Installing TrilbyTV Player on Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi is an amazing affordable computer that can be used for all sorts of tasks. It is designed for situations where low power and 24/7 running are requirements, making it a decent choice as a digital signage player.

Setup

Install and open Chromium browser on Raspberry Pi.

Install the PWA

• Enter the URL https://player.trilbytv.co.uk in the search bar and click enter. click the Install button in the address bar (or use the three-dot menu > "Install TrilbyTV Player").
• Open the installed PWA which would be listed under Chromium Apps and click Start and make note of the 8-digit Player Code
• Open Players and click Add Player and enter the 8-digit Player code and give the Player a name

Auto Start

You will want TrilbyTV Player to autostart in case of a power failure or to resume if the power is switched off overnight.

How to set up auto start if TrilbyTV is the only installed Chromium PWA:

1. Create an Autostart Directory (if it doesn’t exist)

mkdir -p ~/.config/autostart/

2. Copy the installed PWA to the autostart directory.

cp ~/.local/share/applications/chrome-*.desktop ~/.config/autostart/trilbytv-pwa.desktop

3. Now Reboot the device which should now automatically launch TrilbyTV Player in full-screen mode.

sudo reboot

If multiple PWAs are installed, find TrilbyTV PWA and set to Auto start:

1. Create an Autostart Directory (if it doesn’t exist)

mkdir -p ~/.config/autostart/

2. To list all installed Chromium PWAs, use this command:

ls ~/.local/share/applications/ | grep chrome 

3. You’ll need to examine each chrome-<id>.desktop file to identify the TrilbyTV Player one. To do this, use the cat command to open each file and check its content.

cat ~/.local/share/applications/chrome-<your-found-id> .desktop

4. Once you've identified the correct file, copy it to the autostart directory:

cp ~/.local/share/applications/chrome-<your-found-id>.desktop ~/.config/autostart/trilbytv-pwa.desktop

5. Now Reboot the device which should now automatically launch TrilbyTV Player in full-screen mode.

sudo reboot