Raspberry Pi Manual
How to Install on Raspberry Pi :
Upload the AppImage to your Pi
Make it Executable Right-click File -> Properties -> Permissions -> Set Execute to anyone
Double-click it and select execute
Open http://localhost:3000/output in your Browser
Allow Sound in the Website settings. Click on the I left of the Address -> Site settings -> Go to Sound and change it to allow
You are ready to go
You can now open http://ip-of-your-pi:3000/ and control it from any Device in the same network as your Pi
How to updated manually
Prerequisites
Raspberry Pi with SSH enabled
Terminal application on your computer
PlayoutBee AppImage in
/home/bee
directory
SSH Connection Instructions
Windows Users
Download and install PuTTY from https://putty.org
Open PuTTY
Enter your Pi's IP address in the "Host Name" field or playoutbee
Default port is 22
Click "Open"
Log in with username (default:
bee
) and password bytehive
Mac/Linux Users
Open Terminal
Connect using:
ssh bee@playoutbee
Finding Your Pi's IP Address
hostname -I
Updating the Launch Script
Navigate to bee directory:
cd /home/bee
Open the launch script:
sudo nano launch_playoutbee.sh
Delete current contents (Ctrl + K)
Add new content:
#!/bin/bash
export DISPLAY=:0
cd /home/bee
/home/bee/PlayoutBee-2.1.0-armv7l.AppImage
Save:
Ctrl + X
Y
Enter
Set permissions:
sudo chmod +x launch_playoutbee.sh
sudo chmod +x PlayoutBee-2.1.0-armv7l.AppImage
Testing
/home/bee/launch_playoutbee.sh
Troubleshooting
Check permissions:
ls -l /home/bee/launch_playoutbee.sh
ls -l /home/bee/PlayoutBee-2.1.0-armv7l.AppImage
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