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GNOME Twitch (not an official GNOME app) 0.4.0 was released recently, bringing improved chat moving and resizing, re-enabled notifications, along with improved stability and more.
The application was updated 3 days ago, but there was a bug that prevented it from building in Ubuntu 16.10, so I preferred to wait until it's fixed so I could update the PPA.
GNOME Twitch is an application to watch Twitch streams on your desktop, without using Flash or a web browser. It requires GTK 3.20 or newer so it only works in fairly new Linux distributions, e.g. Ubuntu 16.10 and newer.
Using it, you can easily search for channels and games, follow streams with or without a Twitch account (it supports logging in to your Twitch account) and more. The application supports 4 player backends (GStreamer Cairo, OpenGL and Clutter, as well mpv) and it ships with a customizable chat.
Changes in GNOME Twitch 0.4.0 include:
- the chat can now be easily moved and resized when it's undocked (see screenshot above). To do this, select 'Move & resize chat' (which will add a red outline around the chat), then drag / resize the chat using your mouse;
- the notifications are enabled again - you can click them to start playing a channel (in Unity, a GTK dialog box is displayed as a notification so you can click it to open the stream - that's because Unity's notifications don't support click actions);
- you can now filter channels by language. To do this, you'll need to select a language in the Language filter drop-down, available in the GNOME Twitch settings;
- the application now supports searching for offline channels - this can be done by clicking on the drop-down at the right of the search bar;
- display all stream qualities, including special ones like 720p60;
- display all chat badges, including temporary ones;
- dynamic loading of items in containers, which speeds up the startup and refresh times;
- the notification bar can now queue notifications and it can also display errors now;
- the viewer count is now displayed for games (just like channels, this is displayed on hover);
- improved build system.
Even though it includes quite a few enhancements, the latest GNOME Twitch 0.4.0 release is mainly focused on stability and better error handling and reporting. Even so, according to the release notes, there are still bugs and crashes, 'but hopefully there will be a significant decrease in both'.
Install GNOME Twitch 0.4.0 in Ubuntu 16.10 or 17.04
GNOME Twitch is available in the official Ubuntu 16.04 and newer repositories, but it's an older version (0.1.0 for Ubuntu 16.04, 0.2.1 for Ubuntu 16.10 and 0.3.1 for Ubuntu 17.04). To install the version from the official repositories, use the following command:
To install the latest GNOME Twitch in Ubuntu 16.10 or 17.04, you can use the main WebUpd8 PPA. To add the PPA and install it, use the commands below:
If you don't want to add the PPA, you can grab the deb from HERE (note: you'll need GNOME Twitch as well as at least one player backend - make sure both are the latest version).
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By default, installing GNOME Twitch should also install the GStreamer Cairo backend. If you want to install the other player backends as well (you can remove those that you don't plan on using), use the following command:
Note that no player backend is selected by default and enabling one is required to play a stream. To enable a player backend, open the GNOME Twitch Settings and on the Players tab, select a backend:
For other Linux distributions, see the GNOME Twitch package section @ GitHub.
Report any bugs you may encounter @ GitHub.
Livestreamer Twitch GUI is a Twitch.tv browser. The application uses Livestreamer under the hood, is powered by Node.js and Chromium, and is available for Linux, Windows and Mac.
According to its description, the main reason behind creating this application is to allow using your favorite video player, like VLC, Totem, mpv, and others to watch Twitch.tv streams (the app even allows watching multiple streams at once) instead of Flash.
That's because while Twitch.tv now uses HTML5 for the video controls, it still uses Flash for the video itself, which can be pretty resource-heavy.
Livestreamer Twitch GUI allows searching and browsing channels and games, and it supports logging in to your Twitch account (using OAuth), with access to subscriptions, followed channels, and games.
Desktop notifications are included as well, so you can be notified when a channel you follow comes online. The notifications are optional and can be enabled or disabled per channel. There's also an option in the Livestreamer Twitch GUI tray / AppIndicator menu that allows pausing the notifications.
Other Livestreamer Twitch GUI features include:
- multiple chat methods (can open the chat in a web browser, Chatty or a custom app)
- stream language filters
- customizable settings for streams (like default quality and buffer), video player parameters, GUI and more
By default, the app uses VLC to play Twitch.tv streams. If VLC is not installed, you'll need to set a video player in the application settings: under Player > Videoplayer (enter 'mpv', 'totem', 'smplayer' and so on, without the quotes):
Download Livestreamer Twitch GUI
Download Livestreamer Twitch GUI (binaries available for Linux, Windows and Mac, along with source)
Note that for Livestreamer Twitch GUI to work, you'll need to install Livestreamer.
Install Livestreamer Twitch GUI in Debian, Ubuntu, or Linux Mint
The instructions below should work on any Linux distribution, except the command to install the dependencies (and the package names), which is for Debian-based Linux distributions only.
1. Install the required dependencies:
Note that Livestreamer Twitch GUI requires Livestreamer version 1.12. This is available in the official Ubuntu 15.10 and newer / Linux Mint 18 repositories. For Ubuntu 14.04 or Linux Mint 17.x, install it via GetDeb - here's a direct link to the deb files.
2. Download and install Livestreamer Twitch GUI
Download the latest Livestreamer Twitch GUI binary from GitHub, place it in your home folder and extract it. Using the command below, the app folder will be moved from your home directory to /opt, but you can use any location you want:
And finally, to create a menu entry for Livestreamer Twitch GUI, use the following command:
If after running the command above you can't find Livestreamer Twitch GUI in the menu / Unity Dash or the icon is missing, restart the session (logout / login).
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Arch Linux users can install Livestreamer Twitch GUI via AUR: stable | git.
For how to install the application in Windows, see THIS page.
More Twitch.tv tools: