Recording Twitch Live Stream

Streamlink

Source: Streamlink on GitHub

Recording within VLC

Finding the link to the Twitch video

• Load the Twitch stream in a Chrome browser.
• Pause the video.
• Right click on the page, not the video and select Inspect.
• Open the Network tab in Chrome's Developer Tools window.
• Start the Twitch stream.
• Scroll down in the Network window until you see a resource displayed in red.
• Copy the address of that resource.

Load the Twitch stream in VLC

• Open VLC
• File > Open Network
• Paste the URL from the Twitch stream.
• Click the Stream output option.
  • Settings
  • Select the location where the stream is saved under File.
• This will save a video transport stream (*.ts) file.
• The stream is not displayed automatically in the VLC window.
• Stop streaming to the file using the stop button on the VLC transport.

Convert the *.ts file to a different format

'Handbrake - Open the .ts file. Set the output settings, e.g. format: MP4 File. Set the destination and click Start.