Steam Remote Play streaming Microphone Audio on PipeWire

steamclosed StreamingDistro Family: Arch

ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#8187 · opened 2021-10-29 by alou-S · updated 2023-09-21 · 6 comments · github

Aalou-S 2021-10-29 github

Your system information

Steam client version (build number or date): Oct 29 2021
Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Arch Linux
Opted into Steam client beta?: Yes
Have you checked for system updates?: Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Steam Remote Play streaming Microphone audio instead of Desktop audio on PipeWire Linux.
It is using the Microphone Source instead of the Analog Stereo Monitor Source.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

Install pipewire-pulse (Basically use pipewire)
Start Steam Remote Play
Connect to remote play with audio enabled
Can't hear desktop audio on device running Steam Link but can hear Microphone Audio

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2021-10-29 github

Previously seen at #7833.

Aalou-S 2021-11-01 github

OBS seems to capture desktop audio just fine. So its just Steam which has the problem.
The root cause of issue #7833 seems to have effected OBS to and was fixed.

Ddavid-james 2021-11-22 github

same issue
Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Kernel: 5.15.4-zen1-1-zen
steam build nov 19th 2022
PipeWire v: 0.3.40 running: yes

if i remove pipewire and use PulseAudio everything works fine via Steam Remote Play if i use the default PipeWire v: 0.3.40 then then steam defaults to streaming the microphone even though i don't have one.

Ddavid-james 2021-11-25 github

Not sure if this is helpful but i managed to get the sound working when i plug in my microphone and launch steam remote play i am able to manually pug in the connections helvum
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Aalou-S 2022-01-13 github

Issue seems to have been fixed sometime recently. Closing Issue.

Ppfych 2023-09-21 github

Still experiencing this issue, using qpwgraph to manually connect my monitor to steams input. Without this it streams my microphone.

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