Provided by: streamlink_7.5.0-1_all bug

NAME

       streamlink - extracts streams from various services and pipes them into a video player of choice

SYNOPSIS

          streamlink [OPTIONS] <URL> [STREAM]

EXAMPLES

          streamlink --loglevel debug youtu.be/VIDEO-ID best
          streamlink --player mpv --player-args '--no-border --no-keepaspect-window' twitch.tv/CHANNEL 1080p60
          streamlink --player-external-http --player-external-http-port 8888 URL STREAM
          streamlink --output /path/to/file --http-timeout 60 URL STREAM
          streamlink --stdout URL STREAM | ffmpeg -i pipe:0 ...
          streamlink --http-header 'Authorization=OAuth TOKEN' --http-header 'Referer=URL' URL STREAM
          streamlink --hls-live-edge 5 --stream-segment-threads 5 'hls://https://host/playlist.m3u8' best
          streamlink --twitch-low-latency -p mpv -a '--cache=yes --demuxer-max-back-bytes=2G' twitch.tv/CHANNEL best

OPTIONS

   Positional arguments
       URL    A URL to attempt to extract streams from.

              Usually,  the  protocol of http(s) URLs can be omitted (https://), depending on the implementation
              of the plugin being used.

              Alternatively, the URL can also be specified by using the --url option.

       STREAM Stream to play.

              Use best or worst for selecting the highest or lowest available quality.

              Fallback streams can be specified by using a comma-separated list:

                 "720p,480p,best"

              If no stream is specified and --default-stream is not used, then a list of available streams  will
              be printed.

   General options
       -h

       --help Show this help message and exit.

       -V

       --version
              Show version string and exit.

       --version-check
              Run a version check and exit.

       --auto-version-check {yes,true,1,on,no,false,0,off}
              Unused, kept for compatibility reasons.

              Default is: "no".

       --config FILENAME
              Load options from this config file.

              Can  be repeated to load multiple files, in which case the options are merged on top of each other
              where the last config has highest priority.

       --no-config
              Disable loading any default or custom config files.

       --locale LOCALE
              Override the system's locale setting, for selecting the preferred subtitle and audio language.

              The locale is formatted as [language_code]_[country_code], e.g. en_US or es_ES.

              Default is: system locale.

   Logging arguments
       -l LEVEL

       --loglevel LEVEL
              Set the log message threshold.

              Valid levels are, in order of increasing verbosity:

              none, critical, error, warning, info, debug, trace, all

              Default is: "info".

       --logformat FORMAT
              Set a custom logging format.

              See the Python standard library's logging.Formatter docs for more information  about  the  logging
              format and the available LogRecord attributes. Streamlink's formatter uses the curly brace style.

              The default format depends on the chosen log level.

              For verbose levels (trace and all):

              Default is: "[{asctime}][{threadName}][{name}][{levelname}] {message}".

              Otherwise:

              Default is: "[{name}][{levelname}] {message}".

       --logdateformat DATEFORMAT
              Set a custom logging date format.

              This formats the LogRecord's asctime attribute via strftime().

              The default date format depends on the chosen log level.

              For verbose levels (trace and all):

              Default is: "%H:%M:%S.%f".

              Otherwise:

              Default is: "%H:%M:%S".

       --logfile FILE
              Append log output to FILE instead of writing to stdout/stderr.

              User prompts and download progress won't be written to FILE.

              A value of - (dash) will set the file name to an ISO8601-like string and will choose the following
              default log directories.

              Windows:

                 %TEMP%\streamlink\logs

              macOS:

                 ${HOME}/Library/Logs/streamlink

              Linux/BSD:

                 ${XDG_STATE_HOME:-${HOME}/.local/state}/streamlink/logs

       -Q

       --quiet
              Suppress all console and log output, and also disable user prompts.

       -j

       --json Output JSON representations instead of the normal text output.

              Useful for external scripting.

   Plugin options
       --plugins
              Print a list of all currently installed plugins.

       --show-matchers PLUGIN
              Show  the  list  of  matchers  of a specific plugin (URL regex pattern with opt. priority and opt.
              name).

