CLI program that launches streams from various streaming services in a custom video player. #Launch streams #Audio stream #Live streaming #Live #Stream #Launcher
Livestreamer is a command-line app that launches streams from various streaming services in a custom video player.
Currently supported sites are:
- Justin.tv/Twitch.tv - Own3d.tv - SVTPlay - UStream - YouTube
Note: Justin.tv plugin requires rtmpdump with jtv token support (recent git).
Livestreamer is compatible with Python version >= 2.6 and >= 3.0.
Make sure you have Python and Python setuptools then run:
sudo python setup.py install
livestreamer --help
Saving arguments AKA config file
Livestreamer can read arguments from the file ~/.livestreamerrc. A example file:
player=mplayer jtv-cookie=_jtv3_session_id=arandomhash
Using livestreamer as a library
Livestreamer is also a library. Short example:
import livestreamer
url = "http://twitch.tv/day9tv" channel = livestreamer.resolve_url(url) streams = channel.get_streams()
stream = streams["720p"] fd = stream.open()
while True: data = fd.read(1024) if len(data) == 0: break
# do something with data
fd.close()
System requirements
Livestreamer 1.7.3
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- Linux
- filename:
- livestreamer-1.7.3.tar.gz
- main category:
- Multimedia
- developer:
- visit homepage
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