Valve have today announced a Beta version of the Steam Link app for the Raspberry Pi which could prove to be interesting.
Since Valve are seemingly discontinuing their own Steam Link device, along with creating the new Steam Link applications for mobile devices, one for the Raspberry Pi does make a lot of sense. I imagine quite a number of people already own the device, so being able to stream your favourite Steam games to it is probably quite appealing.
Specifically, the Pi 3 and 3 B+ are supported running Raspbian Stretch (A Debian-based Linux distribution). It can be installed directly from a Valve-provided .deb file and in the comments on the announcement Valve also linked to a Debian source package (after someone said about an arch PKGBUILD).
I imagine the Raspberry Pi folks are pretty happy to see Valve do this too.
See the full info here.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Very cool, but it's a pity it needs a Pi 3. I have some old 1s and 2s sitting around doing nothing, and I expect I'm not alone. It would have been nice to be able to put them to use. I assume it's a hardware limitation and there's nothing that can be done about it, though.
Oh, well. Santa is coming soon. :)
Oh, well. Santa is coming soon. :)
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wvstolzing Dec 3, 2018
I hope they also release steamcmd on the RPi eventually. (Or better yet, open source it.)
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This is good. I have a steam link and it is great for the kids in the living room.
I do dread the day my link breaks and I don't have some sort of steambox in the living room. Being able to deploy a RPi is a good fallback
I do dread the day my link breaks and I don't have some sort of steambox in the living room. Being able to deploy a RPi is a good fallback
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Mohandevir Dec 3, 2018
Awesome!
I only hope that the Steam Controller's usb dongles will be compatible... Not a big fan of using the bluetooth alternative...
Do you think we may hope for a futur integration with Kodi (OSMC/LibreELEC) and/or Retropi/Recalbox?
Last edited by Mohandevir on 3 December 2018 at 9:43 pm UTC
I only hope that the Steam Controller's usb dongles will be compatible... Not a big fan of using the bluetooth alternative...
Do you think we may hope for a futur integration with Kodi (OSMC/LibreELEC) and/or Retropi/Recalbox?
Last edited by Mohandevir on 3 December 2018 at 9:43 pm UTC
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"Since Valve are seemingly discontinuing their own Steam Link device, along with Steam Link applications for mobile devices"
Hm, did I miss something? The app seems to be alive, with the last update just three days ago? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.valvesoftware.steamlink
Hm, did I miss something? The app seems to be alive, with the last update just three days ago? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.valvesoftware.steamlink
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trawzified Dec 3, 2018
That's awesome! Too bad my Pi's Wi-Fi stopped working a few days ago :( Maybe I can try a USB Wi-Fi plug.
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Quoting: pb"Since Valve are seemingly discontinuing their own Steam Link device, along with Steam Link applications for mobile devices"Don't take antihistamines and write articles kids, you don't make sense. Fixed.
Hm, did I miss something? The app seems to be alive, with the last update just three days ago? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.valvesoftware.steamlink
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I feel like what I wrote in the spoiler below is too negative. I was (and am) quite hyped by this announcement, although it not having been open-sourced was a bit of a letdown to me :/
Still quite cool!
Original message:
Slightly cool... Although a piece of software like this one ough to be open source...
I guess they cannot opensource it due to some licensing concerns, or for obscure reasons. However, if it was open source, it would be super hyper mega cool!!! With people able to chime in and implement more bits of functionality, like USB over the network, and other stuff (there's sort of a snowball effect I've noticed with open source software: you have to provide a big enough seed with already some momentum in it if you want to see it become a success story). Network transparency for Wayland app comes to my mind as well.
So, please, if someone at valve could either push (harder?) for it to be open sourced, or at least state why it is not, it would be greatly appreciated, on behalf of the whole community.
I originally gave the Steam link six months for it to be reverse-engineered and a third-party client written. Then I gave the steam link app two months for the same feat. I guess I was wrong on both counts. I give this one a couple weeks? Multiply by 10?
More likely "With the steam Link app for mobile devices, along with discontinuing the steam link..." :)
Last edited by MayeulC on 3 December 2018 at 10:02 pm UTC
Still quite cool!
Spoiler, click me
Original message:
Slightly cool... Although a piece of software like this one ough to be open source...
I guess they cannot opensource it due to some licensing concerns, or for obscure reasons. However, if it was open source, it would be super hyper mega cool!!! With people able to chime in and implement more bits of functionality, like USB over the network, and other stuff (there's sort of a snowball effect I've noticed with open source software: you have to provide a big enough seed with already some momentum in it if you want to see it become a success story). Network transparency for Wayland app comes to my mind as well.
