flathub / flathub/com.valvesoftware.Steam

hardware decoding for steam in home/remote streaming

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Description

When streaming with the in home streaming functionality (now called remote streaming), the video decoding is done on the cpu.

Steam ships with old vaapi libs for instance. Any chance to get a solution to get HW video decoding in this flatpak ?

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Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Investigate the Flatpak packaging and Steam's remote-streaming path, then verify that remote-streamed video uses hardware decoding rather than the CPU.

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Assessment

Domain
audio-video-rtc, desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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