1STREAMLINK(1) Streamlink STREAMLINK(1)
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6 streamlink - extracts streams from various services and pipes them into
7 a video player of choice
8
10 streamlink [OPTIONS] <URL> [STREAM]
11 streamlink --loglevel debug youtu.be/VIDEO-ID best
13 streamlink --player mpv --player-args '--no-border --no-keepaspect-window' twitch.tv/CHANNEL 1080p60
14 streamlink --player-external-http --player-external-http-port 8888 URL STREAM
15 streamlink --output /path/to/file --http-timeout 60 URL STREAM
16 streamlink --stdout URL STREAM | ffmpeg -i pipe:0 ...
17 streamlink --http-header 'Authorization=OAuth TOKEN' --http-header 'Referer=URL' URL STREAM
18 streamlink --hls-live-edge 5 --stream-segment-threads 5 'hls://https://host/playlist.m3u8' best
19 streamlink --twitch-low-latency -p mpv -a '--cache=yes --demuxer-max-bytes=750k' twitch.tv/CHANNEL best
20
22 URL A URL to attempt to extract streams from.
23 Usually, the protocol of http(s) URLs can be omitted ("‐
25 https://"), depending on the implementation of the plugin being
26 used.
27 Alternatively, the URL can also be specified by using the --url
29 option.
30 STREAM Stream to play.
32 Use best or worst for selecting the highest or lowest available
34 quality.
35 Fallback streams can be specified by using a comma-separated
37 list:
38 "720p,480p,best"
40 If no stream is specified and --default-stream is not used, then
42 a list of available streams will be printed.
43
45 -h
46 --help Show this help message and exit.
48 -V
50 --version
52 Show version number and exit.
53 --plugins
55 Print a list of all currently installed plugins.
56 --plugin-dirs DIRECTORY
58 Attempts to load plugins from these directories.
59 Multiple directories can be used by separating them with a
61 comma.
62 --can-handle-url URL
64 Check if Streamlink has a plugin that can handle the specified
65 URL.
66 Returns status code 1 for false and 0 for true.
68 Useful for external scripting.
70 --can-handle-url-no-redirect URL
72 Same as --can-handle-url but without following redirects when
73 looking up the URL.
74 --config FILENAME
76 Load options from this config file.
77 Can be repeated to load multiple files, in which case the op‐
79 tions are merged on top of each other where the last config has
80 highest priority.
81 -l LEVEL
83 --loglevel LEVEL
85 Set the log message threshold.
86 Valid levels are: none, error, warning, info, debug, trace
88 --logfile FILE
90 Append log output to FILE instead of writing to stdout/stderr.
91 User prompts and download progress won't be written to FILE.
93 A value of - will set the file name to an ISO8601-like string
95 and will choose the following default log directories.
96 Windows:
98 %TEMP%\streamlink\logs
100 macOS:
102 ${HOME}/Library/Logs/streamlink
104 Linux/BSD:
106 ${XDG_STATE_HOME:-${HOME}/.local/state}/streamlink/logs
108 -Q
110 --quiet
112 Hide all log output.
113 Alias for "--loglevel none".
115 -j
117 --json Output JSON representations instead of the normal text output.
119 Useful for external scripting.
121 --auto-version-check {yes,true,1,on,no,false,0,off}
123 Enable or disable the automatic check for a new version of
124 Streamlink.
125 Default is: "no".
127 --version-check
129 Runs a version check and exits.
130 --locale LOCALE
132 The preferred locale setting, for selecting the preferred subti‐
133 tle and audio language.
134 The locale is formatted as [language_code]_[country_code], eg.
136 en_US or es_ES.
137 Default is: system locale.
139 --interface INTERFACE
141 Set the network interface.
142 -4
144 --ipv4 Resolve address names to IPv4 only. This option overrides -6.
146 -6
148 --ipv6 Resolve address names to IPv6 only. This option overrides -4.
150
152 -p COMMAND
153 --player COMMAND
155 Player to feed stream data to. By default, VLC will be used if
156 it can be found in its default location.
