Provided by: streamlink_1.3.1+dfsg-1_all 
NAME
streamlink - extracts streams from various services and pipes them into a video player of choice
TUTORIAL
Streamlink is a command-line application, which means that the commands described here should be typed
into a terminal. On Windows, you have to open either the command prompt or the PowerShell, on macOS open
the Terminal app and if you're on Linux or BSD you probably already know the drill.
The way Streamlink works is that it's only a means to extract and transport the streams, and the playback
is done by an external video player. Streamlink works best with VLC or mpv, which are also
cross-platform, but other players may be compatible too, see the Players page for a complete overview.
Now to get into actually using Streamlink, let's say you want to watch the stream located on
twitch.tv/day9tv, you start off by telling Streamlink where to attempt to extract streams from. This is
done by giving the URL to the command streamlink as the first argument:
$ streamlink twitch.tv/day9tv
[cli][info] Found matching plugin twitch for URL twitch.tv/day9tv
Available streams: audio, high, low, medium, mobile (worst), source (best)
NOTE:
You don't need to include the protocol when dealing with HTTP(s) URLs, e.g. just twitch.tv/day9tv is
enough and quicker to type.
This command will tell Streamlink to attempt to extract streams from the URL specified, and if it's
successful, print out a list of available streams to choose from.
In some cases (Supported streaming protocols) local files are supported using the file:// protocol, for
example a local HLS playlist can be played. Relative file paths and absolute paths are supported. All
path separators are /, even on Windows.
$ streamlink hls://file://C:/hls/playlist.m3u8
[cli][info] Found matching plugin stream for URL hls://file://C:/hls/playlist.m3u8
Available streams: 180p (worst), 272p, 408p, 554p, 818p, 1744p (best)
To select a stream and start playback, simply add the stream name as a second argument to the streamlink
command:
$ streamlink twitch.tv/day9tv 1080p60
[cli][info] Found matching plugin twitch for URL twitch.tv/day9tv
[cli][info] Opening stream: 1080p60 (hls)
[cli][info] Starting player: vlc
The stream you chose should now be playing in the player. It's a common use case to just want to start
the highest quality stream and not be bothered with what it's named. To do this, just specify best as the
stream name and Streamlink will attempt to rank the streams and open the one of highest quality. You can
also specify worst to get the lowest quality.
Now that you have a basic grasp of how Streamlink works, you may want to look into customizing it to your
own needs, such as:
• Creating a configuration file of options you want to use
• Setting up your player to cache some data before playing the stream to help avoiding buffering issues
CONFIGURATION FILE
Writing the command-line options every time is inconvenient, that's why Streamlink is capable of reading
options from a configuration file instead.
Streamlink will look for config files in different locations depending on your platform:
┌──────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│Platform │ Location │
├──────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│Unix-like (POSIX) │ │
│ │ • $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/streamlink/config │
│ │ │
│ │ • ~/.streamlinkrc │
├──────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│Windows │ %APPDATA%\streamlink\streamlinkrc │
└──────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────┘
You can also specify the location yourself using the --config option.
NOTE:
• $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is ~/.config if it has not been overridden
• %APPDATA% is usually <your user directory>\AppData
NOTE:
On Windows there is a default config created by the installer but on any other platform you must
create the file yourself.
Syntax
The config file is a simple text file and should contain one command-line option (omitting the dashes)
per line in the format:
option=value
or for a option without value:
option
NOTE:
Any quotes used will be part of the value, so only use when the value needs them, e.g. specifying a
player with a path containing spaces.
Example
# Player options
player=mpv --cache 2048
player-no-close
# Authenticate with Twitch
twitch-oauth-token=mytoken
NOTE:
Full player paths are supported via configuration file options such as player="C:\mpv-x86_64\mpv"
PLUGIN SPECIFIC CONFIGURATION FILE
You may want to use specific options for some plugins only. This can be accomplished by placing those
settings inside a plugin specific config file. Options inside these config files will override the main
config file when a URL matching the plugin is used.
Streamlink expects this config to be named like the main config but with .<plugin name> attached to the
end.
