Node-ytdl-core: play live videos

[YinglunQ]

Hi, I am wondering if ytdl-core can play any live videos? I try to do it with this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-AODuJpCG4 and it played only for like 1 second and then nothing else is playing. Thanks!

[fent]

Yes, it should be able to play it. And it works for me when I try it.

How are you calling ytdl-core?

[YinglunQ]

I am using ytdl-core in an discord bot program. And I call it using something like this:
let stream = ytdl(songId, {filter : 'audioonly'});
let dispatcher = voiceConnection.playStream(stream);

[fent]

The audioonly filters gets the highest quality, which may not always be the "live" version. Itags 91 through 95 are for live streaming.

[YinglunQ]

ohh i see. Thank you so much for the info! And thank you for making ytdl-core! :DDD

[YinglunQ]

Hi fent, I have a problem resuming live videos and wondering if you have any insights on this.

I first play the live video using let dispatcher = connection.playStream(liveStream), and then I pause it using dispatcher.pause(). After pausing around 5 minutes, I resume it using dispatcher.resume(), and the dispatcher just ends with reason undefined.

I am not too sure if it's a discord.js or ytdl-core problem, so I also asked the same question in discord.js, and @iCrawl has suggested livestreams had some issues before, and wondered maybe you have some insights on this. Thanks!

[fent]

YouTube does not allow you to pause a live video. If you go to a live video page, you'll notice that there is no pause option, there's a stop option instead. This sounds fine, as it doesn't make sense to be able to pause a live video.

There are services like Twitch that allow you to pause live playback. But sometimes, if you pause for too long, it'll start streaming the latest live portion anyway.

[YinglunQ]

ahh i see. Thanks for the info again! :D

[Rainbowdashboygamer]

if (prefix + "play") {
const voiceChannel = message.member.voiceChannel;
if (!voiceChannel) {
}
voiceChannel.join().then(connection => {
let stream = yt(args.join(" "), { audioonly: true });
yt.getInfo(args.join(" "), function(err, info) {
const title = info.title;
console.log(${message.author.username}, Queued the song '${title}.');
message.channel.sendMessage(\${title}``);
});
const dispatcher = connection.playStream(stream);
dispatcher
.on("end", () => {
voiceChannel.leave();
var channel = message.member.voiceChannel;

        if (!message.guild.voiceConnection) channel
            .join()
            .then(function(connection) {
              play(connection, message);
            }); 
            console.error(Error);
            const video= ('ytdl') 

     });
  });
}

});