              The output is a human-readable pseudo YAML format. Please use --json  when  reading  matcher  data
              programmatically.

       --can-handle-url URL
              Check if Streamlink has a plugin that can handle the specified URL.

              Status code is 0 on success, 1 on failure.

              Useful for external scripting.

       --can-handle-url-no-redirect URL
              Same as --can-handle-url, but without following redirects when looking up the URL.

       --no-plugin-cache
              Disable I/O of the plugin key-value store.

              If  disabled,  plugins won't be able to load or store data like cookies, authentication data, etc.
              The data which is loaded or stored depends on each plugin implementation.

       --no-plugin-sideloading
              Disable automatic sideloading of third-party plugins from the default location.

              See the plugin-sideloading documentation for where third-party plugins are loaded from.

       --plugin-dir DIRECTORY
              Load additional plugins from this directory.

              Can be set multiple times to load plugins from multiple directories.

       --plugin-dirs DIRECTORY
              Load additional plugins from a list of comma-separated directories. (deprecated)

   Network arguments
       --interface INTERFACE
              Set the network interface.

       -4

       --ipv4 Resolve address names to IPv4 only. This option overrides --ipv6.

       -6

       --ipv6 Resolve address names to IPv6 only. This option overrides --ipv4.

   Player options
       -p PATH

       --player PATH
              Set the player executable that will be launched (unless a different output method was chosen).

              Either set an absolute or relative path to the player executable, or  just  set  the  executable's
              name if it can be resolved from the paths of the system's PATH environment variable.

              In  addition  to  setting  the  player  executable  path,  custom  player arguments can be set via
              --player-args.

              NOTE:
                 In the past, --player allowed defining additional player  arguments,  which  as  a  consequence
                 required  wrapping  player  paths that contained spaces in quotation marks. This is unsupported
                 since release 6.0.0.

              Default is: VLC player, if available.

       -a ARGUMENTS

       --player-args ARGUMENTS
              Set a string of custom --player launch arguments that will be parsed and tokenized.

              The value can contain formatting variables surrounded by curly  braces,  {  and  }.   Curly  brace
              characters can be escaped by doubling, e.g. {{ and }}.

              Available formatting variables:

              {playerinput}
                     This  is  the input argument that the --player will receive. For standard input (stdin), it
                     is - (dash), but it can also be a file path or URL, depending  on  the  options  used.   If
                     unset, then the player input argument will be appended to the parsed player arguments list.

              {playertitleargs}
                     The  automatically generated player title arguments, if a supported --player was found. See
                     --title for more.  If  unset,  automatically  generated  player  title  arguments  will  be
                     prepended to the parsed player arguments list.

              Example:

                 streamlink -p vlc -a "--play-and-exit --no-one-instance" <url> [stream]

              Default is: "".

       --player-env KEY=VALUE
              Add  an  additional  environment variable to the spawned --player process, in addition to the ones
              inherited from the Streamlink/Python  parent  process.  This  allows  setting  player  environment
              variables in config files.

              Can be repeated to add multiple environment variables.

       -v

       --player-verbose
              Write the --player's stdout/stderr output to Streamlink's stdout/stderr output.

       --verbose-player
              Deprecated in favor of --player-verbose.

       -n

       --player-fifo
              Make the --player read the stream through a named pipe instead of the stdin pipe.

       --fifo Deprecated in favor of --player-fifo.

       --player-http
              Make the --player read the stream through HTTP instead of the stdin pipe.

       --player-continuous-http
              Make the --player read the stream through HTTP, but unlike --player-http, it will continuously try
              to open the stream if the player requests it.

              This enables the handling of stream disconnects if the player is capable of reconnecting to a HTTP
              stream. This is usually done by setting the player to a "repeat mode".

       --player-external-http
              Serve  stream  data  through  HTTP  without opening the --player. This is useful to allow external
              devices like smartphones or streaming boxes to watch streams they wouldn't be able to otherwise.

              The default behavior is similar to the --player-continuous-http option, but no player program will
              be started, and the server will listen on all available connections instead of just in  the  local
              (loopback) interface.

