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135 lines
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# Steam
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- [Steam Store](https://store.steampowered.com)
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## Resources
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- [Steam Web API Documentation](https://steamcommunity.com/dev/)
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- [Steamworks Documentation](https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/home)
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- [Valve Developer Wiki](https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Main_Page)
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## Third-party Resources
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- [SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/)
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- tracks depot changes, price history, everything steam
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- [gg.deals](https://gg.deals)
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- tracks game deals for steam, steam key stores and other platforms
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- [IsThereAnyDeal](https://isthereanydeal.com)
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- similar to gg.deals except it does not support key seller tracking
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- [SteamGifts](https://steamgifts.com/)
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- giveaway Steam keys or take part in giveaways
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- [SteamTradeMatcher](https://steamtradematcher.com/)
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- one-to-one trading of items on Steam
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- [ArchiSteamFarm](https://asf.justarchi.net)
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- useful bot written in C# to farm trading cards for owned games that can be
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sold
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- [SteamGridDB](https://steamgriddb.com/)
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- custom video game assets for games available and not available on Steam
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- [ProtonDB](https://www.protondb.com/)
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- community-sourced Linux and Steam Deck compatibility tracker
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## Steam Client
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- [Steam Client Valve Wiki Page](https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Steam)
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- [SteamCMD Valve Wiki Page](https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SteamCMD)
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### Accessing the Console
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- Use the following URIs on a browser or a file manager to open GUI client with
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the console:
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- `steam://nav/console`
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- `steam://open/console`
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- will not work if the Steam client is running in the background
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- The `-console` flag can be used with the client executable
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- Alternatively, SteamCMD, a command-line only version of the Steam client, can
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be used
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- [Windows
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Binary (.zip)](https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/client/installer/steamcmd.zip)
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- [Linux
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Binary (.zip)](https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/client/installer/steamcmd_linux.tar.gz)
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- [macOS
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Binary (.zip)](https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/client/installer/steamcmd_osx.tar.gz)
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### Downloading Older Depots
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Download a single depot (used to download older versions of applications/games):
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`download_depot <appid> <depotid> [<target manifestid>] [<delta manifestid>][<depot flags filter>]`
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[SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/) can be used to find the required argument
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values.
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## Steam Deck
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- [Official Website](https://www.steamdeck.com/)
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### Third-party Software
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- [Decky Plugin Loader](https://decky.xyz/)
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- Source: [GitHub / SteamDeckHomebrew](https://github.com/SteamDeckHomebrew)
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- Installer:
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[decky_installer.desktop](https://github.com/SteamDeckHomebrew/decky-installer/releases/latest/download/decky_installer.desktop)
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### Console-like Youtube in Gaming Mode
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- Using Chromium's undocumented command-line options, the user agent can be
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changed to PlayStation's, Xbox's or Tizen's (Samsung's TV OS) and the
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application can be launched in full screen by using the `--kiosk` flag. The
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following XDG Desktop Configuration, for example, can be used and added as a
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non-Steam game while in Desktop mode for access in gaming mode
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```ini
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#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
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[Desktop]
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Version=1.0
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Type=Application
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Name=YouTube TV
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GenericName=Online Video Platform
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Comment=An online video-sharing, social media platform
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Exec=/usr/bin/flatpak run --branch=master --arch=x86_64 --file-forwarding org.chromium.Chrome @@ %F @@ --user-agent='Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; Xbox; Xbox Series X) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/48.0.2564.82 Safari/537.36 Edge/20.02' --kiosk 'https://www.youtube.com/tv'
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Terminal=false
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MimeType=text/plain;
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# $XDG_PATH contains the paths used to fetch icons, extensions for supported formats are optional Icon=com.youtube.tv
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```
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- Firefox can also be used however the supported command-line options are
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limited
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- The URL for the TV user interface is https://www.youtube.com/tv
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- Without the user agent change, the above URL is inaccessible and will redirect
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you to the desktop version of the website
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- Adblockers like uBlock Origin, AdBlock Plus (both tested) do not remove ads
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even if they work with the desktop version
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- Choosing an Xbox user agent is recommended as button prompts match the Steam
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Deck's `ABXY` button layout
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- The Electron framework can be used to build a wrapper for the URL
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- This is the preferable method as it supports exiting from within the
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application, while browsers only support manual termination from the Steam
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menu.
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- Sample code for the electron app (assuming you can build linux binaries
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for the target platform):
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```javascript
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// sample code to get started
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const { app, BrowserWindow } = require('electron');
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app
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.whenReady()
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.then(() => {
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const win = new BrowserWindow({
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backgroundColor: '#2e2c29',
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kiosk: true,
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});
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win.maximize();
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win.loadURL('https://youtube.com/tv');
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win.webContents.userAgent = 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; Xbox; Xbox Series X) '
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+ 'AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) '
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+ 'Chrome/48.0.2564.82 Safari/537.36 Edge/20.02';
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})
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.catch(() => { });
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```
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### Miscellaneous
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- When using a dock or a hub to connect to an external display, ensure the
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display supports the refresh rate set on the device; some TVs and some
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monitors only support refresh rates that are multiples of 30Hz
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