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[question] new user, need help
Hey!
I want to use livestreamer to download youtube live streams. The only problem is that i have no experience with terminal based programs. Ive been trying to figure it out for a long time and i am no closer than when i started. Im still not even sure if I downloaded livestreamer correctly. Any help is very appreciated.
Thanks!!!
If you want to record only youtube live streams, I highly recommend to use PotPlayer (you can download it from the official site https://potplayer.daum.net/). After installing it, open URL by pressing ctrl+u, paste your youtube link and click on "OK", then press ctrl+a to choose a location for saving your live stream and finally press on "Start" to record the live stream. Best media player ever, try it for yourself!
livestreamer is now unsupported, FAIK the lead developer been AWOL for months, switch to the new improved fork streamlink streamlink will also download you tube videos, i wrote a wrapper script, if you on linux or osx and u want to try it just holla, also apps like mps-youtube will download live yt streams, playlilsts, video, convert to .mp3 etc mps-youtube meh above potplayer looks proprietary, check out the new improved open source fork of mplayer, named mpv Another top pick of open source software is youtube-dl it will take care of all your you tube needs. Even Stallman approves of it.
@adreporter Thanks for the response! I went to https://potplayer.daum.net/ and it seems that its windows only. Is there an alternative for mac?
Thanks!
@bash717 Before using PotPlayer I used the "combo" streamlink (https://streamlink.github.io/install.html#other-platforms) + VLC (https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html) that you can also use on Mac. Instead of VLC you can use also mpv (https://mpv.io/installation/)
@adreporter Thanks for getting back to me! I tried to use streamlink but i wasnt able to figure it out. I wasn't even able to download it.
Any help would be appreciated!