              See   --player-external-http-interface   for  choosing  a  specific  network  interface,  and  see
              --player-external-http-port for choosing a non-randomized port.

              Optionally, the --player-external-http-continuous  option  allows  for  disabling  the  continuous
              run-mode, so that Streamlink will stop when the stream ends.

              The  URLs that can be used to access the stream will be printed to the console, and the server can
              be interrupted using CTRL-C.

       --player-external-http-continuous {yes,true,1,on,no,false,0,off}
              Set the run-mode of --player-external-http to continuous or non-continuous.

              In the continuous run-mode, Streamlink will keep running after the stream has ended and will  wait
              for the next HTTP request being made unless it gets shut down via CTRL-C.

              If set to non-continuous, Streamlink will stop once the stream has ended.

              Default is: true.

       --player-external-http-interface INTERFACE
              Set  the  network  interface  on  which  the HTTP server will be listening on.  If unset or set to
              0.0.0.0, all available interfaces will be bound.

       --player-external-http-port PORT
              Set the port of the external HTTP server if that mode is enabled.  Omit or  set  to  0  to  use  a
              random high ( >1024) port.

       --player-passthrough TYPES
              A  comma-delimited  list  of  stream  types  to pass to the --player as a URL to let it handle the
              transport of the stream instead of Streamlink.

              Stream types that can be converted into a playable URL are:

              hls, http

              Make sure the player can handle the stream type when using this.

       --player-no-close
              By default, Streamlink will close the --player when the stream ends.  This is to avoid "dead"  GUI
              players lingering after Streamlink has exited.

              It  does  however have the side-effect of sometimes closing a player before it has played back all
              of its cached data.

              This option will instead let the player decide when to exit.

       -t TITLE

       --title TITLE
              Change the title of the --player's window.

              Please see the "Metadata variables" section of Streamlink's CLI documentation  for  all  available
              metadata variables, as well as the "Plugins" section for the list of metadata variables defined in
              each plugin.

              Only the following players are supported:

              mpv, potplayer, vlc

              Example:

                 streamlink -p mpv --title "{author} - {category} - {title}" <URL> [STREAM]

   File output options
       -O

       --stdout
              Write stream data to stdout instead of playing it in the --player.

       -o FILENAME

       --output FILENAME
              Write  stream  data  to  FILENAME  instead of playing it in the --player.  If FILENAME is set to -
              (dash), then the stream data will be written to stdout, similar to the --stdout argument.

              Directories and subdirectories will be created if they do not  exist,  if  filesystem  permissions
              allow.

              Unless  --force  is  set,  Streamlink will ask for confirmation before writing if FILENAME already
              exists.

              Please see the "Metadata variables" section of Streamlink's CLI documentation  for  all  available
              metadata variables, as well as the "Plugins" section for the list of metadata variables defined in
              each plugin.

              Unsupported characters in substituted variables will be replaced with an underscore.

              Example:

                 streamlink --output "~/recordings/{author}/{category}/{id}-{time:%Y%m%d%H%M%S}.ts" <URL> [STREAM]

       -r FILENAME

       --record FILENAME
              Write  stream data to FILENAME while at the same time allowing playback in the --player or writing
              it to --stdout.  If FILENAME is set to - (dash), then the stream data will be written  to  stdout,
              similar to the --stdout argument, while still opening the player.

              Directories  and  subdirectories  will  be created if they do not exist, if filesystem permissions
              allow.

              Unless --force is set, Streamlink will ask for confirmation before  writing  if  FILENAME  already
              exists.

              Please  see  the  "Metadata variables" section of Streamlink's CLI documentation for all available
              metadata variables, as well as the "Plugins" section for the list of metadata variables defined in
              each plugin.

              Unsupported characters in substituted variables will be replaced with an underscore.

              Example:

                 streamlink --record "~/recordings/{author}/{category}/{id}-{time:%Y%m%d%H%M%S}.ts" <URL> [STREAM]

       -R FILENAME

       --record-and-pipe FILENAME
              Deprecated in favor of --stdout --record=FILENAME.