157 This is a shell-like syntax to support using a specific player:
159 streamlink --player=vlc <url> [stream]
161 Absolute or relative paths can also be passed via this option in
163 the event the player's executable can not be resolved:
164 streamlink --player=/path/to/vlc <url> [stream]
166 streamlink --player=./vlc-player/vlc <url> [stream]
167 To use a player that is located in a path with spaces you must
169 quote the parameter or its value:
170 streamlink "--player=/path/with spaces/vlc" <url> [stream]
172 streamlink --player "C:\path\with spaces\mpc-hc64.exe" <url> [stream]
173 Options may also be passed to the player. For example:
175 streamlink --player "vlc --file-caching=5000" <url> [stream]
177 As an alternative to this, see the --player-args parameter,
179 which does not log any custom player arguments.
180 -a ARGUMENTS
182 --player-args ARGUMENTS
184 This option allows you to customize the default arguments which
185 are put together with the value of --player to create a command
186 to execute.
187 It's usually enough to only use --player instead of this unless
189 you need to add arguments after the player's input argument or
190 if you don't want any of the player arguments to be logged.
191 The value can contain formatting variables surrounded by curly
193 braces, { and }. If you need to include a brace character, it
194 can be escaped by doubling, e.g. {{ and }}.
195 Formatting variables available:
197 {playerinput}
199 This is the input that the player will use. For standard
200 input (stdin), it is -, but it can also be a URL, depend‐
201 ing on the options used.
202 {filename}
204 The old fallback variable name with the same functional‐
205 ity.
206 Example:
208 streamlink -p vlc -a "--play-and-exit {playerinput}" <url> [stream]
210 NOTE:
212 When neither of the variables are found, {playerinput} will
213 be appended to the whole parameter value, to ensure that the
214 player always receives an input argument.
215 -v
217 --verbose-player
219 Allow the player to display its console output.
220 -n
222 --player-fifo
224 --fifo Make the player read the stream through a named pipe instead of
226 the stdin pipe.
227 --player-http
229 Make the player read the stream through HTTP instead of the
230 stdin pipe.
231 --player-continuous-http
233 Make the player read the stream through HTTP, but unlike
234 --player-http it will continuously try to open the stream if the
235 player requests it.
236 This makes it possible to handle stream disconnects if your
238 player is capable of reconnecting to a HTTP stream. This is usu‐
239 ally done by setting your player to a "repeat mode".
240 --player-external-http
242 Serve stream data through HTTP without running any player. This
243 is useful to allow external devices like smartphones or stream‐
244 ing boxes to watch streams they wouldn't be able to otherwise.
245 Behavior will be similar to the continuous HTTP option, but no
247 player program will be started, and the server will listen on
248 all available connections instead of just in the local (loop‐
249 back) interface.
250 The URLs that can be used to access the stream will be printed
252 to the console, and the server can be interrupted using CTRL-C.
253 --player-external-http-port PORT
255 A fixed port to use for the external HTTP server if that mode is
256 enabled. Omit or set to 0 to use a random high ( >1024) port.
257 --player-passthrough TYPES
259 A comma-delimited list of stream types to pass to the player as
260 a URL to let it handle the transport of the stream instead.
261 Stream types that can be converted into a playable URL are:
263 • hls
265 • http
267 Make sure your player can handle the stream type when using
269 this.
270 --player-no-close
272 By default Streamlink will close the player when the stream
273 ends. This is to avoid "dead" GUI players lingering after a
274 stream ends.
275 It does however have the side-effect of sometimes closing a
277 player before it has played back all of its cached data.
278 This option will instead let the player decide when to exit.
280 -t TITLE
282 --title TITLE
284 Change the title of the video player's window.
285 Please see the "Metadata variables" section of Streamlink's CLI
287 documentation for all available metadata variables.
288 This option is only supported for the following players: mpv,
290 potplayer, vlc
291 VLC specific information:
293 VLC does support special formatting variables on its own:
294 https://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation:Format_String/
295 These variables are accessible in the --title option by
297 adding a backslash in front of the dollar sign which VLC
298 uses as its formatting character.
