# Bright Screen in Moonlight Streaming Client

**URL:** <http://forum.hypr.land/t/bright-screen-in-moonlight-streaming-client/1597>\
**Category:** Bugs / FRs / Support\
**Tags:** hyprland, bug, renderer\
**Created:** [May 17, 2026, 11:50am UTC](http://forum.hypr.land/t/bright-screen-in-moonlight-streaming-client/1597 "2026-05-17T11:50:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![elight](http://forum.hypr.land/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@elight](http://forum.hypr.land/u/elight)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 11:50am UTC](http://forum.hypr.land/t/bright-screen-in-moonlight-streaming-client/1597/1 "2026-05-17T11:50:25Z")

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> **Hyprland version**
>
> ```auto
> Hyprland 0.55.1 built from branch v0.55.1 at commit a47147bc095e5b3be3eb8bd04f0ac242b968cd4d clean ([gha] Nix: update inputs).
> Date: Wed May 13 22:55:46 2026
> Tag: v0.55.1, commits: 7311
> 
> Libraries:
> Hyprgraphics: built against 0.5.1, system has 0.5.1
> Hyprutils: built against 0.13.1, system has 0.13.1
> Hyprcursor: built against 0.1.13, system has 0.1.13
> Hyprlang: built against 0.6.8, system has 0.6.8
> Aquamarine: built against 0.11.0, system has 0.11.0
> 
> Version ABI string: a47147bc095e5b3be3eb8bd04f0ac242b968cd4d_aq_0.11_hu_0.13_hg_0.5_hc_0.1_hlg_0.6
> no flags were set
> 
> ```

## Description

[Moonlight](https://github.com/moonlight-stream/moonlight-qt) is a streaming client, which can be used for remote desktop.  
After an Arch Linux system upgrade, this client’s image becomes “overexposed” (shown in following images).  
I’ve tried the same client on Gnome and found it working perfectly, so I think this bug might be caused by Hyprland.  
Additionally, using `QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb` env for Moonlight client solves the problem, but also breaks the system hotkeys capture feature.  
I’ve already checked this issue is not related to Sunshine client on my Windows pc.  
The command I use for Moonlight: `moonlight stream 192.168.1.2 Desktop --display-mode windowed --1440 --fps 165 --capture-system-keys fullscreen --bitrate 102400 --video-codec HEVC --video-decoder hardware --absolute-mouse`

## Images

 ![Streaming image when Moonlight breaks](http://forum.hypr.land/uploads/default/original/2X/6/60466f5bb13ec5d00151511fde137bef968d26df.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![elgranchaco](http://forum.hypr.land/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/7feea3/32.png) [@elgranchaco](http://forum.hypr.land/u/elgranchaco)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2026, 11:01am UTC](http://forum.hypr.land/t/bright-screen-in-moonlight-streaming-client/1597/2 "2026-06-14T11:01:52Z")

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Hi, I have the exact same problem. while the xcb flags works to solve the over exposure, I still have the same problem with the system hotkeys. This is really unfortunate, since I heavily rely on moonlight. Hyprland is the only place it happens, I tried plasma, gnome, xfce, cinnamon, i3, sway, all without issues