StreamDVR

About

StreamDVR records your favorite live streamers while you are away. No need to miss a broadcast!

Time shifting is not a crime: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Corp._of_America_v._Universal_City_Studios,_Inc.

• Captures using either ffmpeg or streamlink to ts containers

• Automatic post-processing converts recordings to mp4 or mkv containers.

• Supported sites: Twitch, Mixer, MyFreeCams, Chaturbate, Camsoda, Bongacams, Cam4

Setup

• Dependencies: node.js >= 10.0.0, npm, git, and ffmpeg

• Optional Dependencies: streamlink >= 0.14.2+20.gc394b41, youtube-dl, mfcauto

  • streamlink is used to fetch m3u8 URLs and also to record
    • Required for Chaturbate, Camsoda, Bongacams, and Cam4
    • Optional for MyFreeCams (via mfcsl streamdvr plugin)
    • To use streamlink to record instead of ffmpeg, the streamlink hlssession plugin is required: https://github.com/back-to/plugins/
  • youtube-dl is used to fetch m3u8 URLs for Twitch and Mixer
  • mfcauto is optionally used to fetch m3u8 URLs for MyFreeCams (via mfc streamdvr plugin)

• Install StreamDVR

  On GitHub, click Clone or download, Download ZIP. Or run git clone https://github.com/jrudess/streamdvr.git

• Run npm install to fetch all of the package dependences listed in package.json.

Instructions

Refer to config/config.yml for all configuration options.

• config files are loaded from the following paths listed in precedence order

  • $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/streamdvr/
  • $HOME/.config/streamdvr/
    • %LOCALAPPDATA%/streamdvr/ on windows
  • $cwd/config/

• To run: node streamdvr.js

• To run without color: node streamdvr.js --no-color

• TUI navigation:

  • 1 to focus the streamer list
  • enter to focus the input bar. enter a second time to re-focus the log (if enabled)
  • Up/Down/PgUp/PgDn to scroll the active focus

• TUI Console Commands:

  • add [site] [streamer]
  • addtemp [site] [streamer]
  • remove [site] [streamer]
  • reload
  • hide [log|list]
  • show [log|list]
  • help