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https://github.com/BasioMeusPuga/twitchy

CLI streamlink wrapper for twitch.tv
https://github.com/BasioMeusPuga/twitchy

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# twitchy

CLI streamlink wrapper for twitch.tv



**Requires streamlink, python >= 3.6, python-requests**



This script hopefully fulfills the needs of the discerning git cloner who wants to watch Twitch, and hates the CPU utilization of having a browser/flash running, especially since the current status of hardware accelerated video on Linux browsers is somewhere between non existent and abysmal.



Features:

* Tracking of most watched channels.

* Custom layouts: User adjustable colors and columns

* VOD support

* Sync your followed accounts to a local sqlite database that does not judge you.

* Stream multiple... streams at once.

* Integration with your conky / dmenu / rofi

* The ability to display alternate names for games / streamers. If your happiness is somehow contingent upon displaying "Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft" as "Wizard Poker", well, you've come to the right place.



## Installation

1. Clone the repository

2. In the root directory, type:



        $ python setup.py build

        # python setup.py install



3. Launch with `twitchy`



Alternatively, use the AUR package:

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/twitchy-git



Please delete `~/.config/twitchy3/*` and restart twitchy before reporting any issues.



## Usage



    $ twitchy [ARGUMENT] [OPTIONS]



    [ARGUMENT] to the script is used as a search string for channels in the local database.



    [OPTIONS]

    -h, --help                      This helpful message

    -a                Add channel(s)

    -an [*searchstring*]            Set/unset alternate names

    --configure                     Configure options

    -d [*searchstring*]             Delete channel(s) from database

    --non-interactive [go / kickstart]

                                    Generate parsable data for integration elsewhere

    --reset                         Delete everything and start over

    -s                    Sync followed channels from specified account

    -v                Watch channel's recorded videos

    -w                Watch specified channel(s)



    First run:

    Will create both the database and an editable config file in ~/.config/twitchy3/



    While playing:

     to quit



    Run in non-interactive mode. This is useful for integration with dmenu / rofi / conky.

    --non-interactive go            Get customizable comma separated list of channel / game data

    --non-interactive kickstart <>  Start channel directly without asking for confirmation



## Examples



Using no argument while launching the script will check the status of every channel in the local database:

![alt tag](https://i.imgur.com/1Id6J7G.png)



Add channels to local database:



    $ twitchy -a bobross   ...

    $ twitchy -s 



Display all strings matching *obr*:



    $ twitchy obr

    Checking channels...

    Creative

    1 bobross                   80085           The Joy of Painting Monday Season 7 Marathon #painting...

    Sonic: Generations

    2 mariobro                  123             #WhereMuhPrincessAt?

    Wizard Poker

    3 flatulentcobra            6969            Playing secret Paladin. Killing a puppy later.

    Channel number(s): 1-h 2-s 3-l



    Custom quality settings: Specify with hyphen next to channel number.

    E.g. <1-h 2-s 3-l> will simultaneously play

    channel 1 in high quality, 2 in source quality, and 3 in low quality.



Watch specified channel(s) - Do not have to be in local database:



    $ twitchy -w northernlion cobaltstreak

    Checking channels...

    The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth

    1 northernlion                5757          Egg

    Channel number(s): 1



## Plugins



Thanks to twitchy's `--non-interactive` flag, it is easy to integrate it

with various tools, like the ones below.



### Albert



Supports the excellent [Albert launcher](https://github.com/albertlauncher/albert)



  




Move `twitchy_albert.py` in the `plugins` directory to `/usr/share/albert/org.albert.extension.python/modules`



### Py3status



Supports the excellent [py3status](https://github.com/ultrabug/py3status)



  




Move `twitchy_py3status.py` in the `plugins` directory to somewhere

in your py3status module paths as `twitchy.py`.



### Rofi



Supports a custom [rofi](https://github.com/DaveDavenport/rofi) mode



  




Move `rofi-twitchy` in the `plugins` directory to somewhere on your

`PATH`, and invoke it with:



```

$ rofi -modi twitchy:rofi-twitchy -show twitchy

```



Of course, you probably want to bind this command to a keyboard shortcut

in your window manager.