       --fs-safe-rules {POSIX,Windows}
              The rules used to make formatting variables filesystem-safe are chosen automatically according  to
              the type of system in use. This overrides the automatic detection.

              Intended  for  use when Streamlink is running on a UNIX-like OS but writing to Windows filesystems
              such as NTFS; USB devices using VFAT or exFAT; CIFS shares that  are  enforcing  Windows  filename
              limitations, etc.

              These characters are replaced with an underscore for the rules in use:

              • POSIX: \x00-\x1F /

              • Windows: \x00-\x1F \x7F " * / : < > ? \ |

       -f

       --force
              When using --output or --record, always write to file even if it already exists (overwrite).

       --progress {yes,force,no}
              When using --output or --record, show or hide the download progress bar, or force it if there's no
              terminal.

              Default is: yes.

   Stream options
       --url URL
              A URL to attempt to extract streams from.

              Usually,  the  protocol of http(s) URLs can be omitted (https://), depending on the implementation
              of the plugin being used.

              This is an alternative to setting the URL using a positional argument and can be useful if set  in
              a config file.

       --default-stream STREAM
              Stream to play.

              Use best or worst for selecting the highest or lowest available quality.

              Fallback streams can be specified by using a comma-separated list:

                 "720p,480p,best"

              This  is an alternative to setting the stream using a positional argument and can be useful if set
              in a config file.

       --stream-url
              If possible, translate the resolved stream to a URL and print it.

       --retry-streams DELAY
              Retry fetching the list of available streams until streams are found while waiting DELAY second(s)
              between each attempt.

              The number of retry attempts can be capped with --retry-max.  A default value of 1 is implied  for
              non-zero values of --retry-max.

              If  both --retry-streams and --retry-max are set to 0, then only one attempt will be made to fetch
              the list of available streams. This is the default behavior.

       --retry-max COUNT
              Stop fetching the list of available streams after COUNT retry attempt(s).

              A value of 0 makes Streamlink fetch streams indefinitely if --retry-streams is set to  a  non-zero
              value.   If --retry-streams is unset, then the default delay between fetching available streams is
              1 second.

       --retry-open ATTEMPTS
              After a successful fetch, try ATTEMPTS time(s) to open the stream until giving up.

              Default is: 1.

       --stream-types TYPES

       --stream-priority TYPES
              A comma-delimited list of stream types to allow.

              The order will be used to separate streams when there are multiple streams with the same name  but
              different  stream  types.  Any  stream  type not listed will be omitted from the available streams
              list.  An * (asterisk) can be used as a wildcard to match any other type of stream, e.g. dash.

              Default is: "hls,http,*".

       --stream-sorting-excludes STREAMS
              Fine-tune the best and worst stream name synonyms by excluding unwanted streams.

              If all of the available streams get excluded, best and worst  will  become  inaccessible  and  new
              special  stream  synonyms best-unfiltered and worst-unfiltered can be used as a fallback selection
              method.

              The filter-expression's format is:

                 [operator]<value>

              Valid operators are >, >=, < and <=. If no operator is specified then equality is tested.

              For example this will exclude streams ranked higher than "480p":

                 --stream-sorting-excludes ">480p"

              Multiple filters can be used by separating each expression with a comma.

              For example this will exclude streams from two quality types:

                 --stream-sorting-excludes ">480p,>medium"

   Stream transport options
       --ringbuffer-size SIZE
              The maximum size of the ringbuffer.

              Mebibytes or kibibytes (base 2) can be specified via the M or K suffix respectively.

              The ringbuffer is used as a temporary storage between the stream  and  the  player.   This  allows
              Streamlink to download the stream faster than the player which reads the data from the ringbuffer.

              The  smaller  the  size  of  the  ringbuffer, the higher the chance of the player buffering if the
              download speed decreases, and the higher the size, the more data  can  be  use  as  a  storage  to
              recover from volatile download speeds.

              Most  players  have  their  own additional cache and will read the ringbuffer's content as soon as
              data is available.  If the player stops reading data while playback  is  paused,  Streamlink  will
              continue to download the stream in the background as long as the ringbuffer doesn't get full.

