CHANGELOG.rst

Version 1.12.2 (2015-05-02)

Bug fixes:

• hds: Don't modify request params when handling PVSWF. (#842)
• hls: Handle unpadded encryption IV's.
• Fixed regression in redirect resolver. (#816)

Plugins:

• Added plugin for media.ccc.de (media_ccc_de), patch by @meise.
• Added plugin for Kanal 5/9/11 (sbsdiscovery), patch by @tboss. (#815)
• Added plugin for Periscope (periscope).
• Added plugin for SSH101 (ssh101), patch by @Razier-23. (#869)
• artetv: Updated for service changes.
• crunchyroll: Updated for service changes. (#864, #865)
• hitbox: Fixed VOD support. (#856)
• livestream: Updated for service changes.
• viasat: Added support for juicyplay.se.
• viasat: Fixed missing streams. (#822)
• youtube: Added support for /channel URLs. (#825)

Version 1.12.1 (2015-03-22)

Bug fixes:

• Don't crash when failing to look up listening ports. (#790)

Plugins:

• Added plugin for ITV Player, patch by @blxd. (#776)
• Added plugin for tv3.cat, patch by @blxd. (#784)
• Added plugin for TV Catchup, patch by @blxd. (#775)
• connectcast: Fixed crash, patch by @mammothb. (#779)
• dailymotion: Added support for HDS VODs. (#731)
• gaminglive: Added support for VODs, patches by @kasper93 and @chhe. (#789, #808)
• picarto: Updated for service changes, patch by @FireDart. (#803)
• tv4play: Work around bad SSL implementation on Python 2. (#785)
• twitch: Use correct OAuth scopes, patch by @josephglanville. (#778)
• ustreamtv: Updated for service changes, patch by @trUSTssc. (#799)
• viasat: Fixed missing streams. (#750)
• viasat: Added play.tv3.lt to supported URLs. (#773)

Streams:

• hds: Fixed issue with query parameters when building fragment URLs. (#786)

Version 1.12.0 (2015-03-01)

Bug fixes:

• Made HTTP modes more strict to avoid issues with mpv --yt-dl.
• Fixed :option:`--http-cookie` option crash.

CLI:

• Added :option:`--can-handle-url` option, useful for scripting.
• Added :option:`--version-check` option to force a version check.
• Added a passive HTTP server mode (:option:`--player-external-http`), patch by @danielkza. (#699)

Plugins:

• Added plugin for Disney Channel Germany, patch by @boekkooi. (#698)
• Added plugin for NOS (Nederlandse Omroep Stichting), patch by @boekkooi. (#697)
• Added plugin for tga.plu.cn, patch by @wolftankk. (#669)
• Added plugin for Wat.tv, patch by @boekkooi. (#701)
• Added plugin for afreeca.tv. (The old afreecatv plugin has been renamed to afreeca)
• chaturbate: Added support for subdomain URLs, patch by @GameWalker. (#676)
• connectcast: Updated for service changes, patch by @darvelo. (#722)
• dailymotion: Added support for games.dailymotion.com, patch by @daslicious. (#684)
• dommune: Fixed Youtube redirect URL.
• gaminglive: Updated for service changes, patch by @chhe. (#721)
• mlgtv: Updated for service changes, patch by @daslicious. (#686)
• hitbox: Updated for services changes. (#648)
• streamlive: Updated for service changes, patch by @daslicious. (#667)
• ustreamtv: Updated for service changes. (#707)
• youtube: Now handles more URL types.

Version 1.11.1 (2014-12-12)

Plugins:

• twitch: Updated for API changes. (#633)

Version 1.11.0 (2014-12-10)

Bugfixes:

• cli: Only apply the backslash magic on player paths on Windows.

