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Lower Life Form May 6 @ 1:47pm
HDMI
I'm guessing the steam deck still has a lot of things that still need fixing but HDMI is the one thing that keeps bugging me. At this point I'm getting used to playing my deck in portable mode but once in a while I'd like to connect the deck to the dock so I can play a game on a bigger screen and use my tvs speakers.

But this does not work lol. Picture works, but it just does not want to use my tvs speakers at all. I'd restart the deck a few times but no luck. I've asked for help on this maybe a year ago but I couldn't fix it then. I'm asking again to see if there's anything new I can do to fix this problem.
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N May 6 @ 5:25pm 
did you change the audio in the settings to "external device?" thats what I have to do in game mode. In desktop mode, I just click on the volume icon in the tastbar and switch to the hdmi output.
Last edited by N; May 6 @ 5:25pm
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Lower Life Form May 6 @ 7:11pm 
Yuo tried both. In game mode, selecting external speakers still uses the decks speakers.
Never tried the desktop mode part but I tried that just now and the option to select HDMI isnt on there.

The deck is connected to the dock and for whatever reason just does not want to use the tvs speakers
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masterzone May 6 @ 11:12pm 
Please could you give us the tv model? Are you using the official dock?
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Lower Life Form May 7 @ 6:29am 
Originally posted by masterzone:
Please could you give us the tv model? Are you using the official dock?

This is the TV I'm using
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096G2VDV1

And I'm also using the official dock.
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Mahjik May 7 @ 6:35am 
You might try the Dock sub forum here. Someone posted this:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1675200/discussions/3/509577488802899445/#c597399819832555827
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masterzone May 7 @ 6:46am 
Originally posted by Lower Life Form:
Originally posted by masterzone:
Please could you give us the tv model? Are you using the official dock?

This is the TV I'm using
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096G2VDV1

And I'm also using the official dock.

Ok I have similar TV. I solved deactivating on the "external device"settings the HDMI Deep Color. This option need special characteristics on the HDMI cable and also on the signal. WebOS is a bad OS imho
Try to turn off this option. Unplug the HDMI from the Dock and plugin Dock again.
On my LG tv the connection is now perfect. I also deactivated the HDR on the steam deck settings to avoid horrible colors...
Last edited by masterzone; May 7 @ 6:49am
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Lower Life Form May 7 @ 10:52am 
Originally posted by Mahjik:
You might try the Dock sub forum here. Someone posted this:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1675200/discussions/3/509577488802899445/#c597399819832555827


Originally posted by masterzone:
Originally posted by Lower Life Form:

This is the TV I'm using
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096G2VDV1

And I'm also using the official dock.

Ok I have similar TV. I solved deactivating on the "external device"settings the HDMI Deep Color. This option need special characteristics on the HDMI cable and also on the signal. WebOS is a bad OS imho
Try to turn off this option. Unplug the HDMI from the Dock and plugin Dock again.
On my LG tv the connection is now perfect. I also deactivated the HDR on the steam deck settings to avoid horrible colors...

I got this to work once. Then just for fun I decided to restart the deck to see if it would continue using the tvs speakers but nope. I tried disconnecting the HDMI cable and connecting it back to the dock. Restarting or shutting down the deck. Nothing is working. Still only using the decks speakers.
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N May 7 @ 3:13pm 
yyou contact support?
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Lower Life Form May 7 @ 7:41pm 
Originally posted by N:
yyou contact support?

tried that before. might try again, maybe something will come up this time
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masterzone May 7 @ 10:26pm 
Originally posted by N:
yyou contact support?

Very strange you can’t hear anything from the tv. I read about no signal but no audio sounds very strange
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Foolish Pimentel May 10 @ 4:35am 
Originally posted by Lower Life Form:
Originally posted by N:
yyou contact support?

tried that before. might try again, maybe something will come up this time
Did you found it any solution?
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deaddoof May 11 @ 6:31am 
Originally posted by Foolish Pimentel:
Originally posted by Lower Life Form:

tried that before. might try again, maybe something will come up this time
Did you found it any solution?

Add "konsole" as a non steam game.

Open konsole in game mode and make sure your external display is still plugged in.

wpctl status


Can you screenshot/print out that output? I wonder what it says.
Last edited by deaddoof; May 11 @ 6:32am
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RealSolution9 May 12 @ 12:38pm 
Are TV's speakers Internal and not extended otherwise through the TV's audio settings? Sometimes how the audio data is passed from the SD is a root cause....

