how to assemble files with the command line?

[ghost]

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[dvingerh]

You can use the following command:

livestream_as "livestream_json_file.json" -o "livestream_fragments_folder" -f "output_file.mp4" --repair

For instance:

livestream_as "20170519_milliebobbybrown_17874686371071511-3.json" -o "20170519_milliebobbybrown_17874686371071511_downloads-3" -f "output.mp4" --repair

[ghost]

What to do if the json file is empty?

[dvingerh]

Then you cannot merge the video files, as far as I know.

[MrLahey]

When trying that command line I run into an error saying

Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Python35-32\Scripts\livestream_as-script.py", line 11, in load_entry_point('instagram-livestream-downloader==0.3.8', 'console_scripts', 'livestream_as')() File "c:\python35-32\lib\site-packages\livestream_dl\assemble.py", line 64, in main raise ValueError('broadcast json file does not exist: %s' % args.broadcast_json_file) ValueError: broadcast json file does not exist: 20170906_lilychee__17874366541136151_live-1.json

Should I just assume this can't be fixed?

[dvingerh]

@MrLahey

The error says that your broadcast JSON file cannot be found, make sure the path to the file is correct. If you don't have a (valid) JSON file for the broadcast then you can't assemble the video.

[MrLahey]

Hmm, I still have the JSON from the broadcast however it was from a broadcast that crapped out at some point and created an error. Must be why I can't assemble the video. Already tried repairing it too using other issues here and didn't work. Oh well, just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something.

[jpr0k99]

anybody have a solution to download in batches, and rebroadcast in realtime? i.e syndication to another account

[dvingerh]

@jpr0k99 You can download multiple streams by making a looping batch or bash script for each Instagram user.

Batch (Windows):

:loop
livestream_dl -u "username" -p "password" "iguser"
timeout 20 > nul
goto loop

Bash (Linux/UNIX):

while true
do 
    livestream_dl -u "username" -p "password" "iguser"
    sleep 20
done

AFAIK there is no way to rebroadcast to another account.

[taengstagram]

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