CLI:

• Added :option:`--http-cookie` option.
• Added :option:`--http-header` option.
• Added :option:`--http-query-param` option.
• Deprecated the :option:`--http-cookies` option.
• Deprecated the :option:`--http-headers` option.
• Deprecated the :option:`--http-query-params` option.
• Changed the continuous HTTP mode to always fetch streams. Should fix segmented streams repeating at the end for most services.

Plugins:

• Added plugin for NPO, patch by @monkeyphysics. (#599)
• afreecatv: Updated for service changes. (#568)
• beattv: Updated validation schema to include float offsets, patch by @suhailpatel. (#555)
• douyutv: Added support for transcodes.
• gaminglive: Fixed quality names, patch by @chhe. (#545)
• goodgame: Updated for service changes, patch by @JaxxC. (#554)
• oldlivestream: Check that streams don't return 404. (#560)
• ilive: Updated for service changes and renamed to streamlive. (#563)
• livestation: Updated for service changes. (#581)
• twitch: Added support for the new video streams.
• vaughnlive: Updated for service changes. (#611)
• veetle: Fixed shortcut URLs, patch by @monkeyphysics. (#601)
• viasat/viagame: Updated for service changes (#564, #566, #617)

Plugin API:

• Added a class to simplify mapping data to stream objects.

Version 1.10.2 (2014-09-05)

Plugins:

• Added plugin for Arte.tv (artetv). (#457)
• Added plugin for RTVE.es (rtve), patch by @jaimeMF. (#509)
• Added plugin for Seemeplay.ru (seemeplay). (#510)
• euronews: Updated for service changes.
• filmon: Updated for service changes. (#514)
• gaminglive: Updated for service changes, patch by @chhe. (#524)
• twitch: Now handles videos with chunks that are missing URLs.
• vaughnlive: Added support for breakers.tv, instagib.tv and vapers.tv. (#521)
• youtube: Added support for audio-only streams. (#522)

Version 1.10.1 (2014-08-22)

Bug fixes:

• Fixed strange read error caused by double buffering in FLV playlists.

Plugins:

• Added plugin for Vaughn Live (vaughnlive). (#478)

Version 1.10.0 (2014-08-18)

Bug fixes:

• The HDS options added in 1.8.0 where never actually applied when used via the CLI, oops.
• Fixed default player paths not expanding ~, patch by @medina. (#484)

CLI:

• Added :option:`--hds-segment-threads` option.
• Added :option:`--hls-segment-threads` option.
• Added :option:`--stream-segment-attempts` option.
• Added :option:`--stream-segment-threads` option.
• Added :option:`--stream-segment-timeout` option.
• Added :option:`--stream-timeout` option.
• Deprecated the :option:`--jtv-cookie` option.
• Deprecated the :option:`--jtv-password` option.
• Significantly improved the status line printed while writing a stream to a file. (#462)

Plugins:

• Added plugin for goodgame.ru (goodgame), patch by @eltiren. (#466)
• Added plugin for gaminglive.tv (gaminglive), patch by @chhe. (#468)
• Added plugin for douyutv.com (douyutv), patch by @nixxquality. (#469)
• Added plugin for NHK World (nhkworld).
• Added plugin for Let On TV (letontv), patch by @cheah. (#500)
• Removed plugin: justintv.
• afreecatv: Updated for service changes. (#488)
• hitbox: Added support for HLS videos.
• twitch: Fixed some Twitch broadcasts being unplayable. (#490)
• ustreamtv: Fixed regression that caused channels using RTMP streams to fail.

Streams:

• akamaihd: Now supports background buffering.
• http: Now supports background buffering.

API:

• Added new session option: hds-segment-threads.
• Added new session option: hls-segment-threads.
• Added new session option: stream-segment-attempts.
• Added new session option: stream-segment-threads.
• Added new session option: stream-segment-timeout.
• Added new session option: stream-timeout.

Version 1.9.0 (2014-07-22)

General:

• Dropped support for Python 3.2. This is due to missing features which are necessary for this projects progression.
• singledispatch is now a dependency on Python <3.4.

