Livestreamer

CLI program that launches streams from various streaming services in a custom video player
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  • License:
  • BSD License
  • Price:
  • FREE
  • Publisher Name:
  • Christopher Rosell
  • Publisher web site:
  • https://github.com/chrippa/

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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- YouTubeNote: Justin.tv plugin requires rtmpdump with jtv token support (recent git).Livestreamer is compatible with Python version >= 2.6 and >= 3.0.Installing (Linux, OS X etc)Make sure you have Python and Python setuptools then run: sudo python setup.py installUsing livestreamer --helpSaving arguments AKA config fileLivestreamer can read arguments from the file ~/.livestreamerrc. A example file:player=mplayerjtv-cookie=_jtv3_session_id=arandomhashUsing livestreamer as a libraryLivestreamer is also a library. Short example:import livestreamerurl = "http://twitch.tv/day9tv"channel = livestreamer.resolve_url(url)streams = channel.get_streams()stream = streamsfd = stream.open()while True: data = fd.read(1024) if len(data) == 0: break # do something with datafd.close()Product's homepage


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