299 For example, to put the current date in your VLC window
301 title, the string "\$A" could be inserted inside the
302 --title string.
303 Example:
305 streamlink -p mpv --title "{author} - {category} - {title}" <URL> [STREAM]
307
309 -o FILENAME
310 --output FILENAME
312 Write stream data to FILENAME instead of playing it.
313 You will be prompted if the file already exists.
315 Please see the "Metadata variables" section of Streamlink's CLI
317 documentation for all available metadata variables.
318 Unsupported characters in substituted variables will be replaced
320 with an underscore.
321 Example:
323 streamlink --output "~/recordings/{author}/{category}/{id}-{time:%Y%m%d%H%M%S}.ts" <URL> [STREAM]
325 -f
327 --force
329 When using -o or -r, always write to file even if it already ex‐
330 ists.
331 --force-progress
333 When using -o or -r, show the download progress bar even if
334 there is no terminal.
335 -O
337 --stdout
339 Write stream data to stdout instead of playing it.
340 -r FILENAME
342 --record FILENAME
344 Open the stream in the player, while at the same time writing it
345 to FILENAME.
346 You will be prompted if the file already exists.
348 Please see the "Metadata variables" section of Streamlink's CLI
350 documentation for all available metadata variables.
351 Unsupported characters in substituted variables will be replaced
353 with an underscore.
354 Example:
356 streamlink --record "~/recordings/{author}/{category}/{id}-{time:%Y%m%d%H%M%S}.ts" <URL> [STREAM]
358 -R FILENAME
360 --record-and-pipe FILENAME
362 Write stream data to stdout, while at the same time writing it
363 to FILENAME.
364 You will be prompted if the file already exists.
366 Please see the "Metadata variables" section of Streamlink's CLI
368 documentation for all available metadata variables.
369 Unsupported characters in substituted variables will be replaced
371 with an underscore.
372 Example:
374 streamlink --record-and-pipe "~/recordings/{author}/{category}/{id}-{time:%Y%m%d%H%M%S}.ts" <URL> [STREAM]
376 --fs-safe-rules
378 The rules used to make formatting variables filesystem-safe are
379 chosen automatically according to the type of system in use.
380 This overrides the automatic detection.
381 Intended for use when Streamlink is running on a UNIX-like OS
383 but writing to Windows filesystems such as NTFS; USB devices us‐
384 ing VFAT or exFAT; CIFS shares that are enforcing Windows file‐
385 name limitations, etc.
386 These characters are replaced with an underscore for the rules
388 in use:
389 POSIX : \x00-\x1F /
391 Windows: \x00-\x1F \x7F " * / : < > ? \ |
392
394 --url URL
395 A URL to attempt to extract streams from.
396 Usually, the protocol of http(s) URLs can be omitted (https://),
398 depending on the implementation of the plugin being used.
399 This is an alternative to setting the URL using a positional ar‐
401 gument and can be useful if set in a config file.
402 --default-stream STREAM
404 Stream to play.
405 Use best or worst for selecting the highest or lowest available
407 quality.
408 Fallback streams can be specified by using a comma-separated
410 list:
411 "720p,480p,best"
413 This is an alternative to setting the stream using a positional
415 argument and can be useful if set in a config file.
416 --stream-url
418 If possible, translate the resolved stream to a URL and print
419 it.
420 --retry-streams DELAY
422 Retry fetching the list of available streams until streams are
423 found while waiting DELAY second(s) between each attempt. If un‐
424 set, only one attempt will be made to fetch the list of streams
425 available.
426 The number of fetch retry attempts can be capped with
428 --retry-max.
429 --retry-max COUNT
431 When using --retry-streams, stop retrying the fetch after COUNT
432 retry attempt(s). Fetch will retry infinitely if COUNT is zero
433 or unset.
434 If --retry-max is set without setting --retry-streams, the delay
436 between retries will default to 1 second.
437 --retry-open ATTEMPTS
439 After a successful fetch, try ATTEMPTS time(s) to open the
440 stream until giving up.
