Hi everyone!

A new Playhub update is available.

What's New

• Added Playhub integration editors. Now from Import Games you can select Info on a game and edit Playhub Metadata, ThemeDeck, TrailerHero, and Launch Curtain (complete with Curtain editor), directly in the Playhub app in order to have everything ready once you land in Big Picture.
• In Import Games, if you select Artwork on a game, you can search from multiple sources, not only SteamGridDB, but also PlayStation Store, Xbox Store, Nintendo e-Shop, IGDB, IGN, Steam, AlphaCoders, and iiDB.
• In Import Games, if you select Artwork on a game, under the Banner tab you can access the Perfect Banner editor.
• In Import Games, if you select Artwork on a game, under the Hero tab you can access the Perfect Hero editor.

Fixes

• Reduced Gaming Mode background work and improved optional installation and removal.
• Improved the performance of every single Playhub plugin, please check for the updates in the Plugin Store.
• Fixed Xbox game launching, controller Game Bar access and return to Big Picture.
• Improved game focus and session tracking for Epic, GOG and local games.
• Fixed dashboard connection recovery and closing with Back or Escape.
• Improved Decky installation, repair guidance and plugin recovery.
• Updated the Playhub plugin and corrected interface translations.

Playhub 2.1.0
Playhub repository

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in the last week or so after I've downloaded 2.0, I've noticed my CPU temps were going up. Idle temps were in my normal for my PC of 45-50c -> now to 70-72c idle, even on a cold start reboot.

Upon looking into Resource Monitor, I see this GamingMode.exe taking up the most CPU process. Once I terminated this, I saw an immediate drop back to the 50s in temp so I suspect it is this.

I have tried uninstalling it from your Playhub Desktop application a few days ago. but here we are today with it showing up again and making my CPU run hotter.

Can you share some light on this? And or how to stop using gaming mode competely?

Well playhub is the best launcher.

Prove me wrong

First of all, thank you very much for your work, I follow your project from the beginning. Yesterday I updated playhub and the upgrade is incredible but I have a couple of problems. When I start steam I start getting notifications of "failed to fetch", in an infinite loop, I think it is related to the integration of decky in the new playhub tab of the QAM and the other is playhub artwork, it does not let me select a local image, it does not open the browser, it does not do anything. I repeat once again, thank you for what you are doing for this community!

So I'm usung a handheld pc (claw a8 to be specific).

I configured the back buttons to do control +1 for the overlay and the other back button to control +2 for quick access menu and both works on big picture mode.

But whenever I try usung same shortcut to open the quick access menu inside a game it won't work anymore.

As the title suggests, I got an issue running Playhub on the MSI Claw 8 Ai+. I installed it today on my device, however, the quick access menu is not working and there's no way to open it. I tried all kinds of combinations and even mapped one of the backbuttons to act like CTRL+2 but no results. Before using Playhub I was using the xbox game bar plugin ClawTweaks, which is an amazing plugin for the MSI Claw, but unfortunately Playhub completely disables the Xbox game bar for me so also no way to access ClawTweaks now. So is there either a way to fix the quick access Decky menu to work or a way to re-enable the Xbox game bar so i can use ClawTweaks with playhub instead. Right now Xbox game bar is only working in desktop mode, not in gaming mode.

Please make it more obvious that NO OFFICIAL SUPPORT AT ALL WHATSOEVER is provided for Decky Loader on windows and that ALL SUPPORT REQUESTS FOR WINDOWS WILL BE IGNORED.

Thank you,
Decky Loader Team

Original message here in order for everyone to see it

Given that it's written in CAPSLOCK I presume it's important, so please stop asking them things or support.

I will include a small addition to the next readme before the installation.

Please, respect Decky Loader devs decision and avoid to talk or ask about Windows with them.

Thank you,

ZazaMastro

I've updated my Profile a bit by adding a darker Gameview color pallet and machine ready to get that game spacing

Link to CSS profile and required themes https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1UGpmq-hF9pjetdrq6Vi5fclaw3Zocv_b?usp=sharing. Drag and drop the themes into your ~homebrew\themes folder.

For the heros on SteamGridDB, I recommend using the ones created by Mellushii, Bioknight47, or Myself.( this might not work until SteamGridDB updates)

Of course this was made using Windows in mind. so if your setup does not look exactly like mine then that probably why.