Examples
┌──────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│Platform │ Location │
├──────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│Unix-like (POSIX) │ │
│ │ • $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/streamlink/config.twitch │
│ │ │
│ │ • ~/.streamlinkrc.ustreamtv │
└──────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│Windows │ %APPDATA%\streamlink\streamlinkrc.youtube │
└──────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Have a look at the list of plugins to see the name of each built-in plugin.
PLUGIN SPECIFIC USAGE
Authenticating with Twitch
It's possible to access subscription content on Twitch by giving Streamlink access to your account.
Authentication is done by creating an OAuth token that Streamlink will use to access your account. It's
done like this:
$ streamlink --twitch-oauth-authenticate
This will open a web browser where Twitch will ask you if you want to give Streamlink permission to
access your account, then forwards you to a page with further instructions on how to use it.
Authenticating with Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll requires authenticating with a premium account to access some of their content. To do so, the
plugin provides a couple of options to input your information, --crunchyroll-username and
--crunchyroll-password.
You can login like this:
$ streamlink --crunchyroll-username=xxxx --crunchyroll-password=xxx http://crunchyroll.com/a-crunchyroll-episode-link
NOTE:
If you omit the password, streamlink will ask for it.
Once logged in, the plugin makes sure to save the session credentials to avoid asking your username and
password again.
Nevertheless, these credentials are valid for a limited amount of time, so it might be a good idea to
save your username and password in your configuration file anyway.
WARNING:
The API this plugin uses isn't supposed to be available to use it on computers. The plugin tries to
blend in as a valid device using custom headers and following the API usual flow (e.g. reusing
credentials), but this does not assure that your account will be safe from being spotted for unusual
behavior.
HTTP proxy with Crunchyroll
You can use the --http-proxy and --https-proxy options (you need both since the plugin uses both
protocols) to access the Crunchyroll servers through a proxy to be able to stream region locked content.
When doing this, it's very probable that you will get denied to access the stream; this occurs because
the session and credentials used by the plugin where obtained when logged from your own region, and the
server still assumes you're in that region.
For this, the plugin provides the --crunchyroll-purge-credentials option, which removes your saved
session and credentials and tries to log in again using your username and password.
Authenticating with FunimationNow
Like Crunchyroll, the FunimationNow plugin requires authenticating with a premium account to access some
content: --funimation-email, --funimation-password. In addition, this plugin requires a incap_ses cookie
to be sent with each HTTP request (see issue #2088); this unique session cookie can be found in your
browser and sent via the --http-cookie option.
For example:
$ streamlink --funimation-email='xxx' --funimation-password='xxx' --http-cookie 'incap_ses_xxx=xxxx=' https://funimation.com/shows/show/an-episode-link
NOTE:
There are multiple ways to retrieve the required cookie. For more information on browser cookies,
please consult the following:
• What are cookies?
SIDELOADING PLUGINS
Streamlink will attempt to load standalone plugins from these directories:
┌──────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────┐
│Platform │ Location │
├──────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────┤
│Unix-like (POSIX) │ $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/streamlink/plugins │
├──────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────┤
│Windows │ %APPDATA%\streamlink\plugins │
└──────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────┘
NOTE:
If a plugin is added with the same name as a built-in plugin then the added plugin will take
precedence. This is useful if you want to upgrade plugins independently of the Streamlink version.
PLAYING BUILT-IN STREAMING PROTOCOLS DIRECTLY
There are many types of streaming protocols used by services today and Streamlink supports most of them.
It's possible to tell Streamlink to access a streaming protocol directly instead of relying on a plugin
to extract the streams from a URL for you.
A protocol can be accessed directly by specifying it in the URL format:
protocol://path [key=value]
Accessing a stream that requires extra parameters to be passed along (e.g. RTMP):
$ streamlink "rtmp://streaming.server.net/playpath live=1 swfVfy=http://server.net/flashplayer.swf"
When passing parameters to the built-in stream plugins the values will either be treated as plain
strings, as is the case in the above example for swfVry, or they will be interpreted as Python literals.
For example you can pass a Python dict or Python list as one of the parameters.