              Default is: "16M".

       --stream-segment-attempts ATTEMPTS
              The number of download attempts of each stream segment before giving up.

              This applies to all different kinds of segmented stream types, such as DASH, HLS, etc.

              Default is: 3.

       --stream-segment-threads THREADS
              The size of the thread pool used to download segments. Minimum value is 1 and maximum is 10.

              This applies to all different kinds of segmented stream types, such as DASH, HLS, etc.

              Default is: 1.

       --stream-segment-timeout TIMEOUT
              The maximum time to wait for each segment to start downloading.

              This applies to all different kinds of segmented stream types, such as DASH, HLS, etc.

              Default is: 10.0.

       --stream-timeout TIMEOUT
              The maximum time to wait for an unfiltered stream to continue outputting data.

              This applies to all different kinds of stream types, such as DASH, HLS, HTTP, etc.

              Default is: 60.0.

       --mux-subtitles
              Automatically mux available subtitles into the output stream.

              Needs to be supported by the used plugin.

   HLS options
       --hls-live-edge SEGMENTS
              Number  of  segments from the live stream's current live position to begin streaming.  The size or
              length of each segment is determined by the streaming provider.

              Lower values will decrease the latency, but will also increase the chance of buffering,  as  there
              is  less  time  for Streamlink to download segments and write their data to the output buffer. The
              number of parallel segment downloads can be set with --stream-segment-threads and the HLS playlist
              reload time to fetch and queue new segments can be overridden with --hls-playlist-reload-time.

              Default is: 3.

              NOTE:
                 During live playback, the caching/buffering settings of the used  player  will  add  additional
                 latency.   To  adjust  this,  please  refer  to the player's own documentation for the required
                 configuration.  Player parameters can be set via --player-args.

       --hls-segment-stream-data
              Immediately write segment data into output buffer while downloading.

       --hls-playlist-reload-attempts ATTEMPTS
              The maximum number of attempts when reloading the HLS playlist before giving up.

              Default is: 3.

       --hls-playlist-reload-time TIME
              Set a custom HLS playlist reload time value, either in seconds or by using one  of  the  following
              keywords:

              • segment: The duration of the last segment in the current playlist

              • live-edge: The sum of segment durations of the live edge value minus one

              • default: The playlist's target duration metadata

              Default is: default.

       --hls-segment-queue-threshold FACTOR
              The  multiplication  factor  of  the HLS playlist's target duration after which the stream will be
              stopped early if no new segments were queued after refreshing the playlist (multiple  times).  The
              target  duration defines the maximum duration a single segment can have, meaning new segments must
              be available during this time frame, otherwise playback issues can occur.

              The intention of this queue threshold is to be able to stop early when the end of a stream doesn't
              get announced by the server, so Streamlink doesn't have to wait until a read-timeout  occurs.  See
              --stream-timeout.

              Set to 0 to disable.

              Default is: 3.

       --hls-segment-ignore-names NAMES
              A comma-delimited list of segment names that will get filtered out.

              Example: --hls-segment-ignore-names 000,001,002

              This will ignore every segment that ends with 000.ts, 001.ts and 002.ts

              Default is: None.

       --hls-segment-key-uri URI
              Override the segment encryption key URIs for encrypted streams.

              The  value  can  be  templated  using  the  following variables, which will be replaced with their
              respective part from the source segment URI:

                 {url} {scheme} {netloc} {path} {query}

              Examples:

                 --hls-segment-key-uri "https://example.com/hls/encryption_key"
                 --hls-segment-key-uri "{scheme}://1.2.3.4{path}{query}"
                 --hls-segment-key-uri "{scheme}://{netloc}/custom/path/to/key"

              Default is: None.

       --hls-audio-select CODE
              Select one or more specific audio sources by language code or name.  Can be set to * (asterisk) to
              include all audio sources.

              Examples:

                 --hls-audio-select "English,German"
                 --hls-audio-select "en,de"
                 --hls-audio-select "*"

              NOTE:
                 This is only useful in special circumstances where the regular locale  option  fails,  such  as
                 when multiple sources of the same language exist.

