Any program can be added to steam by putting the Steam Deck into Desktop Mode (hold power button and select Desktop Mode) and finding the app in the start menu. Right click and select “add to steam” from the menu.
Kdenlive is a video editor that can be downloaded by opening the Discover package manager in desktop mode and selecting to install the program.
Why do this? Well, with Decky Loader plugin Decky Recorder you can record clips of gameplay in Gaming Mode with the Steam Deck. The default file location is /home/Videos/. There isn’t necessarily an easy way to view videos in Gaming Mode on the Steam Deck however, which means the next step of reviewing the footage you took while playing the game requires you to exit into Desktop Mode and open a video player like VNC.
Fine, but… I actually think I like this workflow better, add Kdenlive to steam so you can launch it in Gaming Mode and then create a layout inside Kdenlive (I called it “browse” in the video) that just has the “media browser”, “clip monitor” and “transport” selected. This is your video player to review the clips you record, now you can switch to the “editing” layout (layouts are in top right of screen in Kdenlive) and begin video editing without ever leaving gaming mode.
This video is a demonstration of using Kdenlive in Gaming Mode to make a video.
takeheart@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Different question: what’s the benefit/difference to launching the game from desktop mode instead? increased performance?
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Because while the whole reason I got the steam deck was that it has the capacity to function as a normal linux desktop, desktop UIs are terribly designed for anything other than mouse and keyboard and a nice big monitor.
Being able to launch Kdenlive in Gaming Mode makes the process of viewing and editing gameplay footage feel like a natural next step to playing the games and getting the footage. It doesn’t feel fiddly and obtuse like switching to Desktop Mode every time you want to browse the videos you recorded.
Also Kdenlive has a good full screen mode that is a really nice natural fit for Gaming Mode on the Steam Deck.
takeheart@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Ok,the suspension is actually a big deal.I noticed that in desktop mode it usually closes my open files in GIMP and others when I suspend. Not that I wouldn’t save everything first anyway, but good to know.
merthyr1831@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Nah, there’s no performance overhead for gamemode (if anything, you should see MORE performance in gamemode as it doesnt do complex window compositing)
But you do get stuff like drag-n-drop for files, virtual desktops, multi screen support, and other desktop features. Otherwise there’s no technical benefit, just workflow ones.