441 Default is: 1.
443 --stream-types TYPES
445 --stream-priority TYPES
447 A comma-delimited list of stream types to allow.
448 The order will be used to separate streams when there are multi‐
450 ple streams with the same name but different stream types. Any
451 stream type not listed will be omitted from the available
452 streams list. A * can be used as a wildcard to match any other
453 type of stream, eg. muxed-stream.
454 Default is: "hls,http,*".
456 --stream-sorting-excludes STREAMS
458 Fine tune the best and worst stream name synonyms by excluding
459 unwanted streams.
460 If all of the available streams get excluded, best and worst
462 will become inaccessible and new special stream synonyms
463 best-unfiltered and worst-unfiltered can be used as a fallback
464 selection method.
465 Uses a filter expression in the format:
467 [operator]<value>
469 Valid operators are >, >=, < and <=. If no operator is specified
471 then equality is tested.
472 For example this will exclude streams ranked higher than "480p":
474 ">480p"
476 Multiple filters can be used by separating each expression with
478 a comma.
479 For example this will exclude streams from two quality types:
481 ">480p,>medium"
483
485 --ringbuffer-size SIZE
486 The maximum size of the ringbuffer. Mega- or kilobytes can be
487 specified via the M or K suffix respectively.
488 The ringbuffer is used as a temporary storage between the stream
490 and the player. This allows Streamlink to download the stream
491 faster than the player which reads the data from the ringbuffer.
492 The smaller the size of the ringbuffer, the higher the chance of
494 the player buffering if the download speed decreases, and the
495 higher the size, the more data can be use as a storage to re‐
496 cover from volatile download speeds.
497 Most players have their own additional cache and will read the
499 ringbuffer's content as soon as data is available. If the
500 player stops reading data while playback is paused, Streamlink
501 will continue to download the stream in the background as long
502 as the ringbuffer doesn't get full.
503 Default is: "16M".
505 NOTE:
507 A smaller size is recommended on lower end systems (such as
508 Raspberry Pi) when playing stream types that require some ex‐
509 tra processing to avoid unnecessary background processing.
510 --stream-segment-attempts ATTEMPTS
512 How many attempts should be done to download each segment before
513 giving up.
514 This applies to all different kinds of segmented stream types,
516 such as DASH, HLS, etc.
517 Default is: 3.
519 --stream-segment-threads THREADS
521 The size of the thread pool used to download segments. Minimum
522 value is 1 and maximum is 10.
523 This applies to all different kinds of segmented stream types,
525 such as DASH, HLS, etc.
526 Default is: 1.
528 --stream-segment-timeout TIMEOUT
530 Segment connect and read timeout.
531 This applies to all different kinds of segmented stream types,
533 such as DASH, HLS, etc.
534 Default is: 10.0.
536 --stream-timeout TIMEOUT
538 Timeout for reading data from streams.
539 This applies to all different kinds of stream types, such as
541 DASH, HLS, HTTP, etc.
542 Default is: 60.0.
544 --mux-subtitles
546 Automatically mux available subtitles into the output stream.
547 Needs to be supported by the used plugin.
549 Supported plugins: funimationnow, rtve, svtplay, vimeo
551 HLS options
553 --hls-live-edge SEGMENTS
554 Number of segments from the live stream's current live position
555 to begin streaming. The size or length of each segment is de‐
556 termined by the streaming provider.
557 Lower values will decrease the latency, but will also increase
559 the chance of buffering, as there is less time for Streamlink to
560 download segments and write their data to the output buffer. The
561 number of parallel segment downloads can be set with
562 --stream-segment-threads and the HLS playlist reload time to
563 fetch and queue new segments can be overridden with
564 --hls-playlist-reload-time.
565 Default is: 3.
567 NOTE:
569 During live playback, the caching/buffering settings of the
570 used player will add additional latency. To adjust this,
571 please refer to the player's own documentation for the re‐
572 quired configuration. Player parameters can be set via
573 --player-args.
574 --hls-segment-stream-data
576 Immediately write segment data into output buffer while down‐
577 loading.
