CmdID

CmdID / Commands

streamlink

Extract streams from various services and pipes them into a video player of choice. tldr-pages

On several platforms

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Several platforms

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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/streamIdentify

Open a stream with the specified quality

streamlink example.com/stream 720p60Identify

Select the highest or lowest available quality

streamlink example.com/stream bestIdentify

Use a specific player to feed stream data to (VLC is used by default if found)

streamlink --player mpv example.com/stream bestIdentify

Skip a specific amount of time 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 bestIdentify

Skip to the beginning of a live stream, or as far back as possible

streamlink --hls-live-restart example.com/stream bestIdentify

Write stream data to a file instead of playing it

streamlink --output path/to/file.ts example.com/stream bestIdentify

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 bestIdentify