[RPi] Steam Link Launcher

  • A bit of a lurker here, but inspired by the work on this thread, and using the Moonlight launcher as a base, I've created a Steamlink version.
    I've only tested it with Libreelec 10/11 and the Raspberry Pi 4 so far, so any feedback on other setups is more than welcome.

    Steamlink launcher - https://github.com/meekys/plugin.program.steamlink

    Awesome job, but yep it's a shame that the Steamlink app for RPi is proprietary to the hardware, as it'd be a wonderful addition to Moonlight on general ARM SBC's (and especially handhelds).

  • dtech That looks like a kernel crash to me.

    Has anything changed in your environment since December when it was working?

    • Updated LibreELEC?
    • Different raspberry pi? (3 vs 4)

    I'm not sure what to suggest other than perhaps trying to update SteamLink in the application. (There should be an option in the settings dialog). It should fetch the latest SteamLink + dependencies.

    Hopefully this resolves the issues, as I can't reproduce it here (Typical developer response. "It works on my machine")

  • Has anything changed in your environment since December when it was working?

    I don't know after all this time.

    Updated LibreELEC?

    Yes. I have now installed the current 11.0.6 but the error still exists.

    Different raspberry pi? (3 vs 4)

    Nope. I don't have an RPi3, so it would be difficult to replace it. :)

    I'm sending a log excerpt for this, if that helps:

  • Is there any update to this issue?

    I did a couple of tests today with clean installations of LE on my RPi4 and got the followiing results:

    LE 10.0.4 --> works

    LE 11.0.6 --> didn't work --> same issue as dtech posted above

    LE 12.0.0 --> didn't work --> screen goes black and then the LE UI comes back

    I did additional tests on my RPi3:

    LE 11.0.6 --> works

    LE 12.0.0 --> didn't work --> screen goes black and then the LE UI comes back

  • Tried to get this working on LE 12 on RPi4. It looks like it's not starting due to audio issues? This is not a fresh build and I'm a novice with this stuff. That said, here's the log file starting with trying to launch Steam Link...after end of log events is black screen and soft reboot to LE. Please let me know if additional info is required.


  • On LE12 I also had some entrys in the logs regarding audio and alsa. But I didn't took a deeper look into it, just checked the logs of the steam link launcher. I'm also new to this stuff, so if some needs additional information, please let me know which logs or stuff can help.