Building My Own "Stream Deck" [Stream-Pi & Macro Deck]

I had... 'fun' trying to set up this stream deck alternative and thought you guys might enjoy it!
Check out the Elecrow 10.1" Touch Display Here
► www.elecrow.com/10-1-ips-hdmi-touch-screen-with-rgb-animated-light-capactivie-screen-compatible-with-raspberry-pi-jetson-nano-beaglebone.html?ann=2
Stream-Pi:
► stream-pi.com/
Macro Deck:
► macrodeck.org/
Khadas VIM1S:
► amzn.to/3J9g2Do
Grab some Hardware Haven Merch!
► hardwarehaven.media/haven-store
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Music (in order):
"CRENSHAW VIBES" - GARRISON (soundcloud.com/garrison-brown)
"If You Want To" - Me
"Sunshower" - LATASHÁ(soundcloud.com/best-music-pro...)
"Hardware Haven Theme" - Me (kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKinY6CFjqmDhKM)
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Gear I Use: (affiliate links)
► Camera - LUMIX G7 amzn.to/3LmfGdk
► SD Cards - SanDisk Extreme PRO amzn.to/3BPXrd1
► Capture Card - EVGA XR1 amzn.to/3Bn8qt7
► Studio Lights amzn.to/3BnYrUd
► Microphone - Shure SM7b amzn.to/3BP0TEB
► Interface - Presonus Quantum amzn.to/3QVeX3T
► Teleprompter amzn.to/3BxcN50
► My Remote Editing PC amzn.to/3J1hN5g
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:33 The Elecrow Display
3:18 My Plans
3:36 Setting Up The Pi Zero
4:30 Running Stream-Pi
5:52 My First Button
6:36 My Experience With Stream Pi
7:09 Macro Deck and The VIM1S
8:07 Rambling About How I'm Using It Currently
14:27 Wrapping Up

[@samvhell9104]

I read this as steam deck, i was pretty confused on how it'd work with a raspi 😆

[@HardwareHaven]

Yeah, that probably wouldn’t be a great experience 😂

[@verglas7]

me to

[@tonisterasmaa1813]

Same :D

[@Berkshire-Hathaway]

OMG me tooooo!

[@radradR0bot]

I did the exact same thing

[@Geeksmithing]

I am glad to see someone else present a project in a prototype-y sort of state. It helps combat that notion that everything needs to be perfect or IS always perfect when making these sorts of devices/builds and associate videos. Thanks for keeping it real! Subbed!

[@SuchByte]

Wow I subscribed you a long time ago and now you made a video about my software 😁 Thanks for using Macro Deck! I hope you‘ll enjoy it and there are many features planned for the future 😊

[@HardwareHaven]

Woah! Super cool! I'm really enjoying it so far. I'd love to chat about the software and maybe doing some kind of extended video or something in the future. Just reach out to my email if you're interested. No worries if not

[@ItsUltra_luxRay]

Wow your the actual dev of this Got to say it’s absolutely amazing i use this for just about everything Got to say keep it up this is a godsend

[@SuchByte]

​@@ItsUltra_luxRay Thank you very much! 😃

[@DRSKINGDAVID]

Can this software do a lot of the same things a stream deck does?

[@Elecrow]

I'm genuinely thankful for your appreciation of our Elecrow Meteor Screen 10.1" IPS Capacitive Touch Screen. Our pleasure to be one part of your work! Good job 👍

[@MarcoGPUtuber]

You has Raspberry Pi? That is like gold man!

[@verglas7]

only the pi 4

[@HardwareHaven]

Haha true sadly

[@SianaGearz]

@@verglas7 Nah look at rpilocator, they're all unobtanium.

[@mrmonsterman8000]

two words, underrated channel

[@matijslode]

Well, there is a software called "companion". It is used in combination with streamdeck, but it has a web ui test page

[@danielmunoz88]

I would love a video where we can see all the process you do to make a video, including all the things you added to this process to make it easier or better

[@HardwareHaven]

Like filming and editing or more of the testing and such?

[@danielmunoz88]

@@HardwareHaven Being honest both

[@HardwareHaven]

@@danielmunoz88 Cool, yeah I might look into that!

[@jonathandoe7490]

@@HardwareHaven would also like to see your filming and editing process, as well as setup tour

[@JaikrishnaAdithya]

Tbh i like the setup as a raspberry Pi fan!!!!

[@MikeBeeTV]

I've got around five or six Android tablets just laying around, I can easily write my own software to control them _like_ a stream deck but what I really want are physical buttons with mini-displays on them. I'm thinking of cheating it by using transparent switches over an Android tablet. I just have to finish the other 8,932,234 projects I've started and never completed.

[@JamesBuckleyusa]

That's all the streamdeck is.

[@MikeBeeTV]

@@JamesBuckleyusa I thought the Stream Deck had LCD buttons where you could change the display programmatically and with your own images.

[@olstar]

as soon as i saw this in the background i knew it would become a video at some point!

[@niklasb1720]

I use an old Asus Zenphone 2 and TouchPortal. Works just fine. can use an old 10" pad as well.

[@HardwareHaven]

For sure! And I missed that macrodeck can also run as a web client, so even an iPad could work although I don’t know if there would be a latency penalty. That being said, I still really like that it can function as a standalone display when needed

[@LeoLijo]

Some of your merch is pretty cool, i midgh buy the desk mat thing i think it looks really good

[@ayden7241]

I think I'll just use my old android tablet that I don't use as the macro deck, thanks for the idea!

[@Leebear2006]

YES I HAVE BEEN WANTING THIS VIDEO!!!

[@PixelholicYT]

You know... I barely use my switch. I'm totally using that thing as a macro deck running on Android. Thanks for the idea!

[@GeminiNight]

This is really cool!

[@ArcAiN6]

i used to use stream-pi, but the project has been dead for about a year (no new updates) also, half the promised features were never added, and half the features it does have, works half the time, if at all.. and on top of all of that, it's main developer left the project last year

[@JustinBarcroft]

Wouldn't any old kindle fire be cheaper than this touch display + raspi ? Then it just becomes a problem of getting some combination of android/locally served web page to do your macro things...

[@kevinhu196]

For your premiere text, would a mogrt help you setup templates with the same color etc.. I haven't done any hardcore editing for a while but I remember you can use mogrt template and have very cool graphics that you can edit, some advanced mogrt require after effect while some can be done in premiere

[@purejaguar]

Using this myself for obs and just thought I would let you all know EA pick it up and will kick you as they think your running macros for games like Battlefield 2042. Even set this up on an old Tablet and works a treat

[@nikshay6151]

Great video my guy!

[@HardwareHaven]

Glad you liked it!

[@RealJustPotato]

My brother, this is pretty cool!

[@HardwareHaven]

Thanks!

[@Inari-IX]

Can I ask how you got it to open webpages?

[@SoloNitesh-wb4kj]

I use my old keyboard with stickers for the same perpose

[@jyvben1520]

Sadly no info about how it connects (or did i miss it) the android device and the pc, cable or wifi ? pc usb to power it, so no data ..., macrodeck has webclient.

[@HardwareHaven]

Yeah I missed that. I was running it over wifi for a while but the VIM1S seemed struggle a bit with wifi so I just ran Ethernet to it.

[@umbertocolapicchioni2467]

hey Granpa, tell me again the story where you used to buy raspberry pi on the cheap, to replace more expensive hardware.

[@GigantTech]

you can run the stream pi client on android too btw

[@LandonHalley]

Yay new hardware haven video (I’m late this time 😢)

[@HardwareHaven]

Lol no you’re not 😂

[@gamingwithcola]

Hey Mate :) awesome vid have everything setup on my end its GREAT!! can you tell me one thing tho i cant figure out how to open a web browser and go to a page with one button?? any help would be awesome thanks

[@HardwareHaven]

For me I used the windows utils command line, then ‘start chrome “website URL”’

[@gamingwithcola]

@@HardwareHaven Your a Legend mate thank you so much :)

[@HardwareHaven]

No problem!

[@ManicMemory]

Nice video, very interesting

[@HardwareHaven]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@ManicMemory]

Btw every single time I read it as “steam deck” and “steam-pi” lol

[@kane587mad]

Why not just connect the display and touch directly to the PC?