$ streamlink "rtmp://streaming.server.net/playpath conn=['B:1', 'S:authMe', 'O:1', 'NN:code:1.23', 'NS:flag:ok', 'O:0']"
$ streamlink "hls://streaming.server.net/playpath params={'token': 'magicToken'}"
In the above examples conn will be passed as the Python list:
['B:1', 'S:authMe', 'O:1', 'NN:code:1.23', 'NS:flag:ok', 'O:0']
and params will be passed as the Python dict:
{'token': 'magicToken'}
Most streaming technologies simply requires you to pass a HTTP URL, this is a Adobe HDS stream:
$ streamlink hds://streaming.server.net/playpath/manifest.f4m
Supported streaming protocols
┌─────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────┐
│Name │ Prefix │
├─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│Adobe HTTP Dynamic Streaming │ hds:// │
├─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│Akamai HD Adaptive Streaming │ akamaihd:// │
├─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│Apple HTTP Live Streaming │ hls:// [1] │
├─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│MPEG-DASH [2] │ dash:// │
├─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│Real Time Messaging Protocol │ rtmp:// rtmpe:// rtmps:// rtmpt:// │
│ │ rtmpte:// │
└─────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────┘
│Progressive HTTP, HTTPS, etc │ httpstream:// [1] │
└─────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────┘
[1] supports local files using the file:// protocol
[2] Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP
PROXY SUPPORT
You can use the --http-proxy and --https-proxy options to change the proxy server that Streamlink will
use for HTTP and HTTPS requests respectively. As HTTP and HTTPS requests can be handled by separate
proxies, you may need to specify both options if the plugin you use makes HTTP and HTTPS requests.
Both HTTP and SOCKS proxies are supported, authentication is supported for both types.
NOTE:
When using a SOCKS proxy the socks4 and socks5 schemes mean that DNS lookups are done locally, rather
than on the proxy server. To have the proxy server perform the DNS lookups, the socks4a and socks5h
schemes should be used instead.
For example:
$ streamlink --http-proxy "http://user:pass@10.10.1.10:3128/" --https-proxy "socks5://10.10.1.10:1242"
$ streamlink --http-proxy "socks4a://10.10.1.10:1235" --https-proxy "socks5h://10.10.1.10:1234"
COMMAND-LINE USAGE
$ streamlink [OPTIONS] <URL> [STREAM]
Positional arguments
URL A URL to attempt to extract streams from.
Usually, the protocol of http(s) URLs can be omitted ("https://"), depending on the implementation
of the plugin being used.
Alternatively, the URL can also be specified by using the --url option.
STREAM Stream to play.
Use best or worst for selecting the highest or lowest available quality.
Fallback streams can be specified by using a comma-separated list:
"720p,480p,best"
If no stream is specified and --default-stream is not used, then a list of available streams will
be printed.
General options
-h, --help
Show this help message and exit.
-V, --version
Show version number and exit.
--plugins
Print a list of all currently installed plugins.
--plugin-dirs DIRECTORY
Attempts to load plugins from these directories.
Multiple directories can be used by separating them with a comma.
--can-handle-url URL
Check if Streamlink has a plugin that can handle the specified URL.
Returns status code 1 for false and 0 for true.
Useful for external scripting.
--can-handle-url-no-redirect URL
Same as --can-handle-url but without following redirects when looking up the URL.
--config FILENAME
Load options from this config file.
Can be repeated to load multiple files, in which case the options are merged on top of each other
where the last config has highest priority.
-l LEVEL, --loglevel LEVEL
Set the log message threshold.
Valid levels are: none, error, warning, info, debug, trace
-Q, --quiet
Hide all log output.
Alias for "--loglevel none".
-j, --json
Output JSON representations instead of the normal text output.
Useful for external scripting.
--auto-version-check {yes,true,1,on,no,false,0,off}
Unused, kept for compatibility reasons.
Default is: "no".
--version-check
Runs a version check and exits.
--locale LOCALE
The preferred locale setting, for selecting the preferred subtitle and audio language.
The locale is formatted as [language_code]_[country_code], eg. en_US or es_ES.
Default is: system locale.
--twitch-oauth-authenticate
Open a web browser where you can grant Streamlink access to your Twitch account which creates a
token for use with --twitch-oauth-token.
Player options
-p COMMAND, --player COMMAND
Player to feed stream data to. By default, VLC will be used if it can be found in its default
location.
