0x12290d5e0] PrioritizeEncodingSpeedOverQuality property is not supported on this device. Ignoring.
[2024:07:24:17:16:22]: Info: [h264_videotoolbox @ 0x12290d5e0] This device does not support the AllowOpenGop option. Value ignored.
[2024:07:24:17:16:23]: Error: opening microphone '' failed. Please set a valid input source in the Sunshine config.
[2024:07:24:17:16:23]: Error: Available inputs:
[2024:07:24:17:16:23]: Error: 	MacBook Pro Microphone
[2024:07:24:17:16:23]: Error: Unable to initialize audio capture. The stream will not have audio.

Do someone know how can I fix this?

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P.S: I just tried connecting with another Moonlight client (iPhone app) to the same Sunshine host (Macbook M1) and it works, which means the problem might be in the LG TV Moonlight client

Problem is, I can connect with that LG TV client to other Sunshine and Gamestream hosts already to play games and it works fine.

So, the problem is only with the LG TV - Macbook M1 combination. Weird.

[ReenigneArcher]

Maybe the LG TV Moonlight client requires an audio stream?