Steam Deck: Full Review of Game Recording BETA (Hint: Beta = Broken)
34I promised a complete look at the new Game Recording feature in Steam/SteamOS. Here it is.
This was performed on the Steam Deck OLED model.
Note: You don't need to school me on what "BETA" means. BETA = BROKEN; but as a decades old software engineer? I would have NEVER shipped this as a beta.
We'll do it all (check the chapter jumps) and with almost 10 failures, this beta isn't ready for prime time (I've already rolled it back). I'll show you all the failures (and the few successes) and you can decide for yourself if you want to opt into this beta.
00:00 - Bumper
00:06 - Intro and Requirements
00:30 - Overview of Settings (Gaming Mode)
01:47 - Settings (In Desktop Mode)
02:38 - OW2; Failure #1 (Overlay Mode)
02:36 - Recording Nex Machina
04:03 - Failure #2 (Xbox Controller)
04:32 - Failure #3 (Background Recording)
05:00 - Reviewing a Captured Video
05:36 - Failure #4 (Sharing Options)
05:46 - Sending Video to your PC
06:05 - Send to Phone (Update Required)
06:17 - Failure #5 (QR Code)
07:05 - Deleting Videos
07:15 - Failure #3 Again (Background Recording)
08:00 - Media Folder
08:33 - What format are the videos? (Failure #6)
09:45 - Steam Media Viewer (Any Better? Failure #7)
10:43 - Send to Phone / Clipboard (Failure #8)
11:15 - Successful Send to Phone
11:33 - Receiving on Your Phone (Failure #9)
12:24 - Still can't clear Failure #3
12:48 - Sending to my Desktop (Whoot!)
13:33 - Receiving on the PC (ALMOST a Failure)
14:12 - How big are the videos??
14:45 - Benchmarks aka How Much Does it COST to record?
16:40 - The Results and Closing
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