Unable to launch twitch streams using VLC

[bdriffield]

Hi,

I'm receiving the bel;ow access_token json error message whenever I attempt to launch a twitch stream in OSX El Capitain.

bdriffield$ livestreamer twitch.tv/moonmoon_ow source
[cli][info] Found matching plugin twitch for URL twitch.tv/moonmoon_ow
error: Unable to open URL: https://api.twitch.tv/api/channels/moonmoon_ow/access_token.json (400 Client Error: Bad Request)

[skulblakka]

See #1456 and #1478

[sshilko]

[mxwn]

Thank you @sshilko, worked almost flawlessly for me; livestreamer reports "failed to authenticate" upon using my oauth token but it still starts the stream.

For all the other batch noobs here, I wrote a very ugly batch file asking for the stream name and quality which means you don't have to paste URLs in your CLI:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Livestreamer
:START
set /p inputName=Stream name:%=%
set /p inputQuality=Stream quality (low, medium, high, source):%=%
livestreamer --twitch-oauth-token xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx twitch.tv/%inputName% %inputQuality%
set /p restart=restart script? (y/n):
IF "%restart%"=="y" goto START

I apologize in advance as I am not at all familiar with batch and there are certainly 100 ways to do this better.

[sshilko]

for all those mac pplz, VLC has proper hardware acceleration

livestreamer twitch.tv/AdmiralBulldog source -p '/Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC --network-caching 8000 --file-caching 8000' --player-http -v --hls-segment-threads 4

boom•~/twitch» cat ~/.livestreamerrc                                                                                                                              
twitch-oauth-token=v9tl7wahpv5o0n8gt6co4d5o2jlzhx

[sshilko]

@mxwn for windows there is built in livestreamer alternative with proper UI and so on, its on Reddit.
Tardsplaya

http://tards.net

[valobal]

Hi all, sorry for my newbie question. Anybody knows how to play a live streaming from Vaughnlive with VLC on mac?
regards

[KORandi]

Yeah with oauth key it works. thx