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@chrippa chrippa released this 22 Jul 15:29
· 436 commits to develop since this release

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Changelog

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 --help significantly, more readable and more content.
  • Added --config option.
  • Added --stream-url option. (#281)
  • Added support for K and M suffixes to the --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 --best-stream-default and added --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 Livestreamer.streams method.
  • Added livestreamer.streams function.
  • Renamed Plugin.get_streams to Plugin.streams.

Plugin API:

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

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