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Remote play from Host PC to Steam Deck showing black screen on SD
ISSUE
I cannot remote play any game on my Steam Deck - it perpetually shows a black screen on the SD.

OS
Windows 10 19045.3448

GPU (on host PC)
Nvidia RTX 4080. Driver Version 537.34

STEAMDECK
Beta Update Channel & preview channel tested

STEPS
From steam deck select stream on game page in my library.
game loads on host pc, in correct reduced resolution.


RESULTS
Blank screen shows on steam deck but sound plays

EXPECTED
games should remote play to steam deck.

TROUBLESHOOTING STEPS TAKEN:
1. Tried restarting both host pc and steam deck

2. checked for updates on both

2. Tried disabling Hardware Decoding only on host PC in remote play settings

3. Tried disabling Hardware Decoding only on Steam Deck in remote play settings

4. Tried disabling Hardware Decoding on BOTH Steam Deck and host PC in remote play settings

5. Tried launching from host pc first and then connecting, same result.

6. tried running steam as administrator
Last edited by DarkLordWaffles; Sep 18, 2023 @ 12:04pm
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DarkLordWaffles Sep 18, 2023 @ 11:35am 
-UPDATED- when I discovered this wasn't limited to one game, but was effecting all games.
DNY Sep 19, 2023 @ 9:10am 
I have the same issue. I made a post on the Steam Deck Subreddit with a video included : https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/16mueei/remoteplay_broken/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
Cupcake Sep 20, 2023 @ 1:54pm 
same issue. can remote play from my desktop to other windows PC but cannot to Steam Deck. Tried same troubleshooting steps.

Update 1: I noticed the mouse was visible if controlled from my PC, only the game didn't show on SD. Mouse on Black screen.
Update 2: Not sure what I did, because I felt like I changed the same settings over and over again. But remote play finally started to work again. I reverted to Stabel from Beta, still black screen, but then changed preset to Normal 1080p and it worked. Again, I'm sure I did that numerous times. But remote play is working once again. The only device having trouble with remote play was my Steam Deck. I was even able to use Android Steam Link to play from my Steam Deck. Toggled the settings on Steam Deck until it worked.
Last edited by Cupcake; Sep 21, 2023 @ 4:24pm
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