Black screen on Raspberry Pi OS

[LordScar]

I'm using Raspberry Pi 4 as a streaming device for my TV. It was working fine for a year or so. But after one of the recent SteamLink updates, I cannot use it anymore. After starting the steaming session I see only a black screen with the sound and SteamLink overlay.

I've tried to reset all settings to default, tried different combinations of framerate/resolution settings but it didn't help. I've installed SteamLink to my Android and it's working with no issues, so I assume it's not the problem with my host.

Does anyone faced the same issue recently and is aware of any fix?

Current SteamLink version 1.1.89

[Unimoob]

I'm having the same issues as well. Black screen as soon as I click on "Start Streaming" button. If I click on my mouse on the Raspberry Pi, I can hear sounds as if I was clicking on Big Picture mode on my PC but I'm not able to see anything on my raspberry pi connected to my TV via hdmi. Same Steamlink version (1.1.89) as well. Would love to know what I can do to get this fixed!

[LordScar]

I was able to fix my issue by reverting to an older version (1.1.85 in particular):

STEAMLINK_DATA_HOME="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"/SteamLink
echo "file://$STEAMLINK_DATA_HOME" >"$STEAMLINK_DATA_HOME/update_url"
echo "http://media.steampowered.com/steamlink/rpi/steamlink-rpi3-1.1.85.206.tar.gz" >"$STEAMLINK_DATA_HOME/public_build.txt"

It looks like I was right and the issue was introduced in one of the recent updates.

[tarod_net]

Originally posted by LordScar:

I was able to fix my issue by reverting to an older version (1.1.85 in particular):

STEAMLINK_DATA_HOME="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"/SteamLink
echo "file://$STEAMLINK_DATA_HOME" >"$STEAMLINK_DATA_HOME/update_url"
echo "http://media.steampowered.com/steamlink/rpi/steamlink-rpi3-1.1.85.206.tar.gz" >"$STEAMLINK_DATA_HOME/public_build.txt"

It looks like I was right and the issue was introduced in one of the recent updates.

Thanks bro!

[SectionUT]

Originally posted by LordScar:

I was able to fix my issue by reverting to an older version (1.1.85 in particular):

STEAMLINK_DATA_HOME="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"/SteamLink
echo "file://$STEAMLINK_DATA_HOME" >"$STEAMLINK_DATA_HOME/update_url"
echo "http://media.steampowered.com/steamlink/rpi/steamlink-rpi3-1.1.85.206.tar.gz" >"$STEAMLINK_DATA_HOME/public_build.txt"

It looks like I was right and the issue was introduced in one of the recent updates.

I'm experiencing the same issue and want to try rolling back. I'm a little uncertain how to accomplish this with this code. Does this get entered into the command prompt from the pi desktop?

[Felis]

try this:
dtoverlay=vc4-fkms-v3d
dtparam=audio=on

in your /boot/config.txt

basically this switches the gl layer back to fkms. I've had this exact problem and changing back to fkms fixed it.

[Jaxtah]

Originally posted by LordScar:

I was able to fix my issue by reverting to an older version (1.1.85 in particular):

STEAMLINK_DATA_HOME="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"/SteamLink
echo "file://$STEAMLINK_DATA_HOME" >"$STEAMLINK_DATA_HOME/update_url"
echo "http://media.steampowered.com/steamlink/rpi/steamlink-rpi3-1.1.85.206.tar.gz" >"$STEAMLINK_DATA_HOME/public_build.txt"

It looks like I was right and the issue was introduced in one of the recent updates.

You're a hero, thanks so much! Worked for me!

[slouken]

@LordScar, and others who are having issues that are solved going to an older version:

• What version of Raspbian are you running?
  
• Are you using it on the desktop or console?
  
• Do you have HEVC enabled or disabled?
  
• Can you post the contents of the Steam logs\streaming_log.txt from your computer?

[Thor]

Originally posted by slouken:

@LordScar, and others who are having issues that are solved going to an older version:

• What version of Raspbian are you running?
  
• Are you using it on the desktop or console?
  
• Do you have HEVC enabled or disabled?
  
• Can you post the contents of the Steam logs\streaming_log.txt from your computer?

here the log
https://pastebin.com/CxxZgW45

[slouken]

Originally posted by Thor:

Originally posted by slouken:

@LordScar, and others who are having issues that are solved going to an older version:

• What version of Raspbian are you running?
  
• Are you using it on the desktop or console?
  
• Do you have HEVC enabled or disabled?
  
• Can you post the contents of the Steam logs\streaming_log.txt from your computer?

here the log
https://pastebin.com/CxxZgW45

You didn't answer my questions, but from the log it looks like you have HEVC enabled. Try disabling that.