This is a shell-like syntax to support using a specific player:
streamlink --player=vlc <url> [stream]
Absolute or relative paths can also be passed via this option in the event the player's executable
can not be resolved:
streamlink --player=/path/to/vlc <url> [stream]
streamlink --player=./vlc-player/vlc <url> [stream]
To use a player that is located in a path with spaces you must quote the parameter or its value:
streamlink "--player=/path/with spaces/vlc" <url> [stream]
streamlink --player "C:\path\with spaces\mpc-hc64.exe" <url> [stream]
Options may also be passed to the player. For example:
streamlink --player "vlc --file-caching=5000" <url> [stream]
As an alternative to this, see the --player-args parameter, which does not log any custom player
arguments.
-a ARGUMENTS, --player-args ARGUMENTS
This option allows you to customize the default arguments which are put together with the value of
--player to create a command to execute. Unlike the --player parameter, custom player arguments
will not be logged.
This value can contain formatting variables surrounded by curly braces, { and }. If you need to
include a brace character, it can be escaped by doubling, e.g. {{ and }}.
Formatting variables available:
{filename}
This is the filename that the player will use. It's usually "-" (stdin), but can also be a
URL or a file depending on the options used.
It's usually enough to use --player instead of this unless you need to add arguments after the
filename.
Default is: "{filename}".
Example:
streamlink -p vlc -a "--play-and-exit {filename}" <url> [stream]
-v, --verbose-player
Allow the player to display its console output.
-n, --player-fifo, --fifo
Make the player read the stream through a named pipe instead of the stdin pipe.
--player-http
Make the player read the stream through HTTP instead of the stdin pipe.
--player-continuous-http
Make the player read the stream through HTTP, but unlike --player-http it will continuously try to
open the stream if the player requests it.
This makes it possible to handle stream disconnects if your player is capable of reconnecting to a
HTTP stream. This is usually done by setting your player to a "repeat mode".
--player-external-http
Serve stream data through HTTP without running any player. This is useful to allow external
devices like smartphones or streaming boxes to watch streams they wouldn't be able to otherwise.
Behavior will be similar to the continuous HTTP option, but no player program will be started, and
the server will listen on all available connections instead of just in the local (loopback)
interface.
The URLs that can be used to access the stream will be printed to the console, and the server can
be interrupted using CTRL-C.
--player-external-http-port PORT
A fixed port to use for the external HTTP server if that mode is enabled. Omit or set to 0 to use
a random high ( >1024) port.
--player-passthrough TYPES
A comma-delimited list of stream types to pass to the player as a URL to let it handle the
transport of the stream instead.
Stream types that can be converted into a playable URL are:
• hls
• http
• rtmp
Make sure your player can handle the stream type when using this.
--player-no-close
By default Streamlink will close the player when the stream ends. This is to avoid "dead" GUI
players lingering after a stream ends.
It does however have the side-effect of sometimes closing a player before it has played back all
of its cached data.
This option will instead let the player decide when to exit.
-t TITLE, --title TITLE
This option allows you to supply a title to be displayed in the title bar of the window that the
video player is launched in.
This value can contain formatting variables surrounded by curly braces, { and }. If you need to
include a brace character, it can be escaped by doubling, e.g. {{ and }}.
This option is only supported for the following players: mpv, potplayer, vlc.
VLC specific information:
VLC has certain codes you can use inside your title. These are accessible inside --title
by using a backslash before the dollar sign VLC uses to denote a format character.
e.g. to put the current date in your VLC window title, the string "$A" could be inserted
inside your --title string.
A full list of the format codes VLC uses is available here:
https://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation:Format_String/
mpv specific information:
mpv has certain codes you can use inside your title. These are accessible inside --title
by using a backslash before the dollar sign mpv uses to denote a format character.
e.g. to put the current version of mpv running inside your mpv window title, the string
"${{mpv-version}}" could be inserted inside your --title string.
A full list of the format codes mpv uses is available here:
https://mpv.io/manual/stable/#property-expansion
Formatting variables available to use in --title:
{title}
If available, this is the title of the stream. Otherwise, it is the string "Unknown Title"
{author}
If available, this is the author of the stream. Otherwise, it is the string "Unknown
Author"
{category}
If available, this is the category the stream has been placed into.