So, please, if someone at valve could either push (harder?) for it to be open sourced, or at least state why it is not, it would be greatly appreciated, on behalf of the whole community.
I originally gave the Steam link six months for it to be reverse-engineered and a third-party client written. Then I gave the steam link app two months for the same feat. I guess I was wrong on both counts. I give this one a couple weeks? Multiply by 10?
Quoting: pb"Since Valve are seemingly discontinuing their own Steam Link device, along with Steam Link applications for mobile devices"
Hm, did I miss something? The app seems to be alive, with the last update just three days ago? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.valvesoftware.steamlink
More likely "With the steam Link app for mobile devices, along with discontinuing the steam link..." :)
Last edited by MayeulC on 3 December 2018 at 10:02 pm UTC
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stretch611 Dec 3, 2018
Quoting: liamdaweSo, what you are saying is that hallucinogens are much better. :)Quoting: pb"Since Valve are seemingly discontinuing their own Steam Link device, along with Steam Link applications for mobile devices"Don't take antihistamines and write articles kids, you don't make sense. Fixed.
Hm, did I miss something? The app seems to be alive, with the last update just three days ago? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.valvesoftware.steamlink
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Nice! Some time ago I was checking if it was possible to install android on raspberry, to run the steamlink app (short answer: it's not). Now the problem is officially solved :)
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Stupendous Man Dec 3, 2018
Does that mean the Steam platform has or will be ported to ARM? Would be cool to run it my Linux-running ARM Chromebook!
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Quoting: Stupendous ManDoes that mean the Steam platform has or will be ported to ARM? Would be cool to run it my Linux-running ARM Chromebook!No, it will be pretty useless too since every game would need to then support ARM.
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Quoting: liamdaweQuoting: Stupendous ManDoes that mean the Steam platform has or will be ported to ARM? Would be cool to run it my Linux-running ARM Chromebook!No, it will be pretty useless too since every game would need to then support ARM.
Who knows what the future of Steam Play will bring :D
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gldnbrwncouches Dec 3, 2018
I had posted this in the forums right before this article was released. @liamdawe is always on top of it, antihistamines or not ;)
I was about to look at replacing my RPi as LibreElec boxes, but between this and the progress on Netflix/Prime/etc. playback, It think they got plenty of life left in them (at least until I get a 4k TV)
I was about to look at replacing my RPi as LibreElec boxes, but between this and the progress on Netflix/Prime/etc. playback, It think they got plenty of life left in them (at least until I get a 4k TV)
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Quoting: liamdaweQuoting: Stupendous ManDoes that mean the Steam platform has or will be ported to ARM? Would be cool to run it my Linux-running ARM Chromebook!No, it will be pretty useless too since every game would need to then support ARM.
This is why I'm interested in the Smach-Z. I think AMD has the only reasonably viable SoC that can support x86 and decent graphics which are both required for PC gaming.
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Quoting: MohandevirAwesome!Retropie and osmc are Raspbian-based, aren't they?
I only hope that the Steam Controller's usb dongles will be compatible... Not a big fan of using the bluetooth alternative...
Do you think we may hope for a futur integration with Kodi (OSMC/LibreELEC) and/or Retropi/Recalbox?
And regarding Kodi integration... you can probably launch the app already from it, but unless valve releases the code, I'd be surprised if someone creates a compatible addon for Kodi that replaces the UI or even has it's own reverse engineered base, but it's not impossible.
I'm currently setting up a retropie instance myself and am not quite sure if the app will replace my steamlink. I want to use my fighting sticks as primary controls and some 8bitdo's for games that need digital input, but it's also kind of tempting...
Last edited by const on 3 December 2018 at 11:51 pm UTC
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slaapliedje Dec 4, 2018
Hmm, my questions are... why didn't they just release a Link 2 with an RPi built in (I really like the Link's case / size) along with 'build your own'.
Other question... how do I integrate this with Emulation Station!?
I already have a RetroPi set up on a 3 B+ with the roms mounted over sshfs, and it works great with my 8bitdo controller. But if I could ad Steam Streaming to it to work with the UI... though some of the games I would certainly rather play with the Steam Controller.
Other question... how do I integrate this with Emulation Station!?
I already have a RetroPi set up on a 3 B+ with the roms mounted over sshfs, and it works great with my 8bitdo controller. But if I could ad Steam Streaming to it to work with the UI... though some of the games I would certainly rather play with the Steam Controller.
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I was looking for an excuse to buy a Raspberry Pi...now I have one :P
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