578 --hls-playlist-reload-attempts ATTEMPTS
580 How many attempts should be done to reload the HLS playlist be‐
581 fore giving up.
582 Default is: 3.
584 --hls-playlist-reload-time TIME
586 Set a custom HLS playlist reload time value, either in seconds
587 or by using one of the following keywords:
588 segment: The duration of the last segment in the current playlist
590 live-edge: The sum of segment durations of the live edge value minus one
591 default: The playlist's target duration metadata
592 Default is: default.
594 --hls-segment-ignore-names NAMES
596 A comma-delimited list of segment names that will get filtered
597 out.
598 Example: --hls-segment-ignore-names 000,001,002
600 This will ignore every segment that ends with 000.ts, 001.ts and
602 002.ts
603 Default is: None.
605 --hls-segment-key-uri URI
607 Override the segment encryption key URIs for encrypted streams.
608 The value can be templated using the following variables, which
610 will be replaced with their respective part from the source seg‐
611 ment URI:
612 {url} {scheme} {netloc} {path} {query}
614 Examples:
616 --hls-segment-key-uri "https://example.com/hls/encryption_key"
618 --hls-segment-key-uri "{scheme}://1.2.3.4{path}{query}"
619 --hls-segment-key-uri "{scheme}://{netloc}/custom/path/to/key"
620 Default is: None.
622 --hls-audio-select CODE
624 Selects a specific audio source or sources, by language code or
625 name, when multiple audio sources are available. Can be * to
626 download all audio sources.
627 Examples:
629 --hls-audio-select "English,German"
631 --hls-audio-select "en,de"
632 --hls-audio-select "*"
633 NOTE:
635 This is only useful in special circumstances where the regu‐
636 lar locale option fails, such as when multiple sources of the
637 same language exists.
638 --hls-start-offset [HH:]MM:SS
640 Amount of time to skip from the beginning of the stream. For
641 live streams, this is a negative offset from the end of the
642 stream (rewind).
643 Default is: 00:00:00.
645 --hls-duration [HH:]MM:SS
647 Limit the playback duration, useful for watching segments of a
648 stream. The actual duration may be slightly longer, as it is
649 rounded to the nearest HLS segment.
650 Default is: unlimited.
652 --hls-live-restart
654 Skip to the beginning of a live stream, or as far back as possi‐
655 ble.
656 FFmpeg options
658 --ffmpeg-ffmpeg FILENAME
659 FFMPEG is used to access or mux separate video and audio
660 streams. You can specify the location of the ffmpeg executable
661 if it is not in your PATH.
662 Example: "/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg"
664 --ffmpeg-verbose
666 Write the console output from ffmpeg to the console.
667 --ffmpeg-verbose-path PATH
669 Path to write the output from the ffmpeg console.
670 --ffmpeg-fout OUTFORMAT
672 When muxing streams, set the output format to OUTFORMAT.
673 Default is: "matroska".
675 Example: "mpegts"
677 --ffmpeg-video-transcode CODEC
679 When muxing streams, transcode the video to CODEC.
680 Default is: "copy".
682 Example: "h264"
684 --ffmpeg-audio-transcode CODEC
686 When muxing streams, transcode the audio to CODEC.
687 Default is: "copy".
689 Example: "aac"
691 --ffmpeg-copyts
693 Forces the -copyts ffmpeg option and does not remove the initial
694 start time offset value.
695 --ffmpeg-start-at-zero
697 Enable the -start_at_zero ffmpeg option when using copyts.
698
700 --http-proxy HTTP_PROXY
701 A HTTP proxy to use for all HTTP and HTTPS requests, including
702 WebSocket connections.
703 Example: "http://hostname:port/"
705 --http-cookie KEY=VALUE
707 A cookie to add to each HTTP request.
708 Can be repeated to add multiple cookies.
710 --http-header KEY=VALUE
712 A header to add to each HTTP request.
713 Can be repeated to add multiple headers.
715 --http-query-param KEY=VALUE
717 A query parameter to add to each HTTP request.
718 Can be repeated to add multiple query parameters.
720 --http-ignore-env
722 Ignore HTTP settings set in the environment such as environment
723 variables (HTTP_PROXY, etc) or ~/.netrc authentication.