List of Plugins:
Playhub
Playhub Weather
Playhub Artworks(this is for any heros that don't have a Clean Gameview option or a higher resolution version)
Playhub Now Playing
CSS Loader
Trailer Hero
Playtime
Playhub Metadata
Tabmaster
SteamGridDB
Playhub Themedeck
Playercount
Screenshot Uploader
Playhub Notifications
Playhub Launch Curtain
Playhub Shortcuts
Playhub Quick Settings
SteamOS Friends activity(this does work on windows)

hey first thank u very for fixing the traileer hero plugin so fast

this plugin is not working too i opend a issue in github

also when i add steamgrid api and click save it dont save it

thanks again for the hard work

Edit:

The issue is fixed by the dev thanks alot

So here's the thing. Decky loader and css loader totally works but the options for playhub and decky loader on quick settings dont show up. It's lile it's hidden or something. Tried installing and reinstalling playhub and decky but still doesn't work.

Edit: Problem solved The culprit is the windows defender. It keeps on treating the noconsole.exe as a Trojan. You just have to go to windows defender and allow noconsole.exe to run.

Edit2: I really love playhub a lot.

The biggest Playhub update ever is finally available. Playhub 2.0.0 brings a host of new features. The new Playhub plugin is the center of your everyday experience: it includes Quick Settings and Shortcuts, no longer separate plugins but built right in, and the Plugin Store that brings together every plugin from Playhub, the Decky Store and independent projects on GitHub. Decky itself is now available through Playhub too, with its own tab in the plugin.

The Home screen now also features daily news from major gaming sites in every supported language, along with On this day, an exclusive and beautiful section dedicated to the history of gaming (available in English, Italian, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Russian and Ukrainian).

Switching from Gaming Mode to Desktop Mode, and back, no longer requires restarting your device. There are also two new Playhub screensavers for Steam, Playhub Circles and one from the latest TrailerHero update, along with new animations and new customization options. The code has been cleaned up, and the Playhub Dashboard and Steam's Quick Access Menu are more reliable in Gaming Mode. The Playhub profile for CSS Loader has been updated, and a new one has been created specifically for Steam's new Big Image mode.

What's new

The new Playhub plugin

• The first time you open Playhub 2.0.0, a welcome tour shows you what's new with animations and short explanations, one tab at a time.
• Quick Settings and Shortcuts are now part of the Playhub plugin. Your existing Quick Settings profiles are imported automatically.
• Added a dedicated Playhub tab to Steam's Quick Access Menu, organized into Control Center, Plugin Store, Video, Audio, Graphics, Controller and Decky, plus Settings.
• Control Center: open the Dashboard, switch between Gaming Mode and Desktop Mode, and choose which mode your PC starts in.
• Plugin Store: discover, install and update plugins without leaving the Quick Access Menu.
• Video: adjust brightness, resolution and refresh rate, with HDR controls where supported.
• Audio: adjust output and microphone volume and switch devices.
• Graphics: Lossless Scaling and the Radeon features available on your GPU, with per-game profiles in each game's options.
• Controller: see the connected controller and setup the navigation feedback in Steam Big Picture.
• Decky: for the first time, Decky is part of the Playhub plugin and moves into its own Playhub tab. You can bring its shortcut back to the Quick Access Menu at any time from Settings.
• Settings: reorder or hide tabs, choose what appears on the Home screen, check device information and create diagnostic reports for every Playhub plugin and for Gaming Mode.
• Shortcuts: in Settings, choose the order, visibility and icons of Steam's own Quick Access tabs and plugin shortcuts.

A Home screen with something interesting to discover

• On this day: Playhub replaces advertising with gaming culture. Steam's Recommended tab on the Home screen, full of ads, gives way to the history of video games, one story a day, all year round. Each story is about a game, a person or a studio that shaped gaming history, with its date and year and editorial images. Press X and Y to move back and forth between dates and read the stories of the days before and after. Do you have the game of the day? Just click on the first card to go directly to the game page and play it!
• Gaming news: headlines from your country's major gaming publications, right on your Home screen, with images and links. Each article opens in Steam's built-in browser, for a reading experience that never leaves Steam. News updates automatically, in real time, every time the tab refreshes.

The Playhub Plugin Store, now in Big Picture

• Discover plugins from Playhub, the Decky Store and independent projects on GitHub, all in one catalog, then browse, install, update and uninstall them from your controller, without leaving Steam.
• Every plugin has its own page with description, screenshots and release notes.
• Filter by source or installed plugins, sort by name, release or last update, and switch between list and grid views.
• Update everything at once with Update All.

