I have a Samsung Tab 6 with a very nice 8" oled screen. I want to use it in combo with my Bluetooth controller for my Steam Games (for a little more reading room). I’ve tried Steam Link and it works, but the lag of my wifi make it quite unplayable so, since i already have a dock and an hdmi cable, i was thinking of buying a second dock ( as the one in the photo). Anyone has done anything similar? Can you suggest any free android app to do the mirroring from the deck to my tablet??

  • ISolox@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Your dock won’t work, as its most likely HDMI out only (not in). Even a lot of the capture cards that do have HDMI in tend to have a lot of delay, same with a lot apps that would encode a signal over USB, which would also have a performance hit on your Steamdeck as well. I unfortunately can’t think of a good solution except maybe upgrading your wifi access point and using a wired network connection with your Steamdeck, but by then you mind as well just buy an external USB-C display.

  • Jaeger86@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Dude I have the exact one in the photo for my 2nd dock and it works, which surprised me for the price. IDK about the mirroring but I have it plugged into my spare work monitor

  • jimerson@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I don’t know about your specific use-case, but I’ve successfully used the pictured hub as a Steam Deck dock.

  • DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You need a smaller monitor for this, full stop. A tablet isn’t a monitor. Anything you try will lag like hell.

  • Fubarberry@sopuli.xyzMEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Most of the external portable screen projects I’ve seen for the deck use devices that can directly receive video over usb-c, like XR glasses or portable screens. I don’t know of a good way to convert video over usb-c (or hdmi from a dock) into something that your Android tablet can receive and play. There are some windows only apps that can stream video via usb to a tethered tablet, but I don’t know of a linux/steamOS compatible option. If anyone does, I would love to hear it.

    The easiest thing to try next would be to install Sunshine on your deck, and Moonlight on your tablet. It will still streamed over wifi, but a lot of people get better stream quality/less lag than with steam streaming.