       --hls-start-offset [[XX:]XX:]XX[.XX] | [XXh][XXm][XX[.XX]s]
              The amount of time to skip from the beginning of the stream.  For live streams, this is a negative
              offset from the end of the stream (rewind).

              Default is: 0.

       --hls-duration [[XX:]XX:]XX[.XX] | [XXh][XXm][XX[.XX]s]
              Limit the playback duration, useful for watching segments of a stream.  The actual duration may be
              slightly longer, as it is rounded to the nearest HLS segment.

              Default is: unlimited.

       --hls-live-restart
              Skip to the beginning of a live stream, or as far back as possible.

   DASH options
       --dash-manifest-reload-attempts ATTEMPTS
              The maximum number of attempts when reloading the DASH manifest before giving up.

              Default is: 3.

   FFmpeg options
       --ffmpeg-ffmpeg FILENAME
              Set  the  location of the FFmpeg executable if it can't be resolved from the paths of the system's
              PATH environment variable.

              FFmpeg is required to access or mux separate video and audio streams, e.g. in DASH streams or  HLS
              streams with multiple sources.

              Example: --ffmpeg-ffmpeg "/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg"

       --ffmpeg-no-validation
              Disable FFmpeg validation and version logging.

       --ffmpeg-verbose
              Write FFmpeg's stderr output to Streamlink's stderr output.

       --ffmpeg-verbose-path PATH
              Write FFmpeg's stderr output to PATH.

       --ffmpeg-loglevel LOGLEVEL
              Change FFmpeg's -loglevel value to LOGLEVEL.

              Unless  --ffmpeg-verbose  or  --ffmpeg-verbose-path  is set, changing the log level won't have any
              effect.

              Default is: "info".

       --ffmpeg-fout OUTFORMAT
              Set the output format to OUTFORMAT. This only applies to streams which require muxing.

              Default is: "matroska".

              Example: --ffmpeg-fout "mpegts"

       --ffmpeg-video-transcode CODEC
              Transcode the video to CODEC. This only applies to streams which require muxing.

              Default is: "copy".

              Example: --ffmpeg-video-transcode "h264"

       --ffmpeg-audio-transcode CODEC
              Transcode the audio to CODEC. This only applies to streams which require muxing.

              Default is: "copy".

              Example: --ffmpeg-audio-transcode "aac"

       --ffmpeg-copyts
              Set the -copyts FFmpeg option, so input timestamps won't be processed and the initial  start  time
              offset value be kept.

       --ffmpeg-start-at-zero
              Enable the -start_at_zero FFmpeg option when using --ffmpeg-copyts.

   HTTP options
       --http-proxy HTTP_PROXY
              An HTTP proxy to use for all HTTP and HTTPS requests, including WebSocket connections.

              Example: --http-proxy "http://hostname:port/"

       --http-cookie KEY=VALUE
              A cookie to add to each HTTP request.

              Can be repeated to add multiple cookies.

       --http-header KEY=VALUE
              A header to add to each HTTP request.

              Can be repeated to add multiple headers.

       --http-query-param KEY=VALUE
              A query parameter to add to each HTTP request.

              Can be repeated to add multiple query parameters.

       --http-ignore-env
              Ignore  HTTP  settings  set in the environment, such as environment variables (HTTP_PROXY, etc) or
              ~/.netrc authentication.

       --http-no-ssl-verify
              Don't attempt to verify TLS/SSL certificates.

              Use with caution, as it has TLS/SSL security implications.

       --http-disable-dh
              Disable Diffie Hellman key exchange.

              Use with caution, as it has TLS/SSL security implications.

       --http-ssl-cert PEM_FILENAME
              SSL certificate to use: a .pem file.

       --http-ssl-cert-crt-key CRT_FILENAME KEY_FILENAME
              SSL certificate to use: a .crt and a .key file.

       --http-timeout TIMEOUT
              Set the general timeout value used by all HTTP requests except the ones covered by other options.

              Default is: 20.0.

   Web browser options
       --webbrowser {yes,true,1,on,no,false,0,off}
              Enable or disable support for Streamlink's webbrowser API.