• For Twitch, this is the game being played
• For YouTube, it's the category e.g. Gaming, Sports, Music...
Otherwise, it is the string "No Category"
{game} This is just a synonym for {category} which may make more sense for gaming oriented
platforms. "Game being played" is a way to categorize the stream, so it doesn't need its
own separate handling.
{url} URL of the stream.
Examples:
streamlink -p vlc --title "{title} -!- {author} -!- {category} \$A" <url> [stream]
streamlink -p mpv --title "{title} -- {author} -- {category} -- (\${{mpv-version}})" <url> [stream]
File output options
-o FILENAME, --output FILENAME
Write stream data to FILENAME instead of playing it.
You will be prompted if the file already exists.
-f, --force
When using -o or -r, always write to file even if it already exists.
-O, --stdout
Write stream data to stdout instead of playing it.
-r FILENAME, --record FILENAME
Open the stream in the player, while at the same time writing it to FILENAME.
You will be prompted if the file already exists.
-R FILENAME, --record-and-pipe FILENAME
Write stream data to stdout, while at the same time writing it to FILENAME.
You will be prompted if the file already exists.
Stream options
--url URL
A URL to attempt to extract streams from.
Usually, the protocol of http(s) URLs can be omitted (https://), depending on the implementation
of the plugin being used.
This is an alternative to setting the URL using a positional argument and can be useful if set in
a config file.
--default-stream STREAM
Stream to play.
Use best or worst for selecting the highest or lowest available quality.
Fallback streams can be specified by using a comma-separated list:
"720p,480p,best"
This is an alternative to setting the stream using a positional argument and can be useful if set
in a config file.
--retry-streams DELAY
Retry fetching the list of available streams until streams are found while waiting DELAY second(s)
between each attempt. If unset, only one attempt will be made to fetch the list of streams
available.
The number of fetch retry attempts can be capped with --retry-max.
--retry-max COUNT
When using --retry-streams, stop retrying the fetch after COUNT retry attempt(s). Fetch will retry
infinitely if COUNT is zero or unset.
If --retry-max is set without setting --retry-streams, the delay between retries will default to 1
second.
--retry-open ATTEMPTS
After a successful fetch, try ATTEMPTS time(s) to open the stream until giving up.
Default is: 1.
--stream-types TYPES, --stream-priority TYPES
A comma-delimited list of stream types to allow.
The order will be used to separate streams when there are multiple streams with the same name but
different stream types. Any stream type not listed will be omitted from the available streams
list. A * can be used as a wildcard to match any other type of stream, eg. muxed-stream.
Default is: "rtmp,hls,hds,http,akamaihd,*".
--stream-sorting-excludes STREAMS
Fine tune the best and worst stream name synonyms by excluding unwanted streams.
If all of the available streams get excluded, best and worst will become inaccessible and new
special stream synonyms best-unfiltered and worst-unfiltered can be used as a fallback selection
method.
Uses a filter expression in the format:
[operator]<value>
Valid operators are >, >=, < and <=. If no operator is specified then equality is tested.
For example this will exclude streams ranked higher than "480p":
">480p"
Multiple filters can be used by separating each expression with a comma.
For example this will exclude streams from two quality types:
">480p,>medium"
Stream transport options
--hds-live-edge SECONDS
The time live HDS streams will start from the edge of stream.
Default is: 10.0.
--hds-segment-attempts ATTEMPTS
How many attempts should be done to download each HDS segment before giving up.
Default is: 3.
--hds-segment-threads THREADS
The size of the thread pool used to download HDS segments. Minimum value is 1 and maximum is 10.
Default is: 1.
--hds-segment-timeout TIMEOUT
HDS segment connect and read timeout.
Default is: 10.0.
--hds-timeout TIMEOUT
Timeout for reading data from HDS streams.
Default is: 60.0.
--hls-live-edge SEGMENTS
How many segments from the end to start live HLS streams on.
The lower the value the lower latency from the source you will be, but also increases the chance
of buffering.
Default is: 3.
--hls-segment-attempts ATTEMPTS
How many attempts should be done to download each HLS segment before giving up.
Default is: 3.
