Livestreamer
Livestreamer is a command-line utility 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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
The project seems to be no longer updated since 2016. Last version, 1.12.2, released in May 2015, but it can be still downloaded from GitHub
Features
- Command line interface
- Live Streaming
- Streaming
Livestreamer News & Activities
Recent activities
- snowballons added Livestreamer as alternative to StreamWatch CLI
- gamefiend added Livestreamer as alternative to DistroAV
- POX added Livestreamer as alternative to Kulve
Livestreamer information
Developed by
Christopher RosellLicensing
Open Source and Free product.Alternatives
11 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
What is Livestreamer?
Livestreamer is a command-line utility 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.
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:
Dailymotion Livestream Twitch UStream YouTube Live ... and many more. A full list of plugins currently included can be found on the Plugins page.
Comments and Reviews
This allows XP/2000 PCs to watch streams via MPC-HC so that DirectX 9 hardware decoding can be used. The default VLC option needs DirectX 10+ for hardware decoding.