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| author |  Christopher Rosell <chrippa@tanuki.se> | 2012-06-18 19:36:40 +0200 |
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| committer | Christopher Rosell <chrippa@tanuki.se> | 2012-06-18 19:36:40 +0200 |
| commit | f2a27e8456bd40a17a8fd1c249b6fcdf9a0476b4 (patch) | |
| tree | 0b2306699c320b7a741c5b632a116a4037db4846 | |
| parent | ecb020250d89b6a25b9b6b4fadb33b585994e094 (diff) | |
Update README with Windows instructions.
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 58 |
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 27 deletions
@@ -3,30 +3,47 @@ Livestreamer Livestreamer is a CLI program 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). -Installing ----------- - $ sudo python setup.py install Livestreamer is compatible with Python version >= 2.6 and >= 3.0. -Using ------ - $ livestreamer --help +Installing (Linux, OS X etc) +---------- +Make sure you have Python and Python setuptools then run: + + $ sudo python setup.py install -Example usage -------------- -Find out what stream qualities are available +Installing (Windows) +-------------------- +1. Install Python +2. Install Python setuptools +3. Get rtmpdump and unpack it somewhere (rtmpdump-20110925-git-6230845-win32.zip from http://rtmpdump.mplayerhq.hu/ should work) +4. Add these paths to your Path environment variable: + * [Python path]\ + * [Python path]\scripts\ + * [rtmpdump path]\ (or specify full path with --rtmpdump option) + * [VLC/mplayer/other path]\ (or specify full path with --player option) - $ livestreamer http://www.twitch.tv/ignproleague - Found streams: 240p, 360p, 480p, 720p, iphonehigh, iphonelow, live +5. Open a command prompt and change directory to livestreamer source, then run: + python setup.py install -Now play one of them +Note: If you want to use VLC be aware there is currently a bug in version 2.0.1 +that prevents stdin reading from working. Use 2.0.0 or a nightly build for now. - $ livestreamer http://www.twitch.tv/ignproleague 720p -Stream now playbacks in default player (VLC). +Using +----- + $ livestreamer --help Saving arguments AKA config file @@ -38,19 +55,6 @@ A example file: jtv-cookie=_jtv3_session_id=arandomhash -Notes ------ -Currently supported sites are: - -* Justin.tv/Twitch.tv -* Own3D.tv -* SVTPlay -* UStream -* YouTube - -Justin.tv plugin requires rtmpdump with jtv token support (recent git). - - Using livestreamer as a library ------------------------------- Livestreamer is also a library. Short example: |