--hls-playlist-reload-attempts ATTEMPTS
How many attempts should be done to reload the HLS playlist before giving up.
Default is: 3.
--hls-segment-threads THREADS
The size of the thread pool used to download HLS segments. Minimum value is 1 and maximum is 10.
Default is: 1.
--hls-segment-timeout TIMEOUT
HLS segment connect and read timeout.
Default is: 10.0.
--hls-segment-ignore-names NAMES
A comma-delimited list of segment names that will not be fetched.
Example: --hls-segment-ignore-names 000,001,002
This will ignore every segment that ends with 000.ts, 001.ts and 002.ts
Default is: None.
NOTE:
The --hls-timeout must be increased, to a time that is longer than the ignored break.
--hls-segment-key-uri URI
URI to segment encryption key. If no URI is specified, the URI contained in the segments will be
used.
Example: --hls-segment-key-uri "https://example.com/hls/encryption_key"
Default is: None.
--hls-audio-select CODE
Selects a specific audio source or sources, by language code or name, when multiple audio sources
are available. Can be * to download all audio sources.
Examples:
--hls-audio-select "English,German"
--hls-audio-select "en,de"
--hls-audio-select "*"
NOTE:
This is only useful in special circumstances where the regular locale option fails, such as
when multiple sources of the same language exists.
--hls-timeout TIMEOUT
Timeout for reading data from HLS streams.
Default is: 60.0.
--hls-start-offset [HH:]MM:SS
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).
Default is: 00:00:00.
--hls-duration [HH:]MM:SS
Limit the playback duration, useful for watching segments of a stream. The actual duration may be
slightly longer, as it is rounded to the nearest HLS segment.
Default is: unlimited.
--hls-live-restart
Skip to the beginning of a live stream, or as far back as possible.
--http-stream-timeout TIMEOUT
Timeout for reading data from HTTP streams.
Default is: 60.0.
--ringbuffer-size SIZE
The maximum size of ringbuffer. Add a M or K suffix to specify mega or kilo bytes instead of
bytes.
The ringbuffer is used as a temporary storage between the stream and the player. This is to allows
us to download the stream faster than the player wants to read it.
The smaller the size, the higher chance of the player buffering if there are download speed dips
and the higher size the more data we can use as a storage to catch up from speed dips.
It also allows you to temporary pause as long as the ringbuffer doesn't get full since we continue
to download the stream in the background.
Default is: "16M".
NOTE:
A smaller size is recommended on lower end systems (such as Raspberry Pi) when playing stream
types that require some extra processing (such as HDS) to avoid unnecessary background
processing.
--rtmp-proxy PROXY, --rtmpdump-proxy PROXY
A SOCKS proxy that RTMP streams will use.
Example: 127.0.0.1:9050
--rtmp-rtmpdump FILENAME, --rtmpdump FILENAME
RTMPDump is used to access RTMP streams. You can specify the location of the rtmpdump executable
if it is not in your PATH.
Example: "/usr/local/bin/rtmpdump"
--rtmp-timeout TIMEOUT
Timeout for reading data from RTMP streams.
Default is: 60.0.
--stream-segment-attempts ATTEMPTS
How many attempts should be done to download each segment before giving up.
This is generic option used by streams not covered by other options, such as stream protocols
specific to plugins, e.g. UStream.
Default is: 3.
--stream-segment-threads THREADS
The size of the thread pool used to download segments. Minimum value is 1 and maximum is 10.
This is generic option used by streams not covered by other options, such as stream protocols
specific to plugins, e.g. UStream.
Default is: 1.
--stream-segment-timeout TIMEOUT
Segment connect and read timeout.
This is generic option used by streams not covered by other options, such as stream protocols
specific to plugins, e.g. UStream.
Default is: 10.0.
--stream-timeout TIMEOUT
Timeout for reading data from streams.
This is generic option used by streams not covered by other options, such as stream protocols
specific to plugins, e.g. UStream.
Default is: 60.0.
--stream-url
If possible, translate the stream to a URL and print it.
--subprocess-cmdline, --cmdline, -c
Print the command-line used internally to play the stream.
This is only available on RTMP streams.
--subprocess-errorlog, --errorlog, -e
Log possible errors from internal subprocesses to a temporary file. The file will be saved in your
systems temporary directory.
Useful when debugging rtmpdump related issues.
--subprocess-errorlog-path PATH, --errorlog-path PATH
Log the subprocess errorlog to a specific file rather than a temporary file. Takes precedence over
subprocess-errorlog.
Useful when debugging rtmpdump related issues.
--ffmpeg-ffmpeg FILENAME
FFMPEG is used to access or mux separate video and audio streams. You can specify the location of
the ffmpeg executable if it is not in your PATH.
Example: "/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg"
--ffmpeg-verbose
Write the console output from ffmpeg to the console.
--ffmpeg-verbose-path PATH
Path to write the output from the ffmpeg console.
--ffmpeg-video-transcode CODEC
When muxing streams transcode the video to this CODEC.
Default is: "copy".
Example: "h264"
--ffmpeg-audio-transcode CODEC
When muxing streams transcode the audio to this CODEC.
Default is: "copy".
Example: "aac"
HTTP options
--http-proxy HTTP_PROXY
A HTTP proxy to use for all HTTP requests, including WebSocket connections. By default this proxy
will be used for all HTTPS requests too.
Example: "http://hostname:port/"
--https-proxy HTTPS_PROXY
A HTTPS capable proxy to use for all HTTPS requests.
Example: "https://hostname:port/"
--http-cookie KEY=VALUE
A cookie to add to each HTTP request.
Can be repeated to add multiple cookies.
--http-header KEY=VALUE
A header to add to each HTTP request.
Can be repeated to add multiple headers.
--http-query-param KEY=VALUE
A query parameter to add to each HTTP request.
Can be repeated to add multiple query parameters.
--http-ignore-env
Ignore HTTP settings set in the environment such as environment variables (HTTP_PROXY, etc) or
~/.netrc authentication.
--http-no-ssl-verify
Don't attempt to verify SSL certificates.
Usually a bad idea, only use this if you know what you're doing.
--http-disable-dh
Disable Diffie Hellman key exchange
Usually a bad idea, only use this if you know what you're doing.
--http-ssl-cert FILENAME
SSL certificate to use.
Expects a .pem file.
--http-ssl-cert-crt-key CRT_FILENAME KEY_FILENAME
SSL certificate to use.
Expects a .crt and a .key file.
--http-timeout TIMEOUT
General timeout used by all HTTP requests except the ones covered by other options.
Default is: 20.0.
Plugin options
--abweb-username USERNAME
The username associated with your ABweb account, required to access any ABweb stream.
--abweb-password PASSWORD
A ABweb account password to use with --abweb-username.
--abweb-purge-credentials
Purge cached ABweb credentials to initiate a new session and reauthenticate.
--afreeca-username USERNAME
The username used to register with afreecatv.com.
--afreeca-password PASSWORD
A afreecatv.com account password to use with --afreeca-username.
--animelab-email EMAIL
The email address used to register with animelab.com.
--animelab-password PASSWORD
A animelab.com account password to use with --animelab-email.
--bbciplayer-username USERNAME
The username used to register with bbc.co.uk.
--bbciplayer-password PASSWORD
A bbc.co.uk account password to use with --bbciplayer-username.
--bbciplayer-hd
Prefer HD streams over local SD streams, some live programmes may not be broadcast in HD.
--btsports-email EMAIL
The email associated with your BT Sport account, required to access any BT Sport stream.
--btsports-password PASSWORD
Your BT Sport account password.
--btv-username USERNAME
A BTV username required to access any stream.
--btv-password PASSWORD
A BTV account password to use with --btv-username.
--clubbingtv-username
The username used to register with Clubbing TV.
--clubbingtv-password
A Clubbing TV account password to use with --clubbingtv-username.
--crunchyroll-username USERNAME
A Crunchyroll username to allow access to restricted streams.
--crunchyroll-password [PASSWORD]
A Crunchyroll password for use with --crunchyroll-username.
If left blank you will be prompted.
--crunchyroll-purge-credentials
Purge cached Crunchyroll credentials to initiate a new session and reauthenticate.