Bug fixes:

• Handle bad input data better in parse_json/xml. (#440)
• Handle bad input data in config files. (#432)
• Fixed regression causing rtmpdump proxies to have no effect.

CLI:

• Improved :option:`--help` significantly, more readable and more content.
• Added :option:`--config` option.
• Added :option:`--stream-url` option. (#281)
• Added support for K and M suffixes to the :option:`--ringbuffer-size` option.
• Added support for loading config files based on plugin.
• Added ~/Applications to the search path for VLC on Mac OS X, patch by @maxnordlund. (#454)
• Deprecated :option:`--best-stream-default` and added :option:`--default-stream` as a more flexible replacement. (#381)
• Will now only warn about newer versions available every 6 hours.

Plugins:

• Many plugins have been refactored to use the validation API and better coding standards.
• Added plugin for Aftonbladet (aftonbladet).
• Added plugin for ARD Live (ard_live), patch by @MasterofJOKers. (#419)
• Added plugin for ARD Mediathek (ard_mediathek), patch by @yeeeargh. (#421)
• Added plugin for Connect Cast (connectcast). (#423)
• Added plugin for Danmarks Radio (drdk).
• Added plugin for DOMMUNE (dommune).
• Added plugin for TV4 Play (tv4play).
• Added plugin for VGTV (vgtv), patch by @jantore. (#435)
• Removed plugin: cast3d
• Removed plugin: freedocast
• Removed plugin: hashd
• Removed plugin: ongamenet
• afreecatv: Updated for service changes. (#412, #413)
• dailymotion: Added support for source streams, patch by @kasper93. (#428)
• euronews: Added support for videos.
• nrk: Added support for radio.nrk.no, patch by @jantore. (#433)
• picarto: Updated for service changes. (#431)
• twitch: Added support for audio only streams, patch by @CommanderRoot. (#411)
• viasat: Added support for HDS streams.
• viasat: Added support for viagame.com.

API:

• Added :func:`Livestreamer.streams` method.
• Added :func:`livestreamer.streams` function.
• Renamed :func:`Plugin.get_streams` to :func:`Plugin.streams`.

Plugin API:

• Added a validation API to make validating data easier and safer.

Version 1.8.2 (2014-05-30)

Bug fixes:

• Fixed regression in loading config from non-ascii paths on Python 2.

Plugins:

• azubutv: Update for service changes, patch by Gapato. (#399)
• dailymotion: Added support for VODs, patch by Gapato. (#402)
• hitbox: Fixed a issue where the correct streaming server was not used.

Streams:

• hls: Handle playlists that redirect. (#405)

Version 1.8.1 (2014-05-18)

General:

• Added a wheel package to PyPi for speedier installation via pip.

Bug fixes:

• hls: Handle encrypted segments that are invalid length (not multiple by 16). (#365)

Plugins:

• Added plugin for Furstream, patch by Pascal Romahn. (#360)
• Added plugin for Viasat's play sites (tv6play.se, etc). (#378)
• Added plugin for ZDFmediathek, patch by Pascal Romahn. (#360)
• azubutv: Updated for service changes. (#373)
• crunchyroll: Correctly handle unicode errors, patch by Agustin Carrasco. (#387, #388)
• filmon: Updated for service changes, patch by Athanasios Oikonomou. (#375)
• hitbox: Updated for service changes.
• ilive: Updated for service changes, patch by Athanasios Oikonomou. (#376)
• svtplay: Added support for SVT Flow.
• twitch: Now uses the beta API on beta.twitch.tv URLs. (#391)
• ustream: Correctly handle UHS streams containing only video or audio.