724 --http-no-ssl-verify
726 Don't attempt to verify SSL certificates.
727 Usually a bad idea, only use this if you know what you're doing.
729 --http-disable-dh
731 Disable Diffie Hellman key exchange
732 Usually a bad idea, only use this if you know what you're doing.
734 --http-ssl-cert FILENAME
736 SSL certificate to use.
737 Expects a .pem file.
739 --http-ssl-cert-crt-key CRT_FILENAME KEY_FILENAME
741 SSL certificate to use.
742 Expects a .crt and a .key file.
744 --http-timeout TIMEOUT
746 General timeout used by all HTTP requests except the ones cov‐
747 ered by other options.
748 Default is: 20.0.
750
752 Afreeca
753 --afreeca-username USERNAME
754 The username used to register with afreecatv.com.
755 --afreeca-password PASSWORD
757 A afreecatv.com account password to use with --afreeca-username.
758 --afreeca-purge-credentials
760 Purge cached AfreecaTV credentials to initiate a new session and
761 reauthenticate.
762 Bbciplayer
764 --bbciplayer-username USERNAME
765 The username used to register with bbc.co.uk.
766 --bbciplayer-password PASSWORD
768 A bbc.co.uk account password to use with --bbciplayer-username.
769 --bbciplayer-hd
771 Prefer HD streams over local SD streams, some live programmes
772 may not be broadcast in HD.
773 Clubbingtv
775 --clubbingtv-username
776 The username used to register with Clubbing TV.
777 --clubbingtv-password
779 A Clubbing TV account password to use with --clubbingtv-user‐
780 name.
781 Crunchyroll
783 --crunchyroll-username USERNAME
784 A Crunchyroll username to allow access to restricted streams.
785 --crunchyroll-password [PASSWORD]
787 A Crunchyroll password for use with --crunchyroll-username.
788 If left blank you will be prompted.
790 --crunchyroll-purge-credentials
792 Purge cached Crunchyroll credentials to initiate a new session
793 and reauthenticate.
794 --crunchyroll-session-id SESSION_ID
796 Set a specific session ID for crunchyroll, can be used to bypass
797 region restrictions. If using an authenticated session ID, it is
798 recommended that the authentication parameters be omitted as the
799 session ID is account specific.
800 NOTE:
802 The session ID will be overwritten if authentication is used
803 and the session ID does not match the account.
804 Funimationnow
806 --funimation-email
807 Email address for your Funimation account.
808 --funimation-password
810 Password for your Funimation account.
811 --funimation-language
813 The audio language to use for the stream; japanese or english.
814 Default is: "english".
816 Nicolive
818 --niconico-email EMAIL
819 The email or phone number associated with your Niconico account
820 --niconico-password PASSWORD
822 The password of your Niconico account
823 --niconico-user-session VALUE
825 Value of the user-session token (can be used in case you do not
826 want to put your password here)
827 --niconico-purge-credentials
829 Purge cached Niconico credentials to initiate a new session and
830 reauthenticate.
831 --niconico-timeshift-offset [HH:]MM:SS
833 Amount of time to skip from the beginning of a stream. Default
834 is 00:00:00.
835 Openrectv
837 --openrectv-email EMAIL
838 The email associated with your openrectv account, required to
839 access any openrectv stream.
840 --openrectv-password PASSWORD
842 An openrectv account password to use with --openrectv-email.
843 Pixiv
845 --pixiv-sessionid SESSIONID
846 The pixiv.net sessionid that's used in pixivs PHPSESSID cookie.
847 can be used instead of the username/password login process.
848 --pixiv-devicetoken DEVICETOKEN
850 The pixiv.net device token that's used in pixivs device_token
851 cookie. can be used instead of the username/password login
852 process.
853 --pixiv-purge-credentials
855 Purge cached Pixiv credentials to initiate a new session and
856 reauthenticate.
