streamlink

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Extract streams from various services and pipes them into a video player of choice.

Options (3)

-p, --playerboolean

Use a specific player to feed stream data to (VLC is used by default if found)

Example: streamlink {{[-p|--player]}} {{mpv}} {{example.com/stream}} {{best}}

-o, --outputboolean

Write stream data to a file instead of playing it

Example: streamlink {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/file.ts}} {{example.com/stream}} {{best}}

-r, --recordboolean

Open the stream in the player, while at the same time writing it to a file

Example: streamlink {{[-r|--record]}} {{path/to/file.ts}} {{example.com/stream}} {{best}}

Attempt to extract streams from the URL specified, and if it's successful, print out a list of available streams to choose from

streamlink example.com/stream

Open a stream with the specified quality

streamlink example.com/stream 720p60

Select the highest or lowest available quality

streamlink example.com/stream best|worst

Use a specific player to feed stream data to (VLC is used by default if found)

streamlink [-p|--player] mpv example.com/stream best

Skip a specific amount of time from the beginning of the stream. For live streams, this is a negative offset from the end of the stream (rewind)

streamlink --hls-start-offset [HH:]MM:SS example.com/stream best

Skip to the beginning of a live stream, or as far back as possible

streamlink --hls-live-restart example.com/stream best

Write stream data to a file instead of playing it

streamlink [-o|--output] path/to/file.ts example.com/stream best

Open the stream in the player, while at the same time writing it to a file

streamlink [-r|--record] path/to/file.ts example.com/stream best