Streaming Steam Games on Raspberry PI

Some time ago, Valve introduced the Steam Link TV set-top box, which allows using the TV as a remote monitor. As the owner of the Raspberry Pi, I immediately attended to the question: “Can it, can it?”.

Interested please further.

For streaming, the usual Raspbian is used. This is for Raspberry. And for the source computer, it is mandatory to have a GeForce video card no worse than the GTX 650 and installed GeForce Experience.

The Steam client must be running on the source computer, streaming data must be enabled in the GeForce Experience.

We start Raspberry Pi, we enter into the console, we swing Java Development Kit. We write:

sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-jdk 

Next, download the client limelight:

 wget https://github.com/irtimmer/moonlight-embedded/releases/download/v1.2.2/limelight.jar 

Or more recent from here: https://github.com/irtimmer/moonlight-embedded/releases
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Install the Opus codec:

 sudo apt-get install libopus0 

If the sound already goes via HDMI, then skip the following commands, if not, then:

 sudo nano /boot/config.txt 

And we write hdmi_drive = 2

Connect the Raspberry with the source computer:

 java -jar limelight.jar pair IP- 

After two minutes, the message “Please enter the following PIN on the target PC: ****“ appears in the console, where the asterisks are the suggested code. The following label will come out on the source computer:



This PIN is driven in there.

Exit the graphical shell (Ctrl + Alt + F1) and drive in:

 java -jar limelight.jar stream IP- 

The Steam client switches to BigPicture mode and a copy of it appears on the TV screen. Games from Steam are all supported. Even as heavy as CoD Advanced Warfire, Bioshock Infinite and Wolfenstein The New Order. Management is done in the usual way using the keyboard and mouse connected to the Raspberry. So for the computer for $ 29 found another application, except as a media center and a retro console. That, given the $ 49 preliminary cost for Steam Link, looks more than tempting. And the absence of another “box with wires” is generally a gift from heaven.