              Streamlink's webbrowser API allows plugins which implement it to launch a web browser and  extract
              data  from websites which they otherwise couldn't do via the regular HTTP session in Python due to
              specific JavaScript restrictions.

              The web browser is run isolated and in a clean environment without access to regular user data.

              Streamlink currently only supports Chromium-based web browsers using the Chrome Devtools  Protocol
              (CDP).   This includes Chromium itself, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, and others,
              but full support for third party Chromium forks is not guaranteed. Please try Chromium  or  Google
              Chrome when encountering any issues.

              Default is: true.

       --webbrowser-executable PATH
              Path to the web browser's executable.

              By  default,  it  is  looked  up  automatically  according to the rules of the used webbrowser API
              implementation.  This usually involves a list of known executable names and fallback paths on  all
              supported operating systems.

       --webbrowser-timeout TIME
              The maximum amount of time which the web browser can take to launch and execute.

       --webbrowser-cdp-host HOST
              Host for the web browser's inter-process communication interface (CDP specific).

              Default is: 127.0.0.1.

       --webbrowser-cdp-port PORT
              Port for the web browser's inter-process communication interface (CDP specific).

              Tries to find a free port by default.

       --webbrowser-cdp-timeout TIME
              The maximum amount of time for waiting on a single CDP command response.

       --webbrowser-headless {yes,true,1,on,no,false,0,off}
              Whether  to  launch  the  web  browser in headless mode or not.  When enabled, it stays completely
              hidden and doesn't require a desktop environment to run.

              Please be aware that headless mode might be blocked by websites which implement bot detections.

              Default is: false.

   Plugin-specific options
   Bbciplayer
       --bbciplayer-username USERNAME
              The username used to register with bbc.co.uk.

       --bbciplayer-password PASSWORD
              A bbc.co.uk account password to use with --bbciplayer-username.

       --bbciplayer-hd
              Prefer HD streams over local SD streams, some live programmes may not be broadcast in HD.

   Clubbingtv
       --clubbingtv-username
              The username used to register with Clubbing TV.

       --clubbingtv-password
              A Clubbing TV account password to use with --clubbingtv-username.

   Nicolive
       --niconico-email EMAIL
              The email or phone number associated with your Niconico account

       --niconico-password PASSWORD
              The password of your Niconico account

       --niconico-user-session VALUE
              Value of the user-session token.

              Can be used as an alternative to providing a password.

       --niconico-purge-credentials
              Purge cached Niconico credentials to initiate a new session and reauthenticate.

       --niconico-timeshift-offset [[XX:]XX:]XX | [XXh][XXm][XXs]
              Amount of time to skip from the beginning of a stream.

              Default is: 0.

   Openrectv
       --openrectv-email EMAIL
              The email associated with your openrectv account, required to access any openrectv stream.

       --openrectv-password PASSWORD
              An openrectv account password to use with --openrectv-email.

   Pixiv
       --pixiv-sessionid SESSIONID
              The pixiv.net sessionid that's used in pixiv's PHPSESSID cookie.

       --pixiv-devicetoken DEVICETOKEN
              The pixiv.net device token that's used in pixiv's device_token cookie.

       --pixiv-purge-credentials
              Purge cached Pixiv credentials to initiate a new session and reauthenticate.

       --pixiv-performer USER
              Select a co-host stream instead of the owner stream.

   Raiplay
       --raiplay-email EMAIL
              The email used to register with raiplay.it.

       --raiplay-password PASSWORD
              A raiplay.it account password to use with --raiplay-email.

       --raiplay-purge-credentials
              Purge cached RaiPlay credentials to initiate a new session and reauthenticate.

   Soop
       --soop-username USERNAME
              The username used to register with sooplive.co.kr.

       --soop-password PASSWORD
              A sooplive.co.kr account password to use with --soop-username.

       --soop-purge-credentials
              Purge cached Soop credentials to initiate a new session and reauthenticate.

       --soop-stream-password STREAM_PASSWORD
              The password for the stream.

