# Twitch Archive
Inspired by https://github.com/EnterGin/Auto-Stream-Recording-Twitch

Python script to check, download live stream, VOD, chat and upload them to any cloud storage supported by rclone.

## ⚡ FFmpeg 8.0 Enhanced
Now with FFmpeg 8.0+ support featuring hardware acceleration and performance improvements!
- **5-10x faster encoding** with NVIDIA, Intel, or AMD GPUs
- **Docker-ready** with Linux builds
- **Configurable options** for different scenarios
- 📖 **[See FFMPEG_SETUP.md for detailed setup instructions](FFMPEG_SETUP.md)**

## Requirements
- [Python 3](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
- [Streamlink](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink)
- [FFmpeg 8.0+](https://ffmpeg.org/download.html) (see [FFMPEG_SETUP.md](FFMPEG_SETUP.md) for platform-specific versions)
## Getting started
1. Install Python 3.x
2. Install Streamlink 5.1.x
3. If you want to upload to any cloud storage using rclone, [configure rclone](https://rclone.org/docs/#configure).
4. `git clone https://github.com/piero0920/Twitch-Archive.git`
5. `cd Twitch-Archive`
6. `pip install -r requirements.txt`
7. Edit the `.env.sample` and rename it to `.env`
```.env
CLIENT-ID=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
CLIENT-SECRET=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
OAUTH-PRIVATE-TOKEN=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # optional to record without ADS or download sub-only VODS
```
8. Copy `config.sample.json` to `config.json` and edit it with your settings (username, quality, paths, etc.)
9. run `Python twitch-archive.py` or for multiple streamers `Python twitch-archive.py -u streamer` 


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## Features 
- Auto records the live stream                         | [Streamlink](https://streamlink.github.io/)
- Downloads the VOD after stream ended                 | [Streamlink](https://streamlink.github.io/)
- Downloads the chat logs of the VOD and renders it    | [TwitchDownloaderCLI](https://github.com/lay295/TwitchDownloader)
- Downloads the metadata of the VOD                    | [Twitch api](https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/api/reference#get-videos)
- Uploads them to the Cloud                            | [rclone](https://rclone.org/)
- Notifies you through Gmail of the progress           | [smtplib](https://docs.python.org/3/library/smtplib.html)
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