This plugin makes some changes to the deck’s WiFi settings that are supposed to significantly help with streaming quality. It’s not on the decky store yet, so you have to manually install it.

Here’s what it does:

  • Disables WiFi power management and PCIe power states that cause packet batching, latency spikes, and throughput degradation during sustained streaming.

  • Locks to your current access point so the Deck stops scanning for other networks every 2 minutes. Disable before switching networks or if you use a mesh/multi-AP setup and need to roam.

  • Installs a script that reapplies your settings every time WiFi reconnects - works even if Decky isn’t running

  • Increases kernel buffer sizes and TX queue length to handle bursty streaming traffic without dropping packets

It also has some other features that can be toggled if needed, like forcing ipv4, forcing 5/6ghz, or using a different DNS.

  • anakin78z@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Interesting. I do have issues with the stream freezing, and I will have to test if this helps with that. I haven’t used Decky Loader yet, but I guess I found my reason to try it!