Or check for all active AND inactive physical AND virtual objects within Sound settings. Maybe something was muted pressing middle button or otherwise while in Desktop Mode while not resetting back to 100% Volume at reboot. (like it should? There's also a chance Virtual devices were removed recently. Which didn't help MY particular broken audio problems, although the Version Update notes a while back did state surround sound issues had been fixed.)
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Lower Life Form May 13 @ 4:26pm 
Originally posted by Foolish Pimentel:
Originally posted by Lower Life Form:

tried that before. might try again, maybe something will come up this time
Did you found it any solution?

Nope. Contacted support but they just told me there was no solution to the problem im having haha.



Originally posted by RealSolution9:
Are TV's speakers Internal and not extended otherwise through the TV's audio settings? Sometimes how the audio data is passed from the SD is a root cause....

Or check for all active AND inactive physical AND virtual objects within Sound settings. Maybe something was muted pressing middle button or otherwise while in Desktop Mode while not resetting back to 100% Volume at reboot. (like it should? There's also a chance Virtual devices were removed recently. Which didn't help MY particular broken audio problems, although the Version Update notes a while back did state surround sound issues had been fixed.)

Yup. There internal. Though I am using a sound bar I think it's called. Thing is though, sometimes it works and it uses the whatever speakers my tv is using,k and sometimes it just does not want to use the tv speakers and always sticks with the decks speakers no matter what I do
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Lower Life Form May 13 @ 4:28pm 
Originally posted by deaddoof:
Originally posted by Foolish Pimentel:
Did you found it any solution?

Add "konsole" as a non steam game.

Open konsole in game mode and make sure your external display is still plugged in.

wpctl status


Can you screenshot/print out that output? I wonder what it says.

I tried this before but I guess I'll give it a shot again see what it says now. This is what I get






PipeWire 'pipewire-0' [1.0.3, deck@steamdeck, cookie:2902647222]
└─ Clients:
35. Steam Voice Settings [1.0.3, deck@steamdeck, pid:4104]
36. WirePlumber [1.0.3, deck@steamdeck, pid:1122]
37. pipewire [1.0.3, deck@steamdeck, pid:1121]
38. pipewire [1.0.3, deck@steamdeck, pid:1121]
39. Steam [1.0.3, deck@steamdeck, pid:4104]
40. Firefox [1.0.3, deck@steamdeck, pid:2]
41. pipewire [1.0.3, deck@steamdeck, pid:1121]
43. pipewire [1.0.3, deck@steamdeck, pid:1121]
58. WirePlumber [export] [1.0.3, deck@steamdeck, pid:1122]
112. pipewire [1.0.3, deck@steamdeck, pid:♥♥♥♥]
113. xdg-desktop-portal [1.0.3, deck@steamdeck, pid:2976]
114. Plasma PA [1.0.3, deck@steamdeck, pid:3069]
115. wpctl [1.0.3, deck@steamdeck, pid:5485]

Audio
├─ Devices:
│ 96. ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor [alsa]
│ 104. Rembrandt Radeon High Definition Audio Controller [alsa]
│
├─ Sinks:
│ 68. ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor Headphones [vol: 1.00]
│ * 102. ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor Speaker [vol: 0.52]
│
├─ Sources:
│ * 95. ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor Headset Microphone + Internal Microphone [vol: 1.20]
│
├─ Filters:
│ - filter-chain-1121-28
│ 44. filter-chain-capture [Stream/Input/Audio]
│ 45. filter-chain-source [Audio/Source]
│ - filter-chain-1121-29
│ 46. filter-chain-sink [Audio/Sink]
│ 47. filter-chain-playback [Stream/Output/Audio]
│ - loopback-1121-30
│ 49. output.virtual-sink [Stream/Output/Audio]
│ 50. input.virtual-sink [Audio/Sink]
│ - loopback-1121-31
│ 51. output.virtual-source [Audio/Source]
│ 52. input.virtual-source [Stream/Input/Audio]
│
└─ Streams:

Video
├─ Devices:
│
├─ Sinks:
│
├─ Sources:
│
├─ Filters:
│
└─ Streams:

Settings
└─ Default Configured Devices:
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