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Update: Valve said this about the missing option to run a game with the big picture mode overlay from the normal desktop client:
Original article
A pretty major Steam Client Beta just landed, and with it comes hardware accelerated encoding for In-Home Streaming on Nvidia with Linux, and you can also now configure the Steam Controller for desktop mode (including using the big picture overlay when launching from the desktop client).
This should mean now you don't have to run everything in Big Picture Mode to use the Steam Controller, which is extremely welcome.
Although, I have been unable to get it to work, it looks like it has a new checkbox here:
I assume that's the one to make it use the Big Picture Overlay, but there's no text to accompany it (totally a bug), so I could be wrong, but it's the only new option around in the desktop client. I imagine it's just totally broken right now on Linux at least. There's no new option in Big Picture Mode to tell the desktop client to use the Big Picture overlay either.
They also added:
You have to have your controller setup, connected and turned on for this option to even appear, which confused me a bit.
There's the usual performance tweaks for the Steam Controller included, as well as an option to turn it off after 5 or 10 minutes of inactivity now too.
The Nvidia hardware accelerated encoding could be making the way to finally supporting the Broadcasting feature on Linux/SteamOS too.
See the full update notes here. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
QuoteYou have to have a Steam controller active for the config editor option to be present, but the overlay option is disabled right now on Mac and Linux due to focus tracking bugs in SDL preventing it from working properly. This was originally specified in the beta release notes, but got lost in translation, sorry for the mixup.
Original article
A pretty major Steam Client Beta just landed, and with it comes hardware accelerated encoding for In-Home Streaming on Nvidia with Linux, and you can also now configure the Steam Controller for desktop mode (including using the big picture overlay when launching from the desktop client).
QuoteGames launched via the desktop client with an active Steam Controller can optionally use the Big Picture overlay.
This should mean now you don't have to run everything in Big Picture Mode to use the Steam Controller, which is extremely welcome.
Although, I have been unable to get it to work, it looks like it has a new checkbox here:
I assume that's the one to make it use the Big Picture Overlay, but there's no text to accompany it (totally a bug), so I could be wrong, but it's the only new option around in the desktop client. I imagine it's just totally broken right now on Linux at least. There's no new option in Big Picture Mode to tell the desktop client to use the Big Picture overlay either.
They also added:
QuoteThe controller configuration for a game can now be edited from its desktop library context menu
You have to have your controller setup, connected and turned on for this option to even appear, which confused me a bit.
There's the usual performance tweaks for the Steam Controller included, as well as an option to turn it off after 5 or 10 minutes of inactivity now too.
The Nvidia hardware accelerated encoding could be making the way to finally supporting the Broadcasting feature on Linux/SteamOS too.
See the full update notes here. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Last edited by dubigrasu on 10 February 2016 at 1:42 pm UTC
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leillo1975 Feb 10, 2016
Can I finally play games with Steam Link with a decent quality like in Windows?
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Last edited by leillo1975 on 10 February 2016 at 3:13 pm UTC
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So, does this mean In home streaming is working now? Or is this just groundwork?
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The desktop configuration was there for a long time already. I keep checking for the other two after every beta update, and no dice... "Coming soon" - uh huh, right. (Valve Time, I know, I know).
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The desktop configuration was there for a long time already. I keep checking for the other two after every beta update, and no dice... "Coming soon" - uh huh, right. (Valve Time, I know, I know).
Yeah, had wrong shot in.
Updated article to show the correct quotes I'm talking about.
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So, does this mean In home streaming is working now? Or is this just groundwork?
In home streaming has worked on Linux for a long time now.
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1mHfoksd1Z Feb 10, 2016
Does the Nvidia acceleration thing increase performance when playing games on regular Steam for Linux?
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I am not sure but IRRC the overlay checkbox you are talking about has been there since forever
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In home streaming has worked on Linux for a long time now.Are you referring to the server or just the client? I know that you could stream from Windows to Mac and Linux, but I was under the impression that it would not work in any other configuration. See Here: http://store.steampowered.com/streaming/ I tried this with my desktop and my laptop, both running Mint. While they detected one another, they would not connect.
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Does the Nvidia acceleration thing increase performance when playing games on regular Steam for Linux?I believe that this is just encoding support, which allows Steam to create a video stream, that can then be sent wherever. It should provide no performance improvements on anything else.
I am not sure but IRRC the overlay checkbox you are talking about has been there since foreverHe is referring to the empty checkbox in the top left corner. I don't believe that it was there before, but I could be wrong.
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In home streaming has worked on Linux for a long time now.Are you referring to the server or just the client? I know that you could stream from Windows to Mac and Linux, but I was under the impression that it would not work in any other configuration. See Here: http://store.steampowered.com/streaming/ I tried this with my desktop and my laptop, both running Mint. While they detected one another, they would not connect.
I have been able to do Linux to Linux streaming for a long time.
I am not sure but IRRC the overlay checkbox you are talking about has been there since foreverLook at the top left corner, new checkbox bugged out by itself with no text.
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I have a bug report in: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/4309
They have reviewed it with no comment, so I guess it will be fixed for us to have what they are talking about in a new beta.
They have reviewed it with no comment, so I guess it will be fixed for us to have what they are talking about in a new beta.
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I have been able to do Linux to Linux streaming for a long time.Then I guess I was missing something. I will get around to updating Steam and try again.
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Article updated: You can edit your config from the desktop, but the controller in question has to be setup, plugged in and turned on.
There still isn't an option in the Linux client to use the big picture overlay though, that is a bug as far as i can see.
There still isn't an option in the Linux client to use the big picture overlay though, that is a bug as far as i can see.
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Perfect timing. My Steam controller comes in today, and I hated the idea of having to bounce into big picture mode to make any changes to it.
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holy crap! ..finally i dont have to go to that shitty big picture mode.
that is so good :)
that is so good :)
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Update from Valve:
You have to have a Steam controller active for the config editor option to be present, but the overlay option is disabled right now on Mac and Linux due to focus tracking bugs in SDL preventing it from working properly. This was originally specified in the beta release notes, but got lost in translation, sorry for the mixup.
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WELL HELL! :><:
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Stupendous Man Feb 10, 2016
I have been waiting for the desktop option for the controller for a long time, though to be honest I've actually come to like Big Picture, especially now that I'm able to run it on a separate monitor than the Steam desktop window.
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