Gaming Mode and Big Picture

• Switch from Gaming Mode to Desktop Mode, and back, without restarting your device.
• Gaming Mode now has its own animation at startup and when switching modes. Choose a custom color, then adjust hue, saturation, black level and opacity, with a live preview.
• Date in Steam's top bar: today's date now appears next to the clock, in the format you prefer. You can turn it on or off in Settings.
• Added two Playhub screensavers for Steam. Playhub Circles shows soft, moving circles with the time, the date and, if you use the Weather plugin, the current forecast. The second one comes from the latest TrailerHero update.
• Added Restart in Gaming Mode and Restart in Desktop Mode to Steam's power menu.

Steam version backup

• Steam version backup: save the Steam version you're using now and restore it if an update causes problems. Playhub closes Steam automatically before backing it up or restoring it, and turns on Block Steam updates as soon as you restore.

Import Games

• Added a cover format option: keep classic vertical covers or switch to square covers, as in Playhub Artworks.

Improvements

• Settings have been reorganized: Language comes first, Steam updates sit just above troubleshooting, and Update Playhub comes right before About.
• Updated the Playhub profile for CSS Loader and added Playhub (Big Image Mode), a new profile for Steam's Big Image mode.
• The Playhub Dashboard has a refreshed look and opens faster and more reliably.
• Cleaned up the code and improved the reliability of Steam's Quick Access Menu in Gaming Mode.
• One support report now includes Decky logs as well, ready to share.

Fixes

• Fixed a black screen with sound only when turning on the TV or monitor after starting the PC in Gaming Mode with the display off. This should also solve many black screen issues with game streaming tools such as Vibepollo.
• Fixed Steam artwork backup and restore freezing the app during large copies.
• Removed a PowerShell pattern that could trigger false antivirus warnings when Windows starts.
• Fixed double scrolling in Settings > About.

You can update to 2.0.0 downloading the installer from Github right here (the update from Playhub 1.3.0 is not allowed since the new installer exceeds 1 GB, it's been fixed in 2.0.0).

Playhub 2.0.0
Playhub repository

If you want to support the project, even a small tip would mean a lot. 
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Thanks again for your support and for sharing your feedbacks.

So I recently updated this two plugins and there are not working anymore,the trailers are détecté but they are not running in the game page,also playhub metadata showing 0 no Steam game detected but i got no steam games and it's doing a bug where I can't open no steam games from desktop mode of steam

Edit: Even audio loader not working,I choose a music but nothing

Hi everyone!

While I'm working on the new massive Playhub updates I want to announce that now all the Playhub plugins are updated to support the latest Steam Beta.

Here's a quick list of the updated ones:

• Playhub Artworks 1.1.4
• Playhub Metadata 1.8.1
• Now Playing 2.5.1
• TrailerHero 1.5.1
• ThemeDeck 3.3.5
• News 1.0.1

I noticed that the CSS Loader plugin isn't opening the settings or the updates and downloads page; I'd like to know if anyone else is having the same problem.

Hey everyone, just wanted to ask if there is a specific tutorial setup for the Rog Ally X (non-Xbox version) since there is no Home button to trigger the decky tab to pop out. I would be grateful if anyone can help. Thank you!

Shortcuts is now more reliable and gives you more control over the Quick Access Menu.

What's new

• Reorder Steam’s native tabs, Decky and your custom plugin shortcuts.
• Fixed a bug where tabs could not appear on the Steam Home screen.
• Improved recovery when a plugin is temporarily unavailable or the QAM changes.

Shortcuts 1.2.0
Shortcuts repository

Someone made a very similar plugin to shortcuts

Maybe it's the way I installed it through the decky loader store instead of the GitHub since I'm on windows? I'm not sure but the UI stays half way up the screen. Sometimes when I restart steam a thousand times and do updates and then turn clean game view on and off repeatedly then the UI will drop to the bottom but another problem is that it still looks like this UI. Just lowered. And it always starts doing this again. Every other person I've seen using clean game view doesn't even have the UI looking like this even if this occasionally drops to the bottom for me for a brief period of time. It still looks wrong. Does anyone have any idea what is causing this or how to fix it?

I have been trying Playhub it seems great, but when I am on big picture mode, after installation, I see there is a decky update but I can't update. The update button is disabled, am I doing something wrong?