Ytpb¶
A playback for YouTube live streams.
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Rewind to past moments in live streams and download or play excerpts
Ytpb is a playback for YouTube live streams written in Python. It lets you go back to past moments beyond the limits of the web player. You can keep selected moments by downloading excerpts or play them instantly in your video player via MPEG-DASH.
Check out also mpv-ytpb to play and rewind live streams interactively without leaving a player.
Features¶
Command line interface (CLI) and Python library
Rewind live streams far beyond the limits of the web player
Download audio and/or video excerpts
Save excerpts in different available audio and video formats
Precisely cut to exact moments without slow re-encoding
Play and rewind instantly via MPEG-DASH
Compose DASH manifests to play it in your favorite player
Transcode/download excerpts into local files with FFmpeg
Capture a single frame or create time-lapse images
Makes use of yt-dlp to reliably extract information about videos (optionally)
Demos¶
Installation¶
Ytpb requires Python 3.11 or higher and has been tested on Linux, macOS, and Windows. Also, it needs the recent version of FFmpeg to be installed.
Installing from PyPI¶
When you have all required dependencies, you can install Ytpb via pipx:
$ pipx install ytpb
To upgrade to the newer version, do:
$ pipx upgrade ytpb
Windows binaries¶
For Windows, pre-built binaries are available: check releases on GitHub. Make sure to add the ffmpeg.exe
file
to your system path or place it in the folder next to the Ytpb binary. Now
you’re ready to use Ytpb in Terminal: type commands, not double-click.
Further reading¶
After installing, check out the documentation. The Why Ytpb? page explains why the project exists. For main usage scenarios, see Quick start. The Command line application page goes deeper into the usage. Reference provides some general aspects and terms. Cookbook contains some useful examples. See Changelog for the history of releases. Have any issues, suggestions, or want to contribute code? Contributing tells how to participate in the project.
Similar projects¶
Kethsar/ytarchive — archive streams from the start
rytsikau/ee.Yrewind — rewind and save streams
yt-dlp/yt-dlp#6498 — brings rewind range selection to yt-dlp
License¶
Ytpb is licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE for details.
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