Install Xteve on Raspberry Pi on Raspbian

by fayraz

Hi,

Just wondering if someone has and knows how to run Xteve on Raspbian so I can get IPTV on Plex?

I have downloaded the file but not sure what you have to do from there on Windows it runs the server and you go to the webpage.

Thanks.

fayraz

Thanks for the input guys figured out how to do this.

I download the Arm x32 version and extracted it and then opened a Terminal window and ran the commands:

cd /path/to/xteve/

chmod +x xteve

./xteve

This started the web server and I used the IP address to setup the M3U etc.

Now I need to figure out why my Plex is not seeing the Tuner? :)

Hopefully this will help other people.

techuck_

Not sure, and I don't have a linux distro to figure it out on right now. If nobody who knows chimes in here, here's some stuff you can try/check, each bullet is something to try/check, not steps:

  • I'd try with 32-bit ARM download to start unless you know for sure that you have a 64-bit Pi...which I think only the new ones are. I'm 99.9% sure all Pis are ARM still.
  • cd to the path where you extract the zip, ie, open terminal, type 'cd' <enter>, type' cd /fayraz/Downloads/xteve (or wherever your unzipped to, I think this is case sensitive)', type 'xteve'...google how to extract the zip if it's not in the right click menu for you. It might be built and ready to run, so you don't install it, you just run the program. Linux is neat/weird, as I'm sure you know.
  • try to change the extension from zip to .deb, right-click and select install...sometimes file hosting won't host a .deb but can host a .zip and it's just assumed we know that.
  • unzip the file, add .sh to the xteve file, then right-click and run
  • if you get messages like 'file not found or doesn't exist', make sure you're in the right directory...it might be easier to just move the xteve file to the directory/folder where terminal takes you if you're getting trouble with cd in terminal

Once you get an output that looks like it's working, go to the browser and put in the address that it spit out in terminal, ie localhost:34400 or 192.168.1.123:34400 , should pretty much be the same as Windows from there other than no C:/ stuff, check the xteve logs in web UI after each step for errors and try to fix before moving to next steps...sometimes Linux directories can be weird with ./Downloads, ~..Downloads stuff. I'm a Linux noob too. It's probably obvious to regular Linux users, and likely easier than we think :)

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Good luck. If you can't get it going with my guesses above, you can always try r/linux4noobs or r/linuxquestions too! If you do get it going, please do post back some basic steps here.

Kube1984

It's a .bin file - clear as mud...

https://askubuntu.com/questions/15093/how-can-i-install-a-bin-file

tinfoil209

What model Pi are you running this on?

How does it handle the need to transcode or does it just push the raw .ts IPTV feed to your streaming device?

Reason why I ask is I already have my Pi as the Plex server. If it have all MP3s and MP4s it pushes the file as is no issues, soon as the Pi tries to re encode on the fly (AVI, MKV, etc.) the CPU just can’t keep up. This on the newest 3B+.

This would be neat to try and have a all in one media server app. Kodi is just too glitchy for me.

creepn1

https://xteve.de/

It’s clearly documented on their website - like, on the very first page. Have you read the instructions?