TwitchDownloader
A Twitch VOD/Clip/Chat downloader I wrote, as well as a chat render feature.
THIS USES UNDOCUMENTED API ENDPOINTS, MAY BREAK EASILY. I'LL TRY AND UPDATE WHEN IT DOES.
Chat render example
Video Demonstration (older version, same concept)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W3MhfhnYjk
What can this do?
- Can download Twitch VODs
- Can download Twitch Clips
- Can download chat for VODS and Clips, in either a JSON with all the information or a simple text file
- Can use a previously generated JSON chat file, to render the chat with FFZ and BTTV support (including GIFS)
Things still needed to be done
- Fix bugs that slipped by
- More options for chat rendering
Linux? MacOS?
Sorry the GUI version is only avaliable for Windows :( but there is a command line version avaliable. This is a cross platform client that can do the main functions of the program without a GUI. It works on Windows and Linux, haven't tested it on MacOS though.
Some documentation here, for example, you could copy/paste this into a .bat file on Windows and you can download a VOD, download chat, then render it in a single go. I've never really made a command line utility before, so things may change in the future. If you're on Linux, make sure fontconfig and libfontconfig1 are installed. (apt-get install fontconfig libfontconfig1)
@echo off
set /p vodid="Enter VOD ID: "
TwitchDownloaderCLI -m VideoDownload --id %vodid% --ffmpeg-path "ffmpeg.exe" -o %vodid%.mp4
TwitchDownloaderCLI -m ChatDownload --id %vodid% -o %vodid%_chat.json
TwitchDownloaderCLI -m ChatRender -i %vodid%_chat.json -h 1080 -w 422 --framerate 30 --update-rate 0 --font-size 18 -o %vodid%_chat.mp4
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Linux - Getting started
- Go to releases and download the latest version for Linux
- Extract the
TwitchDownloaderCLI - Browse to where you extracted the file and give it executable rights by opening a terminal and executing the following:
sudo chmod +x TwitchDownloaderCLI
- You can now start using the donwloader, for example:
TwitchDownloaderCLI -m VideoDownload --id <vod-id-here> -o out.mp4
For Arch Linux, there's an AUR Package