On: Rosetta comet landing – live stream

[Icybee]

Is it just me, or does it keep buffering for anyone else?

[superkuh → Icybee]

On some linux configurations flash 11.x doesn't seem to work with livestream. A handful of seconds play then it permanently buffers. One solution is to use the python program livestreamer (http://livestreamer.tanuki.se/en/latest/index.html) to play the stream in vlc.

[yoha → superkuh]

It's available in Debian repositories as `livestreamer`. Command line for Rosetta live stream is:

  $ livestreamer "http://new.livestream.com/accounts/362/events/3544091" best

[Icybee → superkuh]

Thank you so much! It fixed the problem 100%

I didn't know about the streaming problem with Flash on Linux. That would explain some past problems I've had with other websites.

[hereonbusiness → superkuh]

It seems to work in chrome with pepperflash, and not work (buffers) in firefox with the regular flash plugin.

[dingaling → superkuh]

Great tool, thanks for the heads-up!

For Ubuntu one needs to install the GetDebs PPA:

http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/ppa/getdeb_apps?dist=trusty

or build from source

[techdragon → dingaling]

Or just install it using the python package manager 'pip'

Yes you won't get shiny apt-get upgrade powers. But it does install apps like this one directly on pretty much any linux distro.

[spindritf → dingaling]

Livestreamer is in the normal universe repo.

[wpietri → spindritf]

Not in 14.04 LTS. Looks like they added it in 14.10.

[exDM69 → superkuh]

Same thing here. I am unable to watch this in the browser on Linux. Flash on Android doesn't work either. Using the Livestreamer script with VLC now.

[kecebongsoft → Icybee]

It's really smooth here in Malaysia.

[aerique → Icybee]

It kept buffering for me in Firefox but worked fine in Chrome.

[seszett → Icybee]

Works fine in 720p here (France).