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OBS Studio 30.0 released with full-height docks plus Intel QSV H264, HEVC, AV1 on Linux
13 Nov 2023 at 8:59 pm UTC

Quoting: mrdeathjrIn my case can confirm Intel QSV H264 appears enabled but usage stay around 70% of render/3d and around 20% of video according intel-gpu-top in recording



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTGA27nrqZc [External Link]

but is too much compared ffmpeg 6.1, usage stay around 30% of render/3d and around 20% of video according intel-gpu-top in recording



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlXB9TSZIAE [External Link]

:smile:
That doesn't sound right then. QSV is meant to be more efficient, specifically more power efficient [External Link]. Doesn't sound like it's working quite right yet.

Steam Deck, Steam Big Picture and SteamVR get lots of visual tweaks in new Beta
10 Nov 2023 at 12:41 pm UTC

Quoting: Liam Dawe
Quoting: dpanterNice changes, but making the album art smaller and the download button bigger is the opposite of improvement IMHO (unless the images are reversed).
Nope, images are correct and yeah that doesn't particularly feel like an improvement, the buttons are way too big and you actually now see less of the list.
Awful change to the media player. Who the hell approved that? Glad I don't use Steam for playing music, I guess.

Valve refines new Steam Deck Unified Frame Limit slider to show Refresh Rate
9 Nov 2023 at 5:44 pm UTC Likes: 1

That's a great change. So much much clearer.

EmulationStation Desktop Edition v2.2 brings huge additions
6 Nov 2023 at 8:19 pm UTC Likes: 4

I want to try this just to recreate that screenshot in the article! Chaos Engine and Another World. Happy memories right there!

Here's the Steam Deck most played for October 2023
3 Nov 2023 at 1:02 pm UTC Likes: 1

All I've played recently (apart from short games of Noita [External Link] of course), is Inkbound [External Link]. Absolutely amazing multiplayer roguelite from the creators of Monster Train. Highly recommended.

Inkbound is also 25% off until Saturday too.

October 23 Steam Survey: Simplified Chinese rises, Linux and macOS decline
2 Nov 2023 at 8:50 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: Purple Library Guy
Quoting: scaineThese Simplified Chinese spikes are just noise (to me). Steam isn't explicitly blocked in China, but it's such a grey area, I'd rather filter out the whole country when considering the Linux marketshare globally.
Well, but, if it's so grey-area-almost-blocked, how does Simplified Chinese manage to show up as 45.93% of the total Steam use? That seems like a market chunk big enough it should maybe not be filtered out or treated as noise.

China is a huge important country. And certain other powers' determination to change that situation do not seem likely to work; it is just going to keep on getting more important as time goes on. That's not a judgement of values; it's not about whether I like China or like US dominance better or whatever, I'm just saying that's what is going to happen, unless there's a hot war that goes nuclear and everybody loses. So for Linux people, I think them not using Linux is a Big Deal and likely to get bigger.
I don't disagree. I'm just saying that I, personally, don't care about China's impact on Steam stats. I'd rather not see them.

Devolver Digital acquires ASTRONEER developer System Era Softworks
2 Nov 2023 at 5:37 pm UTC Likes: 3

I never did pick up Astroneer. I think this was one of those slightly bizarre scenarios where, years ago, they said they were "considering" Linux support, but it never happened, so I never bought it. Sad to see yet another acquisition, but as the article notes, at least it's not the likes of <shiver> Microsoft, Embracer or Epic.

October 23 Steam Survey: Simplified Chinese rises, Linux and macOS decline
2 Nov 2023 at 4:58 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Linuxer
Quoting: pb
Quoting: mad_mesaLooking on the brightside, the English-only tracker hit an all time high with Linux at 4.15%.
This should be a part of the article, not a separate DLC comment. :tongue:
I cantsee this number anywhere either :dizzy: what do you guys do to dig these up!?
The link is the first in the article - GOL's "Steam Tracker". The bottom graph on that page collates all the data as usual, but focuses only on the English language, which gives a (perhaps) more indicative figure of Linux's overall share compared to Win/OSX.

These Simplified Chinese spikes are just noise (to me). Steam isn't explicitly blocked in China, but it's such a grey area, I'd rather filter out the whole country when considering the Linux marketshare globally. And while only focusing on English isn't probably the best way to do so, it's simple and (so far) appears to be giving us a consistent view of overall growth.

Welcome to the new and much the same GamingOnLinux
31 Oct 2023 at 12:13 pm UTC

Quoting: Eike
Quoting: scaineI'm okay on Android with Firefox, for what is worth (not much, I suspect). Maybe you can share some details and we can help fix.
That might be possible! By chance, I'm using the same. And I've got something to experiment: Could you try to access GoL via this link for some days?

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/usercp.php

I did that by chance, and get a not logged in message. When I try to log in from there, I' told I'm already logged in. This doesn't happen on desktop, though, so you could give it a try on mobile.
Nope, still all good here. Android 14 (Pixel 5) using Firefox mobile with uBlock Origin.

Death of a Wish is an upcoming vicious action-RPG with wild visuals
25 Oct 2023 at 5:26 pm UTC

I'm in the same boat. The short video gave me a slightly uncomfortable head, I'm not interested in enduring hours of gameplay with this one, I'm afraid.