streamlink
Extracts streams from various services and pipes them into a video player of choice. More information: <https://streamlink.github.io>.
Install
- All systems
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curl cmd.cat/streamlink.sh
- Debian
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apt-get install streamlink - Ubuntu
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apt-get install streamlink - Arch Linux
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pacman -S streamlink - Kali Linux
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apt-get install streamlink - Fedora
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dnf install python3-streamlink - Windows (WSL2)
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sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get install streamlink - OS X
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brew install streamlink - Dockerfile
- dockerfile.run/streamlink
Extracts streams from various services and pipes them into a video player of choice. More information: <https://streamlink.github.io>.
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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 -
Specify which player to use to feed stream data to (VLC is used by default if found):
streamlink --player=mpv example.com/stream best -
Specify the amount of time to skip 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 --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 --record path/to/file.ts example.com/stream best
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