Version 1.8.0 (2014-04-21)

CLI:

• Added option: --no-version-check
• Added HTTP options: --http-cookies, --http-headers, --http-query-params, --http-ignore-env, --http-no-ssl-verify, --http-ssl-cert, --http-ssl-cert-crt-key and --http-timeout
• Added HTTP stream option: --http-stream-timeout
• Added HDS stream options: --hds-segment-attempts, --hds-segment-timeout --hds-timeout
• Added HLS stream options: --hls-live-edge, --hls-segment-attempts, --hls-segment-timeout and --hls-timeout
• Added RTMP stream option: --rtmp-timeout
• Added plugin options: --livestation-email and --livestation-password
• Added stream options: --retry-streams, --retry-open and --best-stream-default
• Deprecated option: --hds-fragment-buffer

Plugins:

• Added plugin for Bambuser, patch by Athanasios Oikonomou. (#327)
• Added plugin for Be-at.tv, patch by Athanasios Oikonomou. (#342)
• Added plugin for Chaturbate, patch by papplampe. (#337)
• Added plugin for Cybergame.tv, patch by Athanasios Oikonomou. (#324)
• Added plugin for Picarto, patch by papplampe. (#352)
• Added plugin for SpeedRunsLive, patch by Stefan Breunig. (#335)
• Removed plugins for dead services: Owncast.me and YYCast.
• azubutv: Added support for beta.azubu.tv.
• crunchyroll: Added workaround for SSL verification issue.
• dailymotion: Added support for HDS streams. (#348)
• gomexp: Fixed encoding issue on Python 2.
• livestation: Added support for logging in, patch by Sunaga Takahiro. (#344)
• mlgtv: Removed the mobile_ prefix from the HLS streams.
• twitch: Added workaround for SSL verification issue. (#255)
• ustreamtv: Improved UHS stream stability.
• ustreamtv: Added support for RTMP VODs.
• youtube: Updated for service changes.
• youtube: Added support for embed URLs, patch by Athanasios Oikonomou.
• youtube: Now only picks up live streams from channel pages.

General:

• Now attempts to resolve URL redirects such as URL shorterners.

Bug fixes:

• Added workaround for HTTP streams not applying read timeout on some requests versions.

API:

• Added new options: hds-segment-attempts, hds-segment-timeout, hds-timeout, hls-live-edge, hls-segment-attempts, hls-segment-timeout, hls-timeout, http-proxy, https-proxy, http-cookies, http-headers, http-query-params, http-trust-env, http-ssl-verify, http-ssl-cert, http-timeout, http-stream-timeout and rtmp-timeout
• Renamed option errorlog to subprocess-errorlog.
• Renamed option rtmpdump-proxy to rtmp-proxy.
• Renamed option rtmpdump to rtmp-rtmpdump.

Version 1.7.5 (2014-03-07)

Plugins:

• filmon: Added VOD support, patch by Athanasios Oikonomou.
• ilive: Added support for HLS streams, patch by Athanasios Oikonomou.
• mlgtv: Updated for service changes.
• veetle: Now handles shortened URLs, patch by Athanasios Oikonomou.
• youtube: Updated for service changes.

Bug fixes:

• Fixed gzip not getting decoded in streams.

Other:

• Added scripts to automatically create Windows builds via Travis CI. Builds are available here: http://livestreamer-builds.s3.amazonaws.com/builds.html

Version 1.7.4 (2014-02-28)

Plugins:

• Added plugin for MLG.tv. (#275)
• Added plugin for DMCloud, patch by Athanasios Oikonomou. (#297)
• Added plugin for NRK TV, patch by Jon Bergli Heier. (#309)
• Added plugin for GOMeXP.com.
• Removed GOMTV.net plugin as the service no longer exists.
• mips: Fixed issue with case sensitive playpath. (#306)
• ilive: Added missing app parameter. (#293)
• ustreamtv: Added support for password protected streams via --ustream-password.
• youtube: Now handles youtu.be shortcuts, patch by Andy Mikhailenko. (#288)
• youtube: Use first available stream found on channel pages, patch by "unintended". (#291)

Streams:

• hds: Fixed segmented streams logic, patch by Moritz Blanke.