[@dhernos]

Because it places the cursor where you tab the screen, meaning if you are in game, or working you would always have to move the mouse backt to where it was before

[@JaikrishnaAdithya]

Cool setup!!! : D

[@HardwareHaven]

Thanks!

[@BohdanKoshyk]

Hey dude, there IS a way to get text presets in premiere, although it is not very user friendly. I already totally forgot how to do it lol but if you're interested I'll check on my work PC and report back to ya 🤙🏽

[@aaaalex1994]

If only I had a touchscreen for my spare Pi 3...

[@cdarrigo]

Is this video sponsored by Elgato? I've never wanted a stream deck more!

[@HardwareHaven]

Haha clever. They are pretty sweet!

[@destronger5313]

could macro-deck be used to monitor PC temps and power?

[@HardwareHaven]

I don’t think there’s a plug-in for that, but that could be really cool!

[@DieAgeLP]

You can use Aida 64 for that and only connect a small screen via hdmi, you don't need a pi for that

[@HardwareHaven]

@@DieAgeLP I think he was asking if the app itself could have monitoring alongside the macr functionailty. Like have CPU temps on one of the tiles

[@jbcarreon123]

​​@@HardwareHaven There are a temperature monitoring plugin in Macro Deck 2 called "GPU-Z Plugin".

[@HardwareHaven]

@@jbcarreon123 oh dang, totally missed that haha

[@210Artemka]

They are sourcing these panels from China and slapping RGB lights along with higher price on them. You can get the same thing much cheaper if you don't need an RGB.

[@blindtechh]

Rasberry pi is soo freaking hard to find and I wanna make some kinda kvm device that I don't need to use my own keyboard mouse and monitor

[@HardwareHaven]

Yeah it’s tough out there

[@Dave102693]

Can a cheap android tablet work for this?

[@HardwareHaven]

Yep 👍🏻

[@Dave102693]

@@HardwareHaven how would I do this on an android tablet? Sorry if my question is dumb.

[@verglas7]

amazing video! ( :

[@HardwareHaven]

Thanks!

[@ThatRandomDude914]

Raspberry Pi Icon -> Display Settings -> turn down resolution (i recommend 720p)

[@UltimatePerfection]

Why build or buy something that can be replaced with an app? Deckboard is a thing, you know.

[@keis34]

İ made Minecraft server to your video but my friends can't join

[@edwardfletcher7790]

Micro USB for power on a small monitor is a big FAIL, that'll break within a year or two....😕

[@HardwareHaven]

Yeah, USBC would’ve been appreciated

[@JxH]

- Only 800 pixels tall, not 1080. - Micro (?) USB connectors. - RGB defaults on Sigh... I hope it's $50.

[@HardwareHaven]

For a screen that size I don’t think the resolution is too big of an issue personally. The stand quality and rgb default was a huge bummer though haha

[@Jelly420]

seems like a pi 3 / zero 2 would be better for this

[@HardwareHaven]

For sure, which is why I said I wish it worked better in the lower end stuff.

[@siddharthchordiya]

While setting up a Raspberry Pi, I always change the name of raspberry Pi in the raspberrypi.local option but never be able to access it through Any Idea??

[@HandBuilt]

Your network doesn’t support bonjour

[@siddharthchordiya]

@@HandBuilt Any idea how to fix this ??

[@zedalert]

$50-100 Android tablet is an ideal solution for a Macro Deck.

[@HardwareHaven]

For sure! I like being able to grab the screen for other things when needed though

[@bjoernschumacher5852]

The stream-pi website is dead.

[@mhdrkbalm]

android tablet wih macrodeck seem easier solution.

[@SortofGoodwithTech]

Hi

[@thedryparn1279]

Stream-Pi is dead. It hasn't had any updates since 2021.

[@itslike123]

we talking about stream deck diy, not rgb and watts usage akhhhh

[@ElNadaInLada]

You are talking a bit too much like an old aunty come to the point man

[@ilya_ash]

Probably you can automate some things even more, using Auto Hot Key, and addressing ahk scripts from the Deck. It is quite a learning curve, though; @taranvanhemert has a good course on this)