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

We assume you've already set up your Pi, logged in as an admin user and connected to the Internet.

On your raspberry Pi open your browser and go to https://cdn.trilbytv.co.uk/public/downloads/index.html and download the TrilbyTV application for your platform. For Raspberry Pi, you'll probably want the armv7l deb version.

Once downloaded, install by double clicking it, or via the command line.

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

1. Open the Terminal app on you Raspberry Pi
2. Run the following command to make a file

 

  
mkdir -p ~/.config/autostart
  
touch ~/.config/autostart/trilbytvplayer.desktop
 

3. Then edit that file. You can open it in any text editor, or do it in terminal:

 

  
nano ~/.config/autostart/trilbytvplayer.desktop
 

4. In that file add the following

 

  
[Desktop Entry]
  
Name=TrilbyTV Player
  
Exec=trilbytvplayer
  
Type=Application
 

5. Then hold Control and press X to quit, type Y to save and press enter. Now when the device logs in, it should automatically start our application.