MCXboxBroadcast

A simple tool that broadcasts an existing Geyser/Bedrock server over Xbox Live.

This shows up to the authenticated accounts friends in-game as a joinable session.

DISCLAIMER

You use this project at your own risk, the contributors are not responsible for any damage or loss caused by the software. We suggest you use an alt account for running the tool in case the account is banned as we emulate some features of a client which may or may not be against TOS.

Features

• Syncing of MOTD and other server details
• Automatic friend list management
• Easy Geyser integration (as an extension)
• Shows as online and playing Minecraft in the Xbox app and website
• Multi-account support
• Web manager for larger networks
• Uploading of a custom image for the account (see below for more info)

Pterodactyl Panel

There is an egg for easy instance creation supplied for Pterodactyl Panel, this being egg-m-c-xbox-broadcast.json

Docker

There is a docker image available for the standalone version of the tool, this can be found at ghcr.io/mcxboxbroadcast/standalone:latest

docker run --rm -it -v /path/to/config:/opt/app/config ghcr.io/mcxboxbroadcast/standalone:latest

Installation

Extension

1. Download the latest release file MCXboxBroadcastExtension.jar
2. Drop the extension into the Geyser extensions folder
3. Restart the server
4. Wait for the extension to start and present you with an authentication code
   • To sign in, use a web browser to open the page https://www.microsoft.com/link and enter the code XXXXXXXX to authenticate.
5. Follow the link and enter the code
6. Login to the account you want to use
7. Add the account as a friend on Xbox LIVE
8. Check the friends tab ingame and you should see the server listed

Standalone

1. Download the latest release file MCXboxBroadcastStandalone.jar
2. Start the jar file using java -jar MCXboxBroadcastStandalone.jar
3. Wait for the extension to start and present you with an authentication code
   • To sign in, use a web browser to open the page https://www.microsoft.com/link and enter the code XXXXXXXX to authenticate.
4. Follow the link and enter the code
5. Login to the account you want to use
6. Add the account as a friend on Xbox LIVE
7. Edit the config.yml to have the correct ip and port for the target server
8. Restart the tool
9. Check the friends tab ingame and you should see the server listed

Manager

There is a web manager available for donators. After joining the relevent GitHub sponsors tier you will be able to access its builds at https://github.com/MCXboxBroadcast/Manager/releases

Note: This also requires a MongoDB instance to be running

Custom Image

You can add a custom image to the profile page for the account by placing a screenshot.jpg in the same directory as the config.yml.

The best settings for this image are 1200x675, quality 90 and chroma subsampling 4:2:0.

This can take a few minutes to update on the Xbox Live servers and show ingame.

Commands

For the extension version prefix with /mcxboxbroadcast