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chrippa / livestreamer

Command-line utility that extracts streams from various services and pipes them into a video player of choice. No longer maintained, use streamlink or youtube-dl instead.
http://livestreamer.io/
BSD 2-Clause "Simplified" License
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Livestreamer seems to fail parsing new-style Youtube channel URLs #1430

Open kg opened 8 years ago

kg commented 8 years ago

I'm attempting to watch a channel that is currently live streaming, with the url https://www.youtube.com/c/TheRealGiantBomb/live. Livestreamer says:

error: No plugin can handle URL: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheRealGiantBomb/live

I've successfully used livestreamer on static youtube videos in the past. I suspect the problem is that this channel uses a new-style youtube channel URL.

ghost commented 8 years ago

I've successfully used livestreamer on static youtube videos in the past. I suspect the problem is that this channel uses a new-style youtube channel URL.

Right click on YouTube's HTML5 / Flash player and select "Copy video URL".

https://youtu.be/HaPW6hkZLEU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaPW6hkZLEU

https://www.youtube.com/c/TheRealGiantBomb/live

All three URLs point to the same live stream.