   Steam
       --steam-email EMAIL
              A Steam account email address to access friends/private streams

       --steam-password PASSWORD
              A Steam account password to use with --steam-email.

   Streann
       --streann-url URL
              Source URL where the iframe is located, only required for direct URLs of ott.streann.com

   Tf1
       --tf1-email EMAIL
              The email address used to register with tf1.fr.

       --tf1-password PASSWORD
              A tf1.fr account password to use with --tf1-email.

       --tf1-purge-credentials
              Purge cached tf1.fr credentials to initiate a new session and reauthenticate.

   Twitcasting
       --twitcasting-password PASSWORD
              Password for private Twitcasting streams.

   Twitch
       --twitch-low-latency
              Enables low latency streaming by prefetching HLS segments.  Sets --hls-segment-stream-data to true
              and --hls-live-edge to 2, if it is higher.  Reducing --hls-live-edge  to  1  will  result  in  the
              lowest latency possible, but will most likely cause buffering.

              In  order  to  achieve  true low latency streaming during playback, the player's caching/buffering
              settings will need to be adjusted and reduced to a value as low as possible, but still high enough
              to not cause any buffering.  This  depends  on  the  stream's  bitrate  and  the  quality  of  the
              connection  to  Twitch's  servers. Please refer to the player's own documentation for the required
              configuration. Player parameters can be set via --player-args.

              NOTE:
                 Low latency streams have to be enabled by  the  broadcasters  on  Twitch  themselves.   Regular
                 streams  can cause buffering issues with this option enabled due to the reduced --hls-live-edge
                 value.

       --twitch-api-header KEY=VALUE
              A header to add to each Twitch API HTTP request.

              Can be repeated to add multiple headers.

              Useful for adding authentication data that can prevent ads. See the plugin-specific  documentation
              for more information.

       --twitch-access-token-param KEY=VALUE
              A parameter to add to the API request for acquiring the streaming access token.

              Can be repeated to add multiple parameters.

       --twitch-force-client-integrity
              Don't attempt requesting the streaming access token without a client-integrity token.

       --twitch-purge-client-integrity
              Purge cached Twitch client-integrity token and acquire a new one.

   Ustreamtv
       --ustream-password PASSWORD
              A password to access password protected UStream.tv channels.

   Ustvnow
       --ustvnow-username USERNAME
              Your USTV Now account username

       --ustvnow-password PASSWORD
              Your USTV Now account password

   Wwenetwork
       --wwenetwork-email EMAIL
              The email associated with your WWE Network account, required to access any WWE Network stream.

       --wwenetwork-password PASSWORD
              A WWE Network account password to use with --wwenetwork-email.

   Yupptv
       --yupptv-boxid BOXID
              The yupptv.com boxid that's used in the BoxId cookie.

       --yupptv-yuppflixtoken YUPPFLIXTOKEN
              The yupptv.com yuppflixtoken that's used in the YuppflixToken cookie.

       --yupptv-purge-credentials
              Purge cached YuppTV credentials to initiate a new session and reauthenticate.

   Zattoo
       --zattoo-email EMAIL
              The email associated with your zattoo account, required to access any zattoo stream.

       --zattoo-password PASSWORD
              A zattoo account password to use with --zattoo-email.

       --zattoo-purge-credentials
              Purge cached zattoo credentials to initiate a new session and reauthenticate.

       --zattoo-stream-types TYPES
              A comma-delimited list of stream types which should be used.

              The following types are allowed: dash, hls7

              Default is: "dash".

BUGS

       Please open a new issue on Streamlink's issue tracker on GitHub and use the appropriate issue forms:

       https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/issues

SEE ALSO

       For more detailed information about config files, plugin sideloading, streaming protocols, proxy support,
       metadata, or plugin specific stuff, please see Streamlink's online CLI documentation here:

       https://streamlink.github.io/cli.html

       The list of available plugins and their descriptions can be found here:

       https://streamlink.github.io/plugins.html

AUTHOR

       Streamlink Contributors

COPYRIGHT

       2025, Streamlink

7.5.0                                             Jul 09, 2025                                     STREAMLINK(1)