DIY Game Streaming with the Raspberry Pi

Setting up a Game Cast Machine from a Raspberry Pi 3

We have a simple 5 Step Process to follow afters the Project will be up and running, lets go ahead and start off! Assuming you have a RaspberryPi 3 and the nessacary equipment up and running as a StandAlone Machine.

First Off
Make Sure you install GeForce Experience on your PC

Step 1 - Dependencies

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I recommend Raspbian img, It can be found on the Official Raspberry Site. This eliminates alot of the top-head installing that may be needed. So with that said Open your terminal and Copy Paste the Following.

sudo apt-get install libopus0 libasound2 libudev0 libavahi-client3 libcurl3 libevdev2

Next we will be setting up our audio.

Step 2 - Sound

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We will be editing our boot configuration file. This is to assure our sound is coming from our HDMI Cord.

sudo nano /boot/config.txt

You will enter this line if its not already.

hdmi_drive=2

Step 3 - Downloading MoonLight

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This is the software that is going to allow us to view our PC on our RaspberryPi. Before we download we need to add it to our Sources List.

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

Now once the file opens up you’ll need to add the following line and exit. Don’t forget to save it!

deb http://archive.itimmer.nl/raspbian/moonlight wheezy main

Run an update check on your Raspberry. I recommend getting in the norm of running this command each time you install a new program. It assures you are downloading the correct software and your current software is up to date. BOTTOM-LINE: It nips problems in the rear-end. To be good on a Linux. You learn to do preventive maintenance. This is like backup’s, Keeping the system up to date and more.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Now we can run our command to initialize the installation of Moonlight.

sudo apt-get install moonlight-embedded

Step 4 - Moonlight Setup/Configuration

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Find your IP of your Windows PC by running this command in PowerShell or cmd.exe

ipconfig

You should see your ip-address their. It will be differnt but mine is 192.168.0.35. Now on your RaspberryPi, type the following command to pair the two systems.

moonlight pair YOUR-IP

Now once this is complete take the PIN CODE that is given after you enter the command and Paste it into GeForce Experience

Step 5 - Streaming to your Moonlight Setup

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Go ahead open Big Picture on Steam, Type the following command and your off to the races.

moonlight stream -30fps YOUR-IP

There are a lot of commands These include 1080p streaming, changing bitrates, resolutions ways to set up controllers and more. I will give you the GitHub page to do a little reading and finalize your setup being each will be completely differnt. As always with my post if you have any problems feel free to contact me on social media or by comments and I will do what I can to help you! MoonLight GitHub