Steam Link now in BETA on Raspberry Pi

[slouken]

The Steam Link app is now available in beta on the Raspberry Pi 3 and 3 B+ running Raspbian Stretch

To install, run the following from a command line:
curl -#Of http://media.steampowered.com/steamlink/rpi/steamlink_1.0.7_armhf.deb
sudo dpkg -i steamlink_1.0.7_armhf.deb

To run, you can launch it from the Games menu, or run the following from a command line:
steamlink

The first time you run it, it will download the full app and create a desktop shortcut, and automatically update as needed.

[gocho8]

This is amazing, and totally unexpected (as was Steamplay). Thanks!

[Xenophobe]

this is excellent news, thanks slouken and thank the rest of the dev team too.

for anyone that prefers to use the usb dongle with your steam controller rather than bluetooth, type the following command line to install the files:

sudo apt install steam-devices

reboot the pi, then open steam link app, go to pair contoller, select steam controller, hold X while turning on the controller. if the controller was already paired to a hardware steam link hold A while turning on the controller.

[Daegalus]

Any chance we can get an Arm64 version of this for boards like the Pine64, Rock64, and so on? I personally have one of these that I want to make into a SteamLink / Rainway box: https://www.pine64.org/?page_id=7147 They have Debian/Raspbian/Ubuntu forks also.

[boh]

Does it work for everyone? I have problem, that after I start streaming steam shows on my tv for like 1 second and then blank screen -> No hdmi output follows and video output works after i quit steamplay. Is there any log that could help me or anything? Btw i use RPI 3 B+ with raspbian stretch

[slouken]

Originally posted by boh:

Does it work for everyone? I have problem, that after I start streaming steam shows on my tv for like 1 second and then blank screen -> No hdmi output follows and video output works after i quit steamplay. Is there any log that could help me or anything? Btw i use RPI 3 B+ with raspbian stretch

Try updating your system:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

[boh]

Originally posted by slouken:

Originally posted by boh:

Does it work for everyone? I have problem, that after I start streaming steam shows on my tv for like 1 second and then blank screen -> No hdmi output follows and video output works after i quit steamplay. Is there any log that could help me or anything? Btw i use RPI 3 B+ with raspbian stretch

Try updating your system:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

didn't help. Here is output when i run steamlink from terminal, maybe it'll help you somehow: https://pastebin.com/lj7K5dRf

[Neuron]

This is absolutely awesome, BUT one question. Why is it not supported on pi 2? Its the same die as the pi3, just slightly lower clocks.

[Thann]

I love you

[slouken]

Originally posted by boh:

Originally posted by slouken:

Try updating your system:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

didn't help. Here is output when i run steamlink from terminal, maybe it'll help you somehow: https://pastebin.com/lj7K5dRf

Found it, you need to comment out overscan_scale=1 in /boot/config.txt and then reboot.

[slouken]

Originally posted by Neuron:

This is absolutely awesome, BUT one question. Why is it not supported on pi 2? Its the same die as the pi3, just slightly lower clocks.

No, it's a completely different CPU, and the GPU doesn't support H.264 video at 1080p 60 FPS.

[slouken]

Originally posted by boh:

Does it work for everyone? I have problem, that after I start streaming steam shows on my tv for like 1 second and then blank screen -> No hdmi output follows and video output works after i quit steamplay. Is there any log that could help me or anything? Btw i use RPI 3 B+ with raspbian stretch

Check /boot/config.txt for the line overscan_scale=1 and comment it out and reboot if you find it there.

[boh]

Originally posted by slouken:

Originally posted by boh:

Does it work for everyone? I have problem, that after I start streaming steam shows on my tv for like 1 second and then blank screen -> No hdmi output follows and video output works after i quit steamplay. Is there any log that could help me or anything? Btw i use RPI 3 B+ with raspbian stretch

Check /boot/config.txt for the line overscan_scale=1 and comment it out and reboot if you find it there.

That worked, thanks for your help

[slouken]

Originally posted by boh:

Originally posted by slouken:

Check /boot/config.txt for the line overscan_scale=1 and comment it out and reboot if you find it there.

That worked, thanks for your help

You’re welcome!

[Severnya]

@slouken this is great, but I am having a little bit of difficulty when it comes to "Start playing"...

It says "Connecting..." then the app crashes. I cannot see any logs or reasons why it failed. Could you provide some assistance in debugging the reason? Can I start "steamlink" with some debug environment or switches set?

Cheers.

EDIT: this is what I am getting, for reference...

INFO: Starting Streaming
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
INFO: Received authorization proof request, responding with encrypted challenge
INFO: Received start streaming response k_ERemoteDeviceStreamingInProgress
INFO: Received start streaming response k_ERemoteDeviceStreamingSuccess

[slouken]

Originally posted by Severnya:

@slouken this is great, but I am having a little bit of difficulty when it comes to "Start playing"...

It says "Connecting..." then the app crashes. I cannot see any logs or reasons why it failed. Could you provide some assistance in debugging the reason? Can I start "steamlink" with some debug environment or switches set?

Cheers.

EDIT: this is what I am getting, for reference...

INFO: Starting Streaming
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
INFO: Received authorization proof request, responding with encrypted challenge
INFO: Received start streaming response k_ERemoteDeviceStreamingInProgress
INFO: Received start streaming response k_ERemoteDeviceStreamingSuccess

Not a lot there...

Can you ssh in and modify steamlink.sh to print out the launch command line and then run gdb on bin/streaming_client and run it with the launch command line and get a stack trace?