I’m playing Station to Station, Cyberpunk, and Miles Morales currently. I’ve noticed when I stream from my main rig to the Deck the colors are drastically different from both what the game looks like natively on the SD and my rig’s own monitor. I’m curious as to what gives, and how/where to fix it.

-PC has a RTX 3060, current WHQL drivers -Steam Deck OLED 512GB on Stable channel -Colors are tilted towards too much red, orange, and brown in all 3 games. But only while streaming, playing off the Deck natively it looks more…natural?

EDIT: Preview 3.5.8 contains a fix to the issue.

Fixed incorrect colors (gamma) when using Steam In-Home Streaming.

  • MentalEdge
    8•1 year ago

    HDR probably doesn’t work when streaming. Hence why it looks different to running natively.

  • @[email protected]
    3•1 year ago

    Steaming in my experience significantly degrades colors. Idk if it drops to 4:2:0 or what, but it definitely doesn’t look as good as 4:4:4 that I have when directly connected. This may not be relevant to your situation, but it’s what came to mind reading your post.

    Also, typically, you handle color calibration in the monitors settings, not the OS.

  • EcksellOP
    1•1 year ago

    UPDATE: Preview 3.5.8 contains a fix to the issue.

    Fixed incorrect colors (gamma) when using Steam In-Home Streaming

  • @SpaceNoodle
    0•1 year ago

    Does your display not have picture adjustment controls?

    • EcksellOP
      1•1 year ago

      PC has tons of course. SD has a few, but they only apply when playing native, not streaming.

      • @SpaceNoodle
        1•1 year ago

        I’m talking about the display, not the device you’re connecting to it.

          • @SpaceNoodle
            -8•1 year ago

            Congratulations. Does your display not have picture adjustment controls?

            • MentalEdge
              5•1 year ago

              Dude, how the fuck is adjusting the desktop display colors gonna fix the colors on the decks display?

              OP’s not being dense, you’re just being an ass while going on about a non-solution.

            • EcksellOP
              1•1 year ago

              Well look at that. They found and fixed the issue.

              Fixed incorrect colors (gamma) when using Steam In-Home Streaming.

              Thanks for your “help.”

                • EcksellOP
                  -1•1 year ago

                  Damn, if that was trying then I’d hate to see the other options LOL!

              • MentalEdge
                1•1 year ago

                Not the other guy, but when streaming the HDR OLED is likely not getting the full color data the way it does when you play directly on the deck.

                There’s nothing unusual happening here, although the deck OLED may need some way to adjust how it displays an SDR image.

                • EcksellOP
                  1•1 year ago

                  This is the same Steam Deck in both pics. On the HDR part, you are most likely right. Though I dont remember this being mentioned in any reviews.