Turn main Steam Deck Display off while streaming.

[Diogenes]

Is there a way to turn the Steam Deck Display off while I stream a game to my PC Monitor?

I just want to use my Deck as a control pad while I stream, but I end up having the game displayed on both my Steam Deck and on my TV Screen.

The Steam Deck display end's up being a distraction while I stream games to the monitor.

[raventhehunter]

https://old.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/zwsqlz/i_would_pay_good_money_to_the_man_who_can_make_an/

[Jâbbérwôkkï]

Funny I don't have that issue with mine on my ,monitor. I use a monitor with a usb-c port though along with a cable that is capable of displayport over Thunderbolt. If you are using a usb-c to HDMI cable depending on the quality. it may not turn the screen off. I have used one to connect to a TV, in which case the screen did't turn off. Maybe try a usb-c to displayport cable instead of instead of to HDMI if your monitor doesn't support usb-c alt mode &/or have usb-c at all?

[Bart]

maybe silly, but can't you just use power settings to turn of display after X minutes?

[Diogenes]

引用自 Bart：

maybe silly, but can't you just use power settings to turn of display after X minutes?

Wouldn't have thought so, because that's sleep mode, isn't it?

[Bart]

引用自 Diogenes：

引用自 Bart：

maybe silly, but can't you just use power settings to turn of display after X minutes?

Wouldn't have thought so, because that's sleep mode, isn't it?

no, within the desktop mode you can configure it screen off or turn off, and that should also affect game mode .

[Diogenes]

I'm kind of stumped right now. Something weird has happened.

Before, I was able to stream games to my PC, from my Steam Deck, and I was able to play them with the Steam Deck's screen disabled, using Remote Play.

Now though, my Steam Deck displays my PC's screen, while acting as a wireless remote controller for my PC. It show's my PC's game library and not my Steam Deck's library. It opens up in Big Picture mode.

I don't know why that's happened.

All I have done is try to activate remote play on both devices, which I thought was what you had to do anyway?

Now, my Steam Deck is a controller for my PC and won't stream any actual games to it.

Any idea's why?

[ReBoot]

引用自 Diogenes：

I'm kind of stumped right now.

I've enabled remote play on both devices, hoping to be able to stream my Steam Deck to my PC.

However, what's actually happened is that my Steam Deck displays my PC's screen, while acting as a wireless remote controller for my PC, and I don't know why that's happened.

All I have done is try to activate remote play on both devices, which I thought was what you had to do anyway?

Now, my Steam Deck is a controller for my PC and won't stream any actual games to it.

Any idea's why?

That's because you're streaming your PC to your Steam Deck. You have to do it the other way round, stream from Deck to the other PC.

[Diogenes]

引用自 ReBoot：

引用自 Diogenes：

I'm kind of stumped right now.

I've enabled remote play on both devices, hoping to be able to stream my Steam Deck to my PC.

However, what's actually happened is that my Steam Deck displays my PC's screen, while acting as a wireless remote controller for my PC, and I don't know why that's happened.

All I have done is try to activate remote play on both devices, which I thought was what you had to do anyway?

Now, my Steam Deck is a controller for my PC and won't stream any actual games to it.

Any idea's why?

That's because you're streaming your PC to your Steam Deck. You have to do it the other way round, stream from Deck to the other PC.

Yeah, that's what I don't understand. I thought I was streaming from my Deck to my PC.

I have two icons on my Deck, in the settings.

One for my Desktop, and one for my Deck.

If I use the icon for my Deck, nothing happens.

If I use the Icon for my Desktop, which is selected by default, due to the tick box in the corner, it opens big picture mode up, and then crashes.

Sometimes, the screen goes funny and turns a bright green.

Remote play only seems to work one way, and that's to use the Steam Deck to access my Desktop, and I don't understand why that has happened.

[ReBoot]

You have to initiate the stream from the client, that is the desktop PC.

[Diogenes]

引用自 ReBoot：

You have to initiate the stream from the client, that is the desktop PC.

So it's not possible to stream from the Steam Deck to the PC, rather than from the PC to the Steam Deck?

[ReBoot]

You have to initiate the stream from the client. If you want to stream from Deck to desktop, the Deck will be the host and the desktop the client. As such, initiate the stream from the desktop if you want the Deck to be host.

[sayobaid]

Hi Guys,
I have written a script that will turn the screen completely off.
Run this script when you are steaming and the display will be completely off.
Put the brightness to the smallest values.

#!/bin/bash

# Script to toggle the brightness of Steam Diplay
#Put Steam deck in lowest brightness from the battery slider

if xrandr --verbose | grep -q "Brightness: 0.0"
then
# If brightness is zero (0.0) then set it to full
xrandr --output eDP --brightness 1.0
else
# If brightness is other than full set it to zero
xrandr --output eDP --brightness 0.0
fi

[1singur]

引用自 ReBoot：

You have to initiate the stream from the client. If you want to stream from Deck to desktop, the Deck will be the host and the desktop the client. As such, initiate the stream from the desktop if you want the Deck to be host.

In other words, he needs to "pull" the stream, not "push" it.

[ReBoot]

引用自 1singur：

引用自 ReBoot：

You have to initiate the stream from the client. If you want to stream from Deck to desktop, the Deck will be the host and the desktop the client. As such, initiate the stream from the desktop if you want the Deck to be host.

In other words, he needs to "pull" the stream, not "push" it.

You could word it lien that, yes.

[sleepsport]

引用自 sayobaid：

Hi Guys,
I have written a script that will turn the screen completely off.
Run this script when you are steaming and the display will be completely off.
Put the brightness to the smallest values.

#!/bin/bash

# Script to toggle the brightness of Steam Diplay
#Put Steam deck in lowest brightness from the battery slider

if xrandr --verbose | grep -q "Brightness: 0.0"
then
# If brightness is zero (0.0) then set it to full
xrandr --output eDP --brightness 1.0
else
# If brightness is other than full set it to zero
xrandr --output eDP --brightness 0.0
fi

Can this be done in game mode?