Bug fixes:

• Fixed buffer overwriting issue when passing a memoryview, patch by Martin Panter. (#295)
• Avoid a ResourceWarning when using --player-continuous-http, patch by Martin Panter. (#296)

Version 1.7.3 (2014-01-31)

Plugins:

• Added plugin for hitbox.tv, patch by t0mm0. (#248)
• Added plugin for Crunchyroll, patch by Agustín Carrasco. (#262)
• twitch: Added support for hours in ?t=... on VODs.
• twitch: Added support for ?t=... on VOD highlights.

Streams:

• hls: Now allows retries on failed segment fetch.

Bug fixes:

• cli: Don't pass our proxy settings to the player. (#260)
• hds: Now uses global height as stream name if needed when parsing manifests.
• hls: Always use first stream for each quality in variant playlists. (#256)
• hls: Now returns correct exception on playlist parser errors.
• hls: Now remembers cookies set by variant playlist response. (#258)

Version 1.7.2 (2013-12-17)

CLI:

• The --twitch-legacy-names option is now deprecated.
• Added --twitch-oauth-authenticate and --twitch-oauth-token options.

Plugins:

• filmon: Added quality weights. (#239)
• filmon_us: Added support for VODs, patch by John Peterson. (#237)
• twitch: Updated for service changes. No more RTMP streams, only HLS.
• twitch: Removed mobile streams since they are the same as the new desktop streams.
• twitch: Removed the legacy names option.
• twitch: Added support for OAuth2 authentication.
• twitch: Added support for the t=00m0s parameter in VOD URLs.

Bug fixes:

• Always wait for the player process to exit, patch by Martin Panter. (#234)
• Fixed potential deadlocking when using named pipe, patch by Martin Panter. (#236)
• Fixed issue with spaces in default player path, patch by John Peterson. (#237)

Version 1.7.1 (2013-12-07)

Plugins:

• Added FilmOn Social TV plugin by John Peterson. (#225)
• twitch: Support mobile_source quality, patch by Andrew Bashore.

Streams:

• hds: Will now use video height as stream names if available.
• hds: Removed the use of movie identifier in the fragment URLs.
• hds: Added support for player verification, patch by Martin Panter. (#222)

Bug fixes:

• Fixed various Python warnings, patch by Martin Panter. (#221)
• cli: Fixed back-slash issue in --player-args. (#218)
• hds: Fixed some streams complaining about the hardcoded hdcore parameter.
• hls: Fixed live streams that keep all previous segments in the playlists. (#224)
• setup.py now forces requests 1.x on Python <2.6.3. (#219)

Version 1.7.0 (2013-11-07)

CLI:

• Added a --player-no-close option.
• Added options to use HTTP proxies with --http-proxy and --https-proxy.
• It's now possible to specify multiple streams as a comma-separated list. If a stream is not available the next one in the list will be tried.
• Now only resolves synonyms once when using --player-continuous-http.
• Removed the -u shortcut for --plugins. This is a response to someone spreading the misinformation that -url is a sane parameter to use. It's technically valid, but due to the -u shortcut it would be interpreted by Python's argparse as --plugins --rtmpdump l which would cause livestreamer to look for a non-existing rtmpdump executable, thus disabling any RTMP streams. (#193)

Plugins:

• Added Afreeca.tv plugin.
• dailymotion: Fixed incorrect RTMP parameters. (#201)
• filmon: Updated after service changes. Patch by Athanasios Oikonomou. (#205)
• ilive: Updated after service changes. (#200)
• livestream: Added support for HLS streams.
• livestream: Updated after service changes. (#195)
• mips: Updated after service changes. (#200)
• svtplay: Fixed some broken HDS streams. (#200)
• twitch: Updated to use the new HLS API.
• weeb: Updated after service changes. Patch by Athanasios Oikonomou. (#207)
• youtube: Now handles 3D streams properly. (#202)

Streams:

• hds: Added support for global bootstraps.
• hls: Rewrote the playlist parser from scratch to be more solid and correct in accordance to the latest M3U8 spec.
• hls: Now supports playlists using EXT-X-BYTERANGE.
• hls: Now supports playlists using multiple EXT-X-KEY tags.
• hls: Now accepts extra requests parameters to be used when doing HTTP requests.

