longsack / livecli

Command-line utility that pipes videos from online streaming services to a variety of video players.

Livecli

Livecli is a Command-line utility that pipes videos from online streaming services to a variety of video players.

The main purpose of Livecli is to convert CPU-heavy websites to a less CPU-intensive format.

Livecli is a fork of the Streamlink and Livestreamer project

Websites

• GitHub: https://github.com/livecli/livecli
• Issue tracker: https://github.com/livecli/livecli/issues
• Latest release: https://github.com/livecli/livecli/releases/latest
• Website: https://livecli.github.io/index.html

Other versions

• E2 receiver: https://github.com/livecli/ipk
• Kodi: https://github.com/livecli/repo

Installation

Installation via Python pip

pip install livecli

Manual installation via Python

git clone https://github.com/livecli/livecli
cd livecli
pip install -U .

Features

Livecli is built via a plugin system which allows new services to be easily added.

A list of all supported plugins can be found on the plugin page.

There is also a generic plugin that will try to open a stream on every website.

Quickstart

After installing, simply use:

livecli STREAMURL best

Livecli will automatically open the stream in its default video player!

See Livecli's detailed documentation for all available configuration options, CLI parameters and usage examples.

Contributing

All contributions are welcome. Feel free to open a new thread on the issue tracker or submit a new pull request. Please read CONTRIBUTING.md first. Thanks!

Please be aware that plugins for streaming services that are using DRM protections, websites from not official or not authored third party will not be implemented.