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If you’d like to get your Steam Deck to boot with something other than the handheld’s logo, you can do so with a beta update available to install.
By going to Settings > System > Steam Update Channel > Betayou can install this update (opens in new tab) that also changes the resolution when connected to an external display, so you don’t have to do this once your Steam Deck is connected to it.
Enabling another animation is a simple matter, putting a video in ‘steamui/overrides/movies/‘ in Desktop mode, and once the Steam Deck boots up, it will search for a video in this folder and play it the next time the Deck boots up.
There is already one reddit thread (opens in new tab) which contains a lot of videos that you can download and use in this folder, but we were wondering what we could use ourselves.
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Of course, with the fact that it’s the 25th anniversary of the spiceworld album (opens in new tab), you might want to use the intro to one of the Spice Girls’ songs, such as Who Do You Think You Are. Seeing that startup would definitely herb increase your Steam Deck with each boat.
Still, you could install others like the game console boot videos of the past. From PlayStation 1 to Xbox, there’s a whole lot you can do download via this link (opens in new tab) and place in the folder Valve specified, and your Deck can play a mix of these and Spice Girls videos.
It says a lot about how Valve keeps an eye on the community’s innovative efforts, with YouTubers (opens in new tab) releasing unofficial ways to do this sooner. With this amount of customization, we’re only left wondering what else we can do by the time 2022 ends.