Hello,
I’ve got Cockpit running successfully on my Steam Deck and use it to control my BlueROV2. But for my purposes it’s important to do recordings of streams and telemetry and I can’t figure out how to access those.
I’m able to start and end the recordings but can’t find the folder in which they are saved in desktop mode on the Steam Deck.
Does anyone know how to access them or if that’s even possible yet on the Steam Deck?
I’d appreciate any help.
Hi @steelol, welcome to the forum 
If downloading them from the Video Library in Cockpit’s Settings / Video menu doesn’t tell you (or allow you to specify) where they’re going then we should definitely include some dedicated documentation for this, at least in our handhelds setup guide, and possibly also in the general Cockpit docs.
I don’t have access to a Steam Deck, but have asked internally to get a response on this.
Thank you,
I guess the problem is, that they get saved in some other partition, that is not accessible via the file manager in desktop mode. I can’t actually find none of the Cockpit program data there.
When I open the video library in Cockpit, I have the option to save the videos at some other location, but it seems to be only this partion, that I can save them in.
Following up, there is apparently a related Issue open, which I have added our internal discussion to.
In short, it seems it may not have been fully implemented or tested to start with, so we need to investigate why access is currently not working, and whether there’s some way to locate/recover existing recordings.
ah perfect. Good to know it’s already getting adressed.
The Steam Deck got it’s own screen recording, so it’s not that big of an issue, but to record each stream individually and also have the telemetry would still be highly welcomed.
Thank you
@steelol we just solved the bug and the fix is merged on 1.16.0-beta.8. Thanks for reporting it!
Awesome, thanks for the quick fix. I just tried it out and the recording and saving of videos now works great.
The only issue I’m having with this beta version is that the trigger switches on the steam deck no longer work properly. It acts like both are constantly pressed.
With the camera tilt on the triggers, the camera tilts all the way up (right trigger) without any input. When the right trigger is unmaped, the camera tilts down (left trigger). In the controller menu is shows the triggers corectly (only marked red when actually pressed).
Can you check if you are having the same issue with this version?
I’m happy the video fix is working for you!
I will check the problem with the trigger and get back to you.
@steelol is this problem consistent between boots or it comes and goes? And does it exist as well in v1.16.0-beta.9 (we just released it with several fixes)?
I just tried the new beta and unfortunatly the problem is still present. I’ve tried several restarts of the ROV and the Steam Deck.
@steelol I was able to reproduce the issue you were having! I’m currently taking a look at it.
@steelol we have just released v1.16.0-beta.11 with a fix to this problem. Could you confirm if the issue goes away with it?
Yes, thank you. With that update everything now works perfectly.
@steelol nice! Let us know if you have any other problem.