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Livestreamer
============
Livestreamer is a CLI program that launches streams from various
streaming services in a custom video player.
Installing
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$ sudo python setup.py install
Livestreamer is compatible with Python version >= 2.6 and >= 3.0.
Using
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$ livestreamer --help
Example usage
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Find out what stream qualities are available
$ livestreamer http://www.twitch.tv/ignproleague
Found streams: 240p, 360p, 480p, 720p, iphonehigh, iphonelow, live
Now play one of them
$ livestreamer http://www.twitch.tv/ignproleague 720p
Stream now playbacks in default player (VLC).
Saving arguments AKA config file
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Livestreamer can read arguments from the file ~/.livestreamerrc.
A example file:
player=mplayer
jtv-cookie=_jtv3_session_id=arandomhash
Notes
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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:
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()
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