Livestreamer is a Command Line Interface that pipes video streams from various services into a video player, such as VLC. The main purpose of Livestreamer is to allow the user to avoid buggy and CPU heavy flash plugins but still be able to enjoy various streamed content.
There is also an API available for developers who want access to the video stream data.
Latest release: v1.8.1 (Changelog)
Livestreamer is built upon a plugin system which allows support for new services to be easily added. Currently most of the big streaming services are supported, such as:
And many more, a full list of plugins currently included can be found in the Plugin matrix.
The default behaviour of Livestreamer is to playback a stream in the default player (VLC).
# pip install livestreamer
$ livestreamer twitch.tv/day9tv best
[cli][info] Found matching plugin justintv for URL twitch.tv/day9tv
[cli][info] Opening stream: 720p
[cli][info] Starting player: vlc
For more in-depth usage and install instructions see the User guide.
Livestreamer is made up of two parts, a basic Command Line Interface and a library API. See their respective sections for more information on how to use them.