now I'm using steamlink and ffmpeg to record streams and save them to a file, many times the video file saved have so much lag. I found this link https://www.reddit.com/r/Twitch/comments/62601b/laggy_stream_on_streamlinklivestreamer_but_not_on/
where they claim that the lag problem occurs from the fact of not having the cache enabled on the player.
I tried putting options -hls_allow_cache allowcache -segment_list_flags cache
with the result that the ffmpeg process starts for 8seconds more or less, after which it ends and starts again immediately afterwards without returning a video file,if I don't put those two options the video is recorded correctly but most of the time with some lag.
Obviously if I visit streaming from the browser I have no lag problem
this is the code
from streamlink import Streamlink, NoPluginError, PluginError
streamlink = Streamlink()
#this code is just a snippet, it is inside a while loop to restart the process
try:
streams = streamlink.streams(m3u8_url)
stream_url = streams['best'].url
#note hls options not seem to work
ffmpeg_process = Popen(
["ffmpeg", "-hide_banner", "-loglevel", "panic", "-y","-hls_allow_cache", "allowcache", "-segment_list_flags", "cache","-i", stream_url, "-fs", "10M", "-c", "copy",
"-bsf:a", "aac_adtstoasc", fileName])
ffmpeg_process.wait()
except NoPluginError:
print("noplugin")
except PluginError:
print("plugin")
except Exception as e:
print(e)
what are the best options to enable the cache and limit the lag as much as possible?
I simply solved the lag problem by avoiding using ffmpeg to save videos but using streamlink directly and writing a .mp4 file
streamlink = Streamlink()
try:
streams = streamlink.streams(m3u8_url)
stream_url = streams['480p']
fd = stream_url.open()
out = open(fileName,"wb")
while True:
data = fd.read(1024)
if data is None or data == -1 or data == 0:
break
else:
out.write(data)
fd.flush()
fd.close()
out.flush()
out.close()
except NoPluginError:
#handle exception
except PluginError:
#handle exception
except StreamError:
#handle exception
except Exception as e:
#handle exception