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Twitch Downloader
=================
A simple CLI tool for downloading videos from Twitch.
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Inspired by youtube-dl but improves upon it by using multiple concurrent
connections to make the download faster.
Resources
---------
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* Homepage: https://github.com/ihabunek/twitch-dl
* Issues: https://github.com/ihabunek/twitch-dl/issues
* Python package: https://pypi.org/project/twitch-dl/
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Usage
-----
List recent streams for a given channel:
```
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twitch-dl videos bananasaurus_rex
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```
Yields (trimmed):
```
Found 33 videos
221837124
SUPER MARIO ODYSSSEY - Stream #2 / 600,000,000
Bananasaurus_Rex playing Super Mario Odyssey
Published 2018-01-24 @ 12:05:25 Length: 3h 40min
221418913
Dead Space and then SUPER MARIO ODYSSEY PogChamp
Bananasaurus_Rex playing Dead Space
Published 2018-01-23 @ 02:40:58 Length: 6h 2min
220783179
Dead Space | Got my new setup working! rexChamp
Bananasaurus_Rex playing Dead Space
Published 2018-01-21 @ 05:47:03 Length: 5h 7min
```
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Use the `--game` option to specify one or more games to show:
```
twitch-dl videos --game "doom eternal" --game "cave story" bananasaurus_rex
```
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Download a stream by ID or URL:
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```
twitch-dl download 221837124
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twitch-dl download https://www.twitch.tv/videos/221837124
```
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Download a clip by slug or URL:
```
twitch-dl download VenomousTameWormHumbleLife
twitch-dl download https://www.twitch.tv/bananasaurus_rex/clip/VenomousTameWormHumbleLife
```
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Man page
--------
Building the man page for twitch-dl requires scdoc.
The source is in ``twitch-dl.1.scd``, and you can build it by running:
```
make man
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```
License
-------
Copyright 2018 Ivan Habunek <ivan@habunek.com>
Licensed under the GPLv3: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html