--crunchyroll-session-id SESSION_ID
Set a specific session ID for crunchyroll, can be used to bypass region restrictions. If using an
authenticated session ID, it is recommended that the authentication parameters be omitted as the
session ID is account specific.
NOTE:
The session ID will be overwritten if authentication is used and the session ID does not match
the account.
--funimation-email
Email address for your Funimation account.
--funimation-password
Password for your Funimation account.
--funimation-language
The audio language to use for the stream; japanese or english.
Default is: "english".
--funimation-mux-subtitles
Enable automatically including available subtitles in to the output stream.
--liveedu-email EMAIL
The email address used to register with liveedu.tv.
--liveedu-password PASSWORD
A LiveEdu account password to use with --liveedu-email.
--openrectv-email EMAIL
The email associated with your openrectv account, required to access any openrectv stream.
--openrectv-password PASSWORD
An openrectv account password to use with --openrectv-email.
--pixiv-username USERNAME
The email/username used to register with pixiv.net
--pixiv-password PASSWORD
A pixiv.net account password to use with --pixiv-username
--pixiv-sessionid SESSIONID
The pixiv.net sessionid that's used in pixivs PHPSESSID cookie. can be used instead of the
username/password login process.
--pixiv-devicetoken DEVICETOKEN
The pixiv.net device token that's used in pixivs device_token cookie. can be used instead of the
username/password login process.
--pixiv-purge-credentials
Purge cached Pixiv credentials to initiate a new session and reauthenticate.
--pixiv-performer USER
Select a co-host stream instead of the owner stream.
--pluzz-mux-subtitles
Automatically mux available subtitles in to the output stream.
--rtve-mux-subtitles
Automatically mux available subtitles in to the output stream.
--sbscokr-id CHANNELID
Channel ID to play.
Example:
streamlink http://play.sbs.co.kr/onair/pc/index.html best --sbscokr-id S01
--schoolism-email EMAIL
The email associated with your Schoolism account, required to access any Schoolism stream.
--schoolism-password PASSWORD
A Schoolism account password to use with --schoolism-email.
--schoolism-part PART
Play part number PART of the lesson, or assignment feedback video.
Defaults is 1.
--steam-email EMAIL
A Steam account email address to access friends/private streams
--steam-password PASSWORD
A Steam account password to use with --steam-email.
--tvplayer-email EMAIL
The email address used to register with tvplayer.com.
--tvplayer-password PASSWORD
The password for your tvplayer.com account.
--twitch-oauth-token TOKEN
An OAuth token to use for Twitch authentication. Use --twitch-oauth-authenticate to create a
token.
--twitch-cookie COOKIES
Twitch cookies to authenticate to allow access to subscription channels.
Example:
"_twitch_session_id=xxxxxx; persistent=xxxxx"
NOTE:
This method is the old and clunky way of authenticating with Twitch, using
--twitch-oauth-authenticate is the recommended and simpler way of doing it now.
--twitch-disable-hosting
Do not open the stream if the target channel is hosting another channel.
--twitch-disable-ads
Skip embedded advertisement segments at the beginning or during a stream. Will cause these
segments to be missing from the stream.
--twitch-disable-reruns
Do not open the stream if the target channel is currently broadcasting a rerun.
--ustream-password PASSWORD
A password to access password protected UStream.tv channels.
--ustvnow-username USERNAME
Your USTV Now account username
--ustvnow-password PASSWORD
Your USTV Now account password
--vimeo-mux-subtitles
Automatically mux available subtitles in to the output stream.
--wwenetwork-email EMAIL
The email associated with your WWE Network account, required to access any WWE Network stream.
--wwenetwork-password PASSWORD
A WWE Network account password to use with --wwenetwork-email.
--yupptv-email EMAIL
Your YuppTV account email
--yupptv-password PASSWORD
Your YuppTV account password.
--zattoo-email EMAIL
The email associated with your zattoo account, required to access any zattoo stream.
--zattoo-password PASSWORD
A zattoo account password to use with --zattoo-email.
--zattoo-purge-credentials
Purge cached zattoo credentials to initiate a new session and reauthenticate.
--zattoo-stream-types TYPES
A comma-delimited list of stream types which should be used, the following types are allowed:
• dash
• hls
• hls5
Default is: "hls".
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