VLClive

Overview

VLClive is an extension that integrates livestreamer (https://github.com/chrippa/livestreamer) into the famous VLC media player. VLClive is written in Lua and uses the VLC Lua plugin interface.

Current Capabilities

Note: VLClive currently only works with twitch.tv streams but it is planned to support all the streams that are available for livestreamer in the future.

• Add/Remove your favourite streamers for quick access
• Import all your favourite streamers from twitch.tv with one click
• Quickly check if your favourite streamers are online
• Use all available quality settings

Installation

1. Install Livestreamer: http://docs.livestreamer.io/install.html (If you use Windows, add it the the Path Variable as well!)

2. Download the Lua file from /src/VLClive.lua

3. Place it in the correct folder:

• Windows: <Path_to_VLC_installation_directory>\lua\extensions\
• Linux: ~/.local/share/vlc/lua/extensions/
• Mac OS X: /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/extensions/

4. Run it from the 'View' tab in VLC

5. Please report all bugs immediately :)

6. Thank you for giving it a shot, much appreciated

Contributing

If you wish to report a bug or contribute code, please take a look at CONTRIBUTING.rst <CONTRIBUTING.rst>_ first.