857 --pixiv-performer USER
859 Select a co-host stream instead of the owner stream.
860 Sbscokr
862 --sbscokr-id CHANNELID
863 Channel ID to play.
864 Example:
866 streamlink http://play.sbs.co.kr/onair/pc/index.html best --sbscokr-id S01
868 Schoolism
870 --schoolism-email EMAIL
871 The email associated with your Schoolism account, required to
872 access any Schoolism stream.
873 --schoolism-password PASSWORD
875 A Schoolism account password to use with --schoolism-email.
876 --schoolism-part PART
878 Play part number PART of the lesson, or assignment feedback
879 video.
880 Defaults is 1.
882 Steam
884 --steam-email EMAIL
885 A Steam account email address to access friends/private streams
886 --steam-password PASSWORD
888 A Steam account password to use with --steam-email.
889 Streann
891 --streann-url URL
892 Source URL where the iframe is located, only required for direct
893 URLs of ott.streann.com
894 Twitcasting
896 --twitcasting-password PASSWORD
897 Password for private Twitcasting streams.
898 Twitch
900 --twitch-disable-hosting
901 Do not open the stream if the target channel is hosting another
902 channel.
903 --twitch-disable-ads
905 Skip embedded advertisement segments at the beginning or during
906 a stream. Will cause these segments to be missing from the
907 stream.
908 --twitch-disable-reruns
910 Do not open the stream if the target channel is currently broad‐
911 casting a rerun.
912 --twitch-low-latency
914 Enables low latency streaming by prefetching HLS segments. Sets
915 --hls-segment-stream-data to true and --hls-live-edge to 2, if
916 it is higher. Reducing --hls-live-edge to 1 will result in the
917 lowest latency possible, but will most likely cause buffering.
918 In order to achieve true low latency streaming during playback,
920 the player's caching/buffering settings will need to be adjusted
921 and reduced to a value as low as possible, but still high enough
922 to not cause any buffering. This depends on the stream's bi‐
923 trate and the quality of the connection to Twitch's servers.
924 Please refer to the player's own documentation for the required
925 configuration. Player parameters can be set via --player-args.
926 NOTE:
928 Low latency streams have to be enabled by the broadcasters on
929 Twitch themselves. Regular streams can cause buffering is‐
930 sues with this option enabled due to the reduced
931 --hls-live-edge value.
932 --twitch-api-header KEY=VALUE
934 A header to add to each Twitch API HTTP request.
935 Can be repeated to add multiple headers.
937 Ustreamtv
939 --ustream-password PASSWORD
940 A password to access password protected UStream.tv channels.
941 Ustvnow
943 --ustvnow-username USERNAME
944 Your USTV Now account username
945 --ustvnow-password PASSWORD
947 Your USTV Now account password
948 Wwenetwork
950 --wwenetwork-email EMAIL
951 The email associated with your WWE Network account, required to
952 access any WWE Network stream.
953 --wwenetwork-password PASSWORD
955 A WWE Network account password to use with --wwenetwork-email.
956 Yupptv
958 --yupptv-boxid BOXID
959 The yupptv.com boxid that's used in the BoxId cookie. Can be
960 used instead of the username/password login process.
961 --yupptv-yuppflixtoken YUPPFLIXTOKEN
963 The yupptv.com yuppflixtoken that's used in the YuppflixToken
964 cookie. Can be used instead of the username/password login
965 process.
966 --yupptv-purge-credentials
968 Purge cached YuppTV credentials to initiate a new session and
969 reauthenticate.
970 Zattoo
972 --zattoo-email EMAIL
973 The email associated with your zattoo account, required to ac‐
974 cess any zattoo stream.
975 --zattoo-password PASSWORD
977 A zattoo account password to use with --zattoo-email.
978 --zattoo-purge-credentials
980 Purge cached zattoo credentials to initiate a new session and
981 reauthenticate.
982 --zattoo-stream-types TYPES
984 A comma-delimited list of stream types which should be used, the
985 following types are allowed:
986 • dash
988 • hls7
990 Default is: "dash".
992
994 Streamlink Contributors
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