r/ParsecGaming

I know that this subreddit isn't monitored by Parsec, just looking for community advice and general knowledge in case anyone else has gone through this and has some insight (I suspect this affects everyone equally, lol).

To start with, here's my setup:
Gaming rig is an i7 14700k cpu, 3080 FTW EVGA card, 32gb ram running Win10 64bit (2.5gbps connection running on my modem's 10gbps port)
Remote rig is a Thinkpad T480 with 16gb ram running Win10 64gb (and literally nothing else- no bloatware, no software other than Parsec and it's dependencies) (1gbps network connection)
Second remote rig *used to be* a Raspberry Pi 3b running the linux version of Parsec (10/100 network connection)
My network is a: Bell FiberOp gateway modem with 1x10gbps port and four or five 1gbps ports.
All the above devices are hardwired with proper Cat5e cabling.
Parsec Free

Now I list the Raspberry Pi because this was my baseline for years, playing games like Destiny 2 and other FPS games on the regular with no issue, running at the standard 10kbps bitrate quality. Once this deprecated and wasn't supported any longer, I picked up the laptop and use it exclusively only for using Parsec in my living room.

Every attempt at bumping the bitrate quality sees video stutter when playing games (example: playing Control I'll pan the camera around and watch the camera stutter every 2-5 seconds) and then periodically see the 'network connection symbol' flash on the screen from Parsec. I'm scratching my head because this behavior occurs at -any- bitrate above 10kbps which makes no sense, given the strength of my hardware (granted the laptop isn't all powerful, it's exponentially more powerful than the Raspberry Pi 3b :p ).

I've tried running both intel and software decoding, 264 and 265 encoding and there is never an improvement or worsening of any kind, which hints that it's not a limitation of the laptop hardware (again, given that it's far more powerful than the Raspberry Pi is).

Does anyone have suggestions or (at the very least) explanations as to why it's acting in this manner? It would be nice to have a clearer picture when there's a lot of motion on screen if possible.

My shitty ass Lamborghini monitor the Odyssey G9 Neo has entered a bricked state and for the last 3 months I haven’t been able to figure it out. I’m going to leave it unplugged for another month or 2 as some have found that fixes it by it fully resetting.

Well this free app I got one day about a year ago figuring it’d feel free and be junk and I’d never use is literally the only way I’ve been able to use my tower the past 3 months without another monitor (the G9 is expensive as shit, I won’t buy another to toss this aside, I need to fix it). Games, Unreal Engine, Ableton to work on my music. I’m still doing it all because of this amazing app. Thanks for making something free that runs so well

I have used Parsec extensively in the past without issue but since yesterday it is not working properly: when I connect my laptop (client) to my desktop (host) the mouse works as you would expect except that the cursor icon does not show on the screen of the client side.

On the client side I can click and move the mouse even if I cannot see the cursor. The mouse on the client machine works normally outside of Parsec. On the host side I can see how the cursor moves around the screen when controlled from the client side. I can also move the cursor with the mouse on the host side, which works perfectly normally, and I can see how it moves on the client side without showing the cursor icon. Summarizing: all functions of the mouse works normally on client and machine side except the cursor is not visually rendering on the client side.

I have the virtual mouse enabled on both sides. I have also tried on the host side to turn on Mouse Pointer Trails and Windows Mouse Keys. I have restarted both machines. I have reinstalled Parsec on both machines using the latest version. Both machines run on Windows 11 and are up to date.

Any advice on how to fix the issue?

UPDATE 9/10/26: disabling windows insider program on the host solved the issue. Thank you Kamoz for the tip.

Pretty much the title. I've tried Sunshine, Parsec, and Steam Link, but none of them are working properly. The input just doesn't work.

I can open the game and use the touchscreen normally, but as soon as the server/region selection screen appears, I can't click or select anything anymore. The touchscreen still works outside of that screen, but I can't interact with the game at all.