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  • kipo@lemm.eetoSteam Deck@sopuli.xyzFreeTube full screen
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    7 days ago

    I have a Steam Deck OLED and my Freetube uses the whole screen. Freetube v0.23.1 beta and SteamOS version 3.6.20

    It might be the way you have Freetube installed. From Steam game mode, go to Freetube, then Properties, then Shortcut. This is what I have:

    Target:

    “/usr/bin/flatpak”

    Start In:

    /usr/bin

    Launch Options:

    run --branch=stable --arch=x86_64 --command=/app/bin/run.sh --file-forwarding io.freetubeapp.FreeTube @@u %u @@

    I am not using any specific compatibility mode.

    There is a problem though where the mouse pointer cannot select anything more than about halfway down the screen. To get around this, I have the controller config set as follows:

    • Right touchpad: mouse
    • L2 & R2: right and left mouse buttons
    • D-pad: arrow keys
    • Left joystick - left: shift+tab
    • Left joystick - right: tab
    • Y: on-screen keyboard
    • A: Enter

    This will let you scroll with the d-pad, tab around, use keyboard, and select things with Enter.

    I hope this helps.






  • I would have bought it but there was no physical release until later when Limited Run games did a limited run of the game at their premium price point. And by the time I knew Limited Run was doing a release, it was too late to get one.

    Until I can do the following:

    – legally resell a digital copy of a game I bought,

    – be able to easily and legally backup and restore the digital games I’ve bought,

    – have legal guarantees that the digital games I bought won’t be taken away from me,

    my reasons for wanting physical copies are more than valid.


  • I have two that are constantly hooked up to my mac! One for ripping and burning CDs and DVDs (which I still do regularly, in fact I ripped five audio CDs just today) and one for ripping/burning 4k/blu-ray. I occasionally use both at the same time to make copies of discs, but my need for that is for part of a hobby project.





  • Do I pay full price for games before they are available to play and are most likely not going to be finished upon release? No.

    Preordering anything with no real or artificial scarcity doesn’t really make financial sense. It’s a predatory sales tactic to get people to part with their money sooner, in this case before customers have a chance to use software that is pretty much unreturnable. Gaming publishers love digital preorders because some customers end up paying full price for games they don’t even like and can’t even resell.

    Sadly, for at least the last ten years or more, most non-online games are best played a few years after release date when they’ve had their bugs fixed or their ‘complete edition’ released.




  • kipo@lemm.eetoProgrammer Humor@programming.devLDAC
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    The Sound Guys do a good job of breaking down LDAC, however the main point of criticism I have about the article is that they say that LDAC isn’t great because most smartphones don’t auto-choose the highest 990 bitrate. That doesn’t seem like an LDAC problem, that seems like a phone problem. My phone is admittedly a Sony, but it always chooses the highest bitrate first. There’s even a setting to force it to use 990.

    The other criticism I have is that the sound guys kind of overlook the fact that, when your phone is in your pocket, it’s close enough to the headphones that you’ll almost always get the 990 bitrate. And the sound quality at 990 is fantastic. I cannot tell a difference between it and a wired connection for CD-quality FLACs. Even the 660 stepdown bitrate of the LDAC codec is really good.