Livestreamer is a Command Line Interface that pipes video streams from various services into a video player, such as VLC. The main purpose of Livestreamer is to allow the user to avoid buggy and CPU heavy flash plugins but still be able to enjoy various streamed content. There is also an API available for developers who want access to the video stream data. Optional dependencies: For RTMP based plugins: RTMPDump For decrypting encrypted HLS streams: PyCrypto For full UStream.tv support: python-librtmp