Companion on a Raspberry Pi in less than 8 minutes!

Published at : 23 Dec 2025

Moving your Bitfocus Companion to a Raspberry Pi is easier than you think! Setup a raspberry pi4 as a dedicated device for your bitfocus companion install to keep it separate from your main computer workstation.

Companion Blog Post:
https://www.benstechlab.com/bitfocus-companion-raspberry-pi-from-image/

Balena Etcher SD Card Flashing Software:
https://www.balena.io/etcher/

BitFocus Companion Docs with link to Raspberry Pi Image:
https://github.com/bitfocus/companion/wiki/CompanionPi-Documentation

This was one of my first projects using a Canakit raspberry pi4 starter kit. There are links below to get everything you need in one box.

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00:00 - What is BitFocus Companion?
00:45 - Raspberry Pi4 Starter Kit
01:27 - Raspberry Pi Assembly
02:08 - Prep and Flash Memory Card
04:33 - Boot up Pi for the first time!
04:54 - Move Companion Config from Computer to Pi
06:21 - Check connection to Atem Mini
06:55 - Plugin StreamDeck and rescan USB
07:22 - Summary and Conclusions

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