Bug fixes:

• Fixed bytes-serialization when using --json.

Version 1.6.1 (2013-10-07)

Bug fixes:

• CLI: Fixed broken --player-http and --player-continuous-http on Windows.
• CLI: Fixed un-quoted player paths containing backslashes being broken.

Version 1.6.0 (2013-09-29)

General:

• All stream names are now forced to lowercase to avoid issues with services renaming streams. (#179)
• Updated requests compatibility to 2.0. (#183)

Plugins:

• Added plugin for Hashd.tv by kasper93. (#184)
• Azubu.tv: Updated after service changes. (#170)
• ILive.to: Updated after service changes. (#182)

• Twitch/Justin.tv: Refactored and split into separate plugins.

  • Added support for archived streams (VOD). (#70)
  • Added a option to force legacy stream names (720p, 1080p+, etc).
  • Added a option to access password protected streams.

• UStream.tv: Refactored plugin and added support for their RTMP API and special streaming technology (UHS). (#144)

CLI:

• Added some more player options: --player-args, --player-http, --player-continuous-http and --player-passthrough. (#131)
• Expanded --stream-sorting-excludes to support more advanced filtering. (#159)
• Now notifies the user if a new version of Livestreamer is available.
• Now allows case-insensitive stream name lookup.

API:

• Added a new exception (LivestreamerError) that all other exceptions inherit from.
• The sorting_excludes parameter in Plugin.get_streams now supports more advanced filtering. (#159)

Bug fixes:

• Fixed HTTPStream with headers breaking --json on Python 3.

Version 1.5.2 (2013-08-27)

Plugins:

• Twitch/Justin.tv: Fix stream names.

Version 1.5.1 (2013-08-13)

Plugins:

• Added plugin for Filmon.
• Twitch/Justin.tv: Safer cookie and SWF URL handling.
• Youtube: Enable VOD support.

Bug fixes:

• Fixed potential crash when invalid UTF-8 is passed as arguments to subprocesses.

Version 1.5.0 (2013-07-18)

CLI:

• Handle SIGTERM as SIGINT.
• Improved default player (VLC) detection.
• --stream-priority renamed to --stream-types and now excludes any stream types not specified.
• Added --stream-sorting-excludes which excludes streams from the internal sorting used by best/worst synonyms.
• Now returns exit code 1 on errors.

API:

• plugin.get_streams(): Renamed priority parameter to stream_types and changed behaviour slightly.
• plugin.get_streams(): Added the parameter sorting_excludes.

Plugins:

• Added plugin for Aliez.tv.
• Added plugin for Weeb.tv.
• Added plugin for Veetle.
• Added plugin for Euronews.
• Dailymotion: Updated for JSON result changes.
• Livestream: Added SWF verification.
• Stream: Added httpstream://.
• Stream: Now evaluates parameters as Python values.
• Twitch/Justin.tv: Fixed HLS stream names.
• Youtube Live: Improved stream names.

Version 1.4.5 (2013-05-11)

Plugins:

• Twitch/Justin.tv: Fixed mobile transcode request never happening.
• GOMTV.net: Fixed issue causing disabled streams to be picked up.
• Azubu.tv: Updated for HTML change.

Streams:

• HLS: Fixed potential crash when getting a invalid playlist.

Version 1.4.4 (2013-05-03)

Plugins:

• Twitch/Justin.tv: Fixed possible crash on Python 3.
• Ilive.to: HTML parsing fixes by Sam Edwards.

Version 1.4.3 (2013-05-01)

CLI:

• Major refactoring of the code base.

• Now respects the XDG Base Directory Specification. Will attempt to load config and plugins from the following paths:

  • $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/livestreamer/config
  • $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/livestreamer/plugins/

• The option --quiet-player is now deprecated since it is now the default behaviour. A new option --verbose-player was added to show the player's console output.

• The option --cmdline now prints arguments in quotes.

• Print error message if the player fails to start.

Plugins:

• Added a cache plugins can use to store data that does not need to be generated on every run.
• Added Azubu.tv plugin.
• Added owncast.me plugin by Athanasios Oikonomou.
• Youtube: Updated for HTML changes.

• GOMTV.net:

  • Fixed incorrect cookie names
  • Stream names are now more consistent
  • Added support for Limelight streams

• Twitch/Justin.tv:

  • Fixed SWF verification issues
  • The HLS streams available are now higher quality

Streams:

• Minor improvements and fixes to HDS.

Bug fixes:

• Properly fixed named pipe support on Windows.

Version 1.4.2 (2013-03-01)

CLI:

• Attempt to find VLC locations on OS X and Windows.
• Added --stream-priority parameter.
• Added --json parameter which makes livestreamer output JSON, useful for scripting in other languages.
• Handle player exit cleaner by using SIGPIPE.

Plugins:

• UStream: Now falls back on alternative CDNs when neccessary and added support for embed URLs.
• Added ilive.to plugin by Athanasios Oikonomou.
• Added cast3d.tv plugin by Athanasios Oikonomou.
• streamingvideoprovider.co.uk: Added support for RTMP streams.
• GOMTV.net: Major refactoring and also added support Adobe HDS streams.
• SVTPlay: Added support for Adobe HDS streams.
• Twitch/Justin.tv: Some minor tweaks and fixes.
• Ongamenet: Update to URL and HTML changes.
• Livestream.com: Update for HTML changes.

Streams:

• Minor improvements and fixes to HLS.
• Added support for Adobe HDS streams.

General:

• Removed cache parameter from default player, since they do not work on older versions of VLC.
• Added meta-stream "worst".
• Removed sh dependancy and embeded pbs instead.

Bug fixes:

• Fix named pipes on Windows x64.

API:

• Added optional priority argument to Plugin.get_streams.
• Improved docstrings.

Version 1.4.1 (2012-12-20)

CLI:

• Added --ringbuffer-size option.

Plugins:

• Fixed problem with UStream plugin and latest RTMPDump.
• Added freedocast.com plugin by Athanasios Oikonomou.
• Added livestation.com plugin by Athanasios Oikonomou.
• Added mips.tv plugin by Athanasios Oikonomou.
• Added streamingvideoprovider.co.uk plugin by Athanasios Oikonomou.
• Added stream plugin that handles URLs such as hls://, rtmp://, etc.
• Added yycast.com plugin by Athanasios Oikonomou.

Streams:

• Refactored the HLS stream support.

General:

• Bumped requests version requirement to 1.0.
• Bumped sh version requirement to 1.07.

Version 1.4 (2012-11-23)

CLI:

• Added --rtmpdump-proxy option.
• Added --plugin-dirs option.
• Now automatically attempts to use secondary stream CDNs when primary fails.

Plugins:

• Added Dailymotion plugin by Gaspard Jankowiak.
• Added livestream.com plugin.
• Added VOD support to GOMTV plugin.
• Twitch plugin now finds HLS streams.
• own3D.tv plugin now finds more CDNs.
• Fixed bugs in Youtube and GOMTV plugin.
• Refactored UStream plugin.

Streams:

• Added support for AkamaiHD HTTP streams.

General:

• Added unit tests, still fairly small coverage though.
• Added travis-ci integration.
• Now using python